ＩＤＣＳ英会話の「Pix & English」: October 2014

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Morning Stroll

Photos taken in the neighborhood of Kayama in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan during the morning dog walk on October 29, 2014

Rural Japan

Rice paddy during harvesting season. Odakyu Line Train in background.

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/320 second at f/8

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Rural Japan

Orange flower facing south in Kayama, Odawara, Japan

南向きのお花

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/320 second at f/8

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Rural Japan

Orange flower facing south in Kayama, Odawara, Japan

南向きのお花

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/320 second at f/8

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Rural Japan

"Got it!" glove on a fence post on a Japanese farm in Odawara, Japan.

手袋

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/320 second at f/5.6

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Rural Japan

Bounded stalks of rice straw

田んぼの藁・稲束

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/400 second at f/5.8

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Water well pumping fresh underground water for the rice paddies.

田んぼの為に井戸の水をくむ。

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/80 second at f/4.5

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Moss on a cinder block wall.

コンクリートブロック壁の苔。

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 100 for 1/100 second at f/4.5

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

Water droplets on a flower.

花の上に水滴。

田舎の風景・小田原市栢山

ISO 200 for 1/160 second at f/8

Pentax K-50 & Pentax DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR

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Mt. Fuji - Kayama, Odawara

Known as a God, worshipped and adored.

Known as a demon, despised and feared.

View of Mt. Fuji from a rice paddy in Odawara, Japan.

富士山・小田原市栢山の風景。

ISO 100 for 1/200 sec. at f/11.0

Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens

#富士山 #小田原 #Pentax

Rising up, a sleeping beauty.

Fountain of enrichment, as farmers farm.

Rising up, a fiery inferno.

Torch of hell, as sufferers suffer.

View of Mt. Fuji from a rice paddy in Odawara, Japan.

富士山・小田原市栢山の風景。

ISO 200 for 1/320 sec. at f/11.0

Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens

#富士山 #小田原 #Pentax

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Egrets in Odawara

White egret and wild ducks on the Sakawa River in Odawara, Japan.

小田原市の酒匂川のシラサギとカモ。

ISO 200 for 1/640 sec. at f/5.8

Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens

#酒匂川 #小田原 #鳥 #カモ #シラサギ #Pentax

Grey egret in a rice paddy in Kayama, Odawara, Japan.

田んぼのアオサギ。

ISO 200 for 1/320 sec. at f/8.0

Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens

#酒匂川 #小田原 #鳥 #カモ #シラサギ #Pentax

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Sakuragicho

Upper portion of Landmark Tower, Sakuragicho MM21 District, Yokohama, Japan

Lower portion of Landmark Tower, Sakuragicho MM21 District, Yokohama, Japan

From left to right, The Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu, the Intercontinental Yokohama Grand hotel, the Yokohama Cosmo World Ferris wheel, and the sail training ship Nippon Maru in the Minato Mirai 21 District, Yokohama, Japan

The Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu and the Intercontinental Yokohama Grand hotel in the Minato Mirai 21 District, Yokohama, Japan

H&R ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ by Daisei Iketani is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Sakuragicho Nightline

Upper portion of Landmark Tower, Sakuragicho MM21 District, Yokohama, Japan
Pentax K-50 f/3.5 for 1/8 sec. at ISO 3200
#Landmark #Tower #Yokohama #Japan #ランドマークタワー #みなとみらい #横浜

Lower portion of Landmark Tower, Sakuragicho MM21 District, Yokohama, Japan
Pentax K-50 f/3.5 for 1/13 sec. at ISO 3200
#Landmark #Tower #Yokohama #Japan #ランドマークタワー #みなとみらい #横浜

The Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu, the Intercontinental Yokohama Grand hotel, the Yokohama Cosmo World Ferris wheel, and the sail training ship Nippon Maru in the Minato Mirai 21 District, Yokohama, Japan
Pentax K-50 ISO 3200 for 1/8 sec. at f/4.00
#みなとみらい #横浜 #観覧車

Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu and the Intercontinental Yokohama Grand hotel in the Minato Mirai 21 District, Yokohama, Japan
Pentax K-50 ISO 200 for 2.5 sec. at f/4.00
#みなとみらい #横浜 #ホテル

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Sakawa River

She flows her way -- not yours not mine.
Harnessed and controlled, her vengeance a volcanic rage.
We roll, we crawl, we walk, we play.
In time, we fade away.
She is always, ebb low or high, free and uncaged.

母の川、生命の源。
母の川、生命の脅威。

#river #川 #SakawaRiver #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原

Shot taken inches above the water of the Sakawa River flowing through cement break columns near Hotoku Bridge (酒匂川の報徳橋の近く).

ISO 200 for 1/302 sec. at f/9.0
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #報徳橋 #Pentax

View of Mt. Fudoyama overlooking Sakawa-gawa River
酒匂川と不動山
ISO 200 for 1/250 sec. at f/11.0
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 18-50mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #Fudoyama #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #不動山 #Pentax

Japanese pampas grass(薄,susuki) on the banks of the Sakawa-gawa River.
酒匂川の薄(ススキ)。
ISO 200 for 1/500 sec. at f/5.6
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #pampasgrass #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #薄 #Pentax

Stone monument on the bank of Sakawa River
酒匂川の横にある石記念碑
ISO 200 for 1/160 sec. at f/4.0
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #stonemonument #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #石記念碑 #Pentax

Cement gate pole for preventing car traffic on a pedestrian path along the Sakawa River
酒匂川の横にあるコンクリートの門柱
ISO 100 for 1/125 sec. at f/5.0
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #gatepost #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #門柱 #Pentax

Concrete flood and erosion control barrier on the banks of the Sakawa River
酒匂川の洪水と浸食制御コンクリート障壁I
SO 200 for 1/250 sec. at f/5.6
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #erosionbarrier #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #障壁 #Pentax

Foxtail grass on the banks of the Sakawa River

酒匂川のアワ草
ISO 1600 for 1/320 sec. at f/7.1
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #foxtailgrass #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #アワ草 #Pentax

Moss on the banks of the Sakawa River
酒匂川の苔 (こけ)
ISO 1600 for 1/320 sec. at f/7.1
Pentax K-50 & Pentax 50-200mm std zoom lens
#Sakawa #River #moss #Odawara #Japan #酒匂川 #小田原 #こけ #Pentax