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A few photos of a beautiful pink flower with my new macro lens. The closer you get, the narrower the Depth of Field and the more challenging it becomes to focus. These three shots below were focusing on the same point but the wind was gently pushing the flower back and forth.
Flower Bokeh
The Voigtländer Nokton lenses are highly regarded for their ability to produce stunningly beautiful bokeh, characterized by smooth, creamy out-of-focus areas and gentle transitions that lend images a distinctive, dreamy quality (here the 28mm). In side-by-side comparisons, the Nokton lenses often rival or even surpass the bokeh rendering of their Leica equivalents, which are widely…
Wasabi Farm
While visiting a large wasabi farm in Nagano, I was reminded of a fascinating—and somewhat surprising—fact about wasabi. If you’ve ever eaten wasabi and felt it burn your nose, it’s almost certainly not real wasabi. What most people think of as wasabi, even in Japan, is often just horseradish dyed green and possibly mixed with…
Memory Lane
Memory Lane, literally: remembering life before the pandemic in Omoide Yokochō – also known as Piss Alley. For the curious ones, I have not switched back to Fuji, these are photos I took earlier. Even though I was not posting for a while, I was still taking photos. Since the opportunities to go out are…
Seared Tuna
First lunch in Hangzhou: hunger won out, and I didn’t venture far beyond the mall. It turned out to be one of the few “clean” meals of the week—simple, satisfying, and exactly what I needed to recharge after arriving. Sometimes convenience wins!