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★ Grungy Landscape

JapanDave — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:44:08 +0000

A beautiful sunset over the Oto River, with some grunge added to make it more interesting. Thanks for reading! ~David LaSpina

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★ That Golden Sky

JapanDave — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:21:19 +0000

The magic of golden hour is hard to beat.

Cowboy Bebop

Are any of you fans of anime? I can’t say I’m a huge fan, but a few years ago I did watch and enjoy Cowboy Bebop. It took place in the far future, in space. As the title suggests, the main character was something of a cowboy, and there was a jazz influence to every episode. Actually it covered almost every genre of music, but always returned to jazz. I think the music is really why I liked the series so much.

What’s your favorite series?

Today’s photo reminds me of one of the best jazz pieces from the series, a fantastic song called Space Lion that features one of the most beautiful sax solos I have heard.

Check it out (ignore the graphic. Just close your eyes and listen to the song):

That Golden Sky

This was a lovely sky I caught about a week ago. Looking at the Oto River, one of the main rivers in Okazaki and one I’ve featured several times in other photos (like here).

Photo was processed with the Lightroom 4 Beta, by the way. It’s free, so if you have any desire to test it out, head to the Adobe website and get it.

Thanks for reading! ~David LaSpina

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★ Cloudy Day

JapanDave — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:06:32 +0000

Posted in Cloudscape HDR Landscape

I took this as I was walking home today. Its been cloudy all day, the kind of grey sky that you can’t really see any detail in. I took my camera with me anyways, just in case something caught my eye. Luckily, as the sun started to drop, the light really started to define those [...]

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★ Twilight Over The Otogawa

JapanDave — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:27:46 +0000

Posted in buildings Daily Photo HDR Landscape

I love the contrast between old and new here: The modern hotel right next to the old castle.

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★ Flooded

JapanDave — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:56:14 +0000

This month has been a rough one for Japan. At the start of the month a huge typhoon came through the west side of the country and caused a lot of damage, now just yesterday another huge one hit, this time coming right up the length of the country. It caused lots of flooding, and many people were forced to evacuate their homes. (Here’s a look at the nearly flooded river from last time)

I think Mother Nature is mad. First the earthquake and all the aftershocks (which still continue), and now these big typhoons!

Today’s photo is a look at some rice paddies near where I live. I’ve shot them before here and here. Hmm… At least there usually are rice fields here. As you can see, they are almost completely covered by the overflowing river!

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