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posted: November 30th, 2011 |
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This page begins - and ends - with November 5th, a trip to Mt. Mitake (929 m = 3,048 ft), Mt. Hinode (902 m = 2,959 ft) and then down to the Tama River to check the Fall Colors and the Famous Ginkgo Tree. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin November 5th |
On November 5th Kazuya and I went out to Mitake, took the bus to the bottom of the cable car and then took the cable car to its termination point. We hiked from there to the summit and along the way we walked through the area where we always find the Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) in August (q.v. or go to the All Photos List and do a text search). We found a few nicely colored Red Maple leaves. Three shots are shown in this row.
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In this row are 2 shots of different Arisaema limbatum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) seedheads and sandwiched in between them is a seedhead of Anemonopsis macrophylla (Rengeshouma in Japanese).
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Here are 3 more nicely colored Red Maple trees. The fall colors are getting quite nice at this elevation (929 m = 3,048 ft).
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In this row are some nice orange Autumn Colors.
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The first image in this row shows 3 exposure-bracketed shots of a rest hut and then an image which has been Tone-mapped from those 3 shots. The software used was Photomatix Pro and I used the Details-Enhancer Option. The blue bench was removed with Photoshop. The 2nd image was also created with Photomatix Pro using the "Unwrap Mirror Ball" menu item. The base image was the one in the 1st shot in the row.
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Here are 3 very nice shots of Red Maple trees.
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Here are 2 shots of Red Maple. The 3rd shot shows some nearly purple leaves of some unknown vine.
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WOW! Here are 3 amazingly colored shots of Enkianthus campanulatus. This bush exhibited the best fall (autumn) colors of anything we saw all day.
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Here are 3 more shots of Enkianthus campanulatus. The center shot also shows me - for scale.
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Here is a shot - obviously posed - of Kazuya. That is followed by another ""Unwrap(ped) Mirror Ball" of the next image. The third image is once again 3 exposure-bracketed shots which have been Tone-mapped with Photomatix Pro using the Tone-Compressor Option. The 3 original exposure-bracketed shots are also shown. The colors at this particular spot are probably the best we have ever seen. The 3rd image brings the colors out nicely - although a little bit exaggerated.
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Here is an example of Tone-mapping with Photomatix Pro Tone-Compressor Option where I used only 2 exposure-bracketed shots. The 2nd and 3rd shots show some fall colors on a grass roof at Mt. Mitake.
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After finishing up on Mt. Mitake we hiked out to Mt. Hinode (902 m = 2,959 ft) to see what fall colors or flowers we could find there. We found some nice Red Maple leaves as well as this Gentiana scabra var. buergeri (in center position).
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We were fully expecting to find this small very late fall flower and we were not disappointed. It is Swertia japonica or "Senburi" in Japanese. Note how some flowers have 4 petals and some of them have 5 petals.
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Here are 2 more shots of Swertia japonica or "Senburi" in Japanese. The Senburi in the 3rd shot is an amazingly tall specimen. Sandwiched between those 2 shots is another amazingly bright colored example of Enkianthus campanulatus.
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Here are 2 final shots of Swertia japonica or "Senburi" in Japanese. Nice how those bright colored Maple Leaves just happened to be there, eh!
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Here is a Thistle Flower against a red-leaved tree - amazing! The 2nd shot was taken along the trail as we hiked back from Mt. Hinode to Mt. Mitake. After we finished up on Mt. Mitake we went down to the Tama-River to check the progress of the famous Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) tree. As you will note in the 3rd shot - it is still mostly green.
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Here are 2 more shots of the famous Ginkgo Tree. It is starting to get some color to it. We'll have to come back again though.
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Here is a final shot of the Ginkgo tree. Then we hiked down to Sawai and the Sawanoi Saké Brewery. The 2nd shot in this row was taken from the footbridge near the Saké Tasting Area.
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| End November 5th, End Page 1 |
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