Iris

I've been seeing pictures of iris crop up every now and then and decided to try it myself.  

So these are self-portraits.

Left:

 Right

A further reason to get a real macro lens I had to crop these out from much larger images so they are about 100% zoom on the image file where detail starts to get degraded.

煙 Smoke

Incense in an ashtray;

Visions as the currents play.

 Rise of the Apes

Jabberwock

ROR Year End Show

It was a much happier occasion than this tight crop would have you think.  

That said I really like the mood of this shot.

Edd Daggers

 Everyone also gestured emphatically.

 Rodney Smith

 Yuki Miyashige

 Tony Romani

Salsa!

Tom Law

A Thursday Evening

I love photographing Osaka!

Such a contrast with the world above.

Colours of Autumn

Autumn is a very beautiful season in Japan, though it is as short as it is beautiful.

Pirates of the Dotombori

The Pirates of the Dotombori!

Osaka's best bilingual improv comedy group!

L-R above: Bill Reilly, Zach Strickland, Yuki Miyashige, Paul Mathieson, Jade Lake, Kwame Alexander

 

 After the group shots we did a few individual portraits as well!

 Emi Morimoto

 Chaka Small

 

The Pirates were amazing to shoot, who knew that work could be so much fun!  

Thanks for being awesome PoTD!

Another Rainy Night in Osaka

Seriously, these days it rains a lot.

Good for photos though so I can't really complain.

Underground, safe from the rain.  I bet it would make a good set for a zombie movie.