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Apr 07 2023 11 Comments

Urban Tokyo pinks

There was a lot of rain this year around peak cherry blossom time, so that, and other, more personal reasons, meant I didn’t really photograph any hanami scenes at all. I did, however, capture some suitably topical urban pinks in a favourite old setting. A photo that also provided me with an excuse to once again show the older, but similarly colourful painted sakura shot.

Urban Tokyo pinks

Urban Tokyo pinks

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  1. Denise says

    4/7/2023 at 10:06 am

    I love these!! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      4/8/2023 at 7:53 pm

      Thanks a lot. I’m especially happy with the second one.

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  2. Sean says

    4/8/2023 at 2:16 pm

    I dunno what’s going on in the first one but #2 is awesome. Those colors!

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    • Lee says

      4/8/2023 at 7:55 pm

      Cheers. Couldn’t believe it when I saw her approaching. Pretty much the perfect match. And luckily nobody else appeared in the frame. Lovely when things work out like that.

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  3. Matthias says

    4/9/2023 at 5:48 pm

    Would you say that the Lady in the first picture is talking over a headset or is she reacting to you taking a photo? They are both so authentic… the very magic of street photography.

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    • Lee says

      4/10/2023 at 8:45 am

      Thanks a lot. And yeah, those fleeting, one-off moments are always special.

      She was reacting to me being at the bottom of the steps. Not what she was expecting when she turned the corner.

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  4. john says

    4/10/2023 at 12:44 am

    Not being one for the more generic sort of images, that could be three reasons to go a bit more rock, but still equally pinku. Goes welll with #2.
    Japansnapping has done an alternative take also!

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    • Lee says

      4/10/2023 at 8:47 am

      Yes, they do go well together. Very different kinds of pink outfits too.

      He has. We were there together at the time!

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      • john says

        4/11/2023 at 1:05 am

        Very different. The first has a ‘Fruits’ DIY look! Shame the footwear wasn’t visible.
        Hah! What a co-incidence, but then he’s found that rock too.

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        • cdilla says

          4/18/2023 at 7:19 pm

          ‘Fruits’ oh man that takes me back. Shame it stopped.

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  5. cdilla says

    4/18/2023 at 7:23 pm

    A beautiful sight, and something I got to see and touch recently thanks to a very patient Lee 🙂
    The lady in pink is very striking too, and more than an agreeable alternative to sakura.

    The second shot will always, I suspect, be in my top ten of yours. Repost as many times as you like.

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