The Akihabara district in Tokyo is an overwhelming display of lights. The former electric power district for the whole city of Tokyo, it has now transformed into a tech/games/shopping area. Blocks and blocks of bright shining lights, taking up every possibly square foot of space on the outside of the building. I sat at this intersection for over an hour, waiting for that moment to capture someone alone in all this chaos. Patience paid off and not only did I get a solo walker crossing, I got someone obscuring their face.
After you get over the initial holy crap, I’m standing a foot away from a king penguin, you come down to earth and start taking in the subtleties of each of these wondrous creatures. Each with its own personality, its own bravery in how close to approach us humans, its own watchful curious eyes, the windows to the soul. While it is an innate tendency of human psychology to anthropomorphize non-human subjects, I like to think that at least somewhat, these beautiful creatures were just as curious about us as we were of them. Gold Harbour, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Google Maps Location photo was taken from: http://goo.gl/Z82Bcb
This adorable penguin chick was mesmerized by my camera and I for some reason, even though there were so many others who had the same, taking photo after photo like I. Who knows, maybe we were just meant for each other. While other penguin chicks were waddling and running around like 2 year old kids in a candy store, this one sat still and posed for me not more than a few feet away, for probably a good few minutes. When you get to see these beautiful creatures in the wild and observe them naturally, everything just fades away, your mind goes quiet and you become one with nature. How I wish I could be back there at this very moment. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Google Maps Location photo was taken from: https://goo.gl/PJfNdM
