Comments on: Images of Kanazawa and Matsumoto http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/ hmmn: musings from the far east(erwood) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:35:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lil http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-414 lil Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:04:33 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-414 Lovely photos, Kurt! Matsumoto is a beautiful castle, and you've captured it and its surrounds at its very best. I have been to both this castle and Himeji-jo, the 'White Heron Castle', and I would have to say that I prefer Matsumoto-jo, because it has retained a certain timelessness due to the fact that it hasn't been as fully restored as Himeji. Since Himeji-jo is on UNESCO's World Heritage list, it is kept in pristine condition, whereas Matsumoto-jo is not at all well-lit, a little rundown, full of imperfections, and doesn't have so many tour groups. Still, they make a very interesting contrast to each other. Lovely photos, Kurt! Matsumoto is a beautiful castle, and you’ve captured it and its surrounds at its very best. I have been to both this castle and Himeji-jo, the ‘White Heron Castle’, and I would have to say that I prefer Matsumoto-jo, because it has retained a certain timelessness due to the fact that it hasn’t been as fully restored as Himeji. Since Himeji-jo is on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, it is kept in pristine condition, whereas Matsumoto-jo is not at all well-lit, a little rundown, full of imperfections, and doesn’t have so many tour groups. Still, they make a very interesting contrast to each other.

]]> By: nils http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-413 nils Wed, 09 Apr 2003 14:57:45 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-413 Cool. That's the castle I want to see, because it's all wicked black, and has the same name as my wife. Cool. That’s the castle I want to see, because it’s all wicked black, and has the same name as my wife.

]]> By: snapturtle http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-415 snapturtle Wed, 09 Apr 2003 10:13:32 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-415 <strong>Japan... How I Lust Thee</strong> Enjoying the beautiful pictures of Kanazawa and Matsumoto taken by Kurt Easterwood in the winter make it much more difficult to focus… If there is only one place I could travel to in the world Japan would be the place.... Japan… How I Lust Thee

Enjoying the beautiful pictures of Kanazawa and Matsumoto taken by Kurt Easterwood in the winter make it much more difficult to focus… If there is only one place I could travel to in the world Japan would be the place….

]]> By: Cedric Laval http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Cedric Laval Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:24:29 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-412 Thank you for the answer. I've been checking your site quite often for about the last 2 months and I'm always very impressed by your pictures, so sharp, bright and colorful, which is a result I never seem to obtain with any digital camera, that explains my curiosity. Anyway, keep posting the great pics :) Thank you for the answer. I’ve been checking your site quite often for about the last 2 months and I’m always very impressed by your pictures, so sharp, bright and colorful, which is a result I never seem to obtain with any digital camera, that explains my curiosity. Anyway, keep posting the great pics :)

]]> By: Kurt http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Kurt Wed, 09 Apr 2003 05:37:00 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-411 Cedric- I use an Olympus 3030Z (3.3 megapixels), which I bought two years ago, here in Japan. It's certainly served me well these last two years, though I probably don't put the camera through all the various things it can do (in part because the menus are all in Japanese!). Cedric-
I use an Olympus 3030Z (3.3 megapixels), which I bought two years ago, here in Japan. It’s certainly served me well these last two years, though I probably don’t put the camera through all the various things it can do (in part because the menus are all in Japanese!).

]]> By: Cedric Laval http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Cedric Laval Tue, 08 Apr 2003 21:39:34 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-410 Kurt, what digital camera do you use? Kurt, what digital camera do you use?

]]> By: Kurt http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Kurt Tue, 08 Apr 2003 18:06:38 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-409 gem- sorry, my use of process can be misleading. what I meant was sort of a play on the typical analog "process" (eg. getting one's photos developed, or developing them oneself in a darkroom). Of course, I did nothing of the sort, but did put them through some sort of "digital darkroom" process, meaning I brought each file (as I do all my digital shots) into Photoshop, cropped as I saw fit, and tweaked various settings (levels, color balance, sharpening), then brought those files into Fireworks to create the jpegs that you see. I wish it weren't so, but it's just not possible to go from the camera to the web page without some work (er, processing) being done. gem-
sorry, my use of process can be misleading. what I meant was sort of a play on the typical analog “process” (eg. getting one’s photos developed, or developing them oneself in a darkroom). Of course, I did nothing of the sort, but did put them through some sort of “digital darkroom” process, meaning I brought each file (as I do all my digital shots) into Photoshop, cropped as I saw fit, and tweaked various settings (levels, color balance, sharpening), then brought those files into Fireworks to create the jpegs that you see. I wish it weren’t so, but it’s just not possible to go from the camera to the web page without some work (er, processing) being done.

]]> By: Gem http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/images-of-kanazawa-and-matsumoto/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Gem Tue, 08 Apr 2003 17:06:50 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=253#comment-408 Kurt - What do you mean when you say "processed ... my digital photos..." What/How are you processing them ? Kurt -

What do you mean when you say “processed … my digital photos…”

What/How are you processing them ?

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