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Photohunt Free Week

-Paul — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:29:38 +0000

This weeks Photohunt theme is “Any Photo You Like”, or “Free Week”. I have chosen to post probably my favorite photo that I have taken as it was the most tecnically challenging and the original was more than 80 Megapixels.The current cropped version is only 7856×5103, or 40 megapixels.

It is the view from my balcony looking towards Kita Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

I have the full size version on my .Mac Photo Gallery, feel free to download and share.

Happy Photohunting everyone.

Photo Hunt Thirteen 13

-Paul — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:20:05 +0000

This weeks Photohunt theme is 13, I struggled to get a good shot for this theme but my good friends Susie and Chakey helped me choose the photos for this week. Actually Chakey is the bar owner and main star of the photos.

Unfortunately after more than my fair share of drinks the photos from the cell phone didn’t turn out that great but as you can see I coerced Chakey to point to the number 13 on the darts board and then he volunteered to hold the number 13 card (king) from his magic deck in front of his Playboy Slot Machine which pulls more money than my adsense….geez … note to self.. buy Playboy Slot Machine and place in drinking bar… Chakey.. パピーはどこですか。。。。

Anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend and happy Photo Hunting

Photohunt Twisted

-Paul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:09:22 +0000

This weeks Photo Hunt theme is Twist(ed).

I took this photo of a Twisted tree at the top of a mountain in the Victorian High Country in April 2001 while testing out my new Holden Jackaroo, also known as an Isuzu Trooper in most other countries.

The 4WD track took me from Omeo, up through the Wonnangatta Valley,Butcher Country, Dargo, Sheep Yard Flats etc… a really great and scenic drive and about a medium 4WD skill level needed in some parts. Expect the usual 7kmh crawl rate…

It’s nice to look back at some of the joys of living in a country as great as Australia, and always knowing that a 9 Hour flight from Tokyo can always get me back for another High Country Adventure….

Happy Photo Hunting Every body.

As always, the original Full Resolution image is available on my .Mac site.

Twisted: adjective

Bent out of shape
Example: a twisted branch; a twisted report

Arabic: مَفْتول، مَجْدول
Chinese (Simplified): 变形的（走了样的）
Chinese (Traditional): 變形的(走了樣的)
Czech: zkroucený; zkreslený
Danish: forvredet
Dutch: gedraaid
Estonian: moondunud, moonutatud
Finnish: vääristynyt
French: tordu; déformé
German: verdreht
Greek: στρεβλός, διαστρεβλωμένος
Hungarian: meggörbült; elferdített
Icelandic: aflagaður; kræklóttur
Indonesian: berpilin
Italian: storto; confuso
Japanese: ねじれた – nejireta
Korean: 구부러진, 곡선으로 된; 왜곡된
Latvian: izliekts; sagrozīts; izkropļots
Lithuanian: susuktas, iškreiptas
Norwegian: vridd, (vind)skjev
Polish: pogięty, pokręcony
Portuguese (Brazil): torto
Portuguese (Portugal): torto
Romanian: răsucit; deformat
Russian: искривлённый;витиеватый
Slovak: skrútený; skreslený
Slovenian: zvit; popačen
Spanish: torcido; deformado
Swedish: förvriden, förvrängd, förvanskad
Turkish: bükülmüş, dol

PhotoHunt – Glass

-Paul — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:13:05 +0000

This weeks Photo Hunt theme is Glass. I took this photo last summer in Okinawa, As you can see behind the Glass there a couple of snakes used in the production of Habushu.

Habushu: ハブ酒 Habu(ハブ) is the name of the Snake and Shu/Sake(酒) is Japanese for alcohol. This particular poison is over 40% alcohol, which is the minimum % required so the snakes poison remains safe for consumption.

I have my own bottle that cost about ￥１２０００、and is refillable as long as you keep the alcohol content above 40%, and above the level of the snake.

Habushu is also meant to be an aphrodisiac and very good for you….I’ll leave that up to your imaginations now…

Happy Photohunting this week.

PhotoHunt High

-Paul — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:09:26 +0000

This weeks Photo Hunt theme is High. I took this photo from the observation level of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁舎, Tōkyō Tochōsha).The photo is looking in the direction of my apartment, as you can see I was up pretty high.

The Metropolitan Buildings consist of three main buildings:

Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.1:
243 meters (797 ft) high with forty-eight stories above and three stories below ground.

Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.2:
163 meters (535 ft) high with thirty-four stories above and three stories below ground.

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building:
41 meters (135 ft) high with seven stories above and one story below ground.

Located in Shinjuku, it held title of the tallest building (by roof height) in Tokyo, at 243 meters (799 feet), from 1991 until late 2006, when it surrendered its title upon the completion of Midtown Tower. The two top-floor panoramic observation decks are free of charge to the public and contain many gift shops. They are open till 11 pm on weekdays. Use of cameras is permitted, but tripods are forbidden.

High [hai] adjective
at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc

Example: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board

Arabic: عالٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 高的，具有相对高度的
Chinese (Traditional): 高的，具有相對高度的
Czech: vysoký
Danish: høj
Dutch: hoog
Estonian: kõrge
Finnish: korkea
French: haut
German: hoch
Greek: (υ)ψηλός
Hungarian: magas
Icelandic: hár
Indonesian: tinggi
Italian: alto
Japanese: 高い, たかい , takai , also used to express expensive.
Korean: 높은
Latvian: augsts
Lithuanian: aukštas
Norwegian: høy
Polish: wysoki
Portuguese (Brazil): alto
Portuguese (Portugal): alto
Romanian: înalt, de la înălţime
Russian: высокий
Slovak: vysoký
Slovenian: visok
Spanish: alto
Swedish: hög
Turkish: yüksek

As always the original image is available on my .Mac photo gallery.