Looking ahead through the lens of my Leica

Apparently I have a thing for taking photos looking like the ones bellow. Symmetrical with a fixed point or direction towards the horizon. I have never thought of it before and I do not intentionally go out and look for this type of motive. But I have tons of pictures looking like this so I apparently like the angle and the symmetrical element.

These photos are takes with my Leica M9 and 50 summicron.

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In this the line towards the horizon is broken up but one could with ease imagine where all the lines would end up.

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Like in this one. Shadows, forms, colors and the lines.

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In a perfect world I would have waited 0,3 sec so he and his shadow would line up a little more even…

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The national museum of modern art in Tokyo has a perfectly designed entrance, and on top of that some really cool exhibits!

Check it out

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On the narrow streets underneath the subway lines going from Akihabara there are a countless number of shops and restaurants.

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Even this small fish market in Sapporo I managed to capture a frame looking like this. Thins to the left that lines up with thing to he right…

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And in this shopping mall, the same photo again.

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Ok, this one deviates a little bit from the norm but its quite similar.

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On my way to Yanaka. I was told that It should represent the “old” Tokyo. How it looked 50 years ago. I make a post later with some more photos, but I was a little bit disappointed. I do not now if I was told wrong or if I just had the wrong image in my mined of how it should look…

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This is taken from Sapporo Tower. Again the same lineup, apart from the high point.

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Yanaka cemetery. Beautiful place. Quiet, calm and millions of miles away from Tokyo’s neon and noise. Great escape only a couple of stations away from it all (and this perfect lineup!)

Now when I have noticed that I usually take these type of motive I need to figure out how to take better ones, or how to change my direction…

/Thomas Tanisawa