Author: Benoist

Flowers & Flowers

Shinrin Koen in Saitama is not only a nice park if you have kids, but also if you like flowers.

Impressive setup for portrait: they were checking the outcome live on the monitor.

Lupins from the Shinrin Koen.

Another lovely shot (in my view) from Shinrin Koen: a poppy flower!

Probably my favourite picture from our visit to Shinrin Koen: beautiful afternoon light playing with fresh green plants on the

Just three elements short of a perfect shot for stock photography: wrong focus, misplaced chair and no signed model release!

Enjoying a coffee, under the sun – well, almost.

ND 1000 filter: 20s exposure in the middle of the day!

Young Japanese couple on a date in Shinjuku Gyoen.

Taking my 16/35mm for a walk. This was my first L lens, now almost 10 years old and still producing