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PHOTO OF THE DAY #361

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Harajuku Shopfront” : Tokyo, 20th March 2012

I made the mistake of venturing into Harajuku on a weekend, and immediately regretted entering this crowded nightmare of teenage fashion boutiques and attention-seeking idiots.

Quickly dashing into a backstreet, I was pleased to discover not only a largely human-free environment, but also a wealth of interesting little details to photograph.

I’ve no idea what this place was, nor why it was called ‘soap.’ It didn’t appear to be selling that useful commodity, so who knows – but the frontage was appealing in its choice of colours, and hence the target of my Nikon…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #355

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

“Vermilion Span” : Tokyo, 19th March 2012

Another view of the traditional wooden bridge in Tokyo’s old oasis of imperial calm, Koishikawa Korakuen…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #354

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Traditional Tokyo” : 19th March 2012

You might imagine Japan’s capital to be little more than clusters of skyscrapers above neon-drenched crowded streets, but there are a few surprising pockets of history and tradition that have somehow escaped the cataclysmic fire raids of 1945 and the post-war rush to modernism.

One such enclave is the Koishikawa Korakuen, a traditional Japanese garden set incongruously next to Tokyo Dome baseball stadium. Despite this, the place really is an oasis of tranquillity in which one can completely escape from the noises and crowds outside.

Little vermilion wooden bridges are a mainstay of such landscaped retreats, emphasised here by the reduction of the surroundings to monochrome, and helping to reduce the ‘flatness’ of the image caused by uniform low cloud.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #351

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »

“Amber Hall” : Tokyo, 18th March 2012

Still at the Tokyo National Art Centre : here you can appreciate the sheer scale of the building with these cavernous spaces glowing in the amber tones of the natural wood fittings and surfaces.

A truly grand piece of architecture…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #299

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Orange Pagoda” : Miyajima, Japan, 22nd January 2011

These five-storied structures can be found all over Japan, but this one on the holy island of Miyajima, just a short ferry ride from Hiroshima, is one of the brightest and most cheerful-looking.

This striking shade also goes particularly nicely with a pale blue winter sky.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #280

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Skyhook” : Lisbon, Portugal, 7th September 2011

How could anyone resist a huge metal hook painted in such an unbelievably bright fluorescent orange?

Always be on the lookout for industrial beauty, even when you’re surrounded by a cornucopia of touristic delights, as I was this day down at the waterfront in Lisbon’s historic Belem district.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #250

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Ornate Orange Roof” : Sintra, Portugal, 6th September 2011

Sintra is a countryside getaway for the population of Lisbon. Just a short train ride out, and you can escape the crowded run-down suburbs of the Portuguese capital and find yourself out in a rocky, hilly playground near the wild Atlantic, studded with beautiful forests, ancient castles and more modern follies of the rich and regal. Idyllic, except that you’re going to have to share this rural paradise with all the other thousands bent on making the same excursion as you. Hint: don’t go on weekends.

I’d barely got a couple of hundred meters from the train station on the longish walk to the attractions when I spotted this gorgeously intricate (and perhaps over-the-top) roof. There would be plenty more photo ops later…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #196

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“The Warm Neon Glow of Home” : Saijo, Japan, 12th December 2009

Imagine you’re coming home late at night on a December evening, perhaps after some enforced overtime at the office, and as you walk from the bus stop to your flat, this is the warm welcoming view that greets you as you gaze up at the apartment building where you live…

Well, it’s a romantic image, but in reality most Japanese apartments are cramped and the building they come in is ugly and utilitarian by day.

Furthermore, I should probably come clean and confess that I got these orange tones by playing with my camera’s white balance, so the glow is a little exaggerated.

This is the companion piece to Photo of the Day #53.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #170

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on October 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »

“Tube & Chain” : Hiroshima, 19th December 2011

Zooming in like this takes an object out of its surroundings and divorces it from its context, transforming it from the recognisable into the mysterious and exotic.

This was actually part of a children’s climbing frame in a park in central Hiroshima. If I’d have taken a picture of the whole apparatus it would be uninteresting in the extreme, but reduced to a section of a few centimetres, we arrive at a stark tonal contrast with bold lines and textures.

I remember this day well, since it was the first outing with my newly-purchased 18-200mm zoom lens. I walked around town without aim, but was able to record quite a few memorable pictures through chance encounters and sudden inspiration, exactly the way I like to work.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #112

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Autumn leaves – yes, I know it’s about the most clichéd thing possible for a photographer to take, but it’s slightly better than dogs and babies, if you ask me :)

This one dates from last November, on the first outing with my new Nikon D7000, when the contrasts between the three colours of leaves caught my eye as I strolled in the grounds of Hiroshima castle.

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

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