New Wind

New wind is blowing!! 

The Hakone Open-Air Museum

The Hakone Open-Air Museum is one of my favorites. this summer was my second visit there. the first one was in the spring of 2006 (bottom 2 pic) most of the sculptors was the same but the different season gave a totally new different feeling to the place and art. next time in mid winter.

Family portraits

all of our portrait's as captured live and in a meter of minuets by artist Illustrator Nobumasa Takahashi @ the hakone open air museum *__*

Photo Shoot

This is for my web page last week was the 3rd time i take this kind of Photo.
except from the diffusion umbrella and the stand (about 15,000 Yen) all the rest is home made from some very useful Junk i had laying around the office. Thank you Yuki, Ma-kun & Yohei :)

Taxi

FIREWORKS

This is from my short but well needed Summer vacation in Gifu at the small village of Kamiyahagi. fireworks where launched from a rice field only 50-70 m in front of us and no other lights in sight. so close i could capture this with a 17-85 lens.

Crow#2

it looks like crows population is growing in Yoyogi park. this is only my feeling i did no actual counting. lately i see more and more of them and in bigger groups. in some part of the park it starting to look like a Hickok movie. in other cases there are acting like pigeons gathering around for a handout. with all the bad & amusing story's you here about crows i have a lot of respect for this birds surviving in the city.

Backyard

i like this backyard!! just the perfect size. I'm gonna get one soon the sooner the better.