DirtyGlassEye hat dem Pool ein Foto hinzugefügt:

"Dokotsu" loosely translates to "cave" or "grotto". This angle not only looks like all the above, but also a tad tacky. It looks like the filmset of a cheesy C list movie. The fact there was even a colored light in the water is a bit funny. Other context clues suggest it's somehow still a place for spiritual enlightenment (the ladles on the left). So is this for show, is it a relic, or is it an offering?
Believe it or not, this was in the same room as the candle shot a couple weeks ago. This room had so many objects for so many usable compositions. I had this cut out of the frame on purpose so it could be it's own shot. It deserves it. The light coming from above, shining on the aging dragon fountain. I thought this artifact would have some kind of religious significance but my research came up empty, at least for it's location here at Sandanbeki. Perhaps it was stashed here by the pirates of the Heian period.
The light shining on the dragon left me with an obvious subject to work with. The rock walls had a clarity buff to make the terrain more believable but I put it in the shadows. Put a motion blur on the falling water and gave a saturation boost on the dragon head and the ladles. As a final challenge I enlarged the head, knowing the subject had to be bigger to attract more attention.
This place packs a punch that surpasses quite a few American caves ( repeat, a few). For being a cavern with essentially only 3 rooms there were so many different things to shoot from many different spots. Again, this was in the same room as the other treasures and lanterns, and somehow I managed to get the light all on this fountain and nowhere else.