The first photo is an ~11-shot panorama with every shot taken fully zoomed in. This makes it super high resolution and a bit sharper than the second photo which is just a single shot.
Some shots from a morning swim. Black and white to move away from the blue-and-orange that is typical of the Sydney coastline.
Arrived with about 2 minutes to get ready before the fireworks started. There was a huge crowd so nowhere to setup the tripod. I ended up perched on top of a wall with the tripod mostly collapsed and almost falling off the wall.
Walked up to the back of Mt Inari to avoid the crowds. Shot at f1.4 most of the time as it was late in the afternoon and overcast. I would have liked to have a bit more freedom in focal length.
Two shots from the end of the day in Nara. I liked the late afternoon sun on the water, it would be better either with a more pleasant background—I don’t particularly like the building behind—or with a longer lens looking across the water, to emphasise the reflection.
I could endlessly take pictures of the roofs of temples.
Views on a walk around the hills in Kyoto. A little cheeky with the colours here to make it seem like it’s autumn, when in actual fact everything was quite green—like the last photo.
Taken from a rooftop bar that smartly sells access to their top-notch view of Shibuya Crossing. Had to take photos through somewhat messy glass, but this shot turned out well. I like the vivid yellow and clear shadows.
The foliage was not this brown/red colour, I was cheeky and adjusted the mostly-green boring shot to look like it came straight from Hero.
I think the best part about not reading Japanese is that I can take photos of signs and just appreciate what it looks like without understanding the meaning. This probably says something like “no right turn”, but to me I just think the blue background looks nice in the morning light.
Night photography would be much better if I took photos with people in them. I love the little alleyways and lights, but without a subject they just don’t quite feel as good as they could be.