The entrance to Kiyomizudera
On the right, we have what this temple is named for: a pure water source.
Kiyomizudera ("Pure Water Temple") in Kyoto
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Beautiful! The orange is excessive, but I like it.
I will have to visit Kiyomizudera when I go to Kyoto in two weeks.
How do you get the clarity and saturation of your pics?
Most of the photos on here are shot with a DSLR, a Canon Rebel XT (aka 350D) to be exact. I also use lenses that are known to produce sharp images. But that's just the beginning. I shoot so that there is a minimum of underexposure and overexposure, which means the photos come out looking pretty drab. So, they get hauled into Photoshop where the highlights (often sky) are toned down so that the details emerge, and the dark areas (shadows) are lightened for the same purpose. Toss in a little extra saturation, hopefully to just before the point of looking ridiculous, and then readjust the contrast so that things still look normal. After that I recheck the photo to make sure the color balance and contrast balances are acceptable, then make a final crop and save.
That's my current work-flow.
It's time consuming, but it gets quicker as I do it more. Although, sometimes I get totally hung up on a photo because I just can't decide how to crop it, like today.