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This is the outlet of water from Lake Suwa in Okaya city (岡谷市), which is the source of Tenryuugawa. This photo was taken from the Kamaguchi watergate (釜口水門) that was built to regulate the outflow to save the downstream areas from flooding. Lake Suwa is almost like a dam. The altitude of the lake surface is 760m.
Although its mid-reaches are beautiful, the area around its source is unexpectedly built up and urbanised. Okaya is the westernmost Suwa municipality bordering on the Shiojiri municipality across the Shiojiri Pass that is a dividing ridge of waters between the Pacific and the Sea of Japan. Okaya is oriented toward manufacturing and was home to Yashica cameras. Huge flyover is Nagano Expressway (長野自動車道) leading to Shiojiri, Matsumoto and Nagano cities.
This is the last photo of the sequential uploads of the Tenryuugawa.
I encountered this maple tree on the roadside of Old Nakasendou (旧中山道) in Okaya city, one of the Suwa municipalities. Wider national road was laid out parallel to the old road but the old one was more atmospheric with tree shades, historical architectures, and less traffic.
My attempt at the "Looking Close... on Friday" theme "BOKEH IN FLORA (black & white)"
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Compositionally Challenged Week 9
Find letters in Objects
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
One of my attempts at the "Looking Close... on Friday" theme "September Flora"
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Here's my final (for now) solution for creating what I perceive to be a 'painting on canvas' look in camera.
The image is slightly processed, but all of the texture in the background was added via a double-exposure in-camera. It's a bit overdone here of course to demonstrate the effect, but I'm looking forward to experimenting a little bit more with that in other situations.
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
I was trying to find some lense which create "painterly bokeh" recently... This one certainly does, but it seems to work best, when the highlights aren't too pronounced.
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
長野県 塩嶺王城県立自然公園 2016:02:06 07:51:03
雨氷の雪景色 / Snow scene of Freezing rain
雨氷（うひょう）は、0℃以下でも凍らない過冷却状態の雨（着氷性の雨）が、地面や木などの物体に付着することをきっかけに凍って形成される硬く透明な氷のこと。 着氷現象の一種でもある。
（Wikipediaから引用）
Compositionally Challenged
April Bonus Challenge: Games people play
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
In a another attempt to create "painterly bokeh with some texture to it" (as in a painting on canvas or something like that) I thought it might be a good idea to experiment with high-ISO. Of course it degrades image quality overall, but who cares... let's just pretend, this particular painter doesn't care too much about the details! 😂
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Playing with the new lens, Okaya Optics Highkor 40mm f1.9 refitted from Okaya Lord 5D vintage rangefinder film camera.
One of my attempts at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "IN MOTION"
Shot with an Okaya Optic "Highkor 40 mm F 1.8" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Mt.Fuji and Yatsugatake Mountains, Lake Suwa
from Enreionodachi Park
富士山と八ヶ岳・諏訪湖
塩嶺御野立公園より
This is the panorama of Lake Suwa.
The left is Yatsugatake Mountains
and Mt.Fuji can be seen only a little.
塩尻峠の近く、高ボッチ山の入り口付近にある公園からの眺めです。
左に八ヶ岳、右にかろうじて富士山が見えますがわかるでしょうか。
諏訪湖も広範囲に見渡すことができます。
Okaya city, Nagano pref, Japan