Fooby's Thread (music is art, right?)

[FoobyKamikaze]

So... yeah. I like taking pictures. Photography is fun when you go somewhere and have things outside your daily life to take pictures of. Like when you go on a trip to Japan!

I went for two and a half weeks over the summer (in case you didn't see in the multiple places I've mentioned it), and took a good 1337 pictures (no, seriously). I went ahead and combed out all the less-than-good ones, and then a second run-through to keep the best.

I'm going to be hosting them (as well as the rest of the pictures I've taken/will be taking) on my deviantArt, so you can check there if you want. But I'll link you from here as well, so you don't have to go hunting.

I plan on uploading a set every few days. After the second run-through, I grouped them into several sets of 3-7ish, so not everything's going up at once. For one, no one's going to look at a 50+ gallery in one sitting; and two, I need to give the illusion that I'm active in my picture taking .-.




I'll start off with these three taken the first day.

http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... e-97952774
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... 1-97953399
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... 1-97953867

I like the last one best.

[Fireball0236]

Very nice pictures, looking forward to see more of them . The vending machines (this style) are typical for Japan, me thinks (I went to Okinawa in summer of 2007). Definetly, as are the good number of sings xD .

[VolkswagenFox]

I like the last picture the best.

[Sable Dove]

Couldn't find one of those 'used schoolgirl-panties' vending machines, eh?
It's probably for the best.

Nice pics.

[FoobyKamikaze]

Couldn't find one of those 'used schoolgirl-panties' vending machines, eh?
It's probably for the best.

Nice pics.

A friend of mine asked for that exact picture before I left.
So I was lookin' D: Turned up empty-handed. Or is that empty-camera'd?

...Feh.
The weirdest vending machine I saw was an umbrella machine. Which isn't that spectacular, but I have a picture of it.






EDIT: New set. From Sumiyoshi Shrine.


http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... e-98148533


http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... 2-98148882
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... 3-98149036
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... 4-98149173
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[Fireball0236]

The last photo resembles Shisa a bit. (It's the name for a sort of Guardian spirit in Okinawa; you see those statues and models everywhere O o).

[FoobyKamikaze]

Tiny set.

http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... i-98408156
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... o-98409061

EDIT: Meh, I'll throw this up there too.
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... t-98409356




Double EDIT:







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http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... V-98713176













Triple Edit. XD


http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... t-99159831



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[Tuna]

My fave would have to be the fancy phone booth at the temple...
XD

I like these pics - they're a combo of "tourist" pics and "slice of life" pics - the views of signs and people walking along the street - stuff you expect to see and stuff that shows how things really are...
I also like whatever settings you're using on your camera - everything looks exactly like it would if you were looking at it - no effects and no making them slick and shiny - I like the realism...
:3

[FoobyKamikaze]

I wasn't using any effects, honestly. I think I just have a nice camera xP
...OK, I used macro-zoom on a few of them >.>



And since Tuna posted, YAY! I can update!





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After looking through a few of these: I take back what I said about "nice camera." It's only good during the day =\

[Tuna]

What I was saying was that I liked how you didn't use effects...the natural look is cool...
:3

...and that there is a crapload of turtles...
O.O

[FoobyKamikaze]

What I was saying was that I liked how you didn't use effects...the natural look is cool...
:3

I know, I know.
Maybe what I said didn't come out right.

...and that there is a crapload of turtles...
O.O

XD

There were also booths that had craploads of fishies and craploads of baby crabs. :3

Yo freakin' dominated at those things. I failed instantly but she easily grabbed 20 or more before her net died.

[aj]

Did you just stay in Osaka (I'm guessing based on what wikipedia says about the shine.) or go elsewhere?

I visited Kyushu last November... spent a day in Fukuoka then spent some time travelling around the Saga Prefecture. Some beautiful landscapes... and the hot springs were nice. =P (Just under a year later and I still haven't finished going through all the photos yet. >.<)

Edit: ooh... 100th post!

[FoobyKamikaze]

We spent the bulk of our time in Osaka.
We took a one-day trip to Kyoto. Then went to Tokyo, with sidetrips to Harajuku, Asakusa, and Akihabara (when I get to the Akihabara pictures... x3 it was my favorite part of the trip)

Then Nagano for a few days, back to Osaka, then all the way up to Miyazaki. Left 4 days later.
Hoh boy... the last day was so hectic. XD





NEW PICS - Day 2 at Imamiya HS
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... -101251481
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... -101251677
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... -101251977 (doubles as a pic of me <.<)
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... -101252084
http://foobykamikaze.deviantart.com/art ... -101252222

[SpeedFreak]

haha japan! Thats awesome. My friend is going for sprint break. Looks like it was a cool trip. and PENGUINS!

[FoobyKamikaze]

HELLZ YEAH!
JAPANESE ARCADE!







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