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  • Canon,  Digital,  Japan,  Photos,  Travel

    Some “B” Sides

    I have been going through the restored files on an old hard drive today and found some pictures I had totally forgotten about. They are all from my Asia trip last year, mostly in Japan though. It’s a nice finding old pictures you’d forgotten about 🙂

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  • Canon,  Digital,  Japan,  Photos,  Travel

    Cross Processing Shibuya

    I still have heaps of photos from my Asia trip I haven’t really gone through yet.
    These are some I took in Shibuya Japan, I’m sure you probably recognise it. It’s a crazy place, so many aspects of it seem like you’re in the movie Blade Runner. There is so much activity going on around you. People everywhere, TV screen flashing at you, the sound of seizure inducing Pachinko Parlors, and the alleys filled with “Love hotels”. Its a sensory overload and I thought it was fantastic.

    I tried out a Cross Processed effect with these. I found a Cross Processing action which worked ok, but it fell short of what I was ultimately after so processed them further myself. I quite like how they turned out, hope you like some of them too. These first 2 photos were taken from Starbucks above the intersection. It has the best view, but unfortunately a lot of people bumping the bench I was resting the camera on!

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  • Australia,  Canon,  Digital,  MotoGP,  Photos,  Travel

    Phillip Island MotoGP

    I went to the MotoGP last weekend and it was fantastic. Beautiful day, great result, and I got a few pictures too.
    So far I just have photos from the digital camera on the day of the race. But soon I’ll get some film developed with photos I took in Melbourne, and am looking forward to those.

    I had probably the worst lens for the day, a slow f/4 zoom however it was better than nothing! Here are some pics…

    Danny Pedrosa (who was on pole position for the race) dropped the bike on the practice lap right in front of us.. It was hilarious, he wasn’t actually moving much at the time, he was accelerating from a stop and fell off the back off the bike. Not his finest moment.

    Some support Races etc.

    Then we had these guys.. So damn impressive.

    The Podium.. Stoner, Capirossi, Rossi.

    BEFORE

    AFTER

    Rossi is still a crowd favourite.

    The long walk back on the track.

  • Canon,  Digital,  Photos,  Travel

    Fake Model Photography

    Was playing around with an effect I saw on a forum. It’s meant to make things look like they’re miniature models. I assume it’s attempting to replicate a tilt-shift effect.

    Nothing ground breaking, but it was a fun gimmick to try out on some old travel pics and I think these two examples actually worked out quite well.

  • Canon,  China,  Digital,  Japan,  Photos,  Travel

    “Super Command Rescue Team”

    I was just looking through more travel photos and found some of the more “random” ones we took. If you’ve travelled around Asia you would of noticed quite a few examples of engrish in many places you looked. Signs displaying names such as “Golden Californian BBQ Beef Noodle House” and “Super Star Magic Paperclips and Hair Brushes” are fairly common. Below is a small selection of the randomness we saw on our trip.

    Thought we could start off with some simple spelling mistakes:


    “Godzira”, the smaller pinker cousin of Godzilla?


    So cliche


    everything was pretty normal.. until the last line..


    awww.. only half?


    and what the hell is this meant to be?


    oh ok, it all makes sense now


    this makes heaps of sense too


    I want to be one of these guys when I grow up 🙂