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Another fail to stay on track. 13th was rather a busy day and although I brought the camera with me, there was nothing particularly interesting that caught my eye.
So, I am posting a 14/10 photo taken early morning near my home. Again, this is nothing really special but admiration of SMCT 50/1.4 performance wide open.
The Rebel
Taken with EOS 5D and SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 @ f1.4
2nd post in POTD series, and I feel I am somewhat failing to keep with the initial “1 shot – 1 hit” idea. However, it’s still within the acceptable limit.
(Click the image to enlarge)
Tokyo, Shinjuku. Two good friends are making their way home after a hard day’s work and few well deserved drinks.Taken with Canon EOS 5D and Leica APO Macro Elmarit-R 100/2.8 @ f2.8
Very binary way to resume posting in this continuously declining blog and a very ambitious project indeed.
I believe my shooting is completely inadequate at this point. Not least due to my laziness and lack of motivation (a blatant excuse). Therefore, I decided to start taking more photos in between my upcoming projects. It will also serve as a good test for the manual lenses I have acquired recently.
Recently, I have been trying to create sets of brushes which might be interesting in photo post processing and design in general.
Just a day before relocating to Yokohama I received shocking news – my favourite ramen restaurant of all time – Kyodo Ramen is no more.
Maybe you are already living in Japan, maybe you plan to relocate here and get stuck. In any of those cases, you might be relocating to a different ward/town/prefecture.
Wherever in Japan you decide to move, do not even dream about doing it during February-March aka the relocation high season. Your relocation company might suddenly decide to play Robin Hood and you will be facing whopping 200.000 yen fee….and it is fairly cheap at that. Even better, the people arriving at your doorstep are not movers, but simple drivers who even in their wildest dreams can’t imagine which way to take your expensive grand piano down the narrow winding stair case…
If you for no apparent reason are still bent on moving during this stressful period of time, choose a shipping company instead such as for instance Nitsu (if you or your partner are fairly proficient in Japanese).You will be able to squeeze your fragile belongings into a “container” (a supermarket delivery truck type of cage measuring about 180 x 160 x 75) and get away with the fee close to 20.000 (estimate based on Nagoya-Yokohama relocation).
Just so you know…
Not really news as such. 01/09/09 Canon officially unveiled the EOS 7D. The rumours circulated for quite some time now, however 7D was expected to be the successor of highly regarded full frame 5D. Now 7D turned out to be quite a surprise, mostly in the sense that it’s another camera in APS-C series such as Rebel (XXXxD) and XXD series cameras.
I assure you, this was purely accidental.
Japan has its share of interesting bugs from nightmarish Giant Asian Hornets to extremely cool miniature tanks – Rhinoceros Beetles, or kabuto mushi as they are called in Japanese, since they resemble a samurai helmet.
Extremely delayed post. No point to apologise as none of the parties – me as the poster and you as a reader really care. Instead, have a look at the photos, should you have the interest.
Kind Regards
Seriously, what a useless blog this is. Maybe this is because I am out living life instead of blogging about it? Or perhaps because I don’t have a life, which is rather a silly statement to begin with.
In whichever case, Detroit-Chicago Express is inviting you to club Domina in Nagoya for Sweden V Japan club night, Monday 13/07/09.
Line up is as follows.
Sweden: Dmitri Reyer (3BYK Records)
Japan: Mr. Soda (Out Records), Kondoh (Vogue), Chiyo (Vogue), Jin (Ham Sallad), Mio (Ham Sallad)
Everything will be thrown on the decks, but perhaps as name hints most of the tracks will carry Detroit/Chicago influence – the classic flavours of house and techno unbeknown to large mainstream masses. This is certainly not an event for the purveyors of minimal filth (take it as a joke).
Admission Fee – 1000 Yen.
Be there, although, if you are looking for some mainstream party, check Japanzine or some other similar rubbish “publication”.
