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PHOTO OF THE DAY #294

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Coastal Bars” : Hiroshima, 19th February 2012

I shot this last weekend when I when down to Ujina, the port area of Hiroshima.

Yes, it’s just some rusty metal bits of a railing with some other dock-like things behind, but what really caught my eye was the light playing on the gentle waves. These looked especially good out of focus, imparting a smooth, glassy look to the sea which is very appealing.

I also like the unknown white stuff speckled over the railings.

Simple things, but together they made for something compelling.

It was quite a successful day photography-wise, with some other pleasing shots which I will no doubt be publishing shortly…

See a larger version of this photo here.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #288

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“The Price of Industry” : Hiroshima, Japan, 17th February 2012

Today I decided to walk through some random places in Hiroshima in the hope of finding things to photograph.

I took a couple of trains out to the northern suburb of Omachi, where I got out and strolled about ten kilometres back to the central station, with the occasional snow flurry making things rather interesting weather-wise.

Somewhere along the trail I encountered this fairly bleak view of the sun trying to battle with fat storm clouds reflected on a dirty and polluted-looking river. I make it look uglier than it is, but it’s no secret that Hiroshima is not a very beautiful city.

Just for fun, here’s the iPhone Instagram version I took of the same view: they always look great on a tiny screen, but the low quality is evident when it’s exported, and look at how badly blown out the sky is – all the cloud detail has vanished! Good fun, though…

You can see a larger version of the first photograph here.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #226

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on December 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Light and Structure” : Hiroshima, Japan, 16th December 2011

On Friday I took my new Canon S95 high-end compact to work and this was one of the results.

I can’t say I’m bowled over by this highly-rated camera: anything other than a DSLR just doesn’t really do the job, but this shot was decent enough.

I climbed up to the sixth floor of the futuristic university building and loved the way the early morning light was pouring through the metal walkways and casting mirror images on the vast concrete wall.

It seems this place just never stops giving me interesting things to photograph, which always puts me in good mood before first class…

I’m just a sucker for stark, grand-scale modern architecture, I suppose.

You can see a larger version of this photo here.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #210

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »

“Neon Reflections” : Osaka, Japan, 26th December 2010

Osaka’s Dotombori district is a riot of garish neon and blaring noise, awash with workers, tourists, disaffected youths and sleazy touts, all jumbled up in a parade of milling humanity which stretches down the insanely long shopping malls.

Bisecting these thoroughfares of consumerism are dirty canals where you can momentarily escape from the mad melee by descending to walk along their sunken banks.

It was here that I noticed the psychedelic shimmering, swirling colours of the famous giant advertisements reflected on the surface of the water…

You can view a larger version of this photo here.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #128

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

An ancient relic in the Vatican Museum, I was intrigued by the way the light was falling on this poor remnant’s back.

I think it was at this moment that I tried using spot metering for the first time, and was thus able to highlight the muscles and outlines while isolating him from the background, which was full of my fellow tourists.

I really like this image, and think it is one of my best, but a famous photographic website I shall not name rejected it… :(

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

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