Taxi, by Shirren Lim

Even though I visited it before, I love Tokyo. I love the city ward of Shinjuku with its many large entertainment and shopping area. I spend many of my days walking up and down Shinjuku, photographing its many beautiful and busy crossroads. I preset my camera at f/9 with a shutter speed of 1/250 in order to still the motion of this fast moving vehicle. I love how the black and white taxi blends perfected to the black and white stripes on the road.

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | February 12
Award Score: 67 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 13)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Street Photography
Photograph Location: Tokyo, Japan

Photographer: Shirren Lim (Jakarta, Indonesia) Registered
Born in Penang Island, Malaysia, in 1970, Shirren would find herself moving cities over the course of her life. She is now based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Shirren took up photography in 2009, as she thought it would be an interesting habit, later she discovered it as her true passion. Shirren loves portraitures best. To her, the expressions people wear are so beautiful, so telling, so uncovered in their sincerity. With her photo-taking, she tries and does justice to capture humanity in its many forms. Shirren’s work has been described as intense and earthy with her simple composition cutting to the heart of the subject matter. As a child, she had flipped through many of her father’s National Geographic magazines, but it was Steve McCurry’s 1984 “Afghan Girl” that she recall two decades later. That is what she wants to do with her life. She believes, someday, she can able to capture that one moment that could change the world. Her work has appeared in several web and printed magazines.

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