#2: One Nation Under Buddha — January 2, 2013

Today's photo of the Manga University Daibutsu (that's what we're calling him from now on) was taken outside the Nishi-Kawaguchi Fire Department, which sits adjacent to the sprawling MU Campus. This was a particularly difficult shot to capture, with a fierce wind blowing and harsh sunlight beating down on the buddha. It wasn't until we had taken about 100 HDR images that we settled on this one as the best.