114: 04/23/2012: Umbrellas #Creative366Project on Flickr.

I love to shoot handrails, especially on rainy nights.

03/14/2012: Lunchtime #creative366project on Flickr.

It was nice to have lunch under beautiful plum blossoms. It was a little cold though.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Lens: Voigtländer Cosina Nokton 25mm f/0.95

02/23/2012: The View of Mori Tower from the Nishi-Azabu Intersection#creative366project on Flickr.

The doctor checked the last wound they had long been worrying about, and he decided it was OK enough for me to leave the hospital :)))))) Yay!!!!! So this Sunday, I’ll go home. I’ve been here for 62 days … It is too long.

After the check, I took a happy walk. It was my first stroll in the evening since I got hospitalized. The object seen on the left is a wall of a restaurant. The red light was coming from the cars on the street. The elevated expressway seen on the left is Metropolitan Expressway Route 3 (No. 3) which appears in 1Q84. The building in the distance is the Mori Tower of Roppongi Hills.

If I had a tripod, I would have shot the view differently, but with the Nokton, I liked it this way.

#elevatedexpressways

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Lens: Voigtländer Cosina Nokton 25mm f/0.95

02/22/2012: Roppongi Hills Arena #creative366project on Flickr.

I took a walk to Roppongi Hills. When I first visited there, it took 40 minutes from the hospital. On this day, it took 30 minutes. A little bit of progress made me really happy.

Camera: Panasonic DMC-GH2
Lens: Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT

02/20/2012: I’ve Brought Him Here :)　#creative366project on Flickr.

At home, I transferred the photo data in the memory cards to my PC and edited one or two photos, but most of the time, I enjoyed just being at home :)) When leaving for the hospital, I found him on my desk, casting his pleading eyes on me (like the ones in this photo), so I couldn’t left him there alone.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Lens: Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT

02/17/2012: Camellia #creative366project on Flickr.

I had a walk in the evening. The air was very chilly, but the sunlight was very warm. I took a different route for the first time on the way to the nearby park. Halfway there, I saw a little camellia tree. The direct sunlight was illuminating one of the flowers. It was beautiful. I tried to capture it but realized I had a 7-14mm on my camera. I changed it to a 50mm, but it didn’t get close enough. I changed the lens again to a 85mm. The direct sunlight had gone by this time, but the pink flower looks even better without it. I was so satisfied that I didn’t shoot any photo later in the walk, fully enjoying the view of the town full of morning sunlight with my bare eyes, not through the view finder.

02/16/2012: Going Low #creative366project on Flickr.

It took 40 minutes to get to Roppongi Hills from the hospital. The time may have been doubled when walking on a crutch. When I got to the Keyaki Zaka (Zelkova Slope) running through Roppongi Hills, I was exhausted and took a seat on a bench on the sidewalk. This is the view from there. The taxi stopped beyond the bench added those yellow lights, which I thought were rather a nice addition to the image.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Lens: Canon New FD 85mm f/1.2L

02/14/2012: Long Way Out #creative366project on Flickr.

It was rainy all day, so there was no way of getting out. So it was time for them to help me out. Taken just outside of my room at the hospital.

Son: Is that the exit? It looks far away.
Dad: Yes, that’s the exit. Be careful not to be seen by the nurses.
Son: Until we get there. What if we were spotted?
Dad: The man behind us would be made fun of for the rest of his days here.

02/04/2012: Back Alley #creative366project on Flickr.

As I told you yesterday, the memory card I newly bought didn’t work on the laptop I use at the hospital. So, I decided to visit the same shopping street again today. The distance from here is about 1.5 kilometers but it was still long for me to walk comfortably. It’s a good rehab, though. By the way, the shot here is not taken on the main street. I prefer this kind of back alleys.

Camera: Panasonic Luimx DMC-GH2
Lens: LUMIX G VARIO 7-14mm/F4.0

02/03/2012: Aoyama and Shinjuku #creative366project on Flickr.

I went all the way to the shopping district of Hiroo and Arisugawa Memorial Park as part of my rehabilitation. On the way to the park, I realized that I had left an SD card in the slot of the laptop. So I bought an 8GB card at a DPE shop I found on the shopping street. I did shoot one or two shots that I really liked.

But a problem happened when I got back. I can view the photos I took on my camera, but the PC I’m using at the hospital doesn’t recognize the card. Damn. So I’ll do with the shot I took this morning (I’m not happy but it’s better than without any shots that I can share). It’s the view the building in Aoyama (foreground) and in Shinjuku (background) from the hospital.

01/29/2012: Hearts #creative366project on Flickr.

It was so windy and cold today. I went out and walked for a while around the hospital but the strong freezing wind forced me to look down. But thanks to the wind, I saw some hearts.

01/20/2012: The First Snow in Tokyo #creative366project on Flickr.

On January 20, we had snow for the first time this winter. The snow didn’t cover the ground after all but it was nice just to see it falling.

01/21/2012: The First Shot on the Ground Level #creative366project on Flickr.

I had gone down to the first floor of the hospital many times, but this was the first time I went there with my camera. The next step is to visit the outside of the building.

01/22/2012: Sunlight after the Gloomy Weather #creative366project on Flickr.

The old man in the same room wants the curtains shut, I want them open …

01/10/2012: One of the Favorite Views #creative366project on Flickr.

I like how one of the buildings of Hiroo Garden Place, which is next to the hospital, is visible from the windows at one end of the hallway.