Shake shake (1)
There is nothing special of those photos, no trick, they are just
blared photos because of the camera shake.
Camera shake because of the slow shutter speed = 1/2, 1/4 sec’ kind. — And
to have such slow speed, lowest ISO setting and a dark ND filter was used.
Make the situation worse, I was in a moving bus. 🙂
So, it’s easy to have un-sharp pictures —– just shake the camera.
(Of course, if you like.) 🙂
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Morning Sun
Toward the winter solstice, the Sun is going down south. It’s mean, it’s
getting lower and lower in the sky. So, we can see the sun coming through
side of the tree. And now, the tree got their golden leaves.
Unlike Wabi-sabi of typical Japanese, I got bad habit to push even farther.
So, the Curry got to be very hot etc. And to see twice as much Gold leaves,
the instant twice-rich-magic was to give a double exposure. 😀
While giving double exposure, even the focus has been changed to make
painting like images. —– When crispy sharp picture can be made even
by Phone-camera, I rather like to push opposite direction.
And for this picture — focus was made for background leaves and
to the foreground flower. (—– I like this water-color effect too.)
— Have a peaceful nice week, everybody. 🙂
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Focus-Shift Flower image
Somebody in the USA contacted me to use one of my old photo which was
taken by a technique of Focus Shift, hence the image has big off-focus
bokeh superimposed on it. In fact I’ve published such photo many times
like this or this. (though, the gear used or the lens may not be the same)
And even there was such drastic approach. 🙂 But this time, focus ring
was moved manually, and in order to have a slower shutter speed, shooting
took place in the evening, under rather dim light.
And to make off-focus, shift to near or far, or the setting of F-aperture etc,
above all, how far the subject, will make the picture looks quite different.
(still, there is no fixed manner = it’s just case by case. 🙂 )
Funny things of Focus Shift is, first moment, it was focused to the main
subject, then move the focus, generally till completely out of focus though,
why not focused here and there. = Two subjects will have each clear focus
(and bit of bokeh) 🙂
Camera used here was the Nikon D810 — having had 37Mp image-censor,
there are ample of space to crop the image.
A radio DJ mentioned Xmas —– Oh no, soon it will be the November
—– still, flower patch has few flowers left. Thanks Goodness.
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Tokyo Dream Party
Somewhat coinciding with a Japan Matsuri, there was a Japan themed
extravaganza in a member’s club somewhere in the Mayfair, London.
It was organized by my friends, stage designers and a good coincidence,
it was a day, happen to be my birthday.
So, it was a great occasion to have a fun for the day — even if it was
not organized for me still, as those people are my longstanding friends,
they sang “Happy birthday to you~” altogether = What an evening !
(but no birthday cake —– I wouldn’t ask too much. Ha ha ha )
All those performers, musicians are the Japanese and sang Japanese song.
Organizers are the party people = wearing Sushi jacket (mind you, none of
genuine Japanese Sushi restaurant people wearing Sushi Kimono. = such
crazy things happens only in this country. lol )
And number of so-called Cos-ple (Anime costume player) girls.
They supposed to be Kawaii (cute) — are they ? — (I’m not sure.)
They said to be the Ninja. = it’s mean Kunoichi. (female Ninja)
Though, I wasn’t convinced. They must be the comedian.
(BTW, the name Kunoichi came from the each element of
the letter 女(woman) く=ku，ノ=no，ー=ichi．They (said to have)
used a Honey Trap as well, as a weapon. — How exciting ! )
MMM ? Who ? 80s Japanese group, Frank Chickens ?
And, another (are they ?)— anyhow I don’t know the song. ( I’m 浦島太郎ね）
They are the very sexy performers. = supposed to be the Taiko drummer.
Drumming well, though I’m not sure of the jumping flesh.
Then, here comes so-called Yuru-chara — kind of stuffed toy / Mascot.
Organizer brought an automatic bending machine — this one sells
many sorts of pants / knickers. (for women — but not necessary.)
It could be a great opportunity for a solemn faced gentleman to explore
the taste without facing a shop assistant or giveaway a personal data to
a net shopping. —– still, are you sure no hidden camera watching ?
And Puri-cla (Print club) = Photo machine with a lots of fun collage.
= a fun for the Japanese teens and a fun for the English grown-ups.
So, it was a good fun and the pleasure to be in an extravaganza,
which made a day for my celebration. = (Sure — now I feel older ! Ha ha ha)
(And this is my 800th post.)
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Artcore Int’ Exhibition
There is an Exhibition of the Artcore International at the Bird’s Nest Pub in
the Deptford, London —– in fact, it coincided with their event called Nestival
with a lots of live music.
You may find a lots of info’ here.
https://www.facebook.com/events/382090185319668/
In fact, what exhibited there was a collection of weird images = almost
obsessively, painstakingly created drawings, sculptures.
(thanks goodness not a kind of “So-called” conceptual art but has substance)
(sorry, so many artists and their works, I couldn’t name and credit each one
= if you are interested in, please visit there as it’s opens till 26th Sept’ )
The exhibition was organized by Joefur and Kevin who were the
artists of Minesweeper Collective. The Tyre Creature, (Photo above)
= Dragon ? or huge Rezard ? looks amazingly realistic. 🙂
(Sorry, this picture = lefthand side = Top )
As I reported before, Deptford (next to Greenwich) is a weird artistic town.
<< https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/deptford-art-or-odd/
<< https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/graffiti-in-deptford/
<< https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/spiritual-deptford/
So the Bird’s Nest seems to be a kind of community center, gathering point.
And it is a rare kind of pub always playing Punk, Sexpistol like music —–
the reflection of the local folks’ psych. Good ! 🙂
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Algae or Moss ? — Water plant
I’m not sure what is those green staff on the river bank of Deptford Creek.
Its green color indicates that they are a plant living on the Photosynthesis.
—– though, I don’t care. I only thought, its green color is beautiful — and
it’s enough for me to click the camera. ( thanks goodness, this lens shows
only the atmosphere, not the useless details — of so-called Realism. 🙂
= often, surface detail mask the true reality. True reality may lie behind. )
This fuzzy lens I used to take those photos were yet another Two Element
Homemade Lens. (toy camera lens with strong concave lens on front.)
( The lens appeared in this blog
before.)
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OMG ! Is this Japanese Heavy Metal ? — No, it’s Baby Metal Sir.
Three Vocals of the Baby Metal = Yuimetal, Su-Metal, Mormetal. (16 years old)
(Screen shot photos from — http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2056265/?anc=015)
Past six months or a year so, the name Baby Metal often came to my ears.
Though, my only thought was, It’s a good name for a band = Without using
any ferocious word, the sarcasm is far more stronger. —– Yet I didn’t know
they are a Japanese Girls’ band. When I saw a Japanese news saying that
Baby Metal is going to have a concert in the Wenbury Alena ( 2nd April 2016 ),
I started to wonder what’s the sound like ? = I clicked Youtube links.
Wao ! This is the genuine article. (Very rare to see among the Japanese staff)
—– Of course, it is a mix of Japanese Kawaii staff in a guise of Heavy Metal,
still, the impressive instruments, guitar, drum — its danceable rhythm, sound,
pretty good. (—– the visualization too !)
— And this is the more joky exotic staff (for export to the west) 🙂
( Still, the marriage of Japanese Taiko rhythm and the Techno beat created
quite a drive = my kind of the speed ! )
—– Only a thing I dread about Heavy Metal is, = the long-haired audience
dance = head-banging = the smell of their hair is the hell ! 😀 😀
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Bizarre Lens on Macro shot
It’s the same lens, Pentax AF Zoom 35~70 F2.8 — with that heavy proxer.
So, the magnification ratio was about 0.5 (at 35mm)~1 (at 70mm).
As you may see, I’m not after the scientific details but the optical softness.
Still, when the subject was on the same plain (within the depth of field)
the lens can capture quite a details. (All the photos here = F2.8)
(Note, in this photo, left bottom, an egg of the Green lacewing.)
Macro photography is the constant supply of the visual fantasy for me. 🙂
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Bizarre Lens – Pentax AF Zoom 35~70 F2.8
Well, the Lens = Pentax AF Zoom 35~70mm F2.8 itself was nothing strange
or I should rather say, Optically superb Lens. — But, the fate of this lens
was rather bizarre. Originally the Lens was made as a Triangulation AF lens,
so that the AF motor unit and the battery box were attached to the lens barrel.
It was the early 80s —– and soon, such AF system became obsolete.
Still, Pentax designed this lens with their full force = Now looks rather modest
35~70 F2.8 Zoom then was an expensive fancy lens carrying £800 (?) price.
And the Zeiss vario-sonnar 35~70 F2.8 for Contax was much more than £1000.
On the market, the Minolta’s new AF camera has appeared then = When I saw
this lens in throwaway price £80 (I think) in the shop (The quality of this lens
has been well reported.) I bought it and (you may not believe) modified !
( the AF unit was removed and the hole was covered by an aluminium panel)
After I changed my 35mm camera from Nikon to Contax, the lens I bought
first hand were 25mm, 85mm and I could use Tamron 90mm Macro and
500mm Mirror as well. So, I modified this Pentax K mount to Contax mount.
The Frangeback of Pentax K and Contax are both 55.5 mm but the Pentax
Bayonet is larger, therefore it wouldn’t go into the Contax camera.
So, I removed the Pentax bayonet and welded Contax bayonet on it. (Photo right)
(Because of the position of a lever, the lens was mounted 90 degree off center.)
This was a test shot of Pentax AF Zoom at 70mm, F2.8 — 1.2 m
And this was a comparison, Canon FE Zoom 24~70 at 70mm, on F2.8 — 1.2 m
And the Pentax AF Zoom at 35mm, on F2.8 — 100m
The Canon EF Zoom 24~70, at 35mm, on F2.8 — 100m
As a lens for general use, this lens is pretty usable even on Canon 5D Mk-III.
(and this is rather familiar tree. 🙂 )
And familiar landmark in the park.
All those photos were taken at F2.8 (because no auto controle).
—– still, very much usable. 🙂
And this must be a
to the regular readers.
In my view, this is
a kind of old german
charactered lens.
(comparable to Zeiss
Planer Lens)
Pentax AF Zoom 35~70 F2.8
at 70mm / F2.8 / 1.2 m
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Yoshizen Phenomena
Alongside the peculiar phenomenon found in the Google Search, such as
“Yoshi – Zappa” which lead to my circular fisheye photo on the top page,
or “Tiny Life Egg” which lead to my photo of the Green lacewings’ Egg
( = on top of the 3.4 million items on their list,)
— the search term “Art Figure – St. Lucia” will have this image
on the top page of the 850,000 items in their listing.
Really ? —- is this an Art ?
Isn’t any better art work or painting of
St. Lucia exist in the world such as the
Spanish old masters religious paintings ?
—– I have no idea how the algorithm of google,
worked-out to select an image of a twisted wire.
Never the less, this is the Google certified “Art”
on top of the million items. 😀 😀
Even more peculiar phenomenon was, the artist
can recognize this as an art in one glance,
while holding the breath. (If you think otherwise, you are not the artist. 😀 )
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The same question again. Is this an art or even a sculpture ? If this was a
sculpture, where IS the sculpted substance ? We are seeing a mere contour of
something. Something of What ?
—– to see, it was a frightened woman while she was hit by a blue line (purported
to be a lightning from the God) 🙂 was in fact in the mind of the viewer.
—– otherwise it was just a twisted wire. —– And in its contour, we are seeing a
woman’s body — are we ? Where is the body. = it IS just an empty space between
the wire isn’t it ? —– You believe this or not, this is the very ZEN Buddhism.
(In the term of the liberated mind and the eyes, the mind of complete selfless
Buddhist is very close to the complete open minded artist. — and the children.)
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What you are seeing is the wire and the VOID between. Seeing the twisted wire and
in the same time, to see it was a figure of the woman in one glance. (Without hear or
read any explanation still capture the meaning instant, by a naked subconscious.)
To know the meanings in one glance while seeing its twisted wire as it is. = This is
the clear eyes and the mind. Indeed, this is what the Buddhism teaches. We might
be seeing just a contour or shadow, and the substance may there or may not =
Who can see everything anyway ? = and, does it a matter ?
—– as long as we can see its clear face and the meaning, we know what we have to do
and how to live without being bothered by a wrong thinking.
This IS the very enlightenment. (You may say what is the difference between a wrong
thinking or delusion to the clear mind. = the former was a result of the thinking with
a lots of desire and the greed kind so on, and the later will come only on the moment,
without thinking, like as an intuitive, spontaneous reflection.
(= this is the reason why, Zen never give a second thought or negotiation.) =
The interaction of the million factors in the Karma gave very reflection of very moment.
And that was what the Dharma gave the person to pick. —– this Confidence “To be with
the Dharma” is the core of the Enlightenment, hence no hindrance in the life though,
on the face, it looks the life just as it IS = it’s mean no fancy magic or mysterious
supernatural manifestation = hence it was described as common and ubiquitous
as a Dog Shit. = if anybody was saying something “Special Enlightenment” it is a sign
of that the person haven’t learnt what the Zen Buddhism IS.)
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So, look at the photo again. What do you think of this. —– do you see, is the VOID
between the wire, still a meaningful existence ? (or the illusion ? = Did the Google too,
saw the illusion and said that this IS the Art ? ? ? Ha ha ha ! )
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