A glimmering legacy of medieval Japan, Kinkaku ji or the Golden Pavilion as popularly known to foreign tourists was teeming with visitors - one had to get creative with the composition to avoid people in the frame.
What are your favourite techniques to get rid of tourists from your photos ?
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
Client came and needed headshots immediately. Set up a single Broncolor Para 133 in the dining room. Delivered 20 pics. Setup, Shoot, Edit and delivered within 30 minutes.
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Great addition to the group.....to answer your question, yes, tourists and selfie shooters are always a kind of pain to have in the image. Since I usually shoot cityscapes, I often have to deal with tourists in my images....since I shoot at the same location for about 2 hours (usually from beginning sunset until ending of blue hour) I end up with a lot of photos of the same object and fortunately the tourists etc. are moving and are never at the same place.....so in photoshop I can overlay several images and get rid of the tourists with a layer mask. What I don't like is to stamp them out....I only use the stamp tool if really necessary......
My daughter was there a couple of weeks ago (she was in Japan when lockdowns came in) and had the place to herself. Kyoto was tourist free, so she went all around the city over a few days, sending back photos of empty sites.
Love it!