Comments on: A Few Flowers in Awaji http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Zachary http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34964 Zachary Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:37:51 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34964 Nice shots. But, do I detect a little bit of sucking in of stomach in A's shot of you? <span class='jfriedl'>Just a little? I must be getting good at hiding it. —Jeffrey</span> Nice shots. But, do I detect a little bit of sucking in of stomach in A’s shot of you?

Just a little? I must be getting good at hiding it. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34955 Peter Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:13:37 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34955 Grandma Friedl: like Diane, I tracked down nanohana in Wikipedia. Oilseed rape (Seiyouaburana seems to be another Japanese name) is an important oil crop, but also a very decorative one, though I think you may call it canola in the US? I do want to know what the purple thing is, though! All I can think of is something called Orychophragmus violaceus (O-oaraseitou or Hana-daikon), a Chinese plant cultivated and I think sometimes naturalized in Japan (also occasionally cultivated in the West). The combination of yellow and purple is pretty wonderful: I'm hoping for some more photos from this park! Grandma Friedl: like Diane, I tracked down nanohana in Wikipedia. Oilseed rape (Seiyouaburana seems to be another Japanese name) is an important oil crop, but also a very decorative one, though I think you may call it canola in the US?

I do want to know what the purple thing is, though! All I can think of is something called Orychophragmus violaceus (O-oaraseitou or Hana-daikon), a Chinese plant cultivated and I think sometimes naturalized in Japan (also occasionally cultivated in the West).

The combination of yellow and purple is pretty wonderful: I’m hoping for some more photos from this park!

]]> By: Diane http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34941 Diane Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:23:29 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34941 Grandma Friedl, According to Wikipedia, nanohana is rapeseed and is a member of the mustard family. The cooked leaves are sometimes available as side dishes at Asian restaurants and delis here but I can never find fresh ones at the markets. Aloha - Grandma Friedl,

According to Wikipedia, nanohana is rapeseed and is a member of the mustard family. The cooked leaves are sometimes available as side dishes at Asian restaurants and delis here but I can never find fresh ones at the markets.

Aloha -

]]> By: Ron Evans http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34931 Ron Evans Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:04:50 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34931 Hi Jeffrey, This post shows a great example of your choice to use a very shallow depth of field. (I'm talking specifically about the 1st photo that has the close up of the <i>sakura</i> blossoms.) I don't want to 'gas you up' too much but that is a very beautiful shot. Words like Rococo and post-impressionist come to mind. Very feminine. Very beguiling. Nicely done. Also the photo of the photographer (you) is interesting too. (The one Anthony took) While you are what he meant to be the 'direct object', your eye can't help but get drawn to the upper left by the converging lines of the road, and the yellow/green/purple flora. This causes your eye to have to shift between the subjective target (you ) and the instinctive target (the vanishing pt. of the converging lines). -That and your Mona Lisa-esque expression /stance. You look happy, reluctant, impatient but relaxed, defensive, contrived and yet natural. Maybe I'm reading into it and I apologize because I don't want to be offensive, but I'd love to know what was going on when that photo was taken. Many thanks again for your sublime posts. <span class='jfriedl'>Thanks for your kind words, but I think you're reading way too much into the photo of me. I'd just taken a similar shot of Anthony, and he wanted to take my picture. The look on my face was probably a combination of sun in my eyes combined with a slight concern for the $5,000 worth of camera in the hands of a six year old (he's used my camera before, and shown that he can be trusted with it, but the combination of "expensive" and "six years old" leaves a bit of concern nevertheless). Anyway, anything about a photo of me that draws your attention away from the primary subject is probably a good thing.... I'm better <i>behind</i> the camera. :-) —Jeffrey</span> Hi Jeffrey,

This post shows a great example of your choice to use a very shallow depth of field. (I’m talking specifically about the 1st photo that has the close up of the sakura blossoms.) I don’t want to ‘gas you up’ too much but that is a very beautiful shot. Words like Rococo and post-impressionist come to mind. Very feminine. Very beguiling. Nicely done.

Also the photo of the photographer (you) is interesting too. (The one Anthony took) While you are what he meant to be the ‘direct object’, your eye can’t help but get drawn to the upper left by the converging lines of the road, and the yellow/green/purple flora. This causes your eye to have to shift between the subjective target (you ) and the instinctive target (the vanishing pt. of the converging lines). -That and your Mona Lisa-esque expression /stance. You look happy, reluctant, impatient but relaxed, defensive, contrived and yet natural. Maybe I’m reading into it and I apologize because I don’t want to be offensive, but I’d love to know what was going on when that photo was taken.

Many thanks again for your sublime posts.

Thanks for your kind words, but I think you’re reading way too much into the photo of me. I’d just taken a similar shot of Anthony, and he wanted to take my picture. The look on my face was probably a combination of sun in my eyes combined with a slight concern for the $5,000 worth of camera in the hands of a six year old (he’s used my camera before, and shown that he can be trusted with it, but the combination of “expensive” and “six years old” leaves a bit of concern nevertheless). Anyway, anything about a photo of me that draws your attention away from the primary subject is probably a good thing…. I’m better behind the camera. :-) —Jeffrey

]]> By: plm http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34929 plm Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:59 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34929 From Portland, OR: I started following your blog when it was linked to as a photography site. Then I noticed you were the author of "Mastering Regular Expressions", a book I reference several times a week. Great book, by the way! I do enjoy your photography and watching your son grow and enjoy life. The nearby tulip fields should be blooming any day now to provide us with some color to enjoy and photograph. The weather here is about what you are experiencing and we are getting "spring fever" with folks taking "mental health days" to enjoy the beauty of Oregon. From Portland, OR: I started following your blog when it was linked to as a photography site. Then I noticed you were the author of “Mastering Regular Expressions”, a book I reference several times a week. Great book, by the way! I do enjoy your photography and watching your son grow and enjoy life. The nearby tulip fields should be blooming any day now to provide us with some color to enjoy and photograph. The weather here is about what you are experiencing and we are getting “spring fever” with folks taking “mental health days” to enjoy the beauty of Oregon.

]]> By: Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34926 Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:01:11 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34926 Oh, I'm so glad that Diane (from somewhere?) asked about the yellow flowers. I didn't recognize them. From the photos they appear to be the common mustard plant we have here in Ohio that grows like a weed (since it is considered such) and carpets fields the same way. Yet it doesn't seem credible that someone would sow fields of mustard like that, though those flowers seemed quite a bit larger than the ones here. The effect is lovely, though. Peter, your thoughts? Oh, I’m so glad that Diane (from somewhere?) asked about the yellow flowers. I didn’t recognize them. From the photos they appear to be the common mustard plant we have here in Ohio that grows like a weed (since it is considered such) and carpets fields the same way. Yet it doesn’t seem credible that someone would sow fields of mustard like that, though those flowers seemed quite a bit larger than the ones here. The effect is lovely, though. Peter, your thoughts?

]]> By: Diane http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34925 Diane Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:19:34 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-08/1180#comment-34925 Are those yellow flowers nanohana? <span class='jfriedl'>The yellow ones are, yes. The name means, literally, "field flowers". —Jeffrey</span> Are those yellow flowers nanohana?

The yellow ones are, yes. The name means, literally, “field flowers”. —Jeffrey

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