Yesterday was Nature Day, or Midori no hi in Japanese. The weather was amazing and I went out to Shinjuku gyoen to try my new camera out.
So far, I hadn't been too lucky with the weather but this time, it was just great ... Even too sunny, as it makes the light very harsh ...
Anyway, go and have a look at the pictures !
Really nothing new on this website today but I just wanted to express my anger against this period of time in Tokyo when the elections come...
It is absolutely unbearable ... Cars go around all the districts with huge speakers, while there's a lady in the car shouting in the mic with an very bothering voice "vote for X for the district of Y ... vote for X for the district of Y ..."
I mean is what politics is all about in Japan ?! This is mind torturing/brain washing, that's it !
I'm wondering what the people who do that are actually thinking ...
"Hmmm ... I don't know who to vote for because I haven't got enough information on their plans ... Why not the one who shouted the loudest and the most, preventing me from having a peaceful week-end ?"
Yeah, that must be what they think people will behave when the time comes to go voting ...
The best part is that there are so many candidates that you can be sure to get at least one within 10 minutes, and that lasts for the whole week-end, from 8am to 8pm (actually, I assume they do that during the week too but I can't tell from the 15th floor where my office is).
Check out the crazy message Fred left in my guestbook !
I retouched the pictures taken during Hanami with a new converter called Capture One DLSR, which makes the whole converting process much faster and more accurate in terms of colours rendition.
The previous software, based on Canon's libraries is good but just takes ages to update any slightest change, so you tend to convert everything with the default options, which is obviously not the best way to go !...
The new piece of software is a little expensive, but you can go for a 30-day trial and test it inside-out before you actually see whether it matches your needs or not.
I have added a few links to some of my friends' homepages:
Yahoo! It's hanami time in Japan! The cherry blossoms are everywhere and this year, it was quite warm for a change ...
The pictures were taken from Ark Mori Building, where I work, Edogawabashi and Aoyama cemetery.