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Tokyo Sky Tree Construction (Photo Update)

Laura — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:29:15 +0000

It’s been a while since I posted a Tokyo Sky Tree update. Construction seems to be moving at a fair clip now and it is now at 559 metres.

I took this shot about an hour ago (which is a good sign that the days are getting longer because there’s a lovely glow from the sunset and it was almost 4:30 PM):

Tokyo Sky Tree in the golden glow of sunset - 559 metres (3exp tonemapped)

Compare it to this shot from about a month ago and you can see how much it’s grown:

And this is from August, 2010:

Full moon, no clouds, wrong night

Laura — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:11:09 +0000

Oh, why could it not have been this clear LAST night for the eclipse?

Still, a spectacular full moon rising up behind the buildings tonight in Tokyo:

These two were shot at 500mm on a crop sensor and then the images were cropped in post-processing (i.e., we’re getting into telescope territory without a telescope).

Tokyo Sky Tree Tops 500 meters

Laura — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:07:46 +0000

This past week, Tokyo Sky Tree passed the 500 meter mark. I’ve written about the Sky Tree before, but thought I’d post a photo of it from this week, as it’s now passed the 500m mark.

Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co said the new communications tower reached the height of 511 meters as builders worked on the top part of its main section.

They docked a lightning conductor and an antivibration device with the ‘‘gain tower’’—to be fitted with antennas for terrestrial digital broadcasting—that was pulled from the ground to the top inside the structure. The operator plans to pull up the gain tower at a pace of 12 meters per week, with the building on course to reach 634 meters high next spring.

(From Kyodo News via Japan Today)

3 exposures tonemapped using Photomatix. Shot at 500mm with the Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3, which looks like this:

Sigma 150-500mm f/5.0-6.3 on my old Canon

Fireworks in the distance

Laura — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:01:56 +0000

Ooooo…my favourite month in Tokyo with all the festivals in full gear. Glanced out the window about an hour ago and realized I could see the Edo-gawa fireworks about 10km away, so out came the tripod and the big lens.

They just ended a about 10 minutes ago and, hot off the press, here are a few shots:

red in the distance: Edogawa hanabi/江戸川花火

Edo-gawa fireworks 江戸川花火

And, of course, one of my black and white fireworks photos:

Orange Moon Over Tokyo

Laura — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:26:59 +0000

A very orange moon rising up over the Ariake/Toyosu area this evening. I scrambled for my tripod and then for my cable release, and was just able to get this before it rose too high or mellowed too much in colour:

ISO 400 150mm @ f/9 1.3 sec

It really is just a super clear night, so I swung my lens around the other way and took this shot:

Tokyo night sky - fireworks and Tokyo Sky Tree in the distance

And a closer look at the fireworks with the Sigma 150-500mm at 500mm:

fireworks way off in the distance - Sigma 150-500mm at 500mm