Hello from Japan

[Wyvern971]

Well, I arrived here on Friday evening and pretty much went to the hotel and to sleep in Tokyo.

Woke up on Sat. morning to find there`s a typhoon on the way.....great (and it`s raining when I look out the window)

I did venture out with the camera (though my brother ended up borrowing it for pretty much the whole day)

Went to Ueno park and zoo (pretty much a bust all round as it was raining most of the animals were hiding away out of the rain).

The Shinkan-sen (bullet train) is currently suspended so I`ll have to wait till later this evening to go to Osaka.....so Tokyo was a bit disappointing this time due to bad weather.

On the plus side the weather in Osaka is supposed to be good, so hopefully can get some decent pics.


Oh and i picked up a 70-200 F2.8L IS lens yesterday :D for the grand sum of 19,3000 yen (￡778) :woot:

[Chuckurbarla]

Saw typhoon report on Euronews last night, lots of damage.

[digitalfailure]

enjoy and stay safe :thumbs:

[minimeeze]

Hope things start looking up for you soon. It would be a shame to go all that way and not get any good shots.

[InaGlo]

Congrats on the purchase ... hope you get to use it out there!

Look out for some colourful Maiko & Geisha ... I need some inspiration ;)

Hope the weather improves some for you.

[Jonnyreb]

hope the weather improves for you mate. Did you pick up my complimentary 24mm f/1.4?;)

/thumbs through yellow pages for HMRC........ :D

[Wile E. coyote]

Hope the weather improves for you :) , just seen on the news about an earthquake in the north of Japan, its all happening.

[Wyvern971]

Well it's been fun while I was out there, was shorter than I would have liked.

A couple of preview images while I sort through them all.......

Osaka at night
http://www.wyvern971.f2s.com/JPN/2007/Night/1-800.jpg

Kendo at Osaka Castle - Kids practicing
http://www.wyvern971.f2s.com/JPN/2007/Osaka%20Castle/Kendo/1-800.jpg

Pic from the plane on the way back
http://www.wyvern971.f2s.com/JPN/2007/Plane/1-800.jpg

Pic of entrance to Osaka castle
http://www.wyvern971.f2s.com/JPN/2007/Osaka%20Castle/Castle/Entrance_800.jpg

Didn't take any pics in Tokyo as ******* it down would have been putting it mildly while I was there.

Got loads in Osaka though :) (oh and a 70-200 is wayyy too short for a baseball game :bang: )

I'll get a few more up when I've been through the lot

[antonroland]

:eek:

Looks a bit like you guys were nearly in a low orbit there!

:lol:

Pity your trip was not as enjoyable as it could have been!

[kamion]

ROFL! :lol: What sort of plane were you in!?

I really like that Kendo shot. ;)