I’d arranged to skip work today due to the typhoon — but by the afternoon, the storm had passed and blue sky opened up, so I headed out to practice with the camera.
Outside, bikes had been blown over and small branches littered the road — traces of the typhoon everywhere.
After my last attempt at Haneda Airport (where I hadn’t been able to see many planes from the island), this time I went to Keihin-jima Tsubasa Park, north of the airport island. By bike, of course.
This park is on the north side of the runway — you can watch aircraft take off and land across the water.
↑ The bike is in shade but the airport behind it is blown out — a failed shot…
Since I bought the double-zoom camera kit, this is a great spot to test the telephoto lens.
Some veterans had already claimed their spots with tripods and super-telephoto lenses — radiating serious photographer energy.
I decided not to let that bother me. Time to try.
A plane coming in — with another one right behind it…
Not bad, actually.
A different aircraft.
Thinking about it later, the typhoon probably caused lots of cancellations, so there might have been fewer flights than usual.
There’s an airport near my hometown too, but this is the capital — planes come one after another.
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Beautiful clearing skies after the typhoon. This was taken from a pedestrian bridge over the expressway on the way to Keihin-jima.
On the way back, I also tried shooting a train.
I got a few looks (the shooting spot was at a level crossing, which probably made me look like a train spotter), but hmm. A train in shade isn’t ideal. The timing of the shutter was okay though.
Finally, near Kamata Station at night. Having a camera that handles low-light situations opens up a lot more possibilities compared to a compact.
