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The Graduation Dance
It was pouring rain (again) at 6:30 last night when Yumiko left to go to the graduation dance. She looked beautiful – even if I do have “parental stupidity” as my brother in-law says. She wore her new dress and a pretty silk shaw. Her hair was up with a thin gold necklace around…
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Yumiko and the Caterpillar
Tonight is the big graduation dance at Yumiko’s school. She’s never been to a dance before, so everybody is a little nervous. We went shopping and found a beautiful long green sleeveless dress with a halter top and a pretty ruffle at the bottom. She will wear her first pair of high heeled shoes…
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Hairs on End
I found a great little spider this morning crouching behind a leaf and watching me with his four eyes as I put my lens up to his face. Just as I was about to get a better shot he jumped and ran away. Oh, what could have been….. (Click on his picture to…
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Brooks Brothers
Ken and I have had a wonderfully relaxed time in terms of dressing while here in Tokyo. In fact, each time we go out walking I always feel as if we are the MOST relaxed looking of anyone in all of Japan. In other words, we have worn the same jeans and shirts and…
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The Macro Lens is Back!!
The Nikon Service Center called yesterday and said my macro lens was back in business . Oh how I missed those bugs for too many days. This morning, although still raining, I got up at 5:00 and stalked a wet fly on a wet leaf and here is what I got.
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The Group Shot
This week’s photo assignment was to take candid group shots. Our teacher suggested each of us invite a few friends over for a party and take photographs. Well let me tell you, I really didn’t think I would be able to do it. First, I don’t know anyone well enough to invite over for…
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Katsuko Nakamoto
Back in December, I had a photo assignment to take pictures of the same subject using a wide angle, regular, and telephoto lens. I chose to take photos of the white traffic markings on our street. (Don’t ask me why. That’s a whole other story for another day.) In order to get a…
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Nikon Lenses
About a week ago I purchased a new little gizmo for my camera called a 2X extender. When you attach it to a lens it gives you twice as much focal length as your original lens. It is not a perfect replacement for buying a longer lens, because you need a lot more light…
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Sushi for Dinner Tonight
I went to the Tokyo Fish Market today with my friend Mary. We had loads of fun with all the fish, all of the fishermen and buying a little sushi for dinner tonight. Here’s a photo of Mary negotiating (with Japanese cheat sheet in hand) just how she wants her salmon filleted.
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Swarming Bees
I was walking through the Aoyama Cemetery this morning looking for good bugs, when I saw in the distance a whole bunch of something swarming around a tree trunk. As I got closer I saw it was a large swarm of honeybees. I got up close even though they were swarming all around me…