The Lovely Mrs Wizard paints!
I made this!
The less famous view of Itsukushima temple, looking inland, instead of out to sea.
It was a beautiful day when we visited. The short trip from Hiroshima to the temple was what we need to find some actual peace after the lurking horror of the Peace Memorial Park.
She's tried to paint this scene from her photo three times now - there's a lot of fiddly bits. This video goes into some real-time detailing of trhe water reflections, and has more notes from Mrs Wizard.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 12:54,
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You mean like "The Lovely Debbie Magee"?
What first attracted you to the millionaire Invisible Wizard?
Are you a millionaire, Wizard?
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My abiding memory of Itsukushima (although I'm sure it was called Miyajima when we went) was of the queues of people lining up to take THE shot for their instagram or whatever. Beautiful place, but very touristy.
The Hiroshima Museum was unforgettable. Everyone should see it.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 22:52,
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Miyajima is the island where the Itsukushima temple is.
You can also photograph that gate from anywhere else on the bay, but for some reason, the tourists like a queue.
EDIT - the Lovely Mrs Wizard informs me that actually, Miyajima is a a sort of colloquial name, meaning "Shrine Island", and Itsukushima is the historical name for the island.
We still can't edit title text.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 7:12,
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Example - from the side, the details of the temple gate are much more interesting
Click for bigger (60 kb)
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 7:16,
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There's a little pier on the cliff edge in Zakynthos
for taking the photo of the shipwreck on the beach; looks a lot like this.
Not-Greek tour operators are known to march their people along a ludicrously crumbly path to the next cliff edge, and every so often a few have an unscheduled plummet trying to take a selfie with their back to a 200m drop.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 12:08,
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