single photos Pines at Marunouchi, Tokyo, Winter 2002

This is in the center of Tokyo, Japan, in front of the Imperial

Palace, but the falling snow has mostly hidden the signs of the

city - buildings, cars, and electric poles, perhaps revealing the

trees just as the original gardeners intended.

Great shot. I live in Tokyo too and when I saw the title, the first thing I thought was that this was a very old scan. Tokyo like I've never seen it before...

What do you think about this cropping?

Break a rule,take a great photo.I also agree with the crop.

And thanks for the suggestion re cropping, Saeid. It does look cleaner your way, and perhaps the trees at the side in my print are distracting. I'll try it in the darkroom and see.

 

My reasons for leaving them in, in the original, were 1. To draw the eye away from the center to look at the other detail, and 2. to suggest the continuation of the scene on either side.

Very good. I love tree pictures and this is a very attractive one.

This is lovely- like a pen and ink sketch.