By Alex
“Weather not as expected” is usually used in a negative sense, but it can also be positively interpreted as a pleasant surprise. Photographer Yokota Yuichi (@yokoichi777) was on a flight passing over Tokyo Skytree when he looked out the window and was amazed to see Mount Fuji rising majestically over a hundred kilometers away. The clear, cloudless skies made the sight “unexpected.”
THE TOKYO SKY pic.twitter.com/zeQ2sFqSPm
— Yokota Yuichi / Photographer (@yokoichi777) December 1, 2020
As a photographer, he naturally snapped this beautiful scene right away. Despite the two layers of glass, his photo still has remarkable clarity—you can not only see the texture of the Tokyo Skytree structure, but many netizens were even able to spot their own homes or workplaces. In his lens, this small photo not only showcases the urban beauty of Tokyo, but also subtly conveys the message that “the world is vast, and we are small.”
This is TOKYO.
— Yokota Yuichi / Photographer (@yokoichi777) December 1, 2020
Edited by @Lightroom Classic
4K Available#teampixel #GooglePixel5 pic.twitter.com/uqW1aeiHZd
Many netizens were curious about how Yokota captured these photos. Perhaps surprisingly, his answer was: “I just used a Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 5 phone to take the shots through the glass window, then did some slight editing in Lightroom Classic.”
▲A plane flies past Tokyo Skytree with a distant view of Mount Fuji. (photo by yokoichi777 @Twitter)
▲Netizens can spot their homes or workplaces in the photos. (photo by yokoichi777 @Twitter)
Some netizens got creative, using the flight simulation game Microsoft Flight Simulator to “recreate” Yokota’s photo by taking screenshots from the same location—with fairly impressive results. Even more coincidentally, another netizen shared a photo with a very similar composition that also captured Mount Fuji. He guessed the two might have been on the same flight route.
▲Other photos Yokota took on that flight. (photo by yokoichi777 @Twitter)
▲ (photo by yokoichi777 @Twitter)
▲A netizen’s screenshot from the flight simulator game, mimicking Yokota’s photo. (photo by Psyhodelikus @Twitter)
▲Another netizen also captured a similarly framed photo. (photo by fushimimea @Twitter)
Source: Yokota Yuichi