Ooo a photo contest. I almost always post my Japan photos in the Photo Lovers community, but I'll have to see what I can dig up for this contest.
I like your angle here. We could have a title something like "floating away" or "and then they left me". Also I like the monochrome. As anyone who reads my posts know, I find monochrome to be the superior format for photos (though I'm a bit of a hypocrite and often do post color photos).
You know for years I always carried a tripod everywhere. It was just part of my daily carry. In Japan most expats (regardless of age) always carry around a backpack, so I fit right in with my pack full of camera gear. But lately I have started leaving it at home as well as most of the gear, only taking my camera itself and one lens. Whew, it does make travel much easier!
The shooting angle, sun and reflections made almost NO COLORS in it anyway. So there was no much reason to levae those few still managed to show up. This is original, in color:
Re tripods:
Ha ha... The modern optical stabilization in lens PLUS on the sensor - claim up to +6.5 stops improvement, which makes tripod more and more just left resting in the closet. Ha ha
What a beautiful shot!
POB photo contest? I'm in.... 😊😊