yodo river toll bridge after days of rain

The red light lasted a matter of minutes as the sun went down:



Update:

buna ga take

At roughly 1200m, visibility at the peak of Buna ga Take was near zero, limiting any views of the surrounding countryside. Still it was great to get away from the concrete jungle.









At the end of the hike, I came across an abandonned country house (there are alot of these in Japan).

umeda skyline

I took these photos the morning following a day of rain, after having discovered this area on the Yodo river with a perfect unobstructed view of the Umeda skyline a few days beforehand. The large tower is the Umeda Sky Building, probably Osaka's biggest building. I woke up at 2:30 in the morning in order to give myself the 2 hours required to get ready and cycle to the site with time to set myself up. It was an amazing ride – not a breath of wind and not a soul was about, I felt like I had the whole city to myself. The first sunrise shots I took of the baseball net and skyline didn't turn out because of dull cloud cover.



Thinking the reflections created by the large puddles would be a good way enhance the already powerful skyline, I changed my tact and went about looking for the best image. Eventually I settled on the shot shown here, using the remote control made taking the shot easy. I was lucky that the clouds behind the camera had broken enough to be lit by early morning orange light, which can be seen reflected on the mirror-like glass of the Sky Building.



Seeing the clouds moving towards the city, I went back for another attempt at the baseball nets, hoping for just enough of a break in the clouds to let some warm orange early morning light through. I waited until the time was right, then snapped like mad as a small break in the cloud cover let just enough light and blue sky through, the whole event only lasting maybe 3 or 4 minutes before disappearing into more dull cloudy sky.

god beams on the yodogawa, part 3

sakura

god beams on the yodogawa, part 2

god beams on the yodogawa, part 1

moonset, construction site near makino