Pontocho II

Posted by Duncan Galbraith (kyoto, Japan) on 11 November 2006 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

I was in two minds about uploading this as I prefer the former picture and feel like this is somewhat detracting. But it does illustrate quite clearly the lantern itself which I thought would be nice if anyone has any ideas of popping over this way and is in dire need of a drink...This is what you should be looking for.

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Comments (10)

Craig Persel from Montreal, Canada

Well done. The reflection really adds to the image.

11 Nov 2006 1:18pm

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

I really like it. For me, this version works better than yesterday's as it shows more clearly points of reference: the manhole cover and the form of the lantern. also, it seems generally sharper. Great work!

11 Nov 2006 2:11pm

Martine from Québec, Canada

Like Damon said, I prefer it than the previous. Nice light shot!

11 Nov 2006 3:01pm

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

IMHO, I would crop it so that just the reflection would be the subject of my image with detailed floor as my background. I like the mood conveyed.

11 Nov 2006 5:32pm

Mammoth in Chief from Napervile, United States

I love this one. Surreal... It has that special "smoething". Brilliant!

11 Nov 2006 6:08pm

H.O from Victoria, Canada

Duncan-san, Kyou no "ICHIBAN" desu !! ^^v
This is really nice Japanese scene. I say again I always enjoy thruogh the your eyes shot !! and grounds reflection the "Chouchin"(Japanese lantern) and many.....
Beautiful !!
Thanks Duncan.

11 Nov 2006 6:30pm

Dona Lowii from Subang Jaya, Malaysia

i like this most of your pictures.... love the reflection very much. even though i did'nt know the meaning of the words, but, i know it mean something to you.

13 Nov 2006 5:56am

Joe Thorn from United States

I like both of these man. The colors, textures very nice.

13 Nov 2006 2:33pm

Jon Osborne from London, United Kingdom

In my opinion this image works much better than the previous one. It's the sort of image I'd see and instantly want to crop to give a more standard composition, but actually works better as it is. The composition somehow supports the image as a whole. I would be interested to see how this works with a lens less wide. Great work.

21 Nov 2006 12:39pm

@Jon Osborne: Thank you Jon. Pontocho is such a great location to shoot in, Ill probably return here at some point and give you a few more 'close in' shots.

Dileep from Toronto, Canada

Great reflection. The details are spectacular.

24 Nov 2006 5:00am

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