Posted by Daryl (Amagasaki, Japan) on 6 July 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.
Passing under the shinkansen (bullet train) tracks on my way home.
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Another interesting shot giving a glimpse of the city, I like seeing other parts of the world. Great BW Daryl.
6 Jul 2008 6:08am
@Observing: Thanks Mike!
The wires and overall jumble of structures in the shot creates a really interesting composition and the contrasty b&w creates a far more interesting and darker mood than the kind of brochure image idea I have of Japan.
6 Jul 2008 7:08am
@Richard_Irwin: Thanks Richard. This is a very typical scene... many overseas visitors really are surprised at what the Japanese landscape looks like. You really appreciate how rural and green England is in comparison after a few years!.
Typical urban scene! I love it I can feel the summer sun warming by back ;)
6 Jul 2008 8:08am
@kiji: Oh! Thanks kiji!
Great urban shot. Thanks for sharing your views on your town!
6 Jul 2008 1:35pm
@standley: Thank you standley!
neat. this is kind of a random question, but do bullet trains make much more noise and shake everything around them in comparison to regular old-fashioned-type trains?
6 Jul 2008 8:11pm
@danthro: Its a much lower, deeper noise and vibration, not rattling around like a train; I want to call it 'subsonic' but I have no scientific knowledge to back that description up (just a lifetime of sci-fi shows...).
I'm reminded of Murakami's description of trains in Japan --in his book"Underground."
7 Jul 2008 8:41am
@Twelvebit: I have read some of his books but not that one - what did he say?
He was writing about the Sarin gas attack on the subway some years ago, but I found the cultural differences and attitudes very interesting. I can't even imagine, say, a New York Transportation Authority employee, doing some of the things the train company employees did in Tokyo. I don't mean bad things --but sort of innocent things done without thinking about the personal risks.
7 Jul 2008 3:29pm
@Twelvebit: I have heard of that book, I should check it out...
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