Sometimes I get reminded how very far I am away from England... this riot of foliage tells you how hot Japan is. Temperatures were in the high 80s and it's still only early May.
Well, Ray, the winters are fine, and the spring and autumn can be great although we have our rainy season in June (a bit like an English summer, it is). The summers are very hard to take, though. The temperatures are in the 90s day after day, with humidity about the same! The humidity would ensure that you melted, rather than burst into flames...
I envy you for all the sights, colours, floral displays and the observations of a different culture my dear Roger, but I would die in those temperatures. I love seeing the sun but the sun hates me and my delicate skin, I would shrivel up or burst into flames:):):) This is another wonderful sample of Japanalia my friend with gorgeous colours and lovely architecture. Best wishes....Ray
Thanks, John. Didn't know you were familiar with Japan. Must correct one thing in the above. It was taken with my full-frame fisheye, not the 20mm WA. No correction applied, just cunning use of foliage to conceal the curves--and making sure straight lines go more-or-less straight through the center. I don't normally clone out power lines--life is too short--but I did clone out ONE from the above!
Depends on what you mean by home. It used to be where your record collection was, but I guess that where you store your negatives / backup photo CDs could equally apply.
I enjoy all your photos of Japan, especially as I know the country myself, and I very much appreciate your sentiments. In Tarifa, the temperature is still not so different from what it was in December, although the sun is definitely stronger.
I think my favourite images among those that you post are those that show some of the typical characteristics of Japanese people, architecture and landscape. This is a good example - it's certainly not Europe! Personally, I might have been tempted to remove that cable running across the sky at top right.
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