Night Fun #4 (夜撮影#4)

Night Fun #2 (夜撮影#2)

Kingfisher (カワセミ)

I went back down to the same spot I took those egret photos the next day, and got a few good shots of some black kites, but I quite like this shot. I spotted this little kingfisher sitting in the shade on a rock. The shot was a bit dark, and my zoom not big enough, but I quite like this. You can see the kite shots in the following gallery:
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大鷺を撮った次の日、同じ場所に行ってみた。こんどは鳶とかの写真も撮れたけどこのカワセミの写真が気に入った。陰に座ってたし、望遠は足りんかったし、あんまりはっきり見えないけどこの写真が好き。鳶とかの写真を見たいなら上のリンクをクリックして。

Great Egret #2: Kiss my... (大鷺 #2)

Another shot from the same session 2 days ago.

この間のやつ。

Frost & Snow (霜と雪)

After a big snowfall in Hiroshima a couple of years ago, I went out to get some pics of the white scenery. I found this at a nearby shrine. This is where you wash your hands and mouth to purify yourself before entering into the shrine grounds.

二年前位、広島には雪がいっぱい降った。次の朝雪の風景を撮りに行ったら近くの神社でこれを見つけた。

The Unforgettable Fire

One of the things that my mates and I have enjoyed doing for many years now in Hiroshima, is going to the Peace Park and having a quiet beer or two while watching the people come and go. Yesterday I was in town and again it was sweltering heat. So I decided to go and buy an Yebisu and go and relax under a tree in the Peace Park. I was listening to my mp3 player when I remembered that U2's "The Unforgettable Fire" was inspired by an art exhibition the band had seen of the Hiroshima bombing victims. So, as naff as it seems, I flicked to that song and sat quietly and listened while enjoying my beer and looking at the Atomic Bomb Dome across the river. Lyrically I'm not convinced the song is about the bombing but I seem to remember hearing that they tried to create something of the feeling they got through the images depicted in the art (from memory, the art hangs in the Peace Museum and depicts awful scenes of people burning, skin melting off bones, etc. All images from the memories of the victims.). In any case, the music certainly fit the scene. It was kind of surreal.