u/otacon7000

Usually, Kyoto hardly sees any snow at all, unless you venture out toward the mountains. But this year in February, we got a full day of snow in the entire city. I took a nine hour walk that day, shooting lots of photos and enjoying the amazing, serene atmosphere. It was quite magical.

2026-07-11, Osaka Tsuruhashi. A small alley next to the station, lined with Izakayas, most of them closed or in the process of closing up, as it was just a few minutes before the last trains of the night.

In a different subreddit, I just compiled a list of "affordable" auto-focus full-frame prime lenses for the L-mount for someone. I thought it might be worth leaving that list here, as well.

• SG-image AF 35mm F2.2 for ~$160
• SG-image AF 55mm F1.8 for ~$200
• SG-image AF 85mm F1.8 for ~$290
• Meike AF 35mm F2.0 for ~$200
• Meike AF 35mm F1.8 PRO for ~$380
• Meike AF 50mm F1.8 for ~$170
• Meike AF 55mm F1.8 for ~$330
• Meike AF 85mm F1.8 for ~$180
• Meike AF 85mm F1.8 SE Mark II for ~$200
• Meike AF 85mm F1.8 PRO for ~$340
• Meike AF 85mm F1.4 for ~$470
• TTArtisan AF 40mm F2.0 for ~$130
• TTArtisan AF 75mm F2.0 for ~$160
• 7Artisans AF 24mm F1.8 for ~$260
• 7Artisans AF 35mm F1.8 for ~$240
• 7Artisans AF 50mm F1.8 for ~$180
• 7Artisans AF 85mm F1.8 for ~$240
• AstrHori AF 85mm F1.8 Mark II for ~$200
• Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8 for ~$470
• Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 Chip for ~$100
• SIRUI AURORA AF 35mm F1.4 for ~$550
• SIRUI AURORA AF 85mm F1.4 for ~$450

EDIT: I might have done this work in vain; u/ableal has helpfully pointed out this very useful website that lists L-mount lenses - it can be filtered as well!

I guess the theme is self-explanatory. So far, these shots have been very "opportunistic", so to speak. But I really took a liking to them, so I plan on intentionally looking for and taking a lot more of them going forward. Any feedback appreciated.

I started taking night-time pictures in Japan at the beginning of 2024. First, I only took pictures of empty streets, devoid of people. I liked them, but I kept being told that my pictures were lacking a subject. Unwilling to take pictures with faces in them, I tried the "walking away" aesthetic - and fell in love with it. Here is a selection of 15 of those shots. Lumix DC-S5M2 with 35, 50 and 85mm prime lenses. Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Kanazawa. Let me know what you think!

Tried to take more-or-less the same shot of all of the convenience stores - apart from Seicomart. Got all pictures in a single night. Was really hard to find matching stores. Not only did the layout and size have to be a rough match, but I needed them to be in rather isolated spots, with nothing lit up in the background. Plus, I needed a lot of space in front: I used a laser range finder to take all shots from ~20 meters away. Still, they don't line up perfectly. All taken in Kyoto, with a Canon EOS 6D, 50mm prime lens.