Last night the match between Paraguay and Japan took place in Loftus Versfeld Stadium, and after a long goalless game, Japan was defeated 5-3 in penalty shoot-out. They give an amazing performance at this 2010 World Cup and all of Japan is very proud of their team. By the way, I took this photo in Shibuya from the 19th floor of the Excel Hotel . Enjoy!
This is my favorite spot to take long exposure photos of cars around shibuya. It just outside the Toyoko line terminal, there is a lot of pedestrians bridge that gives great vantage point over the streets below.
This is such a typical Tokyo-ish scenery, the scooter fit perfectly in that spot. But why there is an opening in the wall anyway? It almost look like the restaurant was built around the scooter.
The other day I had some time to waste in Shinjuku and I got pretty lucky. I was walking around the small street east of the station, and then I decided to go up the stairs near the Takashimaya to reach the southern terrace. And then only for a few minutes the sky color change to a bright orange as if it just burst on fire. Took out my cam, found a nice spot to set it on a fix position and took 3 shoot to create this HDR.
I’m not a big football fan, but the ambiance the World Cup brings to Japan is phenomenal. Around 500 people gathered outside Bic Camera in Shibuya to watch the game on televisions the store kindly brought outside. The Samurai Blue made it to the round of sixteen by defeating Denmark last friday. Best of luck to the team!
Fake tilt shift of course, I did it for fun. But I hope one day I can afford a tilt shift lens.
Shīsā is a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, often in pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawa mythology. People placed pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. When in pairs, the left shisa traditionally has a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. The open mouth wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth to keeps good spirits in. -wikipedia
