Faux HDR photos of the Bangkeros (boatmen) of Pagsanjan. They paddle and bodily lift the bancas (canoe) upstream to the Pagsanjan falls.
Trivia: Pagsanjan falls isn’t actually in Pagsanjan. It’s in Cavinti, Laguna. The locals call it Magdapio falls.
A quick search about these folks yielded some sort of pageant: Ginoong Bangkero. Yup, complete with Ginoong Internet Choice.
Kegon Falls, Chuzenji, Oku-Nikko. Winter 2008. (click for the large-sized image) 
The falls is 97 meters tall is is one of the 3 tallest waterfalls in Japan. It’s also said to be a traditional spot for lovers who have no prospect of marriage to commit suicide.
Went to Shibuya to meet meet some friends and drop off contraband goods. Brought a camera, just in case, and was rewarded with a small festival about to start near that famous crosswalk (the busiest in the world). I don’t know what festival it was. (Awa-dori?)
Edit (2009/05/24): This was the Shibuya Ohara Festival. Thanks to I Rub Your Blog.
Participants standing still, waiting for the signal.
Anxious to start.
Wondering if he practiced enough.
Cows Online!
Ready.
It Begins.
I don’t understand what it’s about, but it does not diminish the energy you feel from these people.
Rest.
Photos from the Sankeien Garden, Yokohama, Japan. (here’s a guidebook in english)
These were pictures taken from a workshop being conducted by Lenard Po. I wasn’t part of the workshop (it wasn’t free), but I gave Lenard a few cans of Purefoods Sisig to let me shoot the later sets.
Makeup by Akemi Kobayashi-Po
Now that I have a faster PC, I tried HDR processing on some old bracketed photos. Here’s two photos of the Senjogahara Plateau in Nikko, Japan.
Click on the photos for a large view.
Those Photomatix signs, they were really there. Promise.
I love taking photos that tell a story.
Here I wanted to tell: “there’s someone enjoying the spring grass and cherry blossoms barefoot”. It doesn’t work as well as I want it to, though. Perhaps a lower angle and some blurred people in the background?
