cshimokita
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Hirosaki Castle Park ··· Aomori Prefecture
Finally got some snow, and more in the forecast. My friends always complain about my 'hat' but I like a little shade on my face when taking photos - I really need to try an eyecup, particularly mid day...
and that's my Nikon F3P with the 50mm f/1.2 under my jacket not the result of the pizza & draft beer from the other night.
Thanks for looking,
Casey
Hirosaki Castle Park ··· Aomori Prefecture
Finally got some snow, and more in the forecast. My friends always complain about my 'hat' but I like a little shade on my face when taking photos - I really need to try an eyecup, particularly mid day... and that's my Nikon F3P with the 50mm f/1.2 under ...
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Lovely framing in that first image. I found your gut comment quite funny! Cheers, Filip
In the cold and snow the cameras stay inside the jacket...
On that day the x100t was also under the coat so it was quite cozy ; ) I should have shown the Nikon F3P in the photo. The couple who took my photo were funny... I have the Fuji back screen turned off for both composing and chimping so he had to look thro...
Thank you kjkt3...
Yes I also like that angle / composition in the third photo It is the same bridge in all three photos, mind you all bridges in the castle park are vermilion-red... Heavy overcast this morning, just about to head out for another day. Casey
fernando... the wind was wild today
and it snowed on-and-off all day... It's my second time here and I am starting to like Aomori... I would love to get further north on the Shimokita and Tsugaru Peninsulas (east and west side respectively of Mutsu Bay). Casey
I prefer winter, the colder the better...
plus lots of snow. My friends say it's because I was born in a cold part of the world during the winter ; ) Mind you I have not driven a car in years and I am not commuting on a daily basis... I actually melt in the summer...
Very nice.
The first shot immediately caught my attention, but now the third one is growing on me. I love the clearly in-focus branches up front and the soft feel of the bridge in the background. It should also be noted that your friends took a nice picture of you a...
They are all cherry trees...
and the park is a popular spot for spring blossom viewing... in that third photo it was snowing, which added to the soft feeling. I like the Fuji x100t for portraits and have the camera set up for face recognition... I had dialed in +1/3 exposure compensa...
Ah! Japan in winter!
That brings back some good memories! That red bridge in snow is lovely. I am a collector (in a very minor way) of hanga of Junichiro Sekino. There is an early print from 1938 of Hirosaki Castle with a similar view of the bridge and moat which I have had m...
Thanks for the introduction...
Jun'ichirō Sekino is mentioned as an initial member of "The First Thursday Society" in the revival of Japanese prints... Sōsaku-hanga (creative prints) ··· art that is "self-drawn, self-carved, & self-printed. Very interesting... Casey
He was from Aomori.
From your photographs, I think you might like some of his work, especially as many show interest in architectural qualities, especially in his modern version of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido. I have some of his portraits of sumo rikishi whom I remember f...
Last week at the Akita Museum of Art...
I attended an exhibition of two versions of Hiroshibe Utagawa's "53 Stations of the Tokaido"... the Hōeidō edition (1833–1834, his most famous edition) and the Marusei Edition (Hiroshige created around 30 different editions). I am sure that I would enjoy ...
