Indeed, that’s something I could try when I go there with the intention to take pictures; it’s not something I can do when I’m just snapping pictures while yelling “just a sec, I’ll be right there” to my family. I have a 9-stop ND filter, tripod, etc., and would like to put them to good use there. Not sure whether I can use a tripod inside, though. Will have to check that out.

I like ’some bozo’, but shame about that white panel board thing on the bottom right.

Actually, I placed that into the composition on purpose. I want every photo I take to be ready for publication on the cover of a magazine, so I put the white board there to provide a spot for the magazine’s bar code. (After noticing the guy I had only a moment to frame and take the shot. Sometimes you deal with what you’re dealt.)

“Zooming Up for a Sense of Scale” is nice but you don’t need so much of the upper dark scaffolding. Try halving it, and/or getting a steeper view down towards the lower floors.

I’d love a steeper view down… will bring my helicopter next time! The darkness of the scaffolding reflects (so to speak) my mistake in setting the exposure. In real life, you could see inside to the suspended walkway more than the photo illustrates. —Jeffrey

“Wide-Angle View from the Left” is nice but unfortunately straddles the line between ‘kind of interesting’ and ‘impractical’. It’s a cool shot but not great, and difficult to use as a print piece, there’s no consideration for text. If you’re looking to create photography for publication, consider composition that favours space for type. If your photography is not for that, or for personal usage, please forget what I said.

Cheers for the effort! I’m down in Shikoku, hanging out in the inaka of Ehime. It’s nice to find intelligent interesting photography that’s based in Japan. Mata ne,

Chris