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posted: November 30th, 2012 |
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This page continues November 10th, starting at 2:40 PM. Now we're hiking up the Tama River from Sawai Station to Mitake Station. There are only 12 more photos from the 10th and then we go to November the 18th and a return trip to the Okutama and Mitake areas. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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Now we are still hiking up-river from Sawai to Mitake and taking photos of Autumn Colors as we hike. Here are 3 great shots of Fall Colors. The 3rd one is the FAMOUS GINKGO tree at Mitake. This was already too late in the day to get any really great photos, unfortunately. We'll have to come back to this place, probably next weekend. In the center photo note what a great multiple use area this is - people practicing their rock climbing skills, 2 rafts full of people coming down-river and, in addition, you can't really see in this photo, but there was also a kayaking event going on today.
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Here are 2 shots of the FAMOUS GINKGO Tree. If you're interested, we go to this area every year and you can do a search for the Mitake Ginkgo and find several more visits here in other years. In 3rd position you can see some of the ropes strung across the river which the kayakers had to go through for their event.
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The Mitake Bridge makes a nice frame for the fall colors in the first shot. Such amazing colors!
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Here are final 3 photos which we'll show you from this adventure - of the 500+ photos which we kept from this date!
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Now it's November 18th and we have returned to the Okutama Area. We kept nearly 700 photos which we took on this date, we'll show you about 83 of those photos. Today we will be taking you up the road which goes to Nippara, in search of Autumn Colors. We were rather surprised that we found such good fall colors here today. After we finish up in the Nippara Area we'll take the train back to Mitake and visit the Famous Ginkgo tree again. The first photo in this row shows a hill near Okutama Station. You can see where the sun is, so this side of the hill was totally shaded. I took 3 exposure-bracketed shots and then created this image from those 3 exposure-bracketed shots using Photomatix Pro and the Details Enhancer option. The 2nd shot is a small Ginkgo Tree near a shrine which is a 5 minute walk from Okutama Station. The 3rd shot was taken from the bridge over the Tama River, also about a 5 minute walk from Okutama Station
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The first shot in this row is also very close to Okutama Station. The 2nd shot was taken as we were walking up the road which goes to Nippara and it is actually a 2-shot panorama. When we arrived at Okutama Station it was 45 minutes before the next bus going this direction, so we decided to walk part way. All 3 of these shots exhibit nice Autumn Colors.
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The first shot in this row has some very nice red colors in it. The 2nd shot also shows some nice colors. The 3rd shot is of an old (and obviously, abandoned) railroad bridge. It was taken looking back towards the sun, so the lighting is interesting (and was a bit difficult).
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The first 2 shots here were taken while we were still hiking up the road, but the 3rd shot was taken after we caught the bus and took it to the end of the line. This is Inamura Iwa (Rock). We've brought you here before, most recently in September 2009 HERE starting right in row #1 (new tab or window). You'll note that the peak of Fall Colors has already passed at the elevations shown here.
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Here are 3 more images of beautiful Inamura Iwa (Rock). All 3 of these images are panoramas. The first image is a 3 shot panorama while the 2nd and 3rd images are 2 shot panoramas, but taken at significantly different zoom factors.
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Now we are hiking down the road from Higashi Nippara Village back towards Okutama. I don't know the name of that river or creek down at the bottom of the valley. This is some very steep country, wouldn't you agree?
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Some very nice reds in this row.
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Here are 3 more nice shots of red fall colors.
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Some brilliant yellow colors on the mountain. Nothing was done to enhance these 2 photos to make that yellow more brilliant, the photos just came out like that. The 3rd shot is another nice Red Maple.
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These 3 shots are of Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). This patch of these trees was obviously planted, this is not a naturally occurring species here. Why and when is a mystery!
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The first shot shows the Limestone Quarry which is apparently the reason for this road's existence. The 2nd shot is Kazuya standing on a bridge. The 3rd shot shows more colors on the mountain.
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These 3 shots all show the same valley, taken at different zoom levels and different angles.
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The first 2 images in this row were both made with Photomatix Pro software from 3 exposure-bracketed photos using the Details Enhancer Option. It's been a few years since I have shown what this software actually does, so I have shown the 3 original exposure-bracketed shots which were used to make the center image. The 3rd shot has had nothing done to it, just some nice colors.
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Some nice colors.
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The first 2 shots in this row were taken very near the Kawanori Bridge Bus Stop, from where we took the bus back to Okutama Station so that we would have time to go to Mitake and see the Famous Ginkgo Tree once again (remember, we went there on November 10th and the colors were not so great yet). The 3rd shot was taken after we arrived at Mitake. The angle looks strange because it was taken from the Mitake Bridge over the Tama River, looking down at that fabulously Red Maple Tree.
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The first shot in this row is the Famous Ginkgo Tree, taken from the Mitake Bridge. The 2nd shot is another taken looking down from the bridge. The 3rd shot shows me taking photos from the bridge, looking down at the Red Maple Tree. Now you can imagine exactly why the angle of some of these photos looks so strange.
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The 1st and 3rd photos in this row show that fabulously red maple tree shown just above, from under it. Now we are on the walking trail you saw in the previous photos. The center photo is obviously the Famous Ginkgo Tree. It's VERY YELLOW this weekend!
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The 3 photos in this row all show the Famous Ginkgo Tree. These images are all larger than regular size, I hope that they fit on your monitor.
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Three more shots of the Famous Ginkgo Tree.
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And 3 more Famous Ginkgo Tree photos.
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The 3 final shots (on this page) of the Famous Ginkgo Tree. Daniel is shown in the 1st photo and Kazuya is shown in the center photo.
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| End Page 3, but November 18th Continues on Page 4 |
| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 4 for the continuation and conclusion of today's adventure and also the conclusion of November's photos. This page ends at 12:55 PM and Page 4 picks up at 1:01 PM. |
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