The Flowers of Yamasa

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Oct 212011
 

Okay, I’m done with the sky.

For the last couple of days, I’ve been taking pictures of flowers, to see how the macro function works on the IXY. It’s pretty good. Not stunningly great, but better than a cell phone camera, and that’s all I can hope for.

So behold, the shy, dainty flowers of Yamasa. (Okay, some of them are weeds, but the still looked interesting to me, and it was something to do in-between classes!)

Flowers at Yamasa

 

I like the detail on the left flower. The right flower is out of focus. A weak point of the IXY’s macro mode.

Flowers at Yamasa 2

 

It’s a little head-on and bulls’-eyed, but I liked this flower. The IXY did a decent job, considering I was hand-holding the camera.

Flowers at Yamasa 3

Flowers at Yamasa 4

 

The IXY did a good job with this weed/plant, too.

Flowers at Yamasa 5

Flowers at Yamasa 6

 

And finally, a shot of the South Okazaki Hospital sign/top floor, with lots of power lines in the way:

South Okazaki Hospital Sign From Yamasa

Next up is a story about my trip to Nagoya Castle. Good times.

The Skies of Okazaki

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Oct 192011
 

In-between classes, I started messing around with my new Canon IXY. Mostly, I took pictures of the sky, because I saw some interesting stuff in it. Yesterday, I saw some neat looking contrails from jets going wherever they’re going. Today, I saw some beautiful shimmery clouds.

Oh, and I also took a photo of a goldenrod weed near the school. Just because.

The 10-minute breaks are welcome, but sometimes it’s difficult to figure out what I want to do for 10 minutes. It’s just enough time to realize it’s not enough.

And now, the photos:

The contrails looked cool, and had a kind of lonely feel to them:

Contrails 1

Contrails 2

Sideways shot!

Contrails 3

Power lines interfere with a lot of my photography in Japan.

Power Lines

It’s annoying.

Power Lines 2

I liked the blue wall and yellow/green plant combination here. Just a weed near Yamasa.

Goldenrod, I think.

I really like this shot. The sky was kind of shimmery, and Aoi Hall was its usual corrugated self. Makes an interesting shot. Thanks, Lightroom!

Shiny Sky 1

Now just the sky without Aoi Hall:

Shiny Sky 2

One more:

Shiny Sky 3

If you look at it the right way, doesn’t this look like a dragon’s head? Just a bit?

Dragon!

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