I hope you all are well and I pray for our young souls going into combat for our sakes.
In addition to investing time into reading WWII history books, my snapshot side of me still beckons.
“EXPLORE” is a featured group on the photo website flickr.com. Out of the close to 2,000,000 photo uploads daily, about 500 are selected for “EXPLORE” by the website for “interestingness”. Some of my photos have been fortunate enough to be “interesting”, 19 in total.
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The last four are below; hope they are “interesting” to you. Clicking on the images will take you to the actual photograph. 🙂
This is called “painting with light”. You leave the shutter open then use a flashlight to illuminate the subject.
A Lantana
A blue Balloon flower
An Amarcrinum Lily X taken at Descanso Gardens
A summary as of today of my photographs selected for “Explore” on flickr:
Airmen, Marines, soldiers and sailors – be safe.
Masako and Spam Musubi 
Here I am typing badly on my kindle fire in Europe wanting to say keep clicking….
Europe???? Wow!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing, Koji.
Thanks, Russ. How have you been?
Congratulations on all your Flickr Explore photos, Koji! Very nice work–they are all so beautiful and well deserve Explore. The look especially great together in your Explore photo collage. :))
Always so kind, Jeannie! Thank you… and your photos are perfecto!
Thank you, Koji. They are beautiful, as usual – you could do no less.
Thanks, gpcox… and I won’t ask you about how you feel about the announcement world-wide by a certain someone on TV that our pilots will begin combat sorties… Nothing like a news crew with their video lights on, welcoming Marines invading an enemy beach under cover of darkness…
If I get started – you know I won’t quit. Neither of our computers hold enough characters (&#%$@%&&%$#^$) to explain my feelings on that subject.
Fun how a childhood hobby can become a lifetime passion. Good work, Koji. –Curt
Thank you, Curt… but I think the child in you never left. 🙂
Hope not. 🙂
I look more at flowers through your photography than in real life Koji. Beautiful.
Aw, shucks. Thanks, Colleen…and I did post! lol
You did indeed! 🙂
I can see why you’ve had so many selected – these are wonderful!
That’s very sweet of you. Thank you!
You have some wonderful photographs represented in the “explore” feature. You are really talented, Koji. You are so interesting! You read and study WW II and take beautiful photographs of flowers. Quite a surprise! 🙂
I’ve gotten lucky at times, Debra… and I am getting back to looking at your stories in short order!
おめでとうございます！素晴らしい写真ばかりですね☆
You are too kind, Ibara-san.
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enjoyed your explore – and the lantana flower was special because for about 5 years I had them around the house and hanging from baskets. But for the last couple of years I have had none – and well, your photo brought me back – and reminded me of some I had – it sure is a great and hardy little colorful flower. but all your pics were cool – nice variety !
You must have a green thumb, Prior… I wonder what happened since??
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Gorgeous photos and well deserved for selection.!
Thank you! The use of “interestingness” is peculiar but indeed, “Explore” does not correlate to ABILITY. 🙂
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Don’t get us started on WP apps 😦
Awww… Can’t I? lol It really “sucks” on my Android smartphone. For instance, it says “pull down to refresh” or something like that…but it won’t! 🙂 Have a good week!
Wow! 🙂
…but I like your “lady” drawings and cards much more! lol
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No worries– I appreciate you dropping in and commenting! 🙂
Fantastic! You are indeed a man of many many talents!
I am humbled, Patty… 🙂
Gorgeous!
You really do have an amazing take on your photographic subjects. they are deceptively simple, yet look different from the work of other photographers.
You are most kind, Hilary! 🙂
Koji, didn’t you do a post on the detention camps? I’ve been everywhere here on your site and can’t locate it.
Kinda… :-)https://p47koji.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/sands-of-manzanar/
Thanks, Koji – I knew I wasn’t completely senile (just 3/4 gone). I’m planning on re-blogging it Saturday.