![Photo of Ninenzaka Street in Kyoto](https://i0.wp.com/lestaylorphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Days-End-at-Ninenzaka-Kyoto_smaller.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1)
Day’s End At Ninenzaka Kyoto
Kyoto boasts a number of great places to enjoy the feeling of old Japan, and Ninenzaka (pictured in the photo below) is one of them. Ninenzaka literally means “two year slope,” though it takes far less than two years to traverse the slope unless you’re an extremely slow mover. Actually the two year part refers to a year of an imperial rule, but that’s not as fun. Anyway, as you can see the area has...
![Stepping stones in stream](https://i0.wp.com/lestaylorphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Step-Stone-Woods_smaller.jpg?fit=1024%2C679&ssl=1)
Step Stone Woods of Mt Mitake
I’ve been sitting on this shot since I took it last September while hiking around Mt. Mitake. I did an edit a while back on my iPad, and I liked it, but I thought I could do better, so I gave it a go in Photoshop over the last week or so. A lot of subtle but important edits went into this image, primarily centered around coloring and lighting. Most of the coloring edits were...