Just outside the southern gate of Yasaka-jinja (A major Shinto Shrine in Kyoto) can be found Nikenchaya, a shop specialising in traditional Kyoto sweets (desserts) and some interesting modern fusions. I captured the photos used to make up this image while this shop was lit up for the 2017 Higishayama Hanatouro. This shop normally closes at 5pm, but during the Hanatouro the shop hours were extended to 9pm.

This image is made from 3 photos (-1EV, OEV, +1EV) captured with a Nikon D700, mounted on a sturdy tripod. Technical corrections and noise reduction was performed on each image in DxO PhotoLab and exported as TIFs, before the 3 TIFs where merged in Luminar Neo using the HDR Tool and some adjustments performed before the final image was finished off in the Gimp.

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