This was a situation where the shallow depth of field was way, way too shallow

This one should be easy, but if not, check the "map & image data" link for a hint.

As I mentioned yesterday, I went to Osaka to visit some friends. We met at Osaka Castle Park (a lovely place that I'll write about another time) and enjoyed the afternoon together.

I had my camera with me, of course, and took the opportunity to try my hand at some impromptu family portraits.....

I've known Kevin for the better part of 20 years, and he attended my wedding 10 years ago. We don't get to meet very often because he lives up toward Tokyo, so I was happy that a business trip brought him down my way.

I apparently met [...]

After yesterday's first taste of autumn while being stuck with nothing better than a point-n-shoot, I thought I'd head back to the same area today with some better equipment. I brought my Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VR zoom, a Nikon TC-17EII 1.7× teleconverter (my first outing with it), and my monopod. And Anthony.

What I neglected to bring was enough time, light, or skill.

I got there just before the last direct rays of light disappeared, and without the dynamic clouds of yesterday, there were no visual fireworks in the sky, so the whole point of being there sort [...]

Anthony and I went out today to try the remote control car he got from Grandma and Grandpa for his birthday last week, our schedule or the weather conspiring to prevent us until today.

We headed to the rear of the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (in the same area as the "Hanami and Lunch" picture on this post) and gave it a try. I happened to have my point-n-shoot with me, so snapped a couple of pictures...

I'd not charged the battery in the week after opening it, so about the time he was getting used it, silly me, [...]

From the "Words Really Can't Do It Justice" department, rummaging around in my image library I found these shots that I took with my cellphone last year, on Route 1 in Yamashina (Kyoto, Japan).