Weekend's Here: Images from a Busy Week

Just a quick photographic review of the photos taken the past few days.

In Okinawa, Japan you never run out of interesting subjects.

 There's a stone wall in the ocean, over in Yomitan.

 

Friendly waitresses in the Soba Houses.

Delicious servings of Okinawa Soba.

Old weather-beaten tree stumps.

Pups that look suspiciously at you on the beach.

Baby Loggerhead Turtles running to take their first dip in the ocean.

Lighthouses and statues to photograph.

Butterflies and flower blossoms.

Birds and Dragonflies.

Every day, I'm out there somewhere, finding new things to shoot.

Sometimes, it's way past sunset by the time my work is done.

Before you know it, the weekend's here.

Think I best go grab a beer !

Turn Me Loose I Wanna Sabani !



They are sailing again today.

Just a few miles north of here, maybe, ten bucks by taxi.

Here I am, stuck in the office, when I could be out there with them.  Groan.

It's been so tempting, thinking about grabbing the cameras and escaping.

There are summer festivals going-on everywhere.

A promise was made.  I told the wife, I'd take it easy, all weekend.

Dang.  Should have crossed my fingers, when I said that.

Tomorrow, when the sun sets, that means the weekend is over.  Right ?

If I grab the cameras and shoot festival fireworks, that's taking it easy.

That's what I'll do but, I'd really rather be sailing in a sabani.

Photo: Ducking Out for the Weekend

To all those who celebrate Thanksgiving, have a happy and safe weekend.

This one will be a busy one, for me.

There are things like, a kayak event, some camping, karaoke singing, beer drinking and

Goat Fights, I have to attend !

So, I'm ducking out for the weekend, early today.

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The Rain in Okinawa has to Stop for the Weekend! Groan

Whoa ! 

The weekend is coming and I've been waiting for this for months.

What I was really doing way down on the south end of the island yesterday was this:

GETTING READY FOR THE ITOMAN DRAGONBOAT RACES.

The rain has to stop.  I just got over that pneumonia thing.

Last night, I went and filled up my tank with anti-freeze, er, I mean Orion beer.

And, almost forgot, I promised the folks in Itoman I'd advertise their poster.

Anti-freeze makes ya forget, sometimes.

Lucky for me, I won't have to translate this for you.

Everything you need to know is right here.

 Itoman is the place in Okinawa where Dragonboat races originated.

They take pride in the fact.  Even painted the event on their drink machine at the city office.

They won't cancel this annual event just because of rain.

Somebody better get the stuff to stop, or I'm gonna get real wet !


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No Plan Today, Just Green Trees, Flowers and a Freakin' Canon !

Early this morning I walked to the bar (office) to grab the cameras and hit the road with Doc Graff.

That's when I discovered the shutter wouldn't accept my key and I was locked out.  Everything I needed for the day's photography was ready to go I just couldn't get in.  By the time Doc arrived I was madder than a pile of wet chickens.  I just said, "Let's go.  I'll be your camera advisor.  Get me outta here, far and fast"!

A lot of times the best road trips, with a camera, are when you don't have a plan.  So, we decided that's what we'd do today; have no plans.  You won't be so dissapointed if nothing happens. 

It's an old Okinawan thing.  Never make plans, that way they can't go wrong. 

We were in a hurry to get nowhere when I spotted these cool-looking trees groomed like the tiled roof of a traditional Okinawan home.  It's a good thing I always look for these photo opportunities because Doc is always watching where he's going on the road.

We whipped a u-ey and pulled off the highway.  Doc grabbed his Pentax and I used my cell phone.

The red and yellow flowers, along with the dark green leaves of the well-manicured trees would make a great photo, I thought.  Dang, I wish I'd have had a real camera !

Point and shoot, kneel and squat, move around and shoot from different angles.  People driving along the road must have thought I was crazy, or suicidal trying to compose photos from where I could get run over.  The blasted LCD screens on cell phone cameras are almost impossible to see when you're out in bright daylight.  I hate them.  I need a viewfinder.

The next stop we made was at Kitamura Camera Store.  So, what the heck,  I've been wanting to get a CANON G12 for a long time.   Ever since they first came out, I've been researching different makes and models of point and shooters.  My first priority being, it has to shoot RAW.
Then, other must-haves are a viewfinder and an LCD screen that I can twist to different angles, or turn the stupid thing OFF, if I want to.  Well, I got that sucker, now.  Standby for a review.

If you'd like to see what other users of the G12 have to say in their reviews, follow the link above.

Today started off sort of down in the dumps.  After seeing those green trees, pretty flowers and coming home with a Canon G12, it didn't turn out too shabby afterall.  The office is unlocked now and the news is saying another typhoon may be headed our way.  So, I won't make any plans for the weekend. 

It's an Okinawan thing I kind of like !

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