Flickr Addict ~ Part II

Still making the most of my "pro" status over on flickr, and swelling it with pictures of animals and cherry blossoms, as is the de rigeur in Japan (the flowers, not the animals) at this time of year. Now passing the 2000 view mark, not that anyone is counting... Let me leave you with a meercat, you can leave your own comedy caption...

Flickr Addict

I've been spending FAR too much time on flickr sinse I got my digital camera. Not having to shell out cash each time I take 36 exposures really frees you up to go wild and take more chances. Just as well I invested in a 2GB memory stick (via Hong Kong/eBay). It seems to me that for all their anti-digital posturing (they being the Lomographic Society) capturing the everyday Lomo-style is a lot more practical and realistic (finantially-speaking) than film. I won't be getting rid of my LC-A quite yet, but let's say I have seen the light. The camera in question is a Sony DSC-T10. Of course now that I've dived into the digital world the T20 is just about to come out. Oh well...
The Mario picture is my most-viewed pic on Flickr by a long shot (more than double #2 viewed). This is a UV painting at a local karaoke joint..

Harajuku Girls

I went to Harajuku in Tokyo, which is a haven for cosplay, gothic and lolita fashion freeks (I mean that in a good/nice way, naturally). The narrow backstreets are packed with shops, their clientele and people watchers (again, I mean that in a nice way!). Anyway, it was a good chance to road-test my new camera. LOTS more at my flickr account. Go, make comments already!

Sean's flickr account

Batocera Lineolata

The top two images are wholy inadequate shots taken on my cameraphone, the next two were 'borrowed' from www.insects.jp. This is a godzilla-proportioned insect I found at a train station when I lived out of the country, out here in Japan. I thought it was an over-sized toy replica until it started walking up the window and eating all the spiders. A google search finds that they can come even bigger, as seen in photos 3 and 4. Unfortunately there is nothing to show the scale of the wee bietie in mt shots, but it really was surprisingly huge. The eyes in the 3rd photo are amazing. Respect to whoever picket that monster up! Not for the squeemish.

www.insects.jp

Recent Lomo Action in Tokyo

LOMO-a-Gogo

Check out new pictures uploaded from my Lomo L-CA camera to the Lomographic Society site:

www.lomohomes.com/illustr8a