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February 2nd, 2008 10:46pm JST (3 months ago)

Anthony and Fumie standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean, in the north-eastern part of Amami-Ooshima, an island in the Southern Japan

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 @ 26mm — ¹/500 sec, f/8, ISO 250 — full exif & map
North-Eastern Amami-Ooshima
the area where Fumie's grandmother lived before WWII

As I wrote before, it was often windy and rainy during our New-Year's trip to Amami, in southern Japan, but the weather was quite dynamic and squall might be immediately followed by brilliant sunshine.

"Materia" — sun streaming from the clouds, like the hand of God reaching out to earth

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 @ 40mm — ¹/200 sec, f/10, ISO 125 — full exif & map

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 @ 17mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/10, ISO 100 — full exif & map

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 @ 17mm — ¹/750 sec, f/8, ISO 160 — full exif & map

Within 10 minutes of each of these photos being taken, it was raining.

January	6th,	2008	Amami Islands, Southern Japan
January	9th,	2008	Really, Really Windy Days in Amami

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Well, at least you’ve been well prepared for unpredictable weather, since you grew up in northern Ohio.

— comment by Marcina on February 3rd, 2008 at 2:06am JST (3 months ago) — comment permalink

Your photos and comment about Fumie’s grandmother, got me to thinking about the sadness of wars. I am sure there is something profound I should be able to say, I just don’t know what it is.
Mel

— comment by Mel Lammers on February 3rd, 2008 at 4:04am JST (3 months ago) — comment permalink