Winter rain, with a Japanese touch.
Day 315 – tori
Tori gates are an ever-present backdrop in Japan, a beacon of tradition intersecting even the busiest street. When I first arrived in Japan I would notice them all the time. After a while however, they started to blend into the background – like a red bus in London, an old american car in Havana or a wandering cow in New Delhi.
Every now and again though, one grabs my attention and I remember that they can make a striking subject for a photo.
Day 314 – caught in the rain (re-edited)
One of the first photos I took in this project remains one of my favourites – Day 9 – Caught in the Rain. It was even lucky enough to a receive a runners up sport in TNT magazines travel photography competition. Whilst looking back at old photos I stumbled across the original, un-edited file – along with a host of other images I took of the same scene.
I had forgotten how great the light had been, a perfect twilight glow beaming soft orange hues across the scene. I started to question my original choice to convert the image to black and white image…
Below I have posted a few (new) colour edits along with the (old) back and white image.
Which do you prefer?
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