Charming Hokkaido

[tomcat]

#58

Life-like display of animals in the life of the Ainu people at the Museum

#59

Life-like display of animals in the life of the Ainu people at the Museum

#60

Ainu handicraft

 

[happydog]

Great pics...thanks for sharing...

 

[smileymiley]

#53

Hakodate Night View - reputedly one of the top 3 night views in the world... the other 2 being Naples and Hong Kong. Taken from the top of Mt Hakodate assessible by road and cable car.

#54

Hakodate Night View - fisheye view
The waters to the left and right are the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean respectively.

:heart:

 

[tomcat]

Food... !

#61

Japanese seafood BBQ at Otaru

#62

Most expensive crab (Hokkaido) I have ever eaten in my life.... $200 each

#63

Crab steamboat supplemented with $200 Hokkaido crab... all chopped up. Legs to be consumed raw sashimi-style.

#64

Supposedly famous seafood restaurant for fresh seafood and Hokkaido crabs in Hokkaido

 

[giantcanopy]

Agree. Love the crabs. If u go to the local ( non touristed ) wet markets, u can haggle get them at a slightly cheaper price. They can boil in hot water for u ( no added seasoning ) and it taste superb, but u gotta chop and cut down the crab DIY la - Fun nevertheless.

I ate crabs consec for breakfast for a few days until i think my blood must have turned pink from the cholesterol!

Ryan

 

[etegration]

beautiful.

 

[happydog]

the crabs are really yummy....

 

[tomcat]

Agree. Love the crabs. If u go to the local ( non touristed ) wet markets, u can haggle get them at a slightly cheaper price. They can boil in hot water for u ( no added seasoning ) and it taste superb, but u gotta chop and cut down the crab DIY la - Fun nevertheless.

I ate crabs consec for breakfast for a few days until i think my blood must have turned pink from the cholesterol!

Ryan

Won't that be some very expensive breakfasts? :bigeyes:
I could only afford eating once.. just for the experience. :embrass:

 

[OnePiece]

Wonderful JAPAN!!!:vhappy:
but too bad my company not encourage we go there bcos of H1N1
thx for sharing:thumbsup:

 

[tomcat]

Wonderful JAPAN!!!:vhappy:
but too bad my company not encourage we go there bcos of H1N1
thx for sharing:thumbsup:

Yes, nice... my first trip to Japan.
Can always plan to go later this year in Autumn or Winter perhaps. By then, the H1N1 scare should be over... hopefully.

 

[tomcat]

This trip gave me plenty of opportunities to try out my 15mm Fisheye lens. Apart from those fisheye shots that were already posted, here are some of the others (some of which were defished).

#65

Inside Otaru Orgel-do (Otaru Music Box Hall)

#66

On the Shore of Lake Shikotsu-ko (Defished)

#67

Ishiya Chocolate Museum

#68

Hokkaido Shrine

#69

Majestic trees at Hokkaido Shrine

 

[emlee]

love the majestic tree.
BTW, how do you de-fish a fish eye lens?

 

[tomcat]

love the majestic tree.
BTW, how do you de-fish a fish eye lens?

Thanks. Glad you like it.
Usually we would have to defish using software. Some RAW converters could defish images taken with any fisheye lens they support (usually their own branded fisheye lenses unless the RAW converters are also third party) eg. Olympus Studio, Nikon Capture NX2, DxO Pro 5.3.3.
Otherwise we can use third party defishing software like Fisheye Hemi to do the job.
I'm using Fisheye Hemi to defish my shots by the way.
http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_hemi.asp