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Dinner and a lovely view at Gray Monk 🍷
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Popped down to the lake close to Carr’s Landing and across the lake you can see a little smoke cresting over the hill above Fintry, but otherwise things look pretty nice. Hopefully everyone is okay over there!
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Replying to @chadkoh
If I moved closer to the shore and had open sea and no sea walls, you would have gotten more of an abstract liquid metal look. But of course, I could not change the angle of the light. A better crop? Bokeh? I dunno, plz gimme suggestions. Otherwise I will just keep staring. /fin
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Replying to @chadkoh
This is a full colour image, no filters or desaturation. The orange of the sunrise offsets that silvery steel colour of the water. So different from the gold of yesterday’s sunrise! I just needed to capture this sight. I have folders of photos of the sea in different colours. 3/4
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Replying to @chadkoh
During my year in the island I would sit and marvel at the water, listening to it constantly touching the shore — sometimes lovingly, sometimes angrily. The sea is temperamental, you can see it in the array of shades and hues it shows you! 2/4
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Day 7 on @tryglass: Waves of emotion
I was 12 the first time I saw the ocean (I grew up in the Rocky Mountains). Living on the island of #ikijima #壱岐 exposed me to many new lessons of island living. One of the most stark was how many colours the ocean can be. 1/4
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Replying to @MoxieSwagger
Very sorry to hear this, and hope you win your fight! 💪😤
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Replying to @littleny and @tryglass
Agree agree! But maybe the word is not “lazy” but “not being paid to prioritize my time to get this specific shot” 😉
Another big difference is kids. WAAAYYYY more focused on “instants” when travelling with kids! 😂
Thanks for the comment 🙇♂️
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Replying to @Bec_Edo
I think you would appreciate this tree at Takachiho-jinja 😉 https://flic.kr/p/2kNmvgb
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Replying to @Bec_Edo
And the falls from the bottom https://flic.kr/p/2kNmuns
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Replying to @Bec_Edo
A vid that shows more of the gorge https://flic.kr/p/2kNq5YD
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Replying to @Bec_Edo
Have you been to Takachiho before? We drove from Minami-aso. It was a lovely drive through the mountains. Bit far from Saga and Fukuoka but totally worth going once.
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Replying to @B4Btv
I love the sort of Ivy League drawl he writes in. He just brings you along, doesn’t he? I recall an IR scholar who recently praised historians based simply on “they are just better writers!” and I am inclined to agree 😂
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Replying to @TBeanpod
😊 yup
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Totally not a serious response to the above, so pardon me, but these guys left quite a bit behind when they evacuated the wildfires just across the lake from me https://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/344149/RCMP-conducting-Mt-Law-evacuations-find-illegal-drug-lab#344149
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Great exercise! Now I need to find the rest of the passage… https://twitter.com/B4Btv/status/1431456489336496129
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Replying to @TBeanpod
Lol wow! Is that legit!? Hope he doesn’t end up with any hickies
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Replying to @chadkoh
So what can be improved on this? Pretty much everything I think. Still a good memory though. /fin
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Replying to @chadkoh
A million people have taken this exact photo, so it isn’t anything special. But I bet you could make something truly wonderful if you came at the right time, with the right weather, proper tripod etc. 3/4
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Replying to @chadkoh
I think this is probably the reason why I am not that great at photography. I can frame a shot, and maybe capture a moment, but I cannot *compose* one.
This place is magical. It had been raining, and about 20 mins before this pic I was the guy down in that boat! 2/4
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Takachiho Gorge for @tryglass Day 6
I mostly take photos of instants. It is not often I can sit and wait for the perfect light or the perfect weather. It is usually just a snap… and I miss more than I successfully capture! 1/4
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Replying to @chadkoh
Also #NowReading2021 “Maritime Asia vs. Continental Asia: National Strategies in a Region of Change” by the eminent professor Takashi Shiraishi. I started reading it under my deck sail so I could get more of a shanty feel. I must report that there is no rum 🍹on this deck. 🙅♂️
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Replying to @chadkoh
#NowReading2021 “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism” by Benedict Anderson. A classic of the field. It has a bright cover so…. sunflowers? Also trying out a new Sanpelle flavour.
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Oh, btw, I voted in Canada’s federal #Elxn44 today. Nbd, got my ballot delivered to the door and dropped in the mail slot like an hour later. Easy peasy! 😎👍
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For Day 5 on @tryglass I added this photo from when everyone was posting spectacular “sunsets over newly planted rice fields” back in May. Check the tread 🧵 for some interesting detail on “ancient” rice. https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1398605935950450691
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Replying to @bigkamo
Gorgeous day! I miss those Kyushu blues and greens! 😊
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My real world #meditation data over the last 4+ years
https://chadkohalyk.com/2021/08/26/meditation-stats-snapshot/
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Replying to @rishoyo
美味しそう！😋
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Replying to @zaichishka
Oooh! Please let me know what this is like
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RT @dfedman: A Japanese map (c. 1930) of Afghanistan – aka 亜富汗斯坦
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Lovely day at the Kangaroo Farm. Took lots of photos of the cute, beautiful, and ugly. Also got to pet my first porcupine!
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Replying to @chadkoh
This is the fourth day of my 2 week experiment using @tryglass, a new photo community. Learn more: https://om.co/2021/08/10/glass/
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Replying to @chadkoh
The picture was just one of those lucky moments, like street photography. I took it in Portrait Mode with my iPhone to get the bokeh. If the sand was a little more clear then it would be better. But other than that, I am pretty satisfied at the capture. 3/4
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Replying to @chadkoh
The sunset was casting a nice glow on these footprints, and the tide had not washed the memories away just yet. I am no tracker, so I cannot tell, but I like to imagine the seagulls were there and the child ran towards them, casting them into the sky. 🦅 2/4
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Day 4 on @tryglass: Parenthood
One evening walking along the beach I came across traces of a moment in the sand, filling me with a nostalgia for when my own children had small little toes like that. 🐾 1/4
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Replying to @khooyinghooi
Thanks for being it to my attention! 🙇♂️
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This series looks very interesting! Tuning in from now https://twitter.com/khooyinghooi/status/1430395443632955398
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Replying to @davidrmunson
“Liquid Fur” could be a 90s grunge band
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Replying to @chadkoh
You may be more familiar with the peace statue in Nagasaki. Many public ceremonies are held in the park where it resides. It is a very striking image. I wrote about the artist after visiting his childhood home here http://chadkohalyk.com/2021/04/26/creating-the-image-of-peace-kitamura-seibo/
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Replying to @chadkoh
I visited the Nagasaki hypocenter just before the 75th anniversary. You can see some pics here: https://chadkohalyk.com/2020/08/09/75th-anniversary-of-the-atomic-bombing-of-nagasaki/
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Fascinating interview discussing the differences between how Hiroshima and Nagasaki processed their bomb experience, including the unique perspectives of the Catholic and Korean communities in Nagasaki. https://twitter.com/JapanOTR/status/1430201024308932616
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Replying to @chadkoh
Anyways, if you want to @tryglass, 📸 hit me up for an invite code and connect with me on there. /fin
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Replying to @chadkoh
I snapped a bunch of pics to catch the flags at full extension. It probably would have been better to catch it from a different angle so all the kanji wasn’t backwards, but I couldn’t really walk out on the water to the other side of the boat! 3/4
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Replying to @chadkoh
One very windy day while taking a friend on a boat tour of some outer islands, we were lucky to see many fishing boats flying their trophy flags. 🏆(We also saw about 30 navy sailors riding around on scooters, but that’s a different story). 🛵 2/4
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Today’s @tryglass post: “Bragging Rights”
Fishermen in #ikijima #壱岐 Katsumoto take part in annual competitions (who can catch the biggest/most/etc). Their prize are these flags, but they can only fly them on certain days. 🎏 1/4
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Replying to @OwenInVan and @ahvancouver
That’s what I figured. I am trying to find more info on neighbourhoods putting up a fight where I can get an apartment and raise my kids, and catch the bus/train to the university and not own a car, and shop locally. Does any such neighbourhood exist anymore in Van?
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Replying to @ahvancouver
This is the area I would like to move to in Vancouver. But isn’t it being gentrified with the new Skytrain stations and buildings going in around Main? I dunno if we can get in there before prices skyrocket (if they haven’t already)
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Pro-tip: when posting a #photography thread, don’t put the image in the second tweet! Talk about burying the lede! 😅
This was yesterday’s @tryglass post: https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1429963096068550682
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Replying to @dwvcd and @Nevin_Thompson
Technology of the FUTURE! (from the 1990s 😅)
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Replying to @dwvcd and @Nevin_Thompson
Yeah when they are out of the port area and put up their skis https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1424577766729478149?s=21
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