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posted: November 30th, 2010 |
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This entire page of photos was taken on November 14th during another trip to Mitake to see the Famous Ginkgo Tree. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin November 14th |
As I said on the previous page - we had already decided to return here to Mitake today and hope that the light was better than it had been yesterday in the late afternoon. That means that there are several more photos of the Famous Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba) on this page. The first 2 photos in this row show you the Ginkgo Tree from above - we were standing in a parking lot of an inn when we took these shots. For the 3rd shot we have once again returned to the river-side and are shooting through the branches of the Red Maple Trees.
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Here are 3 more shots of the Famous Ginkgo - taken through the branches of the Red Maple Tree. The center photo is VERY interesting.
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Here is an additional shot of the Ginkgo in first position, followed by a shot of Kazuya under the Red Maple Tree. The 3rd shot is the Ginkgo Tree with nothing else.
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Now we are leaving this side of the river and heading for the other side. We will cross the footbridge. The first shot was taken from the footbridge looking back. The 2nd shot is 2 photos which have been stitched together. The 3rd shot was also taken from the footbridge and it shows the highway bridge (with people standing up there taking photos) and it is nicely framing some good colors.
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The first photo in this row is zoomed in to the colorful trees shown in the image directly above this image (in Row 4). The 2nd shot shows where we were taking photos of the Famous Ginkgo Tree. We were standing under that Red Maple Tree taking photos of the Famous Ginkgo. In the 3rd shot I was actually standing under the Famous Ginkgo and taking pictures of the Red Maple Tree!
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In the first 2 shots in this row I was also actually standing under the Famous Ginkgo and taking pictures of the Red Maple Tree! The 3rd shot shows the Red Maple with nothing else around it. Very surprisingly there were not so many people out here taking photos this year - usually this area is packed with photographers at this time of the year. Maybe people were thinking it would still be too early for fall colors?
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Now we are walking upstream on the opposite of the river from where we started. We are looking back at the Famous Ginkgo Tree in all 3 of these shots.
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We are still walking upstream here. Note the kayakers in the first photo. The 2nd image is 2 photos which have been stitched together to show more horizon. The 3rd photo is zoomed in to the colorful tree shown in the center photo.
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Now, we have crossed back to the side of the river where we started out. We crossed over on another footbridge and we are now walking back towards the Famous Ginkgo. You can also see kayakers in this first photo. The 2nd photo exhibits some nice colors and the Tama River through the Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis). The 3rd shot selects just one branch of a Red Maple Tree and shows you the Tama River behind it.
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Here is another Red Maple branch. In the 2nd and 3rd shots we have arrived back at the Famous Ginkgo and the sun has actually come out and given us the very best lighting we have seen all day. By the way - these are the final shots you will see of the Famous Ginkgo Tree.
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The first shot here shows some of the photographers shooting the Famous Ginkgo Tree, trying their best to get the photo which can be sold to somebody. In the 2nd shot, we have moved quite a ways downstream walking to Sawai. The 3rd shot was taken from yet another footbridge - the Red Maple Tree is the same as the one in the previous shot.
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For the first shot in this row I zoomed in to the Red Maple Tree shown in the previous photo. The 2nd shot is just a bit different than the 3rd one in the previous row. The 3rd shot was taken from above yet another footbridge very close to the Sawanoi Sake Brewery at Sawai.
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I believe that both of these images were shot from the footbridge mentioned just above. The 2nd image is actually 3 photos which have been stitched together to show more horizontal space.
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The first photo in this row shows a nicely colored tree with a bunch of kayakers gathered under it. The 2nd photo shows some nicely colored trees with a bunch of people practicing their rock-climbing on those rocks. This Upper-Tama River Area is REALLY a multi-use area.
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Here is the same mouseover image which appears on this month's Index Page - in case you got here through a search engine or whatever and did not see the Index Page. The nicely colored image (when you DO NOT hover over the image) was taken on November 14th - it is not shown elsewhere on this page. The mouseover image is the same as the image on Page 1 - the first image in Row 11 - taken on November 5th. Quite a difference from November 5th to November 14th isn't there!
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| End November 14th, End Page 3 |
| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Please continue on to page 4 for the conclusion of this adventure and also for the conclusion of November! |
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