Archive For The “documentary & street” Category
This hall on the rocks of Yamadera overlooks the valley for a stunning view; all the tourists sort of gather here for selfies and other photos. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S ISO: 100
With the recent change in the definition of becoming an adult in Japan, looks like the next Adult Day will have tons of 18, 19 and 20 year olds who will party and dress up! Oh yeah, and listing to a boring speech at the City Hall first. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S ISO: 800
Always fun to visit Yoyogi Park when visiting Tokyo; this dude is awful cool watching his group dance to some rockabilly. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 85mm ISO: 800
Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
More from the Egyptian section of the Kattenstoet in Ypres, another pretty good Alice Cooper imitation 🙂
“Are naughty kids around?” (悪い子はいねえか) When you visit the Namahage museum (なまはげ館) at the Oga Peninsula in Akita Province, make sure to join the show in the building next to the museum. It really is a lot of fun and the kids do seem to enjoy getting scared. 🙂 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S ISO: 800
I believe this guy to be a crocodile from the Nile. Or maybe not, the ears sort of make it difficult to tell, could it be a giraffe as they were going around on stilts? No matter, I do like the clothes and the tissue used. Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO:…
Egyptian cats and cat worshippers could not be omitted from the Kattenstoet in Ypres. Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
These jokers would find some unsuspecting spectators and “take their photo” with a lot of slapstick. 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Driven around on top of a truck, the band were playing songs from Madness. Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Either the girl is not very happy to be on the float, or she is suffering from High Anxiety; made a fun photo. 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Pole dancing cat at the Kattenstoet in Ieper of 2018. Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 200mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/3000s
Last weekend was time again for the Kattenstoet in Ypres, it was 3 years since the last one and we again really enjoyed the festival as well. So many Japanese tourists! Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Aperture: ƒ/2.8 Camera:…
Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 85mm ISO: 800
Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 85mm ISO: 800
Shot on KODAK Portra 400 at EI 320 Camera: PENTAX ME Super ISO: 320
Forget about the tuna auction when visiting the Tsukiji Fish Market, make sure to stop by at one of the restaurants for a sushi breakfast. You don’t need ot get up as early either, win win! Camera: PENTAX MZ-3 ISO: 50
Some weird flare that I’m had twice with my SMC Pentax-M 85mm F2 lens. No idea what the issue was. Certainly not shot with the subject in back light. Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S ISO: 800
April 1st, we visited the Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り) in Kawasaki. We had arrived by train at the Kawasaki-Daishi Station (Keikyu-line) and walked over to one of the streets over which the parade would come and waited around. Plenty of nice Japanese people around who allowed their photos to be taken, but it was clear that…
April 1st, we visited the Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り) in Kawasaki, popularly known as the “Penis Festival” or by its proper English name: “Festival of the Steel Phallus.” I was with friends from Sweden on the second day of their first visit to Japan, talk about taking a flying start to a vacation. 🙂 The katsugite…
Shot on Fuji Neopan Acros 100 at EI 100, developed in HC-110 dilution E for 7 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S ISO: 100
If you’re going to have a shinto wedding ceremony at Meiji Shrine in the middle of Tokyo, you have to expect people to take photos 🙂 Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 85mm ISO: 800
He might have been good, he sure did attract a large crowd 🙂 Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S Focal length: 85mm ISO: 800
At the fabulous bar of the Hotel Metropolitan Sendai, the best hotel bar that I visited in a long time. Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 800, developed in HC-110 dilution B for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX MZ-S ISO: 800