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 the 'Pretty Photos' CategoryPosts including photos that I think are particularly pretty, usually about nature. In my post the other day about my randomly photographed stroll in Kyoto, I included a photo of a mud-packed wall with badly-damaged wood-veneer siding. The picture above is the wall of the house next door, which is in much better shape. I thought some might find it appealing as a desktop background, so under the picture I've included links to various sizes, in both standard and widescreen aspect ratios. A wider view of the house shows a much less compelling view. Part of the art of photography is knowing what to hide. For more desktop backgrounds, see the [...] 
View full post » More pretty views from Biei, Hokkaido, Japan from our trip a month ago. Unlike those posted before, these are from our first day there, when it was much more hazy, overcast, and gloomy. Still, a few nice shots came out, I think, with common themes throughout. The trees in the last shot (which is better viewed with the larger version -- as with most photos I post, click on the image to view) are somewhat famous, even being marked and labeled on area maps. There were at least a dozen people along the road taking pictures of these trees when [...] 
View full post » While on a drive in the mountains of northern Kyoto today, we came across a pretty scene... a small watter-filled field of wilty-looking purple flowers, with a backdrop of the sun setting behind some mountains. To me they were "wilty-looking purple flowers," but Fumie guessed they were one of three kinds of flowers, each of which turns out to be an iris of some sort when I look up the Japanese names she offered. The field was apparently filled with frogs, their loud din similar to that mentioned the other day. The field held a grave marker for [...] 
View full post » After the ugliness of my last post, now I just want to see some interesting pictures, so here are a few random shots that I've been wanting to share.... These were strawberries that Fumie prepared for the kids when Anthony had some friends over. They lasted for about 30 seconds before the plate was clean. A similar shot was featured on one of my Lightroom posts. A tree at Anthony's preschool last January. Being in a valley, it seems that Kyoto's sky is always hazy, but on this day it was crisp and deeply blue. A goat at the petting [...] 
View full post » In between snapping pictures of the great blue heron yesterday, I paused to take a picture of some potted flowers. The result is a deliciously rich set of colors that can't really be replicated properly on the web. This image is right out Lightroom, with all settings at their default. The saturation may look unnaturally vivid as if it's been boosted in post processing, but believe me, the colors are so rich to start with I worried that something might explode if I touched the saturation. 🙂 I'm wondering how this might be as a desktop background.... Hmmm..... Also while [...] 
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