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“Fountain Rainbow” : Tokyo, 18th March 2012

I walked around the grounds of the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo, only to be disappointed in finding that the eastern section, the only part normally open to the public, was closed due to it being a national holiday.

Nearby, however, I found an interesting little park with a fountain, which although not too exciting in itself, proved to be a rich hunting ground for interesting details like this tiny rainbow suspended in the cascading droplets.

Of course, this is flawed in that I didn’t use a high enough shutter speed to properly freeze the liquid, but still I think it makes for an interesting warm, fuzzy kind of image more akin to a canvas than a photograph.

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I found this next to some construction works down near an industrial zone in the south of Hiroshima.

It’s typical of the way the Japanese dress up even a stern warning in comic-book cuteness, despite the sour look on our cartoonish safety officer’s face.

Perhaps also it hints at the more authoritarian and less pleasant aspects of Japanese society and culture…

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

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Someone once told me that you can point a camera anywhere in Venice and you’ll get a good picture.

Not strictly true, but there certainly is a lot of detail beyond the well-worn tourist traps.

I passed these ancient chimneys several times on my walk from the hotel in the north down to the centre, and waited for the right occasion to photograph them – blue sky, late afternoon.

Venice is a truly unique place: if you ever get the chance to go there, do so before it crumbles. Despite the hoards, it retains its magic, particularly if one strays into the less well-known quarters.

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

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It’s a rainy day and you, as a photographer, are staying in an exotic location.

What do you do? No blue skies to serve as backdrops for your sweeping vistas, so…stay in the bar all day?

No, you switch to monochrome and zoom in on the small details, of course…

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

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I took this picture in an industrial estate in Hiroshima. As I descended from a pedestrian overpass, I noticed that the pavement had been freshly tarred, painted, and applied with yellow ridges for the visually impaired.

The freshness of the applications and the vivid colours and textures immediately lent themselves to memorable close-up photography, and this was the result, somehow reminiscent of a layer cake or rock sediments.

Of course, I got funny looks from passersby who most likely wondered what a foreigner was doing in a particularly ugly part of town pointing a large camera at the ground…

This picture can also be viewed here at my dedicated website and store, Andy Lightfoot Photography.

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