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PHOTO OF THE DAY #357

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Odaiba Skies” : Tokyo, 19th March 2012

In recent years Tokyo has revitalised the land around the bay, allowing the residents to rediscover the fact that Tokyo is coastal. Nowhere is this redevelopment more obvious than in Odaiba, a large area of shops, hotels and other attractions constructed on reclaimed land with amazing night views over the metropolis.

It’s a also a famed spot for couples, which is why I felt a bit like an idiot as I waited for dusk on my own, with only my tripod for companionship ;-)

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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 #314

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Bright Blue Boat” : Porto, 9th September 2011

Boats are always a great subject to photograph, especially when the sun’s out. There’s nothing like seeing those beautiful reflections of the sun’s rays sparkling along the underside of the hull – quite magical, really…

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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…

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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…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #276

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »

“Castle Reflections” : Ferrara, Italy, 25th March 2011

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I wasn’t particularly bowled over by the Italian town of Ferrara when I visited last spring.

However, it cannot be denied that the centrally located Castello Estense is an impressive structure whose sublime tones compliment a blue sky perfectly.

Just think yourselves lucky that you can’t see the hundreds of annoying schoolkids charging about everywhere on their bicycles nearly knocking you down at every turn…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #236

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Car Service” : Hiroshima, Japan, 17th December 2011

This used car dealership in a nondescript suburb of Hiroshima featured some of the shiniest car bonnets I’ve ever seen.

I just had to stop and frame a few shots with the yellow banner reflected nicely on the dark highly polished surface of the cars and the telephone logo lurking in the background.

How much elbow grease went into getting the paintwork to that astonishing degree of smooth glossy perfection?

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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…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #207

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Nature’s Mirror” : Strasbourg, France, 1st September 2011

There’s a whole side to the French city of Strasbourg that most tourists don’t get to see.

Once you leave the quaint picturesque timbered medieval houses of the old quarter, there are the grand boulevards and impressive public buildings of more recent times, giving way to the university, the botanical gardens and then the area dedicated to the assemblies of the European Union.

It was on the edge of this latter region that I stumbled upon this beautiful, and somehow typically European scene, bringing out the latent landscape photographer in me.

Incidentally, this will be the last photo from France for a while, since I have now finally begun processing the pictures I took in the last third of my summer trip, which took me to Portugal, so expect a change of atmosphere.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #205

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Double Take Mobile” : Strasbourg, France, 1st September 2011

I suppose we shouldn’t really be peering into other people’s windows, but sometimes you notice something that is just so arresting that you have to stop and take action.

Here, the combination of the shiny metallic mobile hanging inside the house and the reflection on the window of the house across the street made for a very compelling image in terms of colours and shapes.

The mobile itself looks very 70′s to me, and I couldn’t help but wonder if there was also a lava lamp or two a little further back in the room….

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