In good light even the ordinary looks special. Like this street scene on a sunny evening in Seoul, Korea. Of course I had to take pictures. People passing by on their way back home. The sun lit yellow brick building with the orange advertising...
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f/4.5, 1/1400 sec, ISO200) When I finally reached the “right” palace in Seoul the light was perfect but the doors closed. Not the only bad surprise that evening. But I was lucky. The place in front of the palace was full of...
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (23mm, f/2.8, 1/1250 sec, ISO200) When you are in a strange place even the ordinary is exotic. Like a phone booth. But today a phone booth is anything but ordinary. Those are images from my short stay in Seoul. I have been there...
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (14mm, f/8, 1/340 sec, ISO200) An early evening in Seoul, Korea. I left my hotel to visit a palace but ended up in a different one. It was still great! What happened? I admit that I should have studied the map more carefully....
One of the nice things about revisiting a location you have particularly enjoyed in the past is that you tend to look forward to a great many activities and places without worrying about the tedium of doing it all over again. But sometimes inevitable change,...
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (23mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, ISO320) There are places you have to visit. They come on top of every travel guide. So don’t be surprised if you are not the only one. On my second business trip to Japan I extended my stay for...
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (14mm, f/8, 1/750 sec, ISO200) If you travel a lot you have the chance to see great places. Most of them are well known but sometimes you find something special. Everybody knows the Taj Mahal. It’s iconic. Even if you never had the...
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (14mm, f/8, 1/160 sec, ISO200) What a trip! Korea and Japan. Here is a first look. Three images from Seoul, three from Osaka and three pictures taken in Tokyo. Last year I visited Japan for the very first time. I had less than a...
I have to admit it the picture above is cropped. Heavily cropped to be more precise. Here is the original shot. Maybe this answers the question wether 24 Megapixels are enough. I cropped out a small portion and still ended up with a 6 MP image....
FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (14mm, f/2.8, 1/200 sec, ISO2500) Before I went to Japan for the first time it was clear to me that I had to come here. The Kaiyukan, the Aquarium in Osaka, one of the biggest Aquariums in the world. I love aquariums but the real...
