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Pre-Typhoon Purple Sky Over Tokyo

By on July 20, 2011 in japan, Photography

Yes, it seems I’ve been AWOL again…I’m definitely not going to win any Pro-Blogger “post regularly” prizes. I’m not really sure where July has gone, but that’s a separate issue.

For now, enjoy this truly spectacular pre-typhoon purple sky over Tokyo. I just ran out with the tripod and shot this a few minutes ago, so it’s definitely hot off the press (and has certainly jumped the queue on a whole lot of other photos waiting to be sorted):

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An amazing sky over Tokyo this evening (3 shots, tripod, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, Photomatix)

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Okay…NOW there’s actually snow in Tokyo…

By on February 14, 2011 in japan, Photography

There was quite a buzz on Saturday when it snowed here, but, in reality, nothing stuck to the ground in central Tokyo and it was, for me, rather disappointing. Tonight, however, what started as a cold rain turned slowly to snow as the hours passed until it was really snowing by around 10:30 or 11:00 pm.

For this kind of situation, the iPhone camera just doesn’t cut it (but I don’t have any long exposure apps installed, so I can’t rule it out completely). Out came the tripod and the shutter release and a hot cup of coffee carried out to the balcony.

Now, fingers crossed that we’ll wake to the city blanketed in white…
(What can I say? I like snow.)

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If we’re really lucky, it’ll stick around until the morning rush hour and I can do some people shooting, like this (one of my all time personal favourites – taken a few years ago in Shinjuku):

umbrellas in the snow-4

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