TOKYO – a strange place. A modern place. A busy place. Guess it can be a little bit overwhelming at times. Well, it was certainly for me, that’s for sure.
A busy place, with busy people and busy lives – little wonder that people can be overwhelmed… overwhelmed by tiredness that is!
The Imperial Palace Garden in Kyoto – a place of magic and such rich colour. It was special to have some quiet minutes there this morning before all the truck loads of tourist busses would eventually arrive. Pure tranquillity.
This is a panorama stitched together in Lightroom of three individual HDR images which also were created as HDR’s in LR in first place. All shot at ISO 100 and f/7.1.
The 10.000 toriis leading up to Mount Inari at the Fushimi Inari Shrine. Each gate has been donated by worshippers, companies or organisations over the many years, giving thanks for their prosperity and in hope of good fortune in the future.
What a breathtaking sporting venue Hanshin Racecourse near Osaka, japan is – it fits up to 139.000 fans and spots a unique architecture, particularly in the paddock area, which is covered by a multi-layered roof.
People, people and more people – that’s what I took away from my days in Tokyo – and nothing else represents this as fittingly well as the Shibuya Scramble crossing, apparently the busiest intersection in the world!
The Great Buddha of Kamakura this afternoon catching a final glimmer of the golden sunlight as seconds later it was gone for the day, the sun sinking behind the mountains – at nearly 14 meters high the Daibutsu is an astonishing piece of craftsmanship.
The real Beijing happens aside of all the beautiful temples, gardens, western like shopping malls and roast ducks in touristy restaurants.
It happens in the small lanes and alleys behind the big roads. Where life slows down, people go about their business, streets smell of delicious spices and herbs…
What love about this image – probably my favourite of all I took last week here – it shows how those real people – the ones who keep the city alive – come back home after their day in the big office buildings lurking behind them in the background through the smog in the The old man standing there, smoking a fag; he has seen it all oh so often before.
What I came for to see (& shoot) in Shanghai – the famous Bund view when the day is out and the lights are on!
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