Cloud Warp

September 18, 2019 

This is a time lapse from the top of Kusenbu Mountain. On this day, it was extremely windy, so I could not set up the camera on the observation deck. I had to set it up on a picnic table down on the ground. Some of the Dazaifu and Chikushino areas are visible through the gap in the trees.  At the end, the moon starts rising from the clouds. I didn’t have time to continue the time lapse, so I took a few pictures with the long lens and inserted one of them at the end of the video. The colors of the clouds that evening were magical.

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Bells & Birds

September 10, 2019

  I for one, am happy the hot summer days are coming to a close. It means autumn is not too far away now. Cooler weather and trees losing their leaves goes hand in hand with birds becoming more active and  more visible.  Her in Japan, we have been getting more rain than usual, and also typhoons, but these past few days, the skies have turned blue. I took the opportunity to go out in the early morning with my new lens in hand; the Canon 400mm f5.6 prime. A great lens for bird photography because it is very sharp and focuses quickly. It’s only drawback (for me) is that it has no image stabilization. All of the following bird photos were taken with it, except for the flowers, which were taken with the Rokinon 16mm f2.0 prime, which is my go to lens for astrophotography, but also takes pretty good macro (close up) photos too.

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Eastern crowned warbler, Sendai mushikui

Varied tit, YamagaraJapanese Snowbell tree fruit, Egonoki

Varied tit, Yamagara, holding Japanese snowbell fruit

Japanese green woodpecker, Aogera

Japanese grass lizard, Kanahebi

Japanese green woodpecker, Aogera

Japanese pygmy woodpecker, Kogera

Narcissus flycatcher, Kibitaki (female)

Sunrise on Kusenbu Mt.

Three-leaved Ladybells, tsuriganeninjin

Wajiro Tidal Flats, Great egret, Osagi

Japanese white-eye, Meijiro

Japanese white-eye, Meijiro

This video time lapse and the landscape photo above were taken on Kusenbu Mt. with the Canon 18-135 mm is usm nano lens.

 

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