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Spring is here
Spring is here
Crushed flowers
Crushed flowers
Apple branded moleskine
Apple branded moleskine
Yen machine
Yen machine
St
St "pure" valentine
Mother Mary watches over Japanese children
Mother Mary watches over Japanese children
Rich store
Rich store
Someone forgot to put his sandles away
Someone forgot to put his sandles away
Waitin' on the train
Waitin' on the train
Emperor and empress chillin' out Heian style
Emperor and empress chillin' out Heian style
Oni cleaning season is coming (setsubun)
Oni cleaning season is coming (setsubun)
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IMG_2339
Peaceful field
Peaceful field
Typical American couple?
Typical American couple?
Okazaki castle gate on new years
Okazaki castle gate on new years
curry chef
curry chef
New years lantern
New years lantern
Go this way
Go this way
Hidden Shrine
Hidden Shrine
Small flower
Small flower
Relaxing with the great buddha
Relaxing with the great buddha
pink sakura
pink sakura
Stone fish.. Mmmm
Stone fish.. Mmmm
Robot in happi (法被) plays w/fireworks
Robot in happi (法被) plays w/fireworks
Azuki pepsi. Mmmmmm
Azuki pepsi. Mmmmmm
The bullet train cometh
The bullet train cometh
Gifts for Kami-sama
Gifts for Kami-sama
New year's soba
New year's soba
Train station
Train station
Small neighborhood shrine
Small neighborhood shrine
Walk under a blue sky
Walk under a blue sky
Okazaki, river by night
Okazaki, river by night
Beware carnivore automobiles!
Beware carnivore automobiles!
Away from the light
Away from the light
Chaplin...? Pushing pencils!
Chaplin...? Pushing pencils!
Lonely flower
Lonely flower
River and big torii
River and big torii
painted cow
painted cow
2010 is year of the Tiger
2010 is year of the Tiger
Old Showa beer poster
Old Showa beer poster
Traditional New Year's toys
Traditional New Year's toys
Scary lucky neko
Scary lucky neko
Thru the odd window
Thru the odd window
Sidewalk yin/yang
Sidewalk yin/yang
Somewhere over the...
Somewhere over the...
Rain gutter, japan-style
Rain gutter, japan-style
leaves at sunset
leaves at sunset
white
white
Colorful leaves
Colorful leaves
Fallen momiji
Fallen momiji

These are just a sample. You’ll have to wait until I start a photo blog to have anything more organized. ;) In the meantime, you can head over to my flickr page to see more.

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kyushudan December 21, 2009 at 10:35 am

Nice images! Thanks for sharing them.

I assume you used some type of software to tweak at least a few of those shots. Could you tell me which effects/filters you used as I would like give them a try myself.

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JapanDave January 5, 2010 at 12:11 pm

Thanks! Glad you like them.

I used a variety of things for the photos. Most of my photos go thru Aperture, which is a nice management program from Apple. I try to do all my editing there if possible. I process the HDR photos with Photomatix, a great tone-mapping program that can either give you very realistic hdr pics or the more surreal ones I enjoy. (After photomatix, it’s back to Aperture for some more tweaking). Then all the iphoto photos are processed with a handful of apps. I can give you a full list if you are interested in that.

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