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posted: November 30th, 2006 |
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The photos on this page continue with the descent of Mt. Kumotori, picking up at 9:12 AM on November 5th, and continue through the end of the month. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| November 5th Continues From Page 1 |
The first photo in this row was taken at 9:12 AM, was saved in RAW format, and then enhanced a bit to accentuate the yellows. The next 2 shots show Kazuya on Mt. Nanatsuishi (7 stones Mountain). The first shot shows him as we ascended to the peak and the final shot is at the peak. As you can read, it's 1,757.3 meters (= 5,765 feet).
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In this first photo, taken from the summit of Mt. Nanatsuishi, you can look back at Mt. Kumotori and see the summit hut (look closely). By the way, from the trailhead, to the summit of Mt. Kumotori is a good 5.75 hour hike! The 2nd and 3rd shots show some fall color as we continued our descent.
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Here are the final 2 shots from the Mt. Kumotori descent - 2 more fall color shots.
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| End November 5th, Begin November 9th |
Sometimes we see great sunsets from our office window at Haneda Airport. This one was taken on November 9th and shows Mt. Fuji.
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| End November 9th, Begin November 12th |
On November 12th we went out to Mitake - that's the place where we always find that incredibly yellow Ginkgo, with the Red Maples in the foreground. I think you'll recognize this spot from November's photos of past years (See Special items from 2002, at the bottom of the front page, and also November 2005's photos). The first 2 shots here are the Upper Tama River in all it's splendiferous beauty. The 3rd shot is the Ginkgo Tree.
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Here are 3 shots of the Ginkgo Tree. It's not so great this year. Actually maybe we were only too early for it to be great.
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The first shot here is taken looking through the highway bridge near Mitake Station - it's very steep down to the river. The 2nd shot is a shot of some very nice looking older buildings - taken from underneath the Ginkgo Tree. The 3rd shot is the Tama River, taken from a footbridge.
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One more shot of the Tama River, showing some kayakers and one final shot of the Ginkgo Tree.
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| End November 12th, Begin November 18th |
On November 18th we climbed Mt. Takao and - lo and behold - it looked like downtown. There were more people at the summit than we have EVER seen. The first shot is a nice red branch and the 2nd shot shows the summit crowd - compare this crowd with THIS CROWD - the 2nd shot in that row (new window). Mt. Takao is only 599 meters (1,965 feet), so even the faint of heart can climb it with relative ease. I guess all of these "faint of heart" people went out there to search for fall colors.
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On November 25th Kazuya and I went to Jindai Botanical Garden, the one near our house. We hoped to see some good fall colors more or less in our own neighborhood. It was a bright sunny day and we were not disappointed. All 3 pictures in this row show the red maple leaves.
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The first shot in this row shows one final Maple Tree. The 2nd shot is the Pampas Grass, which they always have growing in the big lawn area - the clouds make it look like there is some smoke or something coming from the heads of the Pampas Grass. The 3rd shot is a very beautiful reflection of Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum and Pampas Grass on the pond. Can you believe this reflection? Nothing was done to this picture to enhance any colors either! There is also a fine larger size JPG file of this shot AND the first shot in Row 12; please check it HERE it's 1.2 MB and 2,000 x 1,355 pixels.
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The first shot in this row is one more of the Bald Cypress/pond reflection - I increased the saturation in this photo, so it's not quite natural. The final shot is a Cacao (Cocoa) (Theobroma cacao) blossom inside of the Jindai Botanical Garden greenhouse.
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| End November 25th, End Page 2, End November 2006's Photos |
This is a link to a separate web page showing a Relatively NEW photo of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our new Sharp Aquos TV. You can see the new DVD Shelf here too.
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| April 1, 2006 DVD Collection, Movie of Home Theater System & New TV Pictures (new window) |
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