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Our friends.  My partner and I usually enjoy so happy time with them at the bar.  Sometimes we invite them to home party and they all know well our children as well.  We are going to have "Gyoza" party on next Sunday :)

Ramen stall

Ramen stall:  We're waiting for ramen noodles.  Price of one bowl is JPY500.- and it's so yummy when we eat it at midnight.
Three-year anniversary of BAR LOVE:S:  We enjoyed tequila, whiskies, wines and so on together.

I selected two photos of their exposures are two sec. from my photostream.  Both photos were taken with my small tripod, which is very cheap, JPY380.- or USD4.-.  You can get excellent results with a tripod and 2sec. delay shutter release, even if the tripod is so cheap :)

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Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/9, 2sec., ISO80 / 2sec. timer / tripod)
Osaka night view. The photo is a little out of focus because I took it on a footbridge and footbridge itself was shaking.

Club event @C.R.E.A.M

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Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/2.4, 2sec., ISO100 / 2sec. timer / tripod)
Re-post: @ Club C.R.E.A.M.

I've almost forgotten Photo Quest this time.  Fortunately, I spend busy working days these days and that prevented me from concentrating to the photo quest.  These two photos are my rush works but I just hope they meet the quest.

4 sec.

Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/5.0, 4sec., ISO80)
I took the photo when I was on my way home.  I walked the road, just released the shutter and hold my GRD2 for 4 sec.

Masked Rider DCD

Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/9, 4sec., ISO80 / 2sec. timer / tripod)

Happy Birthday to my son.  He's playing with the Masked Rider Belt which he got as his birthday present this morning.

My Ricoh GRD2 with a simple tripod:  I usually have my GRD2 in my pocket and the simple tripod in my bag.

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I found the flytrap has a cavity, haha.

Cavity

Too much whisky makes me feel bad now...
Anyway, I enjoyed open-air concert with my friends.  There were two performers (one group and one unit) of high school students and no professional performers yesterday.  However, the unit, guitar duo, performed some instrumental musics very well.  All of us were captivated by their guitar playing.

Needless to say, we enjoyed beer and whisky at a Izakaya after the open-air concert, hehe.

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PENTAX K200D + TAMRON 272E (Aperture priority / f/2.8, 1/250, ISO800 / Auto white balance)

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PENTAX K200D + TAMRON 272E (Aperture priority / f/2.8, 1/125, ISO800 / white balance: Incandescent Light)

WB of Incandescent Light gave me right color, however, I prefer the first photo this time :)

My partner cooked very nice clam dishes for us.  I enjoyed clams steamed with Japanese sake with Japanese sake.  Yummy :)  It was so rare case for me to drink Japanese sake at home, but it was yummy as well, hehe :)  We also enjoyed paella next day.  I should have bought and enjoyed Spanish wine at that time!

Steamed with Japanese sake

Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/4.0, 1/4, ISO80 / 2sec. timer / tripod / cool white fluorescent)

Paella

Ricoh GRD2 (Program AE / f/2.4, 1/15, ISO80 / -0.3EV)

Antique effect

I changed its color to "antique."   It looks more old photo :)

It's one of my most favorite style that landscapes in B&W is.  I usually take photos of city view in B&W, especially electric wires and poles.  Wandering Osaka city with Ricoh GRD2 is so interesting for me.  So I selected two Osaka photos in three for the Photo Quest.

On Sunday morning, I went to Matoba seashore with my family and friends for digging clams.  We got one pail of clams and divided them into three for three families.  We, of course, enjoyed dishes of the clams after we got home :)

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Osaka night view with river reflections:  Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/9, 4sec., ISO80 / 2sec. timer / tripod)

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A street of one night in Osaka:  Ricoh GRD2 (Manual / f/4.0, 0.8sec., ISO80 / 2sec. timer / tripod)

I prefer B&W photos taken itself to one taken in color then editing with a software later.
Creating B&W from color photo feels a little lack of contrast for me.

I had a chance to go to Tokyo several weeks ago.  I used to visit there once a month, but I can't so often now. Anyway  I'm so excited to visit anywhere outside Osaka with my camera.  Different people, buildings, nature, landscapes and so on, all the things are very fresh, especially in viewing through my lenses.

Tokyo

@ Shinbashi station, you can see Shinkansen, super-express, 300 series.

Big sight in Tokyo

@Tokyo Big sight, exhibition halls and conference rooms.