Hanami Bridge
Yearly visit to the Shakujii river near the french school in Itabashi for its beautiful sights during the cherry blossoms season.
Iidabashi Station
Iidabashi JR railway station during spring time, with cherry blossoms tree in the background, through the 400mm cannon from Canon !
New Year Prayer
Japanese tradition for the new year : go to the temple and pray, here at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Harajuku. Can you see the ¥500 coin being tossed in the air on the first shot?
Year of the Tiger
Nice tiger decoration set up for the new year at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Harajuku.
Seijin No Hi
The Coming of Age (成人の日 – Seijin no Hi) is a holiday held annually in Japan on the second Monday of January, to congratulate and encourage all those turning 20. This year’s celebration was more cheerful than last year’s, albeit the required masks.
Lunar Eclipse
That November’s full moon was the longest partial lunar eclipse in over 500 years. Thus, despite a bit of haze, I took the bazooka out, stood in the middle of the street and shot around 20 photos handheld (one stupid gaijin in the middle of the street is ok, but a stupid gaijin with a…
Lotus Pond
The Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park and its famous lotus.
Skytree
Tokyo Skytree as seen from Ueno with a nice compression from the EF400mm. It looks as if the tower was simply pasted on the background.
Suidobashi
Took the bazooka out on the platform in Suidobashi (my EF400mm). Nice compression effect.
Tokyo Daijingu
Have not visited the Tokyo Daijingu for a while. Still looking awesome !
Pink
Pink dress, pink mask, pink earphones, pink nails, pink phone, pink shoes (not shown here), where does it stop?
Auto Focus
I wanted to check how good the AF of the R6 works when combined with an EF400mm F5.6L lens, so I went to Shibuya and shot a few people crossing the famous spot (AF in eye tracking mode). I am happy to report that the focusing speed of the EF400mm F5.6L USM on the R6…
The Moon
Found a second hand EF400mm F5.6L USM at Map Camera in pristine condition. Cost me a lot less than a brand new RF100-500mm for about the same reach. It’s also less bulky and slightly lighter. It does not have IS, but since the R6 (or the R5 for that matter) does have IBIS, it’s not…