Posts in Category: Japan
lanterns
I’m choosing some pictures to hang in my office and browsing through some of the older ones. From a few years ago.
HDR
I tried my hand at manual HDR photography tonight, and I have to laugh – I failed miserably. It’s the tonal imaging that’s tough. I’ll get it. And that’s how we learn – a few failures, a few “ah-ha!” moments, and we learn. Still, I am not going to post tonight’s work. Ugh.
Yes, there are multiple ways to use Photoshop to do this kind of work automagically, but I want to learn how to do it myself first, then have the skills to tweak auto-HDR. For the same reason I enjoyed learning photography from behind the lens of an all manual Pentax K-1000 camera, I’d like to learn how to make HDR myself. Then I know what’s going on; then I know how to tweak for better performance. And I blew it tonight. Tomorrow? I’ll make it work. Seriously.
So it’s one from the archives tonight. This shot comes from alongside the river in Kyoto. Sunset light is beautiful – the camera captures the sideways light, and photos look magic. Also, I like playing with depth of field in tight shots.
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Crane
Yet another from the archive – a few long days in a row here, so I’m calling the day done.
I took this just as the sun was diving into the horizon a few years ago in Kyoto at Fushimi Inari. It’s been few years now, but I still remember what an amazing day we had there. And I still remember trying the grilled sparrow on a stick. Not exactly “yum.”
Messenger’s place
sake
I forgot the daggum camera today – ugh. And frankly it’s too cold outside right now, so one from the archives tonight.
The plum blossoms must be just about popping out at Tenjin-san, and they’re so stunning! This photo is from the same town, walking back from dinner one night. The sake bottles were set out by the street to tempt passers-by in for a cup. This night, I declined. But I got the shot.
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Walk
Fall pictures seem like cheating as there’s so much beauty in the trees, the long autumn afternoon light… The world hands photographs amazing texture this time of the year.
Sunlit walk
