Comments on: Seeing with more than just my eyes

By: 2yen

2yen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:14:25 +0000

David,

Sounds good. I sent you my cell number via email.

Jeff

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:46:42 +0000

That is all part of the magic that is Japan. I lived there for 5 years and I never got bored with exploring. Whether it was the depths of Tokyo (and all of its surrounding cities) or just taking a stroll through Yokosuka, there was always something that I had never seen before. It is truly unlike any place I have ever been before and I thank you Jeff for bringing me back each time I look at your photos!
Cheers,
Luke

By: David

David — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:21:33 +0000

I am free on Friday Nov. 27. Can we meet?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:25 +0000

Yes, the pinhole effect can be quite strong. It’s not adjustable, but I get around this by shooting RAW + JPEG. The JPEG spits out the pinhole version, but I still have the unaltered RAW file to work with is need be.

By: Kryn Sporry

Kryn Sporry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:46:05 +0000

Ha, I agree totally (wherever you are in the world).
In Star Wars terms, you need to close your eyes, and act on instinct. strech out with your feelings, and you will be able to set a new step into a larger world.
Jeff just showed it is actually true: Close your eyes and your ears will make you aware of things your eye missed in the first place.
In more practical terms. When I was seeing my ex from Taiwan, I had to act as tourist guide in Holland. What the hell am I gonna show her?!? But actually, that exercise made me se ethings from a different perspective, so all that’s “normal” to me, now became new and wonderful.

As for you pics, they are exquisite again. Especially the last photo of the yellow leave. I do have one comment on the pin hole function of the Olympus camera. There is something unnatural about the vignetting that it produces. Almost as if it’s too strong somehow. Can the strength of the effect be controlled on the camera settings, or will it have to be a post process action?

By: Melody

Melody — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:57:04 +0000

I was just telling someone about my two short years in Japan and related basically the same thing you just posted. Every single day, without fail, presented something entirely new and foreign to me. And then after I started to learn the language, it was as if a window was opened to a whole ‘nother universe that is invisible to people who don’t take the time to understand the language. I really miss living there. I am pretty good at finding novelty everywhere I go, but Japan is just on another level altogether.