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Showing posts with label Field. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Field. Show all posts
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This Cool Cat Showed Up on the Trail So I Shot a GIF of It
Not the Sort of Creature You See Everyday
There is probably some fancy name for this mongrel-looking cat.
It was spotted along the edge of a field as I was heading back to town today.
There was a 300mm lens on the camera.
The cat filled the frame, faster than I would have liked it to, composition wise.
About a dozen images were made before the cat turned and ran.
If anybody is missing a cat like this, I know where to find it again.
Er, do you think it's some kind of wild thing ?
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Springtime Plowing in Kin Town Okinawa
Watch These Egrets
While the farmer is tilling the field, they look for worms and bugs, to eat.
The tractor doesn't scare them, one bit.
When the tractor stops and the farmer gets off, that's a different story.
Do you suppose they think he's going to get a shotgun ?
Saturday, October 13, 2012
How to Smooth Talk in a Papaya Field
You Can't Just Walk in and Shoot Papayas
Back in August when we ran across these little papaya trees I had to shoot them.
Months earlier, I had taken a photo of me standing next to a big papaya tree.
It had been a long time, waiting for the right weather to get a photo of these little papaya trees.
It was time to do some smooth talking so I could get this done for my blog.
I wanted to show a comparison in the sizes of these trees.
RyukyuRusty had to stop the car and let me out.
Before setting up a tripod, I asked the farmer's permission, to take a photo.
That way, we wouldn't look like some sort of criminals, just tresspassing.
Rusty got the shot of me by the papaya and I went over to talk the the farmer.
What I didn't know was: The rascal kept on shooting while I was over there.
There I was flailing around telling the guy what nice trees he had.
And showing him how a typhoon came along and broke my first papaya tree.
Matsuda thought I was some kind of foreign dancer, I bet.
That's because, I wiggle around a lot when I get excited.
He had a good laugh. And, Rusty was probably laughing, too, while he was shooting.
Before I left, I had to ask Matsuda, again, what his name was.
That's because I hear about as good as a rock, these days.
So, he yelled "Matsuda".
Then, I thanked him for the fruit he gave me and told him not to worry about my ears.
It comes in handy when you get old.
If you can't hear, you don't have to sit around the house listening to the wife yapping away.
We had a blast.
Everybody should try smooth talking in a papaya field, someday !
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
What's Wrong With That Picture? Ten Million Bucks in a Field !
This is my picture of a gal in a field, not far from where I live in Okinawa, Japan. She gave me the evil eye while I was taking her photo but, that's probably because I look a little suspicious. I'm a foreigner.
Now, if I was going to do anything fancy with this picture, like sell it, I'd chase the gal down, make friends with her, get her to sign a model release form and print, frame and give the picture to her.
If she ain't too young maybe we could have a sake or some beer together.
When I saw her working the field I figured she was cultivating rice. That's done in the fields around here.
So, my question isn't about what's wrong with this picture.
I want to know what's wrong with the picture up in a place called Gimje, South Korea.
The police caught this guy with Ten Million US Dollars planted in his field of garlic. They have a picture of what all those $100 bills look like in nice, neat bundles stacked and wrapped with rubberbands.
The farmer, must be a pretty fast-talker. He told the cops his brothers-in-law got him to plant the money. They were unavailable to speak to the press at the time. One was in prison and the other guy ran away.
The police in the USA should make friends with those cops in South Korea and, I bet, they might find enough US Dollars to pay off the national debt.
It sounds like the banks are so full of dollars, people are using them to fertilize the garlic fields in Korea.
Have a look at $10 MILLION CASH . "What's Wrong With That Picture"?
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