Today I bought a low angle finder.
its useful when want to take an object near ground. I was taking with funny pose that likes talk with ant until today. Also, it has a interesting function that's magnifier. I can choice x1 or x2.
I'd like to taking anything on my neighborhood at weekend. its my pleasure.

And just only one problem has be left in my mind is... what am I doing for hiding from my wife.
8800yen is extravagance for me. I'll be angered from her if she's knew it.its terrible....

what is good photo?

I think, there are two kind of photo. good photo and not good photo.
But I didn't know, why I feel good. Just good photo is good, I thought.

Today I'd noticed that good photo has story. its interesting and important idea for me.
In normally case, two or more objects in a picture. and when I see a photo, I can feel connection between objects. and that connection changes story in my brain.

Example, a photo has two objects, a dog and a rock. The case of the rock was taken accidentally, that objects has no connection. the dog is a dog, and the rock is just a rock.

But how do I think about case of the dog is gazing that rock?
I can get notice that the connection between that objects. and that connection lead to a story about their.

I decide to say "That photo has dipth." when photo has story.
I want to take many photo have each of dipth through self practices.

which people goes mad me and other?

At resently, I'm feeling people has been degenerated.
In Mixi, other user's comment to my wrote is decreasing, and case of text in Kotonoha I post has got bad reply is increasing.

I tought I go crazy and had any bad fact while today. but it may wrong.
because when I remember about same season of last year, I noticed I had similar problem as this year.

So I found a conclusion that people has been degenerated by just season.
If I can do it, want to settle for people on near me.

But it may impossible... I feel sad because so.

Focus goes outside!

I have a problem that's about focus when I take a photo by macro.
When I arrange a subject on left or right side, focus goes out of I want to set because lens leaves a little bit from subject when I move camera to left or right after auto focus was worked.
I found this problem, yesterday. Macro mode demands delicate control to me.

I should like to adjust by moving to front or back litte bit. But its so difficult method.
I must learn the way of this problem's solution.

I'm waiting bonus has paid to me.

Now I'm in bonus season. Rested count down is only a week until target day. I want to buy many things! :)

- Comic books I couldn't buy when I had no money.
- New wallet substitute for my broken that.
- New HDD should been intoed back up data.

Especially, HDD is important. because my HDD has only 30GB capacity rest. And I'm taking photo 1GB while a week! HDD will overflow at a half year ago!

Then I shold like to go shopping next weekend. its my pleasure.

I was in rest a long time. I didn't feel to need to write English blog in recently.

I found and get a new book at dust throwing place, yesterday. its training book for TOEIC.
its looks like a interesting book however I don't want to get that exam.

My pleasure is just one that communicate with other Flickr user quickly and smoothly. So I don't need high level English ability, and I don't take TOEIC test while my intention is changed.

But I can take only TOEIC training. Because I can do it with no money. :-)

How to take as high contrast

I felt, need to know how to heighten contrast of picture. to make more artistic.
A man one of my contacts takes very nice photo that includes both of structure and sky are metered right. I want to take as him.

So I got some answers as follow for that:

1. Always lighting from my back
because backlighting reduces contrast.

2. Surely put lens hood
lighting from my next is reduces too.

3. Choosing right hue mode at every taking
Taking with same hue mode always I did, is wrong.

4. Choosing right white balance at every taking
I surprised, setting I need is changed considerably between 15 minutes.

5. Chance comes after 3 o'clock PM.
Noon time is good. but too strong light is sometime reduces contrast if I want to take both of structure and sky.

6. Set positively for under exposure
Set between EV-0.3 and -0.7 than anybody said right. Photo has been taken with over lighting looks cute. its good. but contrast is reduced. its problem of what I want to expressing thru the art.

7. Set positively F8-11 of aperture setting
I didn't know that contrast is heighten when use F8 or more over. its natural truth, because center of lens shows most good performances. however over F11 is not good, because photo is taken as be covered red filter by diffraction effect.

At last weekend, I forgot to try 7. point. So I should like to do it at tomorrow public holiday or next weekend.

Also, I must not forget most most important fact is, clean up every time.
Sorry my cam... X-o

Blue deep

Blue deep
Originally uploaded by Tom Yuhki

I had a big mistake when I took blue things.
I like to take sky when I found cloud that has funny shapes. But I took every time with using the setting "flower mode". This mode turns color wheel to direction red. When I do it, blue color is changed light color! I feel wasteful!!
Today I succeed to take deep blue color. I forgave me because I can grow up.

Real situation of my office

I found a interesting web page.
Its here. (Japanese page)

I want to say what is interested in, is check sheet wrote on page#2. its showing how atomosphere does office have.
that likes follows.

1. Anybody use a word "busy" at every time
2. Anybody talk by mail
3. Anybody doesn't thank
4. Anybody doesn't have time for work with else, and doesn't know else's work about.
5. Anybody doesn't make responses to their boss.
6. Anybody are demanded only the just answer.
7. Two or more parson are doing same things.
8. Only a few body has many work than else.
9. Boss is instantaneous heater.
10. If somebody suggest, he'll takes work likes elephant.

I thought until today, my office is not good and not bad and it has average atomosphere. But if this sheet is truth, its maybe on lower level. 3 or more points are danger zone, and my office gets 8 points!!
I lough the environment I'm put on.

I need circumsection because I taken wife and child. but possibly comming time to change my office...

I learned new word "lauphable"

At lunch time, when I talk with my wife by handphone, I said to her my complain about I wrote yesterday's blog, and about I depressed.
Possibly its natural fact, then she laughed me.
When I heard her that, but I can take down elephant from my shoulder. because I can understand about my trouble is laughable!
I understand too, most important person I need to thank is my wife, of course.

I never give up

I met a hate happening in my company.
That program I re-programed has some trouble at first time. Miss O known it, too. But when my boss found that problem and angried, she pretended doesn't knew!
And she forced all responsibility to me! So I'm angry...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, detail of trouble story shouldn't touch to this blog's reader.(if they exists)
I really want to say is, when I see some photos taken by my Flickr contacts, I get back my heart health. because their are nice or cute or beautiful.
A mail from a contact user glads me, too!
And of course, my wife she heard my complaining is most important.

I'm feeling I can hold on tomorrow!
Thank you very much, all people on my private connection!

My english

Maybe, my english is understood difficult.
It is normally truth, why it is I bigan Flickr at only one month ago.
I need learning more. but I never give up about anything.

At this morning, I feeded to my bunny Dr.Uchuchu. She was runnning around under me in the room, because I opened har cage door.
And, when I took grasses her eat on the upper of shelf... Her nail into between my toenail!!
So hard hurt!
If I say Japanese, "Totemo ITAI deeeeesu!"
its just only that story. X-o

Training failed...

Now I'm training for "Kitamura photo contest 2008 spring". Of cource, I wanna clinch grandprix.
In every after lunch time, I'm taking any photo by handphone cam. But today I couldn't take any photo over took at yestarday.
When I take, most important fact is judgment for finding any view suitable taking. its few affected luck.
Tomorrow I going to taking photo at Shinjuku. I'm expecting taking good. its a day I should be serious.
I have any chances while comming June the term for entry. But My intention is I should think like fighting with wall on back.

Camera commands to me!

Last year, I used a camera that's different to now I'm using.
DiMAZE Z3 is instant digital camera for high amateur. At that time, I was enjoying snap easily. And mass-produced many roughly picture.

By the way, I bought a new camera at last christmas. because I fell down and bloke when I carry up my son.
That I using now is Alpha-7D. I called just "7D".

After that, I should been changed my style for taking. 7D is difficult to using. It likes, my camera commands to me "Learn usage!"
So that, now I think, want to take "art".

It told many things to me. Color setting, white balance, Aperture setting, and so on.
In any case, I couldn't make any picture if I didn't use technics so. Also my photo has tired when I used Z3, and when after using 7D, I would be got beautiful picture.

My camera is good one for learning basis technic. Why am I hoping my photo will be chosen for "Interestingness" of Flickr is so.

Sadness suddenly

Sadness suddenly
Originally uploaded by Tom Yuhki

There I taken photo at 3 o'clock PM is the park of my neiborhood. Accidentaly I see a view from in the forest. Leaves are green, winds are blowing, and sunset is begining.
Suddenly I felt sadness. Because today I playing with my son 2 years old, but tommorow monday I go to work for doing routine.
Possibly, I felt litte tired.

I hate geting ages.

Now, I want to get a CD.
I heard that song first time accidentaly when I watching movies on Yahoo. I feel nice.

But it is no saling on the online store.
I researched why and found it. Title is "Heartbreaking romance" and singer is Kanako Ito. she is singing for TV animetion specialty. In Japan, specialty singer like her is almost minor.

I can buy that's CD package if it sales. But if I can, want to buy at online store. Because that package has been draw picture that animetion image teenager likes.
If it is saled in the 5 or 6 years ago, I may didn't feel shyly...

By the way, I heard a story in England, Hally Potter stories books draw just steam express on the cover was saled. It because for adult people wants to buy but cannot buy why feel shyly.

I feel sad about I can understand their feelings. Because it means I got many surplus ages.

What a shame!

Question: Where is the ear of other side?
Originally uploaded by Tom Yuhki

Yestarday, I thought, I'd like to go zoo.
But today I had been rained. It very disappointing!
Flickr group "Nature/Animal lovers" needs animal's photo!

I reluctantly had patience with shooting Dr.Uchuchu my rabbit.
But photo been taken today is unusable because group name is "Nature/Animal", and I taken at inside of my house.
So it picture has no part of "nature".

Hot to drip coffee well

I found a nice idea for dripping coffee.

Anytime, when I drip coffee, I'm worried about degrees of dripper.
Of course, when before start dripping, dripper has natural degrees. So I should warm up it by hot water. But that has 1 or 3 holes on the floor, so water droped when before dripper is warmed.

Now, I thought how to keep dripper degrees high. it is easy way that only set filter on before into coffee bean. because paper keeps hot water and degrees of dripper.
And it is more merit that filter's paper smell is cleaned by water.

I try it when morning, I felt coffee taste is changed well.

My bad habit

City woods
Originally uploaded by Tom Yuhki

I wanna be choosen "Interestingness" of Flickr.
So, I'm training photo technic.

Today, I have that taking by only 50mm single focus lens.
And made monochrome from photo be taken.

I catch a moral through this training is I don't have enough ability of frame design.
I before yestarday is depended on target's coloring for design.
But it is danger because sometime I'll make busy picture.

Photo has good color is important, but its only one of many details of making picture.
I need to think, how do I catch heart of person saw my photo. I should get more technic why so.
How to use F value, how to arrenge target and background things, and how to use lights perfectly. And particularly, I wanna know my bad habit.

Yestarday, I can knew my habit that I'm mostly use lens full open.
My camera 7D telling me many technic and my bad habit every day. Its great teacher.
But maybe I'm not enough.

Where is my friend can teaching to me?

I meet a nice photographer.

look
Originally uploaded by jahat

This is difficult working to finding member suitable my group.
I'm disturbed by the wall.
If I choice with random, I can increase quickly.
But I want to come nice photographer, so I should be wisely.

Today I found new member Jahat.
Photo on the beggining is him.
His technic is genuine. I can understand by only once looking.
But I don't know how many photos he'll share.

And I should find next member countinually.

I try to make group.

I would be administrator of my own group.
The name is "FEEL LIVE!".

Now, members are only me.
It is natural truth because group was made at just yesterday.

I should find member suitable.
The first goal is 5 cards of invitation.

So sleepy...

In Japan, we have a proverb keyword, "春眠暁不覚".
If direct translation this, The each character mean, spring, sleeping, sunrize, doesn't, understanding.
When I searched dictionary, I found meaning, "In spring one tends to sleep late without knowing the day has broken."

Now we Japanese giving the spring season.
I shouldn't using air conditioner because room is hot enough.

But I feel difficaultly geting up.
Sleepy..., I want to be slept 5 minutes more...
I thinking so, is for reason spring, old predecessor said.

But, My problem that was left is I feel same thinks every days through years.
Anything wrong?

Message I want to say.

Sakura cherry
Originally uploaded by Tom Yuhki

Today, I caught a wonderful happening.
This photo shooted at last sunday is my new challenging. my expression that about natural blossom living with human.

I want to learn a technic when I want to expressing human life.
But I think, it too difficult because I always make tired artwork when I shot this.

I'm glad today, to be put comment to this photo is "nice textures and wonderful mixture with the civilized world" by DidierS my one of contact users.
This comment includes sentence I want to say.
And He said continually, "a brand new start", because he saw thru my photographer level and practices I need.

I felt that somebody can understands my message I did't express.
World is opened...

Ichigo strawberry

Now I see right under side of windows computer screen.
"15:15" displayed.
fifteen minutes 3 o'clock PM.

By the way, "15" is read sound like "Juu-go" or "ichi-go" by Japanese.
Almost many people say "Juu-go". But now I say "ichi-go" accidental.

In Japan, "ichi-go" is can associated strawberry. It is same reading and different character word.
And just now is the season for strawberry.

A reason that strawberry arounds in my head, is so.

I wanna go strawberry free picking with my wife and son.

Stranger is difficult to please?

Mayby any weeks ago, I got a chance reading a blog about DNA.
That said a rule of inheritance that's human is very unique creature, so diffarence between human and human is more opened than between human and other creature.

At first sight, this brings true impression.
Because, I can guess easily human's kind by face shape, but classfication other creature is very difficult. Example, face diffarence between this fox and that fox.
Also My friends face is every unique.

However, I started doubt this thinking after started using Flickr.

Before starting Flickr, I believed, "Foreign stranger has very diffarence thinking compare Japanese. so they'll give me exciting stimulus".
They doesn't betray my expection, but also they give me surprising impression that's they're more same as Japanese than I thought.

They are glad when I praise, pertcularly artistic photographer likes pointing out concretely good point. And other people likes directly words "Nice", "Great", etc. This trend is as same Japanese.
Also when I, am stranger for him, sent mail for confirmation for adding contact list, he give me good response quickly. It deleted enough my prejudice, stranger is difficult to please.
They never said discontent, and they are each kind of person wants communication with other persons, has no exception.
My problem was left is about language, my vocabulary is too few.

And today, I found a natural truth.
No human has more similar face shape with monkey, than when comparing them and Japanese.
So, I can say certainly, the tought on the begining is mistake.

Maybe...
Blogger write on the begining has a tought that's problem of between Japanese and Chinese. Japan always got criticism recently from China when we got any happens.
Possibly that blogger got angry about so, and want to say, "They're like monkey!"

But, he ought to understand himself's mistake easily if he thinking deep. Many Criticism been sent are made by a few of all Chinese. A lot of excepted persons have good sense and discreet doesn't appeare at front of internet.

I feel lucky because I can realised it.
Possibly, "nation's character" we said, is not determined by each of person's chracter. Its determined by statistics, I think.
Our distination is same when we have each language.

I wanna shot human artistic....

I wanna shot human artistic....
Originally uploaded by Tom Yuhki

All things on the world are expression. Human has many expression, however other things has uncountable expression too. It isn't limited to creture. flowers, grounds, and just rockies isn't except.
I think, art photo is about shoting that's expression.

But, Today, I found a truth, human expression is most difficult if shot it for artistic.
I'm not talk about portrait. I talk about when wanna shot person's exsistence in a place in city in the world.
When just I shot it, Always I'm gave tired picture.
Todays shot is example as so.

When I want to express, "Human is living!", how am I doing?
I have not answer yet.

Living on the earth

A day, that just only 3 days ago, I began using Flickr.
When I saw photos that's uploaded by any people registed, I always thought, "a little bit users has good technic, but almost users are begginer. They're just pushing shutter button with unskill!"

Because... my started taking photo was 7 years ago, and I maybe learned some technic at between that time and now.
But, I feel just now, (so I begining write blog), Their photo is LIVING.
Their photo is just thier apprearance on the earth. A photo send to looking person feel "living" is great!

And... I think about so, "My photo is living?"
My photo almost artistic. Because I toward art by taking photo though I don't know living anything in my photo.

It is very philosophical and no meaning. But I think, my photo may dead. So I feel very sadness.
Its very rare case, I got feeling that.
Because always I'm funneing, laughing, and henpicked.

My started writing english blog is for leaning english, but other reason is because I think so.

This page is never read to my wife. (or I wonder my blog will be read nobody?)
So I write freely just thinking mine.
Days feeling, pleasure things, and joke, joke, joke.