Life in Japan - Pictures galore !! Arcades, Temples, Rainy days, etc

You guys really take some great photos. I'll have to invest in a camera soon -- I know I'll regret later not having taken any pictures.

 

I'd rather just see what kind of talent you can show us with a GoPro.

Nice shot, Yakumo. What a shit hole.

 

Yakumo, that coke sign is just superb, love it!
GP, great arcade shots

 

Hey, just tossing this out there, but has anyone seen this camera? It's supposed to be the "next big thing" in photography.
I'm sold. The examples on the website are incredible.

https://www.lytro.com/

 

Its complete crap. This has been around a year or so now. The photos are 1.1 size or a square in other words. Resolution is poor and you can only view the photos using special software. Sure, the ability to focus on any part of the shot after taking it is amazing but I best that you could do the same thing with any photo if someone was to make the software. I can't see this being anything more than a novelty gimmick.

 

Ah.

 

Checking out the Earth (BW) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Probably Sexting (BW) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Through the Umbrella by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Alley Night (Cinematic) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Train Cuddle (Cinematic) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

 

Brilliant!

 

The reason for the special software, is that it's not a conventional image file. And no, there is no way to duplicate what Lytro does using software.* We will probably see versions of Photoshop and other software that will support light field images in the future. The technology is really promising, but yes, at it's current level of maturity it is somewhat of a gimmick. Toshiba is currently working on a light field camera that has 30,000 lenses. Every photographer in the world would like a DSLR camera that they could point, shoot and then focus later. So I think it will catch on with time.

*You could program a camera to take dozens of photos with different degrees of focus, and the choose the one you like better later, but it would take at least a few seconds to capture all the photos, and you wouldn't have the same flexibility.

 

Not what it does exactly, as you stated, but if you Google around, there's a Photoshop demo of a feature I thought they called "In Focus" or something like which is fucking amazing. I can't find it on Google though, and it didn't make it into CS6. But, they took a random image that was pretty out of focus and, as the name stated, fixed it. Something like that is far more worthwhile to the likes of me until the above technology is somehow integrated into the current line up of cameras.

Also from what I've heard, you need a shit ton of light for that camera no? Kind of useless for me ATM, as many of my pictures can't go any narrower than F4, and quite a few not even F2.

 

The two demos that come to mind are the light field photography demo and the deblurring demo. The light field photography demo (link) seemed to just be showing off how Photoshop deals with light field images, like the one made by cameras like the Lytro. The deblurring demo (link) shows how blur can be reduced, but only if it's motion blur from an unsteady camera. Also, Rainn Wilson is in the video.

 

The video I saw was neither of those. Unfortunately my brain sucks shit. It was a smaller audience (much smaller) and a shittier video. They showed a handful of "new things" Adobe was working on. I remember one other one was you could use one photo as a "template" and it would adopt that photos contrast, color balance, etc. and immediately apply it. Kind of cool... but also takes a lot of the fun out of processing images.

 

Temple in Ueno


Tokyo Station


Gate of Meiji Shrine​

 

Cool shots -- love that last one.

 

museovivo, loving that Meiji shrine door shot. I thought it was another one of Gaijin Punch's works of art.

I'm off out tonight so I'll see if I can get any interesting shots. Doubt it but you never know.

 

Good Hunt!

 

Some shots from my night out on the town yesterday.


Asian Import Mart - Kokura by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Light fitting in the Asian Import Mart by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Galaxy Express 999 Characters by Yakum01975, on Flickr


snowman light by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Kokura - Sidestreet by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Kokura - Mc by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Kokura - Seedy night street by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Canon-kiss-x6i by Yakum01975, on Flickr

 

Here's a few more. Still haven't loaded stuff from New Years onward off my card though.


Rainy Table (Cinematic) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Ankle Highs (Cinematic) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Baby Giraffe Legs (Cinematic) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Waiting in Unison (Cinematic) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Checkered Phone by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


True Love by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Meiji Shrine at Night by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Fuzzy Ankles by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Fixing Hose (BW) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


LItter (BW) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Scramble Kousaten 2 (BW) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

 

Nice shots guys, as always! And Yakumo, is there a reason for your frequent MC photos?

 

Fuzzy Ankles my favorite.