Ginko Leaf

Waiting for the bus with nothing better to do.

Grass

Some of my favorite plants are weeds.

Marigold

Hallelujah

Most people would be thankful for the sun, on this day, I was thankful for the clouds.

Kintaro

I am pretty sure that this was from the story Kintaro, but I can't confirm that.

Summer Sunset

I increased the contrast on this a little to bring out the mountains a little more.

Moon Over Downtown Sendai

This was taken right after the fireworks display. Suddenly the city became quiet and I could see the skyline and the moon. It was nice. I wish the picture had turned out better.

The Last

A week of fireworks isn't bad. I had a lot more, but I tried to post what I thought were the best.

Normal programming resumes tomorrow.

Huge

I wish I had gotten everything in this one.

Nice One

I like this one. I would like it more if the shape of the building had shown up more.

It does before I post it.

The Ring

The way the smoke forms a ring around this one (well, it looks like a ring) makes me think of some thing from space.

Congratulations

This one is for the USA Women's Soccer Team.

Enhanced

When I take pictures of fireworks, I like to have something else in the shot to give it some context. After I uploaded this picture to Flickr, I realized the sky was too black to see the building , so I "fixed" it with the Flickr photo tools.

Fire Flower

This one looks like the fire flower on Super Mario Brothers.

2012 Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival

It was another great fireworks display downtown.

Jogi Fireworks Part 2

This is what happens to fireworks in the mountains [or anywhere for that matter] when there is no wind.

Jogi 2012 Fireworks

One thing you should do when you take pictures is scout the location. I did a few weeks ago, but I didn't know where the fireworks would come from.

So when I got there (in the dark) I asked another guy with a camera where the fireworks would be and he said that direction. I wanted to get both the fireworks and the whole pagoda in the shot, but now I need to wait until next year to have another chance.

I guess I could have shot in portrait.

Full Moon Behind Some Clouds

The moon was shrouded in fog/light clouds here and there were wires running in front of it.

Izumi Panorama

I'm not too happy with this one, but I like the way the mountains look in the middle.

Beetle and Worm Fight

These two were fighting each other. I have never seen that before.