It's fall in Kyoto and that means lots of little trips to see the magnificent foliage. Anthony and I took a long walk last week with Katsunori Shimada, my good friend of 10+ years. We went to the Kyoto Biwako Canal Museum (about the canal built in the 1880s that brought water and Japan's first electricity to Kyoto), then up the Kyoto Incline and into the mountains and temples and paths back behind it. (Five pages of pictures here.)

Our day was mostly uncrowded until during our return we descended from the mountains into the rear corner of [...]

Adobe's Photoshop is one of the most amazing pieces of software ever written, and I aspire to learn at least one percent of its functionality.

I've gotten pretty good at being able to touch up a photo to remove unwanted items, as with this photo shown at the end of my previous post (mouseover the phrase "the original” below the photo to see the original version).

The real roadblock with me and Photoshop is that even though I might learn the mechanical functionality, much of that functionality requires artistic skills to put them to good use -- [...]

This past Sunday was a big day for us, as we had the fourth and final interview at the preschool we were interested in, which is highly regarded for many reasons, and only about 10% of applicants actually get in. (We found out yesterday that Anthony was accepted!)

After the interview, Anthony and I took a little bike ride to see some fall foliage. It's pretty anemic this year, but we were still able to find some nice areas close by. We first went to a secluded area in the south part of the old imperial palace [...]

The leaves are finally getting into the Fall spirit here in Kyoto, which got me thinking about the above photo which I took mid-October two years ago, in Ohio. I haven't really found a place like that within walking distance of my place here.

I rather like the shot, and it got me thinking of some amazing nature shots I saw when I first released my image viewer earlier this year. Here are some of those photos:

[ UPDATE: all the photos that were linked here are no longer available at their respective sites, but click on [...]