James

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Photographer - Maker of Nits https://jamesgalt.photo

Sunset over the fells seen from a garden, a single conifer silhouetted against gold light breaking under a band of cloud, dark shrubs in the foreground.
A horned Swaledale sheep with a dark grey face and cream fleece standing on cropped green grass, looking directly at the camera.
A long wooden jetty running out into Windermere, sunlight breaking through cloud and glittering on the water, a low wooded island in the distance.
Looking straight down onto the sawn end of a fallen tree trunk completely covered in coins hammered edge-on into the wood, worn copper and green, radiating from the centre.
Close view of the bow of a varnished wooden rowing boat on grey shingle, a mooring rope looped from its stem, a red-painted keel beneath, other boats behind.
A red telephone box beside a tree on a hilltop, looking down over the grey rooftops of Bowness village toward wooded fells under a soft overcast sky.
Looking through the tall glass facade of a multi-level shopping complex at criss-crossing escalators lit warm gold, several people riding them between floors, a shop unit visible at the bottom left.
A high wide view over Tokyo at sunset, the silhouette of Mount Fuji on a glowing orange horizon, the dense city below with lights coming on and the Sumida River winding through it crossed by lit bridges.
The Tokyo Skytree at night seen from its base, looking up the tapering lattice lit green and gold, a bright white light at the observation deck against a black sky.
A green-painted steel truss bridge at dusk, its girders lit warm amber from below against a deep blue sky. Retro lamp posts with glowing white globes line the deck, low town buildings sit beyond, and the road is wet underfoot.
A seafood stall at a covered market, a bed of crushed ice mounded with oysters labelled as Ishikawa-grown, surrounded by trays of packaged fish, scallops and crab with handwritten price cards. A vendor stands behind and a customer photographs from the left, an oyster poster above.
A single large yukitsuri cone of ropes over a pine at dusk, reflected with pink sunset clouds in a still pond, reeds in the foreground and a pine branch arching in from the right.
Garden workers installing yukitsuri winter supports on a large pine: one man stands high on a tall aluminium ladder tying ropes that radiate down from a central pole above the tree, two others in hard hats and work clothes below among ladders.
A close-up of a Japanese maple in full red autumn colour, the wet star-shaped leaves crowding the frame against a soft green and red background.
A rainbow arcing into a dark grey sky above a hillside of trees in full autumn colour, gold and orange lit by low sun, with a sloping stone castle rampart at the right and a hedge and fence along the bottom.
A negroni, deep red over ice in a faceted tumbler on a coaster, lit warm on a pale bar top with rows of backlit bottles softly out of focus behind it.
The Tsuzumi-mon gate at Kanazawa Station at night, a massive wooden gate of crossed timber lattice lit warm orange, standing in front of the station's large glass-and-steel dome. Several people stand silhouetted beneath it.
The interior of a traditional Japanese inn room at dusk: tatami floor, shoji screens, a low table with legless chairs and a glowing paper lamp. In the back wall a large round window frames a single pine branch against a small garden going dark outside. A wooden table with a teapot sits in the warm-lit foreground.
A coupe glass of vivid green cocktail with a frothy top sits on a dark wooden bar beside a tall bottle of Japanese liqueur labelled Aphrodite Blue Pearl Liqueur, its contents shading from clear to deep blue at the base. Out-of-focus bottles and an empty tumbler sit behind under warm bar light.
Sunset over forested hills, layered green ridges in shadow below a sky of golden and grey cloud lit by the low sun, a single bird in flight near the centre.
A three-storey vermilion pagoda and temple hall standing on a wooded ridge above the city of Kyoto at golden hour, the buildings and a tall crane on the plain below, a mountain range and dramatic cloud behind, a single bird in the sky.
The city of Kyoto framed through the thick vermilion pillars and painted beams of a temple structure, the polished stone floor catching warm light, low mountains and a cloudy sky beyond the buildings.
A thatched-roof teahouse set in a temple garden, partly hidden behind a large gnarled tree and a big mossy rock in the foreground, with maples turning red and orange and dense green trees behind.
Two women in kimono seen from behind, one in pale pink holding up a parasol, the other in cream with a red-lined hem, walking toward a tall stone torii in golden morning light, an inscription carved down the torii's pillar.
A wooden chozuya, or purification basin, with a bamboo spout pouring a thin stream of water onto vivid green moss and a small fern growing at the lip, the surrounding structure weathered dark.
A wide view along the Kamo River in the morning, traditional wooden machiya houses lining the left bank above a low stone embankment, a riverside path on the right with a few walkers, and tree-covered hills in the distance under a cloudy sky.
Golden hour at the castle moat: a huge sloping stone rampart in shadow on the left, calm water reflecting an orange sky, and a tall apartment tower lit by the setting sun above autumn trees on the far bank.
An elevated view over Osaka in golden late light, low buildings sprawling toward distant mountains and a tall dark office tower on the right. In the bottom-right corner sits one of the castle's golden shachihoko roof ornaments, level with the skyline; autumn trees fill the park below.
The main keep of Osaka Castle lit by low afternoon sun, its white walls, green-tiled roofs and gold trim rising above a stone base, framed by autumn trees. A large crowd of visitors gathers on the plaza in front.
Inside a diagonal glass tube escalator at night, the arched structural ribs lit blue and receding to a small golden opening far ahead. A woman with long hair, seen from behind, rides up toward the light, another figure ahead of her.
Looking straight up through the open gap between the two towers of the Umeda Sky Building at night. A large ring-shaped rooftop observatory is lit gold, with diagonal escalators and a blue-lit glass sky bridge crossing the void below it, framed by the dark glass walls of the towers.
A wide, near-empty city intersection at night, a large curved building rising behind it. At street level, trees and low pillars are lit purple and blue, lit office windows stacked above, with a few cars and a bus on the road.
A katana displayed behind glass against a black background, resting on cream silk draped over a stand. The scabbard is finished in elaborate gold lacquer, the hilt wrapped in black cord with gold fittings, and a pale cord hangs down the front of the cloth.
The view from inside a traditional tatami room, out through open wood-framed sliding doors onto a sunlit moss garden where a stone lantern stands among maples and clipped shrubs. A low wooden bench sits just outside, the dark interior framing the bright greenery.
A tall, narrow Don Quijote store on a quiet morning street, its full height covered by a vertical yellow, red and black sign with a penguin mascot mural near the base. Low sun rakes across an empty intersection with power lines overhead and a red postbox at the right.
A yakiniku restaurant on a quiet street at night, its yellow-and-red tiled facade lit by neon signs reading Yakiniku and 88, with vertical red kanji for charcoal-grilled meat. A bicycle leans against air-conditioning units to the left, an A-frame menu board stands out front, and a taxi waits at the right edge.
A calm pond at dusk reflecting a wooded far bank, where two low wooden teahouses, one thatched, sit at the water's edge among pines. A wooden trellis walkway runs along the right with a few people on it, and a small jetty extends into the water.
A broad garden pond in warm late light, a long low wooden bridge crossing it with a single figure standing on it. Behind the far bank, clusters of tall apartment towers and construction cranes glow gold and reflect in rippling lines down the water.
A large, broad black pine with a wide spreading crown standing alone on a sunlit lawn, its trunk and branches warmly lit. Faint office towers and a line of trimmed shrubs sit in the background under a blue sky.
A narrow side street in low afternoon sun, lined by a metal-clad building on the left and a stone facade on the right, with a single street tree and a glass office tower closing off the far end. A lone figure walks away down the lit road, painted markings on the asphalt in the foreground.
Two young women pose side by side on a lawn, both wearing kimono, one taupe with a gold sash and the other teal with a pink sash. They look toward the camera with slight smiles, green grass and pine trees softly blurred behind them. The woman on the left holds a smartphone down at her side.
The Nijubashi stone bridge arching over the Imperial Palace moat, its two arches reflected in the water, with a sloping stone rampart on the left and a white-walled turret among trees behind, under a clear blue sky.
Looking down from a rooftop at the red-brick Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station with its domed roofs, the station platforms and tracks stretching away to the right and glass skyscrapers rising behind, under a blue sky with scattered cloud.
Looking straight up inside the glass hall of the Tokyo International Forum at the roof structure: a long elliptical lattice of white steel ribs spanning between two large dark columns, with a pale glass canopy above.
A still pond in a Japanese garden, its far shore lined with clipped shrubs, rocks and trees, one maple turning orange. The trees and a row of buildings behind them reflect in the water, with fallen leaves scattered across the surface.
Across a pale wood sushi counter, a single piece of nigiri topped with a silver-skinned fish, grated ginger and chopped scallion, sits on a green bamboo leaf beside a small mound of pickled ginger. Behind it, two masked chefs in white coats work near a wooden rice tub and an acrylic stand holding a sign that reads Aomori, Ōma.
Looking up into a multi-storey shopping atrium at a large suspended sculpture: an orange cat in an astronaut suit riding atop a silver-and-white rocket shaped like a plane, surrounded by hundreds of small red darts strung on wires. Escalators and balconies recede on both sides.
A man stands in the middle of a wide pedestrian crossing on a busy shopping street, holding a clear-topped umbrella overhead. He wears a dark kimono and haori printed with a repeating monogram and a sash reading Louis Vuitton, one hand raised, looking toward the camera. Shoppers cross around him.
Tokyo Skytree rising far above a band of low-rise buildings under a wide sky of broken cloud. A pale bridge railing runs across the foreground, and a cyclist with a backpack rides along the right-hand edge.
A blue upholstered armchair with a sculpted back and distinctive curling, horn-like armrests on slender chrome legs, photographed straight on against a glowing white backlit panel.
A museum corridor with deep rose and maroon walls and rounded arches receding into the distance; a person in a bright pink shirt and dark trousers stands in profile by a window, on the phone, with a doorway to an orange-lit room at the far end.
The colorful townhouse fronts of Nyhavn along the canal in golden evening light, wooden sailing boats moored in the foreground, restaurant awnings and crowds at the water's edge, and a gull crossing the blue sky.
The Copenhagen Opera House across the harbor, its broad flat roof cantilevered over a curved glass front, with a small open boat carrying a few people in the foreground and industrial chimneys on the skyline behind.
View through a dark stone gateway out to a sunlit courtyard: an ochre building with green-framed windows, a curved bicycle rack, and cobblestones beyond.