Japanday 2010

My,my how times fly by….This is already the third time I am posting about the Japanday and yet I cant get enough of it even though its always more or less the same.Hit the Jump to see this years coverage and lotsa pics from the EKO Haus.

In case you are new to my blog id recommend you to read last years coverage since it covers alot of areas I wont be covering this year because I attended other events this time and I couldnt take any pictures of the fireworks because it started to rain in the evening.

One thing I didnt expect is that my trusty Nikon Coolpix was able to make better night shots straight out of my hand unlike my shiny new Nikon D3000.Guess its Tripod time next year!

Ive met up with Tami once again and we went straight to the Eko Haus in Oberkassel this time.It had no admission fee on Japanday and both of us were quite curious about its garden,buddhistic temple and the classical japanese house replica.I must admit that I went a little bit triggerhappy but whos to blame when theres such beautiful scenery and great weather?

Lets start with the garden area

The first 108 Visitors during New Year are allowed to hit the bell

This statue is of a prince whose name Ive forgotten but it was erected around 2002-ish ^^;

Lets take a look at the buddhistic temple!

Was incredibly hard to take good pictures in there.It was so dark that even High Iso Pictures needed a long exposure.I should have really taken a tripod with me.

The Japanese House was as expected rather small and since I only had my 55-200mm lens with me I wasnt able to take any pictures of its interior.The only pictures I took there were the view from the porch into its garden.

One of the things I noticed when entering the Eko Haus was the long list of disclaimers that you have to agree upon when entering the facility.Its a given that you should ask for permission when doing professional pictures for commerce and I didnt mind that rule but what really got my attention was the part that asked for appropriate behavior on a religious site and to not pose/act out things on pictures.

This is where I am reminded once again about western anime fandom and how much I hate the attitude of those so called Japan Lovers.In the end theyre just a bunch of snotty brats acting like the world is theirs not thinking about other peoples feelings.Im am 99% certain that these rules were added because some of them thought itd be a great idea to have one of their cosplay meetings there.I have no problem with these kind of gatherings if done in an appropriate but many people act like dicks and have an negative impact on other peoples enjoyment.MEH

Anyways….Tami and me went to eat at the Naniwa afterwards and around that time JimmPantsu arrived in Düsseldorf and we met up later during the day.This is actually quite a miracle since the japanday was crowded as usual and it was actually hard to spot good cosplayers let alone normal people. De_jay who later joined us was especially hard to spot even though he came dressed in his Minori gear ^^;;;;

The fact that it was this crowded resulted in very few Cosplay pictures even though I was more motivated than during the dokomi.Nevertheless I finally had the guts to ask a few people to get their pictures taken which is quite an achievement for me.I was especially happy that the Durara!!! Cosplayers agreed to let me take some pics at a less crowded area.

Nevertheless Ive made the resolution to attend the Animagic to take more pictures and getting used to it.Im gonna tag along with JimmPantsu and TMSIDR to not feel completley lost though.

Took this one for Persocom ^^

Shopped

This was my first try at shopping something and I think the result was actually quite good.I was really pondering if I went too far or not but in the end I think that she still looks natural enough.Whats your Opinion?

Original

Liked that reflection

The Popculture zone was underwhelming as usual <.<

Pantsu`s Mochi

A wild Pantsu appeared!

Taking Night Pictures with my point and shoot was so much easier

So what did I learn from this day?

I learned that my 50-200mm Camera is far from beeing optimal for taking portraits with a nice Bokeh and while Meronpan recommended me a nice lens I am more than open for any recommendations from the more experienced photographers.

To top this post off Ill finally reveal my real identity to my readers:

Pic is Courtesy of JimmPantsu

Thats it for today folks!

Blowfish,Over and out

EDIT: I was able to recover most posts after the big disaster with Guys Help and this is the first and only post Ill do before the redesign.Would be a bummer if I had to change everything again ^^;