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Japanese Yo-Yos

Japanese Yo-Yos

Picking up colourful water-filled balloons with hooks on tissue-paper lines is a common game at Japanese festivals. These balloons are known as "yo-yos&quo...
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Picking up colourful water-filled balloons with hooks on tissue-paper lines is a common game at Japanese festivals. These balloons are known as "yo-yos" in Japan.
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camera

NIKON D300

settings

settings

Aperture 8/1 ISO 400 Shutter 4/1000 Focal Length 135/1

location

location

Osaka, JP

upload_date

Mar, 2019

Views

94

Likes

+1

Awards

Aperture Award

2020 Choice Award

Top Choice

+6

Absolute Masterpiece

+2

Outstanding Creativity

+1

Superb Composition

Peer Award

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