>>4246497Surprisingly it didn't take long, I set the exposure compensation to -3 stops and that did it!
Focusing on the outside rather than the inside throuh the OVF was the hard part, but that did it
Also got lucky with the person standing in the gate, only noticed him afterwards but he's perfect c':
Dedication is definitely a theme with this branch of Buddhism, the cavern in question was carved by hand, and there are tales of priests carving buddhas into cliffs with their fingernails
Don't know if that last part is true, but it certainly is badass
There are a few places in the country with even more statues in one place, here's Hiroshi Sugimoto's take on it:
https://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/new-page-49I'm glad you enjoyed them!