Showing posts with label Christmas / New Years Lights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas / New Years Lights. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Midtown Maple Leaf Illumination

The Christmas Illuminations are up at Tokyo Midtown. Not sure if I fully understand the theme this year, but according to the Midtown event website the theme is "Midtown Cruise," allowing you to journey away from Earth and out into Space!

Although the contrast and sharpness are good considering the challenging conditions, the colors tend to blend a little and the maple leaf takes a back seat to the bokeh from the Christmas lights. The performance by the 24 mm f2.0 AI Nikkor is amazing considering this glass is about 35-years old.



Nikon D600 with Nikon 24mm f/2.0 Nikkor AI @ f2.8, ISO 1600,1/80 sec.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Roppongi Hills Christmas Lights

Christmas has come and past in Tokyo, and I almost forgot to post photos of the lights at Roppongi Hills.  My editing skills are either weak, or I have a problem sharing.  Anyway, it's your choice to surf through my site.  For this post, I'll keep the text at a minimum.


There's a strange wall of light in the the garden in from of the TV Asahi Building.


This a small but but properly decorated tree in front an Indian restaurant called Diya.  The food there is good, but do they decorate the place for Diwali?


This must be the proper place to stand when taking photos...


This is the rose themed tree in the central plaza.


There's a great view of Tokyo Tower and the illuminated tree lined street from the pedestrian bridge.


I liked how the taxi driver's face was illuminated.


The lights added a festive aura to this shopper.


This unusual CFL lit tree was in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt at Roppongi Hills. I thought it was classy and modern with sense of humor. My co-worker thought that it may be inspired by Dan Flavin.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Christmas / New Years Lights

I didn't spend much time in December taking photos in Tokyo. However, I did bring my camera with me to pick up my watch that was repaired at a jewelers shop in to Harajuku.

Anyway, I took a few photos of the lights or illuminations along Omotesando (表参道). None were that great, but this one is one of the better ones.


I also spotted these "meter maids" (or "meter men") enforcing parking. Parking tickets in Tokyo are not cheap so be sure to park legally. I couldn't hang around too long, I was only parked several spaces down and I only had about 15-minutes left on the meter. Oh well...