DirtyGlassEye
Electrical overdrive
Even after a relative success at Omoide, I still wanted a large scale dystopian shot, industrial sure, but with a hint of a futuristic look which is something the izakayas didn't really offer. I had no idea my ultimate opportunity would arrive in the form of a Yodobashi store.
Researching once I got back from Japan, apparently a lot of Yodobashis have large neon signs out front. The only one I was familiar with beforehand in Akihabara just didn't have that, so I had no reason to suspect THIS was waiting for me at the plaza in Shinjuku. Come to think of it, I actually didn't expect to come back with a lot of shots from Shinjuku, yet it's very clear now that this eclipses all the other Tokyo districts on my camera roll, maybe even combined. There's just something about it's dirtier nature that seemed so photogenic.
So in my previous Yodobashi Plaza post I foreshadowed this as my "much better shot". I browsed for a while waiting for the sky to get darker and it started raining. Finding a spot to put my tripod was a bit challenging and I constantly had to wipe my lens off (I had to move my umbrella everytime it was actually time to shoot so it took a couple drops). The sky wasn't dark enough it was still a deep purple, so in editing I went all in. Tried to give this photo powerful shadows, a black sky, and a dominating red/yellow color scheme.
When I say "cyberpunk" I don't think I got closer to that then this. A large sign from above and the branching out signs to either side on the bottom, along with the contrast of the white sign (the only part of this image I couldn't read, I know what the rest say). What would've been even more awesome is if I managed to get a rain streak in my shot considering I was shooting on a slow shutter, but it wasn't that profuse, so it didn't end up in my frame. I have several slightly different and/or vertical frames as well so there is a chance I'll revisit this shot in the future (that is, if we're not already in said future).
Electrical overdrive
Even after a relative success at Omoide, I still wanted a large scale dystopian shot, industrial sure, but with a hint of a futuristic look which is something the izakayas didn't really offer. I had no idea my ultimate opportunity would arrive in the form of a Yodobashi store.
Researching once I got back from Japan, apparently a lot of Yodobashis have large neon signs out front. The only one I was familiar with beforehand in Akihabara just didn't have that, so I had no reason to suspect THIS was waiting for me at the plaza in Shinjuku. Come to think of it, I actually didn't expect to come back with a lot of shots from Shinjuku, yet it's very clear now that this eclipses all the other Tokyo districts on my camera roll, maybe even combined. There's just something about it's dirtier nature that seemed so photogenic.
So in my previous Yodobashi Plaza post I foreshadowed this as my "much better shot". I browsed for a while waiting for the sky to get darker and it started raining. Finding a spot to put my tripod was a bit challenging and I constantly had to wipe my lens off (I had to move my umbrella everytime it was actually time to shoot so it took a couple drops). The sky wasn't dark enough it was still a deep purple, so in editing I went all in. Tried to give this photo powerful shadows, a black sky, and a dominating red/yellow color scheme.
When I say "cyberpunk" I don't think I got closer to that then this. A large sign from above and the branching out signs to either side on the bottom, along with the contrast of the white sign (the only part of this image I couldn't read, I know what the rest say). What would've been even more awesome is if I managed to get a rain streak in my shot considering I was shooting on a slow shutter, but it wasn't that profuse, so it didn't end up in my frame. I have several slightly different and/or vertical frames as well so there is a chance I'll revisit this shot in the future (that is, if we're not already in said future).