More Baby Restaurant Outings
Well, that’s enough of Kumamoto and Japan for the time being now, until I start working on the HD video footage maybe, well, next year. There’s a string of other posts I’ll like to make over this end of year
Departed with Memories – Part 2
There are little observations I’ve made too throughout my 9 day stay. Service standards are incredible. I never met a single customer service person who failed to display the highest levels of courtesy, whether that person is a taxi driver
Kumamoto – Departed with Memories – Part 1
Matt and I were having an MSN chat the other day while I was still in Kumamoto, and one part of it went like this: Matt: “It is a shame you won’t get to see Nagasaki, though.” Me: “Yeah. But
Kyushu from the Air
The flight to Kumamoto City on the 12 December was packed with Japanese high-school girls. From what my Japanese counterpart remarked when I was at their college, at about this time of the year, as many as 20,000 of their
Avatar
Avatar (2009) – at Cineleisure Orchard yesterday. James Cameron is one of those movie directors whom Hollywood seems happy to sign off huge budgets to produce pet projects of his… and with good reason why. He makes films only once
Kumamoto in HDR – Part 4
And the last stack of HDR compositions: of Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei. These were the hardest HDR exposures I’ve done so far: they’re all handheld shots taken indoors. Well, that’s a wrap for all the pictures taken of my stay in Kumamoto,
Kumamoto in HDR – Part 3
Another stack of HDR compositions taken in Kumamoto City, and this time of Suizenji Gardens Several of these I stabilized with the Gorilla Pod, with the composition itself was created from 9 exposures.
Kumamoto in HDR – Part 2
Time to work on the HDR compositions! Here’s Part 2.:) I finally managed to get some much nicer bracketed exposures of Kumamoto Castle on Saturday morning – the day before departure. Like the picture taken from my blog post “Meals
Street Pictures
Though I decided to bring along the Sigma 18-250mm lens at the last minute while packing for the trip 9 days ago, funnily I never got round to using the lens. It sat in my luggage bag during my entire
Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei
The last place I took a quick look at was Hosokawa Mansion, which was a short 10 minute walk from the hotel. This is a 300 year old samurai mansion that was the former residence of the Lord of the
Suizenji Gardens
Suizenji Gardens (水前寺公園) was one of the two sites in Kumamoto I really wanted to take a look, and I was fortunate to manage some free time today to pay a visit. The park is considered one of the four
Oishi!! – Part 4
Friday evening was the last day in which dinner was complimentary from my hotel. Dinner last night was exquisite as always though the restaurant wait staff were terrifically busy as there was a small wedding reception hosted in the restaurant
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