Good morning and Happy Friday! Today's photos are from Okinawa City, in and around Goya. I took both of these with my Fuji X-Pro1 and 18mm lens. Enjoy. :)
Okinawa City Street
Naha, Okinawa with the Fuji TCLX100
I love walking around in Naha. It's the closest thing we have here in Okinawa to the city. Many years ago I lived in mainland Japan, where I spent a good bit of time in Tokyo, and sometimes I find myself missing the city. Last year I purchased the new TCLX100 teleconverter for my Fuji x100s. I also did a review on it found here. Every once and a while I like to take one lens, and shoot all day at that focal length. It's a challenging and fun exercise that can allow you to see scenes differently than you normally do. So a few weeks ago I decided to head down to Naha, and shoot for a few hours with my TCLX100 attached.
Alone in the Cafe
Everyday Beauty and the Fuji X-Pro1
We should all take time to stop and enjoy moments like these. All too often we take for granted the beauty around us. They say "the best things in life are free". Scenes such as this must surely be one of them.
Amazing Japanese Magic Towelettes (Oshibori)
Japan is famous for it's high tech toys and gadgets, and I am always finding cool stuff that seems to only exist here. Recently I discovered something new, or at least new to me. In Japan small towels called Oshibori are given to customers at restaurants to clean your hands before eating. A local ramen restaurant here in Okinawa called Motonari offers a slightly newer, high tech version of the simple towel. Tablets in a jar that expand to a full-size towelette with water. And they are disposable. So cool! Ok, maybe I'm a little too excited, but I do think it's a cool idea. They look like large Alka-Seltzer or breath mints. Good thing I didn't try to eat one. :)
Portable Recliner
Oh the joy and convenience of being a kid. I love how they have turned their backpacks into their own personal portable recliner while they wait for the crossing lights to change at the intersection. I wonder if they make adult versions of these? :)
Shooting with the iPhone 6 Plus Part 2
In Part 2 of shooting with the iPhone 6 Plus we head to a local festival to try a few action shots, then to the beach, and finally a night shot and sunset. For this first shot I got in close to make the dinasour fill the frame, and to give it that larger than life look. The cool cloud formations created leading lines right to the subject, and I thought the couple in the lower right also added to the image.
Shooting with the iPhone 6 Plus Part 1
Anyone who knows me knows that I love my iPhone, but since I got my iPhone 6 Plus I've also started to love taking photos with it. I've always taken shots here and there with my iPhones, but there's something about the new 6 Plus that's got me using it more than I used to.