Photos from Mount Mitsutogesan in Yamanashi prefecture, on the far western outskirts of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Pictures taken with an Olympus em-1 and M.Zuiko 12–40mm 2.8 or 75mm 1.8; or on the iPhone X.
In the spirit of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and sumi-e monochrome ink painting, some judicious processing in Olympus Workspace, DxO PhotoLab, and Adobe Lightroom has been applied to emphasize the feel of this dramatic landscape.
Some judicious processing of many of these photos emphasizes the “end of the earth “fuinki,” or atmosphere, of this remote corner of Japan.
On otherwise dull, uninspired overcast days, the hills and trees, waves and clouds reveal their secret lives through the magic of some judicious post-processing…
Trains are a big part of daily life in Tokyo… #tokyokillsme
See more pictures from daily life in Tokyo, world’s geatest megacity, at https://bigsushilittlefishes.wordpress.com/tokyo-kills-me-photos/
Mount Iozan (“Mount Sulfur”), in Akan Mashu National Park, eastern Hokkaido, in August. Climbing Meakandake my “favourite” active volcano called off on account of rain, so Iozan’s hissing fumaroles were as close to a photogenic hellscape as we got this trip 🙂
Processed using Oly art filters, LR, and PhotoLab to create a certain “fuinke,” or atmosphere, rather than a literal depiction of colour and light conditions at that moment in time. Now ya know 🙂
Pictures from summer, 2019 at the Bihoro Pass Observatory
Hanazono Shrine: a quiet space in the press and shove of bright lights, big city Shinjuku: on the edge of the Kabukicho red-light district #tokyokillsme
See more photos from Tokyo, “The Big Sushi,” circa 2012 at Tokyo Kills Me 4.0 https://medium.com/tokyo-kills-me/tokyo-kills-me-4-0-photos-7c5b28f65a74
“Santa in a phone booth” display in front of Tokyu Plaza, on the main shopping ‘n strolling street in Harajuku.
See more pictures from daily life in Tokyo at https://medium.com/tokyo-kills-me/tokyo-kills-me-daily-autumn-18-photos-d2c12eec98ba
I just updated TKMD with several new (wide angle) snaps from daily life in Tokyo https://medium.com/@aaronpaulson/tokyo-kills-me-daily-autumn-18-photos-d2c12eec98ba
Snaps from daily life and uncommon adventures over 20 years in Japan — Tokyo and elsewhere — at the end of the last millennium and the start of the next.
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