鯉 - Koi

This absolutely beautiful fish was swimming in the local stream; likely it has escaped from someone's pond.

Another interesting thing that I have noticed after seeing a few of these colourful koi in the stream is that the fish are somewhat territorial or at least stay in the same area for some time. It's not something that you would notice with the regularly coloured koi as they are a uniform black with a silvery underside.

亀 - Turtle

This rather large turtle wasn't going any where, even though it's riding the bicycle.

Sakura

Spring has brought warmer temperatures;

the cherry trees have started to blossom.

Tsuruhashi

Tsuruhashi is the center of Korean culture and food in Osaka and the best place to get authentic Korean food outside of Korea. There are also busy markets specializing in fresh fish, kimchi and other delicacies. Though in the evening most of these were closed down for the day. The maze of covered streets gives a somewhat underground atmosphere as well. I went there with my friend Zach to take some shots, give/take some advice and experiment with the cameras a bit. It was a great location with many interesting scenes to shoot.

Lighting technique: a bare fluorescent tube about 30cm away.

Snow

About once a year, it snows in Osaka. Yesterday about 5cm fell and there might be bit more soon. It actually feels like winter now.

Winter Sun

First Lady Bug of the year

Even the spiders like Mt.Fuji

Winter Clouds

Narrow DOF

Sometimes it's the small, everyday things that are overlooked.

Here are some condensation drops from when I was cooking dinner.

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