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This was taken near a giant Gundam robot in Tokyo. It's not only a great spot to take photos of the robot, but also a great place to people-watch. A lot of cute Japanese kids come here and I enjoy taking photos of them just as much! Some people ask me if it's weird to take photos of the kids or whatever. I don't think so, especially not in Japan. All the parents are totally cool with it. I think there is some kind of a Western fear-based hang-up that there must be something inherently strange about it... but I certainly don't feel that way - cute kids are awesome and fun to photograph!

you can get this look with the natural lens flare when shooting with a lens like the 50mm f/1.4 (this was a Leica) and if you aim into the sun with it a little bit in the corner. If you were to draw orthogonal lines from the lens-flare-curve, it would point exactly to the sun.

Tokyo, Japan