Shared Zone
This shared road seems to be bisected into two by the strong shadow running across it.
Interleaved
The branches of these pine trees at Yengo intersect and interleave to form a lattice that reaches up to the sky.
Wild black kite – got any spare?
The wild dogs get fed, and the local black kites are ready to souvenir anything that gets missed. Yes, kites are predatory, but they are perfectly willing to scavenge.
This image was shot with the Sony 135mm GM lens on a Sony A1, at f/1.8 1/10000 ISO 100. What you are looking at is a 2500×1667 crop from the frame. Arguably, this wasn’t the best choice of lens for this subject, but Sony has yet to make the 200mm f/2 GM or 300mm f/2.8 GM that I’d dearly love to be using here. That said, the 135 GM is so sharp, I can get away with such a savage crop. I really like having the extra headroom on the shutter speed, being able to go above 1/8000 all the way to 1/32000 – it effectively gives me two more stops before I need to think about stopping the lens down.
Waterfall Reflection
If you look at the picture, you can see the blue sky reflected in the water amongst the leaves which are behind the waterfall.
Cheetah intensity
Kulinda the cheetah is prowling. Not moving quickly, but intent on examining what the keepers have done to her space (she has been out for just a few minutes). She has come quite close to the window. This is a completely uncropped frame (and you know how much I love to crop!) – no room to crop, but I’m willing to put up with that on this one.
This image was shot with the Sony 135mm GM lens on a Sony A1, at f/1.8 1/3200 ISO 100. You could argue that I should perhaps have shot this at maybe f/8 to get a greater depth of field, but I like that only her head is fully in focus, courtesy of animal eye AF in the A1.
I can’t resist. Here’s another image from shortly before, as she stalked past the window. This image was shot with the same settings, and it, too, is uncropped. The early morning sun is low in the sky, but it’s already bright and clear (look at how strong her shadow is); there were no clouds this morning.
Making the mundane not
I like the idea of making a perfectly mundane object just a little different. You cannot get much more mundane than a manhole cover, and a great many of them are quite boring. Whoever designed this one decided it could be a bit distinctive without losing any of its functionality. That appeals to me.
This images was shot with the Voigtländer APO Lanthar 50mm f/2 lens on a Sony A1, at f/8 1/200 ISO 250 using manual focus. The image is cropped.
Start of a Journey
This path is part of the remains of the Karesansui garden at Ginkaku-Ji in Kyoto, Japan.
Dried River Bed
I captured this near the remains of the Karesansui garden at Ginkaku-Ji in Kyoto, Japan.
Cat in the Hat
I saw this cute cat sitting in a hat in a shop at the Ekinishi area near Hiroshima Station.
Hotel High Up
This hotel almost seems like it could have been in a James Bond film starring Roger Moore.
Wassup?
This dog seems to be asking me if I have seen its owner. Captured near Kamakura station in Japan.
