From L-R, my 2020 American Ultra Tele, in Texas Tea, 1990 Strat Plus, in Frost Red, 2022 Rickenbacker 360, in Fireglo, 2021 American Ultra Stratocaster, in Red Plasma Burst, and Martin SC-13E.
Iwakuni is where my parents met, in 1960. My little sister and I visited in March of this year, and were able to scatter my older sister’s ashes in the Nishiki river, and commit them to our ancestors. I haven’t visited the Kintai Bridge since I was a boy. It still looks the same. Fond memories…
Took this back in March, while visiting our daughter, who is teaching English in Japan for this past year. We took the opportunity to take a couple of weeks to travel around Japan. She is in Hirado, south of Nagasaki. I didn’t want to haul my DSLR, so I made do with the phone camera.
This is a handheld shot of the moon I took with my new Canon R5. Taken with my older EF 70-200 f\2.8 L with RF adapter.
I really can’t believe this turned out when not using a tripod. I’m digging the in image stabilization that this camera has. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a shot of the moon by hand that turned out and showed lunar details…
I had to burn vacation days before June 30, as I had built up too many over the pandemic (since travel was restricted), so I visited my son up in Oregon. I was walking around downtown, and walked into The Shutterbug, an esteemed camera shop that’s been around for quite a while. I ended up walking out with a new Canon R5 (I’ve been saving up for a while), so I took it for a spin at the famous Portland rose garden.
Canon R5, 15-35mm f\2.8L. Was walking behind the house here in Bishop, California. I just like how it turned out, just as the sun was setting behind Wheeler Crest (Sierra Nevada mountains. )
