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PHOTO OF THE DAY #238

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Stark Steel” : Hiroshima, Japan, 28th December 2011

Went out for another photo shoot yesterday, hoping to get some good cloud pictures from a location I’d scouted out before, but the weather didn’t cooperate, and not a cumulus was to be seen.

However, as I got off the train at a minor and somewhat dilapidated station, I discovered a whole world of abstract possibilities and got really inspired.

Here we have the ultimate in minimalism: just a steel railing with blurry gravel in the background. Cold and inhuman, just the way I like it. ;-)

Get a look at a bigger version of this photo here.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #234

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Abstract Shelter” : Hiroshima, Japan, 17th December 2011

The foreground of this image depicts the edge of a bus stop shelter along a major roadway in northern Hiroshima.

Behind is the entrance to the monorail system which runs elevated above the road on enormous concrete stilts, its logo comprising the sixteen orange discs visible in the background, nicely blurred against the grey metalwork.

This monorail, which could have been such a useful transport asset for the city, turned out to be something of a fiasco. It was built some fifteen years ago for the Asian Games which were held in Hiroshima, and the priority was to link the city’s major stadium in the north with the centre, but they ran out of money and it never got as far as the train station on the other side of the city, thus rendering it of limited use in its connectivity.

To make matters worse, during construction, one of the concrete supports toppled over and killed a number of motorists in their cars below. All for the temporary prestige gained for the city during two weeks or so of second-rate sports competitions – what a waste…

A larger version of this photo can be found here.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #103

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Back to my customary photographic style – not a trace of life anywhere!

I took this about two hours ago, on a sudden inspiration, right here in my room.

Ten points to anyone who can guess what this mystery object is…

A larger version of this picture can viewed here at my dedicated website Andy Lightfoot Photography.

 

 

 

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #100

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on August 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Well, seeing as this is my one hundredth Photo of the Day post I’ll publish one of my all-time favourite images.

Why do I like this so much? Well, it’s the simplicity, for one thing, for the picture contains nothing but circles of light in varying shades of pink against a near-black background.

It could be a random scattering of sub-atomic particles or a shower of confetti, it doesn’t really matter.

In actual fact, it was taken in January 2010 in a seedy concrete ‘park’ in Hiroshima, late at night.

Amid the drunks, drop-outs and those engaged in what the Japanese euphemistically refer to as ‘the water trade’ (mizu shōbai 水商売), the local council had stuck up a few tacky neon lights for the festive season, and it was these that I was trying to photograph in such a way as to transform them into something beautiful amid all the dirt.

So for me, this picture represents a transformation of sorts, an escape into a better world, a making good out of a bad start in life, if you will.

And that’s the power of art…

A larger version of this picture can viewed here at my dedicated website and store, Andy Lightfoot Photography.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #96

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This image was captured last Saturday in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park on the anniversary of the bombing.

I was sitting next to the river, using the poor man’s tripod (I stuck the camera on the ground and used the IR remote to fire it).

I was trying to photograph the memorial lanterns as they floated down the river.

Most of the shots turned out to crisp, in focus, but somehow completely uninspiring, but when I got home I found this gem, which once again goes to show how an accident can often result in something better than we had planned.

A larger version of this picture can viewed here at my dedicated website and store, Andy Lightfoot Photography.

 

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #64

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Last Wednesday I came home from work, exhausted as usual, but fired up with some photographic ideas.

I got out the 60mm macro lens, grabbed a bottle from my collection of single malt whiskeys, had a quick swig, took the bottle upstairs and placed in on my desk next to a bright lamp.

As I’d hoped, the scissors and stapler in the background dissolved deliciously into the warm colours you can see above, just as the whiskey was dissolving deliciously into my bloodstream…

Cheers!

A larger version of this picture can viewed here at my dedicated website and store, Andy Lightfoot Photography.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #61

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I bought a 60mm macro lens last December, but to date I haven’t really made much use of it – to be honest, I keep forgetting I’ve got it!

This is an early effort, transforming everyday items into art (or at least attempting to).

I didn’t really plan on the gorgeous glowing orbs of colour in the background, they just happened, but they provide the perfect contrast to the sharp mechanical realism of the foreground.

Yes, folks, that’s my shaver – and I didn’t even have the decency to clean it up before taking the picture. Gross!

A larger version of this picture can viewed here at my dedicated website and store, Andy Lightfoot Photography.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #13

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes it’s rewarding to take pictures in the less-than-scenic areas close to home instead of seeking out exotic locations. Here I visited an industrial zone of Hiroshima down near the sea and snapped this image of loading equipment behind the barbed wire, using a shallow depth of field to nicely blur the machinery into pleasing shapes. (Nikon D7000 with 18-105mm lens).

A larger version of this picture can viewed here at my dedicated website and store, Andy Lightfoot Photography.

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