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“You have to remember that the sun is always there, Vladik, even if you cannot see it. Often it is hidden, obscured, obstructed, but only that. So understand that this will end. And you will know that warmth again and see in its light. And it will get lighter – just promise me you’ll not forget this. It will be better, believe me.”
Fyodor Dolokhov, Officer, War and Peace
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There are storms and then, well, there are storms. Such as those that change the light so quickly you look at your watch. As on this occasion when an untimely darkness in my apartment made me glance at my own. Wait a minute, I thought, it couldn’t be…nah, then I went outside onto my balcony just to make sure.
A sky hung low over a city awash, heavy bellied with an impenetrable cloud. The sun was gone and Shinjuku reduced to apparition. Suddenly the day was out of sync and only westwards was there a remainder of normal afternoon colours. Unfamiliar as the setting was the insistent swshhh of rain on the river. Elemental drama. Sweet.
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Captured with the EOS 400D, EF 28-70mm, ISO200, f9, 1/100
What a beautiful quote + pic. Would recommend other viewers to click-for-big