To The End

Blur....

All those dirty words

(Jusqu' la fin)

They make us look so dumb

(En plein soleil)

We've been drinking far too much

(Jusqu' la fin)

And neither of us mean what we say

(En plein amour)

Well you and I

Collapsed in love

And it looks like we might have made it

Yes, …

Thursday: Round 3....

Nikon D200 200mm f/3.2 1/320sec ISO400

Nothing really exciting to say about today's triptych as it is pretty much self explainatory....

My workload is getting back under control so I think I shall make a concerted effort to actually train regularly between now and the …

Wishlist Wednesday, the cheat edition...

Via MSN:

Marie said:I request the ugly bird....

The bird in question truly is a curious animal and I can honestly say I had never seen one before last week...

*Update* I have been reliably informed it is a Shoebill Balaeniceps rex and is apparently quite rare...

Two for Tuesday: Traditional Version

Nikon D200 105mm f/2.8 1/320s ISO 400

My friend Elizabeth is a member of a re-enactment group who took part in an event in Gyoda last year which I attended...

Nikon D200 80mm f/4 1/1600s ISO 800

The day featured some really impressive armour and was an hugely …

Monochrome Monday: Illuminated

Nikon D200 38mm f/2.8 1/40s ISO 100

Today I am under the weather so I shall just leave you with a picture so I can get back to my lemsip and napping. I shall pump myself full of stimulants and will survive my afternoon which is super routine...

Sunday Sunset

Nikon D200 10mm f/9 1/15s ISO 100

This week's sunset was taken from atop the Metropolitan Government Buildings in Shinjuku. The MGB are one of Tokyo's best kept tourist secrets as they offer a view on a par with any of the other view spots with one major exception, …

Version Excursion: The Funky Drummer

Nikon D200 35mm f/4 1/6s ISO 100

Today we get to take a look at this image taken at "Unit" in Tokyo where I was going to see Australian DJ group "The Bang Gang". Once again I shall walk you through the processing that happened with this picture...

Iwas pretty happy …

Working like a dog...

Hmm it's Friday, and today was a national holiday, which was nice for most people in Tokyo, but for me it didn't make the blindest bit of difference as I was working. This is ironic as the holidy in question was Kinro kansha no hi or labour thanksgiving day where we are …

Triptych Thursday: The request edition...

Nikon D200 50mm f6.3 1/250s ISO100

Fen said:

"I wish to see some unsual angles of everyday objects. I do love pictures like that."

Well I'm happy to oblige with some items which I use everyday, I'm hoing these angles are unusual enough for you. I really wish I had …

Oooops

Nikon D200 200mm f2.8 1/160s ISO100

I've been busy all day it's late and I have stuff to do, so Wishlist Wednesday is going to get postponed until tomorrow, as none of the requests I had were things I have in the archives....

The upside is you now have an extra day to …

Two for Tuesday: The Singing Edition

Nikon D200 55mm f3.2 1/160s ISO250

Today I bring you two pictures both taken in a very aisan institution, the Kareoke room. Whilst I had sung kareoke before leaving the UK it had always been a very communal activity that took place in bars (most notably at my student …

Monochrome Monday: Filter Flirtation

Nikon D200 50mm f4 1/80s ISO200

Today brings us the second installment of Monochrome Monday. Today we have a relatively unremarkable flower, which is transformed by means of the B&W conversion process into something far more dynamic and striking.

I often hear people …

Version Excursion

Nikon D200 44mm f5.0 1/50s ISO200

Today's picture was taken from a wedding this summer, the image above is what I put into the final 'album' (the client's wanted their images delivered on DVD), and personally I was really happy with how it turned out. However today I'm …

Sunday Sunset

Nikon D200 50mm f1.8 1/5000s ISO100

Taken in southern Tokyo overlooking the bay...

I am currently wishing I'd laid some money on the UFC as I'm currently 4 from 4 on the fights I predicted...

*Edit, by the end I had slipped and had only managed to get 5 out of 9 fights correct*

You're gonna get hit, You're gonna get knocked ahht

This weekend the UFC goes to New Jersey for UFC78:"validation" (of what I'm not sure, possibly of someone's parking) and features a lot of entertaining but largely irrelevant match-ups with exactly 0 of the fights really making any difference to the title picture in …

Triptych Thursday...

Nikon D200 50mm f/2.8 1/80s ISO 400

Thursdays shall be, until I get bored with blogging, triptych day...

From Dictionary.app:

Wishlist Wednesday

Here we are with the very first Wishlist Wednesday, without further ado onto the requests....

Marie said:

"I hereby formally request to see bits.

You may interpret that as you see fit."

Nikon D200 50mm f/14 1/200s ISO 100

Here you go Marie, some bits, from my dremel, …

"I was looking back to see...

If you were looking back at me to see me looking back at you" - Massive Attack 'Safe From Harm'.

Nikon D200 50mm f/10 1/200s ISO 200

Welcome to the first "Tuesday twosome", where we link two pictures. This week is relatively easy to work out, above we have a picture …

Monochrome Monday

Nikon D200 55mm f/2.8 1/160s ISO 100

Today marks something a bit new with the blog, starting from this week, I shall be producing weekly columns. Being an annoying person I shall be using alliterative titles. Check back every day for such hits as "Tuesday Twosome", …

Summer's Gone

Nikon D200 200mm f/5.6 1/500s ISO400

Today it is raining, which is annoying as I am in the process of doing some photography for a travel guide about Tokyo. Not the end of the world they are happy with stock pictures which I already have. (though this would mean I …