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At first impression this appears to be Canada, but it is the industrial plant of the company McCain in my town, where the Canadian flag flies with southerly winds.
My submission for this week's FlickrFriday theme: #FirstImpression
Dusky blues all and hoping you will enjoy my quickly shot impressions of what I do best "catch the light" - this is # 30 I'm sharing with you :>)
Manarola: a primeira vista! ✨ Jovens a saltarem de penhascos para as águas cristalinas. A energia vibrante de Cinque Terre já se sente desde a chegada! 🌊
We had meandered from Phoenix to our destination, enjoying Arizona's landscape and foliage. We checked-in to our bed-and-breakfast and then walked about the local area to admire our surroundings. First impressions of Sedona were good. Oh, and I like saying "pampas grass", LOL!
Wow! Didn't expect so much interest in this picture! It made Flickrs explore and at time of posting this, over 4000 views and 50 fav's. Thanks to all who have viewed and added to their favorites.
There is argument like this from travel photography books. When you first come to a new place, you are bombarded by the new scenes, new colors and other things new. You take a picture of the first impression and it will not be a good composition since you are hit by the stimulus without careful thinking yet.
You need to scout around and get the real feelings about the place before you shoot pictures.
When I first arrived at Emerald Lake, I was impressed by the beautiful water and I quickly took the shot just right at the entrance. I have not yet scouted around the place. Later I found the kayaks which might be better foreground interests (see picture in comment).
As a result I have hesitation about this composition and scene.
This is one of my outakes in my Canadian Rockies vacation trip in 2011.
Your comments and suggestions are much appreciated.
Have a great “Ides of March”! (That is a good movie too)
As the tide goes out the sand is once more a blank canvas on which one can make an impression.
Taken on Cruden bay, Aberdeenshire
The first impression of a NYC-virgin. Blown away by the crowds, noises, lights, smells and colors.
For a moment we were part of the movie.
This elderly couple made their first impression decades ago, and they are still going strong as they walk hand-in-hand along Main St on the hottest day of the year (33°c) ....so far.
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Explore: 29 augustus 2015 - # 376
First impressions are long lasting and powerful... and they happen quickly. Do your best to leave a good first impression with your photo this week!
Take your best shot for the theme #FirstImpression and share it in the Flickr Friday group. We will feature our favorite photos on the Flickr blog next week!
www.flickr.com/groups/flickrfriday
Photo by Kyre Wood (flic.kr/p/mWHHen)
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
A second look through the archives of our Japan holiday and I really want to go back again! This was our first day and night in Tokyo and a real assault on the senses. After the madness of Shibuya crossing, we had a wander around the neon streets - images everywhere... a street photographer's paradise!
While many got their Silberra Film a while back I've been waiting for sometime so when I got the notice it had shipped I waited. Surprisingly it only took a couple weeks to arrive. And here's the first roll, their Pan100 stock. I'm rather impressed with the tonality, fine grain, and sharpness!
Nikon F5 - AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D - Silberra Pan100 @ ASA-100
Ilford Microphen (Stock) 7:00 @ 20C
Scanner: Epson V700
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC (2019)
A shot at the beach with my buddy lp master Matze.
Sony Alpha 57, ISO 100, 196", different aperture settings for the lights with Walimex Pro 8mm fisheye.
Shooting all the time and it feels amazing.
Model: Yensa Werth
MUA: Victoria Fife
Instagram: @GraceKathryn
"Kindness is like frost, It beautifies everything it covers"
I did an act of kindness last week and picked up a hitch hiker, he looked fairly harmless, It was an old man and his truck was on the fritz so I gave him a ride to the nearest store to pick up groceries 30 km away, he couldn't thank me enough. Sure made me feel good. Spread the kindness.
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Japan
Wow... where do you start with a place like Tokyo. I have always believed there are just three great cities in the world that people should visit at least once in their lifetime:- London, Paris and New York. All three have their own uniqueness, history, vibrancy, culture and most importantly, the infrastructures to allow people to get around the sites that draw millions to them each year. But I'll have to add a fourth to that list and it's Tokyo.
I have pondered over the last week of our touring adventure (relaxing holiday is not a term you can readily apply to the cities of Japan) as to what should be my first upload on Flickr and I have decided to go with a shot of Shibuya crossing as this best epitomises the vitality and culture of Japan.
From touching down at Narita airport we had probably been on the go for some 35 hours when this picture was taken. After 20 years of worldly travels nothing has shocked the senses like Tokyo. Depending where you get your stats from Tokyo is one of the most populous cities in the world at 9.273m (2015 figures) but taking into account the surrounding metropolitan areas this swells to nearer 38m. My first 48 hours there cast doubts in my mind as to whether this was a good choice of holiday destination, maybe it was just the jetlag or maybe it was my age finally catching up with me but even with meticulous planning by Mrs R (and I urge anyone who's contemplating visiting to do your homework) you can never fully prepare for what you are about to experience and no guide book can bridge that reality check.
You may think such planning is anal, but as we were staying near Shinjuku station, Mrs R had even researched as to which one of Shinjuku station's 200 exits (I kid you not) we should take for the best route to our hotel. It was at this point the scale of Tokyo hit us both and what should have been a 14 minute walk to the hotel took us nearer and hour and half.
However, that was our one and only time we truly got lost and getting about Japan, especially it's cities is an experience and I'm so glad we did it ourselves rather than on an organised tour, which would rob you of so many personal experiences. What seems extremely complicated firsthand is relatively easy to workout providing you read every sign - those on the floor, ceiling, walls and pillars and especially those behind you. Only the fool hardy assumes the way is forward in a Tokyo subway. As Japan is gearing up for the 2020 Olympics many stations/subways are now dual language - Japanese/English, but I really feel for those visitors not speaking/reading either language. A blessing for us brits!
So, back to the picture. For such a vastly populated city, Tokyo simply flows... there are no traffic jams, there is no congestion, no litter, no cigarette butts, no graffiti on the streets - it's the cleanest city I've ever visited. The transport system is the best I've come across in the world, but a lot more about that in a later upload. At Shibuya crossing there are 5 zebra crossings and at any one time there are roughly 2,500 people waiting, but no one jumps the lights, no one pushes or barges their way across... it all flows when the lights go green. We likened our first 48 hours here as living in a perpetual state of exiting the best pop concert in the world, such is the flow of people. An amazing place!
As this was a "holiday" rather than a photo shoot (a hark back to our Italian tour last year) most of my images will reflect this and so I hope people will appreciate the travel blog approach over the coming weeks. Anyone who reads my stream, I really hope you can find the time to comment and express opinions on Japan, especially those that might have been or are considering visiting. We both found Japan to be an experience of a lifetime and I look forward to any questions, comments or disagreements... whatever they maybe.
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in a while, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.”
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami