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Tonbo Sitting Pretty in Japan

Jim Atwood — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:52:59 +0000

“Quickly grasshopper, snatch the Tonbo from my hand”. A dragon fly or “Tonbo” in Japanese is popular for young kids to catch during the summer. My two daughters had a blast this summer running around with their nets and plastic bug cases trying to catch these.

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Sunflower Exposure

Jim Atwood — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:01:30 +0000

Sunflower Exposure is a shot where I purposely overexposed the petals for two reasons. First I wanted to bring out the central part along with the bee. Second I wanted to canvas the background in yellow and green colors to form more of a texture or pattern rather than a flower. I also wanted this photo to come out more saturated and bright. Very little Photoshop was used on this photo. You can see how one can really alter the color, texture, and brightness of a photo just by fiddling with the exposure. This was a fun shot.

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Plastic Kanji Japan

Jim Atwood — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:36:50 +0000

Here the plastic can be seen falling off this rather old Japanese lantern. I think it’s great that these lanterns are not always replaced for some of the newer ones. These older lanterns have a lot of class and are a joy to shoot with all the interesting nuances about them.

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Train Crossing August Japan

Jim Atwood — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:36:30 +0000

A short clip of a train zipping through a train crossing here in Nagano City, Japan. I’m in the car with my Creative Vado HD. It was a very hot day. Stopping at train crossings is an everyday occurrence for me in Japan. You have to be careful although the stop light and warning signals are pretty good.

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Hidden Shadow Japan

Jim Atwood — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:48:07 +0000

I’ve always like taking closeups of the leaves. The detail and color they provide is quite stunning in my opinion. Here I played with the contrast of light from the sun and the shadows of overlapping leaves. I took many shots like this and found it quite difficult to post a favorite…they all turned out rather satisfying. I am really looking forward to the autumn season and have several trips into the mountains here in Nagano to photograph the color of leaves.

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Leaves in Autumn Japan

Jim Atwood — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:21:21 +0000

My most favorite season in Japan is Autumn or Fall. The leaves are just gorgeous during this time not to mention the cooler air front just after the hot, humid summer. Fall in Japan is a time when I like to get out some of my unique lenses and head up into the Nagano Alps for some truly great photo opportunities. This Video is a collection of Autumn leaves taken with my Nikon DSLR using a wide variety of Nikon prime and zoom lenses. One of the many fun challenges is to come up with unique and creative ways to photograph leaves in Autumn. I hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed photographing these subjects.

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Midori Fiber Japan

Jim Atwood — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:15:52 +0000

During the summer in Japan you can find some pretty interesting sorts of vegetation. These sharp sword looking vegetation are fun to photograph. There are some interesting patterns or zig zags happening in the background which turned out pretty cool as well.

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Sunflowers in Nagano City Japan

Jim Atwood — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:51:38 +0000

Sunflowers are starting to bloom here in Japan. There are many around where I live and I think they are quite fabulous to see. They can get pretty big and the yellow is very beautiful. This is just a short clip taken with the Creative Vado HD to give you an idea of how they can be seen in Japan. This particular shot was taken near Nagano city in a residential area. Although these are pretty big, you can actually find sunflowers much bigger than this around the countryside. There are also a lot of bees around them too so you have to be careful. Video by Jim Atwood Photography at http://www.jimatwood.ne

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Ready to Roll!

Jim Atwood — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:22:14 +0000

Saw this guy on the sidewalk waiting for a red light to turn green. I really like how the brick wall provided a cool colored background for him and the motor bike. This was another fun shot from the day in the Nagano city, Japan.

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Sakana Fan Japan

Jim Atwood — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:18:28 +0000

Contrast and Color is what prompted me to take this photo. It was shoot through a glass window thus you get slight streaks in the wood which gives it a unique look so it didn’t bother me at all. I actually like the added texture to the photo that reflections and marks on glass can achieve. I probably should have bought this fan as it was pretty colorful in the window. It definitely stood out.

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