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Taking the Rest of the Day Off

September 2017 Full Moon Over Okinawa

7:11 PM

This looks better than, last night's image so, I'll call it the full moon.

The Pentax K1 and a converter on a Pentax 300 Gave me 420 MM of lens.

7:31 PM

The landlord caught me climbing off the roof so, I explained what I was doing up there.

The first photo, I showed him and, told him the full moon was out tonight.

He couldn't see it from ground level so, I had him follow me halfway towards the roof.

Then, told him if, I went back up with a bigger lens maybe, I could get a better shot.

Round Two

Using the same camera with a Sigma 50-500 and the converter 700 MM of lens was available.

The difference in the color of the moon, is something a scientist could tell you.

It always seems more orange, when the moon first comes up.

The later you wait, the brighter and smaller, it appears in the sky.

After two hours, climbing and moon watching, I think, I deserve the rest of the day off.

There's a cold beer waiting for me and, I promised to show a photo of the moon to someone.

Later.....

Eisa in Front of an Irish Pub Named Bingo's

Eisa Dance in Kin Town Okinawa

This will be another quick blog post, as it's full moon night and, I have work to do.

Thunderstorms passed through the island, earlier today and, it's still cloudy.

Hopefully, the clouds will break and the Obon full moon may appear.

Going out with a heavy lens for awhile, I'll see if, I can catch it.

Then, it's  back out in the streets with a wide angle lens for the final night of Eisa.

And, when the shooting is complete, I may visit Bingo's Pub, to tip a few !

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Two Animations of Eisa in Kin Town - Obon 2017

Before Midnight

Many areas were visited during daylight hours by the Eisa groups.

During the day, I'm usually busy with other things and, don't hang around this part of town.

This Kin Eisa gang showed up near my watering holes before midnight.

It Began Raining

Rain might slow them down but, it didn't stop them from performing and smiling.

With the heat and humidity, we've had lately, I think they enjoyed the showers.

Out there following them around, until two this morning, the rain felt great, to me.

While developing these photos, I heard Eisa, down the street and, captured a few more images.

But, they won't be processed or, downloaded until tomorrow.

Out the door, I'm going to chase Eisa dancers, again tonight. Standby for more...