Yakushima: a view of the southern coast 454 days ago Read More
A rough coast through a long lens. This was taken from the verandah of the room where we were staying.
That’s not sky at the top of the picture, by the way — I was shooting into a mountain:
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Osaka Steamship #5 454 days ago Read More
It all comes together in this one, my favourite of the bunch. It’s a superb illustration and perfectly pitched advertising, beautifully executed and richly sentimental.
A late winter afternoon tur...
Eijyuusha 454 days ago Read More
As of about 1:20 p.m. last Wednesday afternoon, I am a permanent resident — 永住者 — of the great nation of Japan.
[Posted to: The Good]
Yakushima forest 454 days ago Read More
Desktops:
1024 × 768
1280 × 800 MacBook
1440 × 900 15” MacBook Pro
1680 × 1050 17” MacBook Pro, 20” Cinema Display
1920 × 1200 23” Cinema Display
2560 × 1...
Osaka Steamship #4 454 days ago Read More
I think this is my least favourite of the 5 cards in this series, but I’m not sure I know why. I was going to write something about kitsch across the waves, and how the channels opened up by steam...
Two onigawara from Yakushima 454 days ago Read More
Of course you knew you were going to see onigawara from Yakushima and here are two terrific specimens, one by day, the other by night. Above is the roof of a house that must belong to a fishing fa...
Specially trained attack medaka 454 days ago Read More
Update: This morning not a single mosquito larva was observed in either pot. Not one. My pretties appear to have devoured every last wriggler during the night. There was a single young mosquito whi...
Vigourously ongoing 454 days ago Read More
Imagine a roughly circular granite island 12 kilometres in diameter which rises to a series of peaks approaching 2 kilometres above sea level, the highlands of which receive, on average, 8,000 mil...