Laces

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"Shoelace Tying" Austin, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/60 sec, ISO3200
 “Shoelace Tying” Austin, 2017

こんばんは。How are you this evening?

Tonight’s photo is of my current pair of Converse. I previously posted about how I’ve had at least one pair of Chuck Taylors in my closet throughout my life, but I want to also share a silly tradition that I’ve had with my shoes for as long as I can remember.

When I get new shoes, I always re-lace one of the shoes so that they mismatch at that first pair of eyelets. Look in the photo to see what I mean. I don’t know why I started doing it that way, nor do I have a preference as to which shoe will have the front laces on the outside, but it’s something that I am compelled to do. It doesn’t make sense, and there’s no good reason I can think of why I do this. My best guess there is some personality flaw that is manifesting itself in my shoelaces. Who knows? 😜

I hope you had a nice Friday!

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– バロン Barron Fujimoto

A Little Extra Effort

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"Sunrise in ATX" Austin, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/160 sec, ISO200
 “Sunrise in ATX” Austin, 2017

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This morning I arrived at work while there was a nice sunrise happening. I wanted to see if I could get a decent photo of it so I decided to take the elevator up to the top level of the parking garage to get a better view. I think it turned out pretty good!

Honestly, there have been many days where the sunrise was really cool but I just didn’t have the motivation to put in the extra effort to find a good spot to view it from. It’s silly、 really, since the effort level is minimal – I just had to press a button to take the elevator up 4 levels, then walk 15 seconds to the edge of the garage. Just talking about it now, I feel so stupid.

In the future, I’ll try to make that extra effort. The results just might be worth it!

FYI, the photo is a panorama from two photos that I stitched using Lightroom and Photoshop. There were some telephone poles and power lines near the treeline that I removed. I usually add a little grain to my photos using Lightroom, but I forgot to do that for this one. Oh well. I still am pleased with it! 😆

I hope you had a nice day.

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Lost in Translation no more with Word Lens in Japanese

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Let Google Translate help you find your way through Japan, now with instant translation

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This is so cool! The future is here. 😃 And it works in real-time, with the translated text automagically appearing over the original like some hyped-up photoshop wizardry. Take a look at this photo I took of the feature in action:

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/9, 1/85 sec, ISO6400

I wish I could take credit for finding that awesome sign, but it was one of the first Google search results.

Thanks to my brother for sending me the link to the article!