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Apr 06 2009 9 Comments

Full bloom fever (finally)

After one or two frustrating false starts, the capital’s blossoms just about hit their fabled full bloom over the weekend, meaning that any Tokyo tree with a pink tint was positively teeming with people intent on a good time.

An occasion that involved a fair bit of folk,

Japanese cherry blossom

a phenomenal amount of food,

Japanese cherry blossom

and even larger volumes of lager which, at lunch time at least, was too much for those traditionally teetotal.

Japanese cherry blossom

Others, however, were more intent on picking a place more peaceful,

Japanese cherry blossom

while some were simply having none of the silliness as they’d seen it all before.

Japanese cherry blossom

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  1. Gail_T says

    4/6/2009 at 5:16 pm

    I soooo wanna try hanami. Hopefuly someday………..

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  2. Bunny says

    4/6/2009 at 5:44 pm

    That last shot is a cracker, Lee!

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  3. Boulder35 says

    4/6/2009 at 6:11 pm

    @Gail. Me too!

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  4. phossil says

    4/7/2009 at 1:54 am

    It seems it is a nice time to be in the park with friends/family.

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  5. bartman905 says

    4/7/2009 at 5:23 pm

    I have been following your blog and enjoying your photos – especially those with great depth of field. I bought my first DSLR a few months ago (an entry level Canon EOS 1000D) so I am a complete amateur, trying to learn. I can’t seem to achieve these effects with my camera – maybe due to the lens which is not fast at f3.5). Any tips?

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  6. Lee says

    4/7/2009 at 6:46 pm

    Cheers!

    I’m no expert bartman905, not by a long shot, but yeah, I do like my depth of field. Probably too much if the truth be known.

    The lens I use the most, and for all the photos above, has an f-stop of 1.4 which makes a huge difference. Probably not the answer you were looking for I know, but have you thought of investing in a new lens?

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  7. robashito says

    4/8/2009 at 12:02 am

    Yes indeed – best time of the season and no doubt, food and beer heaven!

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  8. ait_meijin says

    4/8/2009 at 1:58 am

    What a beautiful and bright spring tradition they have. Flowers, Asahi beer, good food…

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  9. bartman905 says

    4/18/2009 at 3:58 pm

    > but have you thought of investing in a new lens?

    Actually, I just bought a prime lens – Canon EF 50/f1.8 II for under 9,000 yen. This should be fast enough, so I can’t wait to try it out.

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