W/NW The Good Old Days

[Yokosuka Mike]

Post your pictures that make you feel good. Pictures that remind you that life is good. Pictures that remind you that you used to be pretty damn good!

The good old days!

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Voigtlander 75mm f1.8 VM
Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan

Children don't walk they float on a cloud of energy. Parents walk.

A walk in the park will do me some good.

Samba dancers!

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

When we was young.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Ah, the good old days!

Stain glass window at the Yokohama Foreigen General Cemetary. Shot on film with my new (at that time) Bessa RF camera.

All the best,
Mike

 

[newst]

2016-11-18 Trooper A7II Jupiter 3 50-15 (11) 8x10 by newst54, on Flickr
2016-09-16 Naia A7II Canon 50-18 (10) 8x10 by newst54, on Flickr
2016-09-11 Trooper A7II Canon 85-019 by newst54, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

^ Newst, I love the dog pictures. They certainly put a smile on my face.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

In the good old days before I ever heard of street photography I was obsessed with taking pictures of Mt. Fuji.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Alfasud]

Mike,


Another great series

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Mike,


Another great series

Thank you!

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

In the good old days...
When I said I was obsessed with taking pictures of Mt. Fuji I wasn't kidding.
We would plan trips around finding new places to get Mt Fuji images.

All the best,
Mike

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Lovely thread! I'll see if I can dig some out tomorrow.

Love the shots of Mount Fuji Mike!

 

[peterm1]

How much more blissful can it get than watching a Buddhist monk at his devotions?

Saffron Monk by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Or importing a smidgin of that culture into your own home?:

Buddha at the Door by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

And how much more happy and peaceful can you get than by watching a cat doing what she does best?

Life of a cat by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[lynnb]

In the good old days...
When I said I was obsessed with taking pictures of Mt. Fuji I wasn't kidding.
We would plan trips around finding new places to get Mt Fuji images.

All the best,
Mike

Wonderful shot Mike! Mt Fuji floating on clouds.

 

[lynnb]

In the 1970s I spent a weekend with a friend at a commune in the forests of northern NSW. Life was good.

OM1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5, Tri-X in D76

 

[LCSmith]

In the 1970s I spent a weekend with a friend at a commune in the forests of northern NSW. Life was good.

OM1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5, Tri-X in D76

So it would seem!

 

[lynnb]

Like you Mike, I spent time taking pictures of mountains. My favourite place was Australia's high country. I still remember taking this picture early one chilly morning from The Horn, on top of the Mt Buffalo plateau back in the 70s. It's a view of sunrise over the main range of the Snowy Mountains. There was an icy wind and it was so cold clambering around the granite boulders.. to be rewarded with this view. It felt good to be alive!

OM1 OM Zuiko 200mm f/4 Kodachrome 25

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

^ Beautiful!

Lynn, you’re a great story teller and photographer. Sometimes you tell stories with your images, sometimes with words and when we’re really lucky you bless us with both; like with the shot above.

Thank you for participating in this thread.

All the best,
Mike

 

[peterm1]

In the good old days...
When I said I was obsessed with taking pictures of Mt. Fuji I wasn't kidding.
We would plan trips around finding new places to get Mt Fuji images.

All the best,
Mike

Mike did you ever study the print works "Thirty Six Views of Mt Fuji" by Ando Hiroshige?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-six_Views_of_Mount_Fuji_(Hiroshige)

It would be interesting to try to replicate them. Sounds like you may have started already. Although it would be impossible given how much Japan has changed.

Or maybe the "Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido" (I have always wanted to walk the Tokaido ever since reading Oliver Statler's book "Japanese Inn set in a Ryokan in Okitsu on the Tokaido - but most of it seems to be built up and superhighways now. 🙁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Q7qkJbPto

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Mike did you ever study the print works "Thirty Six Views of Mt Fuji" by Ando Hiroshige?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-six_Views_of_Mount_Fuji_(Hiroshige)

It would be interesting to try to replicate them. Sounds like you may have started already. Although it would be impossible given how much Japan has changed.

Or maybe the "Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido" (I have always wanted to walk the Tokaido ever since reading Oliver Statler's book "Japanese Inn set in a Ryokan in Okitsu on the Tokaido - but most of it seems to be built up and superhighways now. 🙁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Q7qkJbPto

Peter, in the good old days I dreamed of such endeavors. Regrettably, it's not going to happen in the present days. I quit driving when I retired and without a car it would be to much of a task to accomplish.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

In July 2012 my wife and I hiked (more like a long walk) to the top of Amariyama (Mt. Amari) located in Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. And, why did we do that? Because the view of Mt. Fuji from there is beautiful!

On this particular day the light was kind of strange and it was really hazy, but I felt that the effort was worthwhile.
I think I was shooting with a Sigma SD14 camera and a Sigma 30mm or 50mm lens, maybe with both, I think it was both; hell maybe it was a zoom... I don't remember.

All the best,
Mike