Mystical Kyoto - Japan's city of a thousand temples

Philmar · Jun 25, 2015

Here's a gallery of shots I took in one of the world's great cultural gems:

Imperial capital of Kyoto Flickr - Photo Sharing

EDIT: Sneak preview

Japanese macaque - Kyoto by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Geisha silhouette inside of Nishi Honganji temple, Kyoto by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Sunset over Kiyomizudera (清水寺, literally "Pure Water Temple&quot - Kyoto by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Schoolgirls - Kyoto by Phil Marion, on Flickr

JimMcClain · Jun 26, 2015

Sorry, but I didn't come to a photo forum to be sent to another website to look at photos. Maybe if you had posted a couple teaser pics here, I might have been encouraged to visit your Flickr page.

[EDIT:]Happy to see 4 days later you have added some pictures.[/EDIT]

Bryston3bsst · Jun 26, 2015

I agree. I see this too often.

Designer · Jun 26, 2015

Fellas....

Knowing Phil Marion's excellent photography, I was happy to click on his Flickr album. 114 images, and all good.

JimMcClain · Jun 26, 2015

Designer said:
Fellas....

Knowing Phil Marion's excellent photography, I was happy to click on his Flickr album. 114 images, and all good.

And Phil using TPF for what it was intended, I might have been able to say the same. But I don't know him and am pretty confident that most who visit this thread don't either.

SnappingShark · Jun 26, 2015

My wife, her sister and her father were recently in Kyoto also.
My wife lost her camera somewhere in Japan though and so she will enjoy seeing these pictures when I show her later.

Nice shots. But I agree about posting a couple of teaser pics here so people don't have to click through. I happily would have though based on the shots.

Fred Berg · Jun 26, 2015

JimMcClain said:
Designer said:

Fellas....

Knowing Phil Marion's excellent photography, I was happy to click on his Flickr album. 114 images, and all good.

Click to expand...

And Phil using TPF for what it was intended, I might have been able to say the same. But I don't know him and am pretty confident that most who visit this thread don't either.

Normally I would agree with your complaint about links to other sites, but, actually, this member posts a great deal of their excellent work in the themes section. Perhaps if you scrolled down to that area occasionally, you'd know this.

JacaRanda · Jun 26, 2015

Nice gallery Phil and thanks for sharing.

sashbar · Jun 26, 2015

Excellent images as always from Philmar. Top class. Macaque in the frame is priceless. Absolutely money shot. Were I a Nat Geo editor I would have grabbed it and run.

JimMcClain · Jun 26, 2015

Fred Berg said:
Normally I would agree with your complaint about links to other sites, but, actually, this member posts a great deal of their excellent work in the themes section. Perhaps if you scrolled down to that area occasionally, you'd know this.

How could you possibly know what I have or haven't viewed here on TPF? This is a very large forum (what us forum webmasters refer to as a "bigboard." It's a good bet that most members and visitors to the site do not read every post or even check out every forum. It's presumptuous of you to assume I have not visited the Photo Themes forum. I have, but I don't go there every day because I have neither the time nor the inclination.

I saw the title of a topic that looked interesting, much like some of the many thousands of visitors to TPF see, most of whom are not registered members here (they may have googled Kyoto, Japan or Japanese temples, etc.). I clicked it hoping to see some content. Being a TPF member and familiar with this part of the forum, I fully expected to see at least one image. It is, after all, the Landscape & Cityscape forum, which is in the Photo Galleries group of forums. Instead, there was only a link that would take me off-site. TPF and Flickr kind of compete with each other for traffic and discussion. I'm certainly not averse to spending time on Flickr, but that is not my primary goal when I visit TPF.

When I view a member's pictures in a topic here on TPF, I might click the links or visit the member's profile to see what else they may have posted here. But in this case, I was given nothing to base an opinion on except that Phil posted a link to another website. No picture to see in a picture forum.

No doubt Phil has many admirers here who are familiar with his work. Please excuse my lack of familiarity. I haven't yet had the pleasure of learning what you and others know - probably in a similar way I had hoped to learn, but Phil didn't have the time (I'm guessing) to give me and others the opportunity to do that. YOU apparently had the opportunity at one time. I was only asking for the same opportunity.

Jim

Designer · Jun 26, 2015

JimMcClain said:
Phil didn't have the time (I'm guessing) to give me and others the opportunity to do that.

This is not worth arguing over.

There was simply too much content to post in one thread.

Either click or don't, and it won't matter in the long run.

JimMcClain · Jun 26, 2015

Designer said:
There was simply too much content to post in one thread.

If one, two or three pictures is too much content to ask for, why even bother coming to TPF?

Either click or don't, and it won't matter in the long run.

If it didn't matter to me, I would have said nothing. If all anyone did was post links to other sites, the quality of the content on TPF would be eroded and, in time, most of what you would find here would be amateurish point & shoot pics with little to none of the high caliber, pro quality support and guidance we enjoy now. As someone who greatly appreciates support and guidance, that makes it very much worth arguing over.

Fred Berg · Jun 26, 2015

JimMcClain said:
How could you possibly know what I have or haven't viewed here on TPF?

JimMcClain said:
But I don't know him and am pretty confident that most who visit this thread don't either.

It's quite straightforward, really.

You have jumped to a conclusion and taken a fairly high-handed attitude towards another member. Each of us has basic information displayed to the left of our posts: how long we have been members, how many posts we have made, likes received, etc. This information makes it clear enough whether this is an active member posting a link for convenience or a newb fishing for clicks on another site.

JimMcClain · Jun 26, 2015

I am not going out of my way to be an ass. I hope you can resist the urge too. I know you better than I know Phil and I haven't looked up all of your posts either. It's not a requirement. It doesn't invalidate my point.