In Okinawa You Can Flyboard !

What Will They Think of Next ?

 

 

It would be best if, you had some agility and, no disability before you try this water sport.

This dude was fly-boarding at Sesoko-jima in Motobu, yesterday.

People who are really good at the sport do acrobatics out there.

Personally, I'd rather open my wallet, to try paragliding because, I could bring a camera along.

For those, interested in attempting flying closer to the water, I found a link.

Flyboard Okinawa

Island Life Concierge

Where else in the world, could you do stuff like this, in the month of October ?

Images of Sesoko Island Bridge (瀬底大橋) in October

Beautiful Afternoon on Sesoko-jima

Out with a big lens, looking for some birds, I got bored and decided to shoot the bridge.

THe Pentax K3 was equipped with a 300mm prime lens and a 1.4 converter.

There were no clouds in the sky at the moment so, I tried some different angles.

When you're driving or, walking across the bridge you don't notice things like this.

As mant times as, I've gone to this island, I never thought about taking photos like this.

There were plenty of pretty girls, wearing bikinis but, I wouldn't shoot them.

Today, I was supposed to shoot some Fish Hawks, catching fish.

The birds, I wanted to shoot, never showed up so, I changed lenses.

This is a wide angle view from Sesoko Island, looking back towards Okinawa.

More photos were taken of the activities on the beach.

It will be awhile longer before I get those images processed because, things are busy around here !

Previous Posts of Sesoko Island Bridge:

Travel Photo: Sesoko-jima Bridge

Nice to See the Cops Today on Sesoko Island Bridge

 

Pacific Reef Egret (Egreta sacra) AKA Kuro Sagi

Sometimes Patience Pays Off

 

 

Out in the blazing midday sun, I wasn't too satisfied with light for shooting this bird.

Out on a seawall, I was looking back towards the shore, when I first spotted the critter.

The tripod was set up and, I took enough photos to put together a GIF.

The afternoon light was harsh and, I knew a black bird wouldn't make a great image.

But, some folks like to see how these birds walk and stalk.

It did wind up catching one small fish, which it quickly swallowed.

Ten minutes later, the bird flew over the blue sea, straight towards me.

Of course, it heard the shutter snapping on my camera, in rapid fire and, turned.

The image above, I'll save and the other 199 photos can go in the trash.

The photos were taken using a Pentax K3 and 300mm lens with a 1.4 converter.

That gave me a focal length of 420mm.

The images were Geo-tagged South-West Miyazato, Okinawa, Japan.

When, I pulled that up on Google Earth, I zoomed in on the map.

And, it looks like those satellites knew the exact spot, I was standing on at that seawall.

Technology these days is really amazing.

Wouldn't it be nice if, people didn't use it, to evil things ? 


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Fun on an Athletic Field

 

 

With so many Undokai (Sports Day) events during October, I get extremely busy. 

Preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high and, high schools hold them.

 Aemed with a few cameras and a tripod, I try to cover everyone and, everything.

Somewhere, on the field, grandchildren and relatives of mine are participating.

 The kids, own parents can't point them out to me because, everybody looks the same.

So, I usually carry one camera with a wide angle lens and, shoot them all.

Maybe, I'll get a clue like, "Look for the kid wearing orange shorts and a red hat."

They just forget to tell me which relay the rascal is running in, that day.

The kids with the black hair, looked familiar so, I captured the gymnastics, twice.

It turns out, they aren't any relatives, of mine.

But, maybe they belong to someone I know, in my travels through the town.

The parents and teachers got involved in a tug-o-war and had fun, too.

A teacher, the other night, reminded me of another 1,000 images, I forgot to develop.

So, I'll be posting a few more on the Ryukyu Life Facebook Page.

Tomorrow maybe, I'll take a peek at a couple of dozen more if, the weather ain't just right !

Travel Photo: Mt. Katsuu

View from the Highway

 

 

It's been awhile since we've visited this area and, it was high noon when I took this photo.

Normally, I wouldn't bother shooting a landscape at this time of day.

And, there are plenty images of Katsuyama in my files already.

Just for the heck of it, this shot was taken and, I Geo-tagged it.

The Katsu Village office was directly behind me, on the opposite side of the road.

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: Pentax 18-250

Exposure: f/16  1/80   ISO 100

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If you would like to climb this mountain, visit Map It Okinawa.