文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for May, 2007I've come to the conclusion that as a general rule, photographers are horrible writers. I haven't surveyed an overwhelming number of books on photography, but most I've seen range from "pretty bad" to, well, the most poorly-written book I've ever seen, on any subject (Bryan Peterson's "Understanding Exposure"). The only well-written book I've seen on photography is Stephen Johnson's On Digital Photography. The reason for this, almost certainly, is that these photographers are missing one of the two wholly unrelated skills that non-fiction writing demands. They know what to present because they have knowledge of the subject matter, but they [...] 
View full post » Sunset photo taken handheld on a gently rocking car ferry off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. The mountain peak to the left is about 25km (16 miles) away (with the sun being a bit further away than that ) For sun pictures, I still think my Malaysian Sunrise is my favorite. 
View full post » In our trip to Hokkaido last week, we took a car ferry most of the way. We drove the 83 miles from Kyoto to the Tsuruga ferry port, then boarded the Shin Nihonkai Line's ferry named Suisen (which means Daffodil). Looking at that big rope, I have to ask: if you had to choose, would you rather be caught between the ship and the dock, or read my blog? It's a question of whether you'd prefer to be moored to death, or bored to death.... (yeeach, that's rank, I know 🙂 ) Anyway, the boat is 200 meters long, and [...] 
View full post » I went again today to the Kyoto Keage Water-Treatment Plant to see the azaleas (although I didn't know they were called "azaleas" until looking up the word yesterday). The pictures yesterday didn't give much feel for the overall site, so I thought I'd show some today that attempt to. I'm sure I won't be successful, for as I said yesterday, it's a huge sprawling site with many terraces, pathways, alcoves, gardens, nooks, and crannies. The view is nice enough from the outside, with many flowering azaleas to brighten it. The picture above is from across Sanjo Street, looking down the [...] 
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