Japan

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Hi, just thought I'll share.
Japan is lovely.
hope they rebuild themselves fast!

critiques are welcome, I'm new to RF so I definitely have rooms for improvement.
Tools of trade: Zorki 1 with Industar-22 50mm f3.5, Bessa R2 with Canon 50mm f1.2

(ps. I'm abit of an Archiphile, so bear with me.)

Naoshima, Chichu Art museum
archiorgasm all on one island.

Hiroshima, Miyajima Island
i love the sign. why is it no one has photographed it with the sign before?

Kyoto, Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Shrine
sidetracked a little to ascend a hill.. which allows me this different perspective of the infamous continuous torii gates

Bato, Ando Hiroshige Museum
one of my favourite works by Kengo Kuma. it took about 5 hours via public transport.

 

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Bato, Ando Hiroshige Museum
his material sensibility and usage of natural elements are celebrated in this project. it is the purest piece of work I have seen from him.

Awaji, Water Temple
i think anyone who goes to this place will remember this portion, though it always takes a backseat from ando's ingenious slit of skylight. this, to me, is the best part of the architecture.

Osaka, Church of Light
caught a Sunday service in this church. 'nuff said!

Tokyo, Shinjuku
free roaming folks on a public holiday.

Tokyo, Shinjuku
one of the fascinating backlanes that are infested with salarymen after working hours.

 

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Tokyo, Uniqlo
seriously overpriced here, in singapore

Tokyo, Shinjuku Station
as you can prolly tell, this is taken behind a glass screen. but it's too good to miss.

Tokyo, Ikebukuro

Tokyo, i think, one of the second hand bookstores off Akihabara glitzy electronic town

Tokyo, Asakusa
crib of the homeless

 

[justinlht]

don't think i'm in a position to make any critical comments, but i really love your shots!!

perhaps the images can be posted bigger?

hope to be able to go to japan to shoot some day

 

[ZoomP]

Nice compositions and tone man!!! Thanks for sharing and yes, please post bigger pics next time. We are not critical like some of the sub-forums. Welcome!!!

 

[dacteo]

Thanks for sharing! Your pictures shows a different view of what we usually see!

 

[pegasus21]

Tokyo, Asakusa
crib of the homeless

Interesting image. I don't think I'll want to go there anytime soon... not with what's happening there now which is a real pity.

 

[Redsun]

wow miyajima!
looking forward to going there

 

[wongsan]

Hi, just thought I'll share.
Japan is lovely.
hope they rebuild themselves fast!

critiques are welcome, I'm new to RF so I definitely have rooms for improvement.
Tools of trade: Zorki 1 with Industar-22 50mm f3.5, Bessa R2 with Canon 50mm f1.2

(ps. I'm abit of an Archiphile, so bear with me.)

Naoshima, Chichu Art museum
archiorgasm all on one island.

Hiroshima, Miyajima Island
i love the sign. why is it no one has photographed it with the sign before?

Kyoto, Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Shrine
sidetracked a little to ascend a hill.. which allows me this different perspective of the infamous continuous torii gates

Bato, Ando Hiroshige Museum
one of my favourite works by Kengo Kuma. it took about 5 hours via public transport.

Welcome and really good stuff!
Thanks for sharing.

 

[x-iii]

hello,
thanks for all the kind comments.

as for the rather small images, i've got to confess that i used batch-resizing by percentage, and errrr, was too lazy to redo it after realising it's abit small.
so, haha, will take note next time.

Redsun
Re: Japan

wow miyajima!
looking forward to going there

and hi, I'll definitely recommend you to try oysters and hiroshima okonomiyaki.
if you're interested in contemporary architecture, there's the usual kenzo tange and kisho kurokawa buildings in hiroshima. but I found Yoshio Taniguchi's incineration plant fascinating (here)
haahh, but that doesn't always interest everyone. anyway, gogo japan! support their economy now!

 

[Joohander]

great series, and the box photo is a true testament to architecture and its various forms anyway, for those interested, i came across this link

http://corterleather.bigcartel.com/product/for-japan

leather, red dot, 100% proceeds go to red cross in Japan. i think RF.SG people will find much to love in this package.

 

[hookonclassic]

Hi, just thought I'll share.
Japan is lovely.
hope they rebuild themselves fast!

critiques are welcome, I'm new to RF so I definitely have rooms for improvement.
Tools of trade: Zorki 1 with Industar-22 50mm f3.5, Bessa R2 with Canon 50mm f1.2

(ps. I'm abit of an Archiphile, so bear with me.)

Naoshima, Chichu Art museum
archiorgasm all on one island.

Hiroshima, Miyajima Island
i love the sign. why is it no one has photographed it with the sign before?

A warm welcome...interesting composition and captions...do share more with us...

 

[chiif]

Thanks for sharing! And welcome to the RF forum!

Knowing how Japanese are, they will definitely emerge stronger after this episode.

 

[paapoopa]

thanks for sharing
really like your shots... you got a unique eye for composition

 

[Royale With Cheese]

lovely stuff!

 

[x-iii]

hello, thanks for the comments.
just realised there's a "Share your RF Shots XX" series going ard.. think I'll post there instead of starting a new thread next time. hahh

 

[benny]

Nice series! I enjoyed it very much and I think the monochrome images really add to the feel of the images.

Cheers,