{"id":23580,"date":"2026-05-20T20:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=23580"},"modified":"2026-05-20T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:10:43","slug":"rainy-day-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=23580","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Day Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The next day it rained but it wasn’t a problem at all as we planed to visit museums anyway.<\/p>\n

On the way we already passed the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art but we decided to visit the D.T. Suzuki Museum first.<\/p>\n

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I love museums. They are special places and if you don’t insist to visit The Louvre, the National Gallery, the NHM or NKM in Vienna or something similar there is a chance that you might enjoy a very peaceful place.<\/p>\n

D. T. Suzuki was a Buddhist Philosopher born in Kanazawa. I knew nothing about him before I visited the museum and honestly I also didn’t learn a lot in the museum because I was more focused on the architecture and the design. The only thing I remember is that he was born into a rich family which allowed him to study philosophy and most of all to travel a lot. He also lived in the USA and Europe. Maybe I’m a little jealous.<\/p>\n

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The museum was mostly empty but its design is excellent. The shapes, the colours, the materials. This is a beautiful place and my images don’t do it justice.<\/p>\n

For this vacation I brought the Z 20mm\/1.8 S instead of the Z 14-24mm\/2.8 S which was a mistake. I now completely changed to the zoom and sold the 20mm. An excellent lens but of course you can’t ignore the fact that a super wide angle zoom is much more versatile.<\/p>\n

I hate to switch lenses and so I shot everything with the 20mm when I should have switched back to the 26mm to have a less extreme angle of view. Should I ever visit again I will shoot with my 14-24mm.<\/p>\n

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I rested on the benches and tried to take it all in. I took my time but failed to get enlightenment. Except that I would use I wide angle zoom for these kind of pictures in the future. The Nikon Z 14-24\/2.8 S is not a small lens but the Z 20\/1.8 S isn’t a small lens either.<\/p>\n

So maybe this empty museum really helps to get a clear mind.<\/p>\n

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