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Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos Waiting for a Taxi in front of some stupid bike illegally parked the front entrance to my place Okazaki area of Kyoto, Japan Returning from an errand today, I liked how the late-afternoon brisk autumn sun was hitting some old cozy (read “dilapidated”) Machiya houses near my place, so I grabbed the camera and headed out for a short photo-hunt stroll. I'll share the pictures of the houses another day; in this post, just a few “mood” pictures from the day, which was sunny and brisk, much nicer than the overcast gloom of yesterday (which was photogenic nevertheless). The picture above was the last I took of the day, just as I was returning home, of two ladies (likely a girl and her mom) about to get into a taxi that was doing a U-turn just out of frame to pick them up. I was immediately struck by their beautiful kimono, their obvious class (compare against the low-class garish display or the unbridled cuteness seen in other posts), and the splash of color provided by the background. Unfortunately, with all the foot traffic going past and the taxi about to pull in frame, I didn't have much time to set up and execute a shot, and the picture above was the best I could do (with, unfortunately, the girl having noticed me and my big lens, just starting to form a perplexed “why is someone taking pictures of us?” look on her face). But I really like their seasonal kimono, so here's the only other shot I got, which shows them a bit better. 
D700 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm, cropped heavily — 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 320 — full exif & map — nearby photos As I walked by them heading into my place and they into their taxi, the girl, still with a perplexed look on her face, I smiled, and the girl gave a tentative little “I don't know what's going on” wave. It was sort of funny. I would have liked to take a proper portrait. Here's the first photo I took of the stroll, from pretty much the same spot, but looking back the other way.... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 150 mm — 1/320 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos The little posts sticking up in the middle of the river have slots in them, and many years ago, apparently, the townsfolk used to put boards in them to block the stream, creating a public swimming pool for the kids. This practice apparently ceased a few generations ago after some kind of fatal accident, but vestiges of the practice remain. A couple of unrelated photos: 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 155 mm — 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos Alone and in Groups 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 110 mm — 1/500 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos Moving Day
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Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos Caretakers' Residence the private Hakuryuuen Garden, Kyoto Japan with a front-focus effect I'm partial to, discussed a bit at the end of this post Having felt cooped up in the house for the last week, we took an impromptu drive into the mountains north of Kyoto yesterday, stopping by a bakery on the way to pick up a snack. Not long after entering the mountains, we stopped off the road to eat at a location that happened to be near the Hakuryuuen Garden, which I posted about in some detail a couple of months ago. As before, it was closed off with a fence across the entrance, right at the road shoulder.... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 60 mm — 1/80 sec, f/3.5, ISO 360 — full exif & map — nearby photos Closed with some kind of pavilion up there in center frame But if you took care when buses passed, you could walk up to the fence and take pictures... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 40 mm — 1/80 sec, f/6.3, ISO 3600 — full exif & map — nearby photos View from the Left End of the Fence 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 52 mm — 1/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 250 — full exif & map — nearby photos From the Middle of the Fence trying to get artsy fartsy with the bare tree in the foreground, but it doesn't really work 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/80 sec, f/9, ISO 2000 — full exif & map — nearby photos From the Right Edge of the Fence steps leading up to a pavilion It was overcast with little spritzes of rain, yet my D700 wanted to overexpose everything. I had to use up to -2EV exposure compensation to pull it in line. I don't get it. I chatted with one of the caretakers, who confirmed apologetically that it's never open to the public. As I described in the post two months ago with words and a photo, the Eizan Train line's “Fall Foliage Tunnel” lightup goes right past the southern edge of the garden. It's quite pretty. I saw the train go by as I was taking these photos. I also saw a jogger go by just as I was first getting out of the car to walk across a bridge to the road in front of the garden... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1/80 sec, f/6.3, ISO 3600 — full exif & map — nearby photos Vehicles Must Sound Horn ( but, thankfully, drivers rarely do ) About this post's lead photo, with the in-focus elements being only some overhanging leaves in the foreground, and with the background out of focus and left to your imagination to make complete, it's an effect that I'm increasingly drawn to, but doesn't quite work here as well as I hoped. I'd put it to best effect in July with my Sanzen Temple “Serenity” Desktop Background, which I still very much like, and I used it as well two weeks in the first photo of Starting to See Splashes of Fall Colors in Kyoto, but in today's photo, the scene behind the in-focus foreground turns out to be too busy to allow the leaves to stand out as clearly and sharply as I hoped. I tried to salvage it a bit in Lightroom by applying to the in-focus leaves a touch of local corrections (sharpening and positive clarity). Going the other direction, I used just a bit of negative clarity on most of the final photo to give a slightly softer overall feeling.... a much more subtle version of the over-the-top effect used in (for example) the first photo of Cherry Blossoms in the Rain at the Heian Shrine, Part 2, the “Positively Glowing” photo from a cherry-blossom preview earlier this year.
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I have a Qt application I need to run on Mac OS X. It's going to be a "portable" application, as in, download the .app bundle inside a ZIP file and run it. No installs, no admin privileges assumed. Due to the way Mac OS X works, it is possible to take a regular, dynamically-linked executable that is linked to Qt and put the .dylib binaries (libQtCore.4.dylib, etc.) inside the bundle and the linker will find them.
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After Ross Brawn publicly acknowledged that he is not willing match Jenson Button's increased wage demand, Guardian.co.uk are now reporting Jenson Button could be close to signing a deal with McLaren for 2010.
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Since this blog is essentially my family diary, I'll take license to continue some posts from Anthony's birthday party a couple of weeks ago. After having cake, it was time for presents... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 45 mm — 1/250 sec, f/5, ISO 6400 — full exif Present from Fumie's Folks that Anthony had picked out some time earlier Anthony doesn't get to watch much TV, but when he does, it's often super-hero shows. When I was a kid there was batman and superman, and things were simple. In Japan these days there are all kinds of super heroes, all looking essentially identical to me, but the details are important stuff in the life of a first-grade boy. His toy this time was something called a Double Driver, a belt with modules that allows the wearer to transform into all kinds of super-power manifestations. 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm — 1/250 sec, f/5, ISO 6400 — full exif Explaining a Module 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 26 mm — 1/80 sec, f/5, ISO 6400 — full exif Deciphering Instructions 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO 6400 — full exif Strapped On and Ready to Go 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1/250 sec, f/5, ISO 5600 — full exif Being Transformed! ( imagine all kinds of armor and helmet stuff magically appearing ) The lighter-sized modules stick into the two edges of the “W”-shaped belt, then the whole thing adjusts to “locking position”, accompanied by cool lights and cool sounds simulating a complex full-body suit unfolding out of seemingly nowhere. I guess Fumie recognized the general idea as being the same as a toy Anthony had enlisted my help in making some months ago, and pulled it out... Then it was time for a present from my folks.... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.2, ISO 1800 — full exif Actually Noticing the Card a really cool 3-D thing still displayed on the kitchen counter 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 45 mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.2, ISO 3200 — full exif Wrangling the Balloons 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.2, ISO 3200 — full exif Present from Mommy and Daddy We generally let him pick one toy for his birthday present. Turning four he chose a large trash truck, at five a train set, and last year a helicopter. This year he gave a long list of things he wanted, and I worked with him to narrow them down. In the end, he got the main item he'd decided on, but apparently didn't remember what it was... 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 58 mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.2, ISO 5600 — full exif Total Astonishment 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.2, ISO 2000 — full exif Better Than Expected! a LEGO™ Star Wars™ Republic Attack Shuttle™ 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.2, ISO 2800 — full exif Check Out These Features! 
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 66 mm — 1/50 sec, f/9, ISO 6400 — full exif Some Assembly Required This was all a couple of weeks ago, and he's written a thank-you letter to Grandma and Grandpa that I need to get around to mailing (and not forget like last year!!). A box of presents from his Aunt Natalie and Uncle Alan is to be the subject of a later post...
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