Tokyo by night

[thereyougo!]

This was taken in September 2010 on one of my trips to Tokyo. I have been to Tokyo 8 times in the last 3 years. Great food, great people, very expensive for most things too, but the food is so fresh it's often alive until it's cooked in front of you! My wife refused to eat lobster there because it was waving at her!

This is from the Roppongi area from my room in the luxurious Ritz-Carlton where they serve the most expensive cocktail in the world at over $15,000. It's a martini with a 1 carat Avery diamond in it. My client there bought me the hotel's WOW! burger which is made from ground Kobe beef - at $100 a portion, it was nice, but not $100 worth!

Canon 5D mkII 24 - 70 at 70 f/18 30 secs 50 ISO


tokyo night by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[chanik]

beautiful photo! Great details

 

[Frequency]

Excellent; could have composed with the tower more to left

 

[Turbocharged]

Excellent; could have composed with the tower more to left

I agree. Great photo, but remember the rule of thirds.
If you go back and have the ability to take another shot, have the tower further to the left, and maybe try an HDR shot. I've never used HDR at night, so it may not work at all, but the results I've gotten from daylight HDR shots have been fantastic.

 

[thereyougo!]

I had shot wider to the right of the tower so that the Rainbow Bridge is just within view I have increased the blacks to try and rid the sky of the banding:



Tokyo at night by singingsnapper, on Flickr


and here is a tighter crop



Tokyo tower at night by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[cpeay]

Excellent shot

 

[Frequency]

Uncropped version is awesome