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Tonbo Sitting Pretty in Japan

// August 28th, 2009 // Comments // photography

“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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Hidden Shadow Japan

// August 13th, 2009 // Comments // photography

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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Aged Kanji Japan

// July 22nd, 2009 // Comments // photography

The sun gave this stone an aged sort of look. I enhanced the tones a bit in Photoshop but for the most part this is straight from the camera. It’s a cool kanji character as well.

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Cup of Neon Japan

// July 2nd, 2009 // Comments // photography

This sign sticks out in the middle of nowhere. It’s funny because I always walk down this street and rarely noticed until today. I thought the orange, green, and blue colors gave this shot a colorful appeal. I should go back at night and see how it looks during that time.