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Tag: Photograph
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes
Hina-matsuri, known as Girls’ Day on March 3, is a special day in Japan, celebrating growing up. I don’t intend to explain it in detail here but, if you are not familiar with the custom, I recommend you check it out on Wikipedia which tells you better than me.
Usually you would see many dolls in a photo of hina-matsuri but, in recent years, simpler one has the preference.
One of the reasons might be simple and easy, that is, it is very expensive and space-consuming for present-day life. Before all, such a traditional custom is gradually missing and children are sometimes not interested in it.
Hina-matsuri is not a national holiday today. It is said that it was a kind of holiday until 150 years ago. Anyway, nobody pays attention, whether it is holiday or not, because it is a Japanese custom.
This challenge was set by the Daily Post.
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A Part of Wordless Wednesday
Bonne journée(26) : Snowy again
今週は、Booksカテゴリの記事を予定していたが、毎週末の雪で忙しくまとめている時間もないことから、先週に続いて雪の写真である。しかもiPhoneである。まぁ、手抜きである。
iPhoneで写真を撮っていると、解像感の悪さもあってか正方形にトリミングしたくなる。正方形にトリミングして、少しフィルタをかけてやると、下手な写真もなぜか味わい深くなったような気がするのだ。
Instagramが始めたこの形式は、インスタント写真から発想しただけの偶然か考え抜かれたものかは知らないが、ある意味、簡単で非常に優れた方法なのだろう。
何故、この形式が面白いのかもよくわからない。ずっと3:2や4:3のアスペクト比に慣れて1:1が新鮮に感じられるからかなと思っていたが、最近はどうやらそうではなさそうだと思い始めた。1:1は余韻（余白）がないことで全体に目がいくらしいとか、周辺光量不足を模したようなフィルタは正方形のほうがバランスが良いとか、そんなことかもしれない。
カメラとしてのiPhoneも案外面白いのである。
Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure
“Buddenbrooks” by Thomas Mann is well known also in Japan. A brown paperback in the picture is a Japanese translation published by Iwanami 25 years ago, originally 50 years ago. Thomas Mann was born in Lubeck, a city of northern Germany and said Queen of the Hanse, and it was my first overseas destination. A white hardcover book is a kind of illustration book which I bought there. I treasured a book “Der Bajazzo” (The Clown), also by Thomas Mann, which was my first book to read in German but now I miss it.
This challenge was set by the Daily Post.
l'atelier tanu | tagnoue 