Showing posts with label Ishikawa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ishikawa. Show all posts

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Chasing the June Full Moon

3 Favorite Images


helicopter, military,moon, Okinawa, Japan


When the weather cooperates three days can be spent doing moon photography.

Sometimes rain or clouds will ruin an evening shoot so, it's best to shoot every chance you get.

This military helicopter passed in front of the rising moon on June 27th at 7:05 PM.

The pilot should contact me if, he or she wants a print of this photo.



astronomy, full-moon, moon set, Okinawa, Japan


Scientists claim the full moon has no effect on the behavior of humans or animals.

Well, I think they are all crazy. 

When the full moon is scheduled, my wife goes crazy trying to figure out if, I'll ever come home.

This is a photo of the moon setting in the west at 4:52 AM on June 28th.



astronomy, city, Ishikawa, moon, Okinawa


In this photo, the moon is setting above Ishikawa, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan.

It was 5:21 AM on June 28, 2018, and, would be my last shot before heading home.

When I got home the wife told me she had woken at 4 AM and was worried.

It seems like the dog and her husband had been missing and, left the front door open.

The scientists, who want to learn about lunar effects, should come and talk to me!

Friday, January 10, 2014

Did You Know McDonald's Has a McCafe in Okinawa ?

McDonald's outside view with blue sky

It looks like any other McDonald's from this side.

And, I'll be a sonovagun.  I didn't bring along a camera.

So, I took this snapshot with the handy, dandy cell-phone camera.

Now, the front of the building is a little different.

One of these days, I'll go back down there and shoot the whole place.

There's a big sign, out front, that says, McCafe.

And, when you get inside, they have a coffee counter that could put Starbucks out of business.

This place is down the road, just about six miles from my office.

It's in a town we used to call Ishikawa but, got renamed Uruma.

The place was so impressive, I did a TripAdvisor Review, as soon as I got back in my office.


They must have really liked what I said. Because it's already published.

See, I say stuff like, "Not that, I'm trying to loose my reputation, as a connoisseur, of fine dining."

And, they like to hear things like that so, they know you aren't taking bribes.

Or, do you suppose, they really liked that cell-phone photo ?