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Overview of the town of Oberstein in Idar-Oberstein from the castle, Schloß Oberstein. This image also introduces my new scanning mask from Betterscanning.com which I can recommend: Much sharper, more control compared to the Epson scanning mask that I always hated as it was a pain to insert the film. The nice thing is that…

Oberstein Castle from the nearby viewpoint. Aperture: ƒ/6.7 Camera: PENTAX 645NII Focal length: 150mm ISO: 400 Shutter speed: 1/750s

The well known Chichibu 34 Kannon Temples Pilgrimage has one secret up its sleeve: between Temple 26 and Temple 27, hidden in the mountains, is the lovely secret Kannon Hall of Temple 26 called Iwaidou. If you walk the pilgrimage, don’t skip this, it is very beautiful and a lovely hike too with the possibility…

The open water is due to a natural hot-spring running off into the lake. Camera: PENTAX 645NII ISO: 800

So very hot this summer, how about some snow for a change? Hokkaido in January is fabulous! Aperture: ƒ/8 Camera: PENTAX 645NII Focal length: 75mm ISO: 100 Shutter speed: 1/90s

Collection of durama dolls at a shrine on one of the islands that make up the archipelago of Matsushima, one of the tourists traps of Japan. Time to fill in the second eye of the durama doll we got from the Kawagoe festival to celebrate us getting to our weight target after our diet. Camera: PENTAX…

See also this post for some background on my visit to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Now that is 18 months since I visited, was it worth it? It was free, but it was pretty much a waste of time, so many more interesting places to visit in Tokyo that I can recommend: You walk…

I like to watch the Journeys in Japan series on NHK World and this week’s episode was about Hokkaido and the area we visited before and they showed quite a few of the areas we travelled. I can only recommend Hokkaido in winter, it is so beautiful and hardly no tourists about. Camera: PENTAX 645NII…

Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 400, developed in HC-110 dilution H for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX 645NII ISO: 400

Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 400, developed in HC-110 dilution H for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX 645NII ISO: 400

Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 400, developed in HC-110 dilution H for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX 645NII ISO: 400

ADOX PAN 25 at EI 25, developed in HC-110 dilution F for 13:30 minutes, agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds Aperture: ƒ/3.5 Camera: PENTAX 645NII Focal length: 150mm ISO: 25 Shutter speed: 1/20s

I really, really can recommend Hokkaido in winter for the landscape photographer! Shot on KODAK TRI-X at EI 400, developed in HC-110 dilution H for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX 645NII ISO: 400

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 645NII ISO: 100

KODAK TRI-X at EI 400, developed in HC-110 dilution H for 11 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Aperture: ƒ/8 Camera: PENTAX 645NII Focal length: 45mm ISO: 400 Shutter speed: 1/45s

Fuji Acros 100 at EI 200, developed in Caffenol-C-M for 12 minutes. Agitation: 3 inversions every minute. Aperture: ƒ/3.5 Camera: PENTAX 645NII Focal length: 150mm ISO: 200 Shutter speed: 1/250s

Shot on Fuji Acros 100 at EI 100, developed in HC-110 dilution E for 7 minutes. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Camera: PENTAX 645NII ISO: 100