Daily Photo: The best smile in Shinjuku!
September 27, 2008 · Print This Article
I took this shot during the Autumn Equinox Festival at a shrine along Ome Kaido in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. I had already taken like 150 shots of the festival goings on, but toward the end I started to focus on faces in the crowd. I saw this ojisan (older Japanese man) pedal up and right away his unique smile caught my eye. I took two shots of him. I hand no idea until I got home and looked at the print I had made of the photo that he was looking right into my camera.
I’m still not sure he was, I didn’t get that feeling when I took the shot. Nevertheless, I hope he doesn’t mind because the title of this post is not meant to be ironic or sarcastic in any way. Every person I’ve shown this photo too has been given a moment of joy by it. I had a print made for myself and have had it up on my whiteboard ever since. I even made one for Aya too.
EQUIPMENT USED:
- Nikon D80
- Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens
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This picture is classic….ahahah
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