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Showing posts with label Nakijin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nakijin. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Cherry Blossom (桜) Photos: The Okinawa Challenge
The Weather Doesn't Always Cooperate
Today we went up north in Okinawa to check out the sakura for our followers.
Folks planning their weekends like to know how the cherry blossoms are coming along.
There was scarce sunshine, few blossoms and plenty of cold wind. It even rained a bit.
After checking the situation at UNESCO Nakijin Castle we did some off the beaten path stuff.
Nakijin-jo is having their Sakura Matsuri grand-opening this weekend. I'd wait.
Ya'll know the Map It Okinawa dude and the crazy places he finds, right ?
He was out in the middle of nowhere, going up a river, to see where it went. I waited.
That's when the rain started.
It occurred to me, I hadn't shot a cherry blossom, all day.
That's when I got the idea to shoot some sakura, under challenging conditions.
These few sprigs of cherry blossoms were next to the shelter, I'd be hiding in.
So, I played around with spot focusing on some of them.
And I moved around to give the scene some background, other than grey skies.
This technique can be used anywhere.
It's a good idea, to get your camera off AUTO Mode and play with aperture settings.
Decide if you want the background blurred or, sharpened.
This photo was taken with on-camera flash.
Fooling around with shutter speeds and flash settings gives all sorts of results.
There's no way, I'm going chasing sakura without coming home with some flower photos.
This cherry blossom photo turned out to be one of my favorite shots of the day.
There's something about a sakura on a rainy day, that I can't explain.
One photo (taken with flash) like this, in the rain, has received over 12,000 views on this blog.
When the weather takes a nasty turn or, the flowers aren't in full bloom, take the challenge !
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NOTE: The best sources, tell me Mt Yadake is at about 50% bloom.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
September 2012 Editor's Picks (Photos)
Ie-Shima Sunset
A Fisherman in Nakijin
Things have gotten horribly busy around here this month. I love it that way.
Only two photos were entered in a contest and I probably won't have time to do any more.
Speaking of contests: Don't forget to read the rules and get your name submitted for the:
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Thursday Travel Photo: A Fisherman in Nakijin Okinawa, Japan
Meet Shokitan Motoo, a fisherman, spotted today on a beach in Nakijin.
Way off on the horizon is Izena-Jima, the next stop in our island-hopping campaign.
A typhoon is coming to visit us this weekend so, the boat trip is cancelled.
Just being out on a sunny afternoon, watching Shokitan cast his net was good enough for me.
It wasn't a good day for fishing. The net came back empty.
Shokitan came up on the coral rocks where I was composing photos.
We joked and laughed.
He's going home with no fish and I'm not getting to go to another island.
In Okinawa, people don't worry about petty things.
Everything will come together, someday. So, don't worry. No need to get angry.
We joked around and laughed some more. Shokitan has a free photo coming to him.
It turned out to be a great day.
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