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PHOTO OF THE DAY #367

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Tokyo Curves” : Ebisu Garden Place, 21st March 2012

The ingredients of a good photo opportunity: contrasting colours, shapes and intensity of light. If they’re packed in close in an urban setting, break out your ultra-wide angle lens and shoot from a direction that is outside of the everyday person’s view.

This is Ebisu Garden Place, a modern development in Tokyo featuring a melange of old and new architectural styles, not to mention the Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the entrance of which always makes me laugh: among other prohibitions, there’s an icon informing you that no cameras are allowed. Oh, the irony…

A bigger version of this snap exists here, but I dare say you can’t be arsed.

 

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #365

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Tokyo Night Scene : 20th March 2012

I’m not a great fan of tripods, as I’ve mentioned before, but I will concede that they are sometimes necessary, especially if you want to do some night time urban panoramas.

I took my new carbon fibre tripod up to Tokyo with me, and it wasn’t too bad carrying it slung over my shoulder all day, such is its low weight.

One night I decided to try a short cut back to the hotel and chanced upon a ‘spaghetti junction’ that I knew would make a good photograph, and so I was able to immediately set up and take a few shots using an IR remote release to operate the shutter.

I think this kind of photography is something I can more deeply into…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #363

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Colours of Tokyo” : 20th March 2012

One way of overcoming urban ugliness is to get out some vivid paint and splash it all over the walls in the hope that it will somehow hide the myriad pipes, wires and meters stuck there. You can also go the extra mile and add a dog statue, too ;-)

In the back streets of Harajuku, Tokyo…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #362

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Tokyo Telegraphic Tangle” : 20th March 2012

These things are incredibly ugly, yet at the same time fascinating. This example is particularly knotted and congested. Nobody can come up with a good reason why these cables can’t be buried under the ground like in most countries, but anyway, the Japanese are shockingly unperturbed by the uglification of their cities…

(PS – I’m preparing this blog entry on my iPhone, since the iMac died last night : apologies if it looks weird!)

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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 #360

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

“Orange Girders” : Tokyo, 20th March 2012

Tokyo Tower, aged and outdated, but still iconic and wonderfully photogenic even at close quarters…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #359

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

“Tacky Temple Tribute” : Tokyo, 19th March 2012

I stumbled upon this hitherto unknown Buddhist temple, Zojo-ji, on my way to Tokyo Tower, which was actually constructed on its grounds.

Around the temple buildings are arrayed ranks of these diminutive figures, weathered by time, many adorned with a red knitted cap and accompanied by a plastic toy twirling in the wind.

Although at first a slightly comical sight, heightened by the tacky presence of the cheap toys (the Japanese, alas, long ago lost their sense of aesthetics), these bizarre objects are in fact Jizo Bodhisattvas, representations of the guardian deity of children, and are memorials to those who have died or been aborted, the caps and toys being left by the grieving parents.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY #358

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on April 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Tokyo Tower” : 19th March 2012

The view from reclaimed Odaiba back into the heart of Tokyo with the old iconic tower bisected by the new bridge across the bay…

You should really look at the larger version of this photograph on display here.

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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 #356

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Spring Blossom” : Tokyo 19th March 2012

It was too early for the quintessentially Japanese cherry blossoms to have put in an appearance, but still these other varieties (sadly unidentified due to my poor knowledge of flora) made up for it with their beautifully contrasting tones.

You see – it’s not all cold architectural lines with me – I can still turn my lens to living objects on occasion ;-)

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