A-Dome at Night

This is one of my favorite pictures that I took this year. It was right when I got my new camera and was down in Hiroshima with family. This building was extremely different to shoot during the day and at night. The lights at night seem to give off this eerie green light, and from across the river everything turns out really well with a long exposure. There is actually a lot I don't like about the photo, but it seem so fake that it makes me still love it.

Chopped Down

After they chop down the whole rice stalk, they are bundled together and then draped over these stands. I'm not exactly sure how long they take to get ready, but I don't think it takes very long. Not to much more to say about this one, so I will leave it at that.

From The Beginning

I think I got a little ahead of myself there, so let me go to the beginning of the rice harvesting phase. If you haven't seen rice grow before, like I hadn't before coming here, it kinda looks just like wheat. This is a shot looking up at some that are ready to be cut down. These fields are everywhere, so there has got to be just massive amounts of rice grown every year. A little side note, the Japanese are very snobby about their rice and don't think any imported rice is ever as good as their own. hens, they grow it all themselves.

Rice Harvest

I'm gonna lay off the transportation for a bit and move on to something relevant to the seasons. Right now is rice harvesting season, so I took some time out today after work and cruised through the rice fields. I'm not much for scenery shots, but I do like the fresh cuts drying on the handmade stands. It was getting close to sundown and there is a typhoon coming so the clouds and sky are looking good. I'm gonna try again to get out there again during a proper sunset and see what I can come up with.

Country Roads

I took this at my friends house during a party one night. It was almost completely black outside, so I had to really let the exposure run with this one, but it turned out good I think. The 止まれ written on the street is the Japanese version of a stop sign. There are actual stop signs, but they don't really put them up too often.

Left Alone

This was taken a few feet down the track as the previous shot. I think that the tires and the overgrowth say a lot about the state of the track. I don't know why these tracks aren't used anymore, because they would have been very useful to connect me to the neighboring city. Nonetheless, I think it made for some good photos, so at least someone used it :-).

Abandoned

This is an abandoned track in the city I lived in last year. Theres a lot I like about this shot, and it really gives me a sense of character in the scene. My 2 favorites are the numbers on the track are upside down for some reason. They also count right to left, which I didn't find weird until just now. (Normal in Japan) I also like the random tube hanging from the track. It helps ad symmetry to the bottom portion of the frame, which I think allows everything on top to be free. It was also taken in the Spring, so you can see the Sakura, cherry blossoms, in the trees down the stream.