Wide angle view from Fenway Park, Loge Box 157, Row BB

Today’s photo is a photomerge of more than half a dozen photos taken from the seat I previously mentioned here. This would have been a great seat, had there not been people (fans, ushers, and vendors) walking in front of me constantly. There were very few pitches in which I could see both the pitcher and the batter and quite a few pitches in which I couldn’t see either.

It’s tough to tell, given the wide angle of the lens coupled with a photomerge in Photoshop of numerous pics, but David Ortiz is the batter against Ricky Romero. Big Papi hit his 399th career home run in this game as Romero was roughed up for just his second loss (eight victories) on the season.

Posted on June 29th, 2012 under Other. Tags: baseball, boston, ellie, fenway park, nikon d7000, panorama, photoshop, ryan, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Fenway Park panorama

Today’s photo brings a smile to my face. Since I’m usually the one holding the camera, it is rare that I’m actually in a photo, but in this case someone must have thought the ridiculousness of the scene warranted a photo. Ellie seems to think that my singing literally stinks. 😉 Ryan is sporting his Unicorn t-shirt we picked up (just down the street from this Karaokekan–カラオケ館–in fact) at Uniqlo.

Posted on January 31st, 2012 under Japan. Tags: ellie, ryan. Comments: 4

Ellie on the swing ride at Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド)

In posting this photo I looked up the name of the swing ride at Yomiuri Land. Turns out the name is Wave Swinger (ウェーブスウィンガー) which is a bit of a pun I suppose since Ellie is waving while swinging.

Posted on October 12th, 2011 under Japan. Tags: amusement parks, ellie, yomiuriland. Comments Off on Yomiuri Land’s Wave Swinger

Autumn in Japan

If you are currently in Japan, October and November are excellent months to go hiking. The weather is generally good, the fall foliage is beautiful (although the fall colors generally don’t hit their peak near Tokyo until late November), and the crowds (especially on weekdays) are slim to none.

Today’s photo was taken in late November on our way up Mt. Mitake.

Posted on October 2nd, 2011 under Japan. Tags: autumn, ellie, hiking, mt. mitake, ryan, 紅葉. Comments Off on Fall Japanese scene

Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド)

This will likely be my last blog entry for a few days and my last one on Japan for about a couple months. Well, maybe I will sneak one or two in about Japan, but, for the most part, this blog will change gears to Scandinavia until sometime in August when your regularly scheduled Japan stuff will return.

I board a plane tomorrow morning for Copenhagen. I’ll be in that region until July 31. I will for sure be going to Amsterdam (at the end of my travels), Sweden, and Norway. I hope to squeeze in a few days in Germany too, but that depends on whether Mastodon secures me a press pass to their performance at the Roskilde Festival or not. Not and I go to Germany. Yes and I go to the Roskilde Festival instead. I already have a press photo pass for the Getaway Rock Festival in Gävle, Sweden so that should be a blast. Count on some up-close photos of Death Angel and Opeth with my Nikon D7000.

Today’s photo, by the way, is from Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド) in Tokyo.

Posted on June 22nd, 2011 under Japan. Tags: amusement parks, ellie, ryan, yomiuriland. Comments Off on Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド)