Japan Photos 2020

[thomas]

It's already February and we haven't started our photo thread yet!

I'm just posting two alibi pictures taken in January, I have it on good authority that @イェンス has more goodies.

This is simply amazing: electric spaghetti around Futakotamagawa.

Taken on a Sunday morning commute: an empty Sumiyoshi Shotengai.

 

[イェンス]

Thanks to the Coronavirus Nara was deserted last weekend.

Album:

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Nara

• イェンス
• 4 Feb 2020
• 25

Photos taken in and around Nara City (奈良市), Nara Prefecture (奈良県).

 

[thomas]

Brilliant pictures, thanks for sharing. Looks as if those crowds were just photoshopped out.

 

[イェンス]

Kiyomizudera yesterday morning at 6 o'clock.

 

[イェンス]

Teshima Island, Kagawa, this morning.

More photos in the album:

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Naoshima and Teshima Islands

• イェンス
• 4 May 2018
• 139

Naoshima (直島) and Teshima (豊島) are islands in the Seto Inland Sea (Kagawa) known for their art...

 

[イェンス]

Some more pictures from the Chichu Art Museum on Naoshima Island. There are more shots in the album.

 

[thomas]

Early morning view yesterday from the Corredo building in Nihonbashi: Tokyo Skytree to the right, and Mount Tsukuba in the distance to the left (iPhone 6).

 

[johnnyG]

Cropped from a phone pic:

 

[thomas]

Kawazu-zakura (河津桜) at our neighbourhood temple. Quite early this year.

 

[johnnyG]

Some oddballs:

 

[thomas]

Etchujima Park: stitching experiment with a few shots from a bicycle commute.

 

[johnnyG]

@thomas That looks fine--what are you using to do that?

Google photos used to do that automatically when its AI sensed a series of adjacent shots, but then it disappeared, ...maybe over a year ago? Here are a couple of samples of what they did. I wasn't aware that they'd do this at first, but then when panoramas started appearing as 'suggestions' I quickly started clicking away with that in mind. One of these is a mountain outside of Sapa, the other Ninh Binh.

 

[thomas]

@thomas That looks fine--what are you using to do that?

I use Adobe Photoshop. The quality is not too shabby considering that the pics were taken with an old iPhone camera.

 

[johnnyG]

Here's a place that the dog and I sometimes go by on walks. I've probably posted almost the same shot before--but not in this season. (hope that makes it okay!)

 

[johnnyG]

A good result, to my eyes, using portrait mode--11pro:

(it'd be nice to work with people instead!)

 

[Lomaster]

Finally moved from Kanto to a different area. Like i promised - i will upload a photo, and see if anyone can guess the location.

First - a farewell to Edogawa.



And now a view from the new place.



The landmark in the picture is not that well-known, so i'll upload an absolute spoiler tomorrow.

 

[thomas]

@Lomaster , very exciting! As for the landmark: are you referring to the red brick (?) building on the right? Looks like a university.

 

[Lomaster]

@thomas
Red brick university building it is! And yes i'm referring to it.

 

[Lomaster]

Here is a more obvious one

 

[thomas]

Here is a more obvious one

Is this where you are working now.....?

 

[Lomaster]

Haha, fat chance
Just happen to pass it by every now and then.

 

[thomas]

Nice one! Enjoy Kyoto minus the tourists. How envious I am. Please share a lot of photos with us.

 

[johnnyG]

So, 龍谷大学 深草キャンパス ?

 

[Lomaster]

Thank you Thomas, there certainly are too too many tourists here, despite of:
- being off season right now
- corona
- me keeping away from major tourist spots
Have to brace myself for the upcoming hanami season.

@johnnyG Bingo!

 

[johnnyG]