Cones in the rain: Shibuya, Tokyo
I was out shooting with a student the other day and sadly a load of our pictures got corrupted by a bad data link between my CF card-reader and the PC. This one survived, with a few others. Amazing weather that afternoon; thunder, lightning, torrential rain. Great drama.
Nikon D300
85mm f/1.4 AF D @f/1.4
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21 comments
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Cheers. Nice to be back with my Flickr friends. As much as I scrub the lens though, can't seem to get rid of that mark :-)
Bruce wrote...
Great shot - I love the look of the bike in the rain. And I can identify intimately with that feeling of a cold wet crotch...
Dairou Koga wrote...
long time no see Alfie-san! nice shot!
and when is your photo exhibition in Ginza?
Johan Kleinjan wrote...
I was in rainy shinjuku last night..
Fried Toast wrote...
Great shot (and as an aside, saw one of your shots in a Japan Today article yesterday- well done, sir).
A week ago, I headed up to Hokkaido for 三連休. Was nice to be somewhere it wasn't raining!
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Thanks all. Mike; that piece in Japan Today was lifted from Metropolis. Good to see it doing the rounds though.
Sara Luna wrote...
Wow! are you a photography teacher? I should be awesome to have you as a teacher :)
Recep wrote...
ohh beautiful catch!!!
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Sara.. too kind. Thanks everyone for saying things about this shot. It's one I really like from the shots I have taken in the past few weeks. Just kind of captured the essence of the atmosphere of that day for me.
G I wrote...
he returned! you are the main reason i purchased the 85 1.4. been loving it ever since. i missed seeing shots like these on flickr! welcome home.
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Glad you are enjoying that lens. If someone suggested I live with one lens only for the rest of my life, it would be the 85 1.4, without hesitation.
Nick Thompson wrote...
were is the exif data!,is this at 1.4?/what iso is this?
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
It say's 1.4 underneath the picture already. And less of the exclamation marks :-) I don't take out the EXIF but when I make the JPEGs to put on here it gets taken out and I just dont put it back in. I know the internet can translate polite honest requets into something that sounds a little more abrupt, but a please might not go amiss next time....
f/1.4
640 ISO
85mm
1/400 sec
Hunter Skipworth wrote...
Alfie mate great shot, good to see our article up on the japan today site, shame it got subbed to pieces!! The words and pics look great together mate, lets do another one!
Nick Thompson wrote...
haha sorry i got a little to excited
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
That's fine mate.... very happy my pics excite you :-) Going through your stream little by little at the moment; you have some nice stuff yourself!
James Cadet wrote...
awesome shot man, glad to see you back
Abbas wrote...
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wide Open Roads (Join and post with no limit), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
You are Invited to share your great shot with us in
www.flickr.com/groups/wideopenroads/
Peter Hamza wrote...
fantastic shot and welcome back!
Al Stegeman wrote...
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called City Biker, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
It's good to see you back. Btw, you might need to clean your lens, there seems to be a huge target on it :D