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posted: November 30th, 2011 |
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This page begins and ends with November 18th and a trip out to Mitake and hike along the Tama River in search of Fall Colors. Of course this page includes several photos of the famous Ginkgo Tree. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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On November 18th we returned to the Tama-River area and Mitake to check on the progress of fall colors there - specifically the area of the Famous Ginkgo Tree. You may recall that we visited the Famous Ginkgo Tree on Page 1 - Row #16 (November 5th) and that the colors had barely started appearing at that time. Well, as you can see from these 3 photos taken from the Mitake Bridge - there is no lack of color now.
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In first position in this row is another shot of the Famous Ginkgo Tree taken from the bridge. In 2nd and 3rd position are shots taken as we hiked the path from the bridge down to the river. Some very nice colors in the Red Maple Trees can be found on this path. The 2nd image is actually a 2 shot panorama.
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Here are 2 additional shots of the Famous Ginkgo Tree as we hiked down to the river. In the first shot you can see the bridge. Sandwiched between the 2 shots of the Famous Ginkgo is an additional shot of a nicely colored Red Maple.
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Here is a shot of the Famous Ginkgo with the bridge and the nearly vertical river cliffs used as a frame. The 2nd shot was taken as we hiked the path downstream from the bridge to the area of the Famous Ginkgo. The 3rd shot was zoomed in quite a bit from about the same place as the first shot in this row.
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Here are 3 shots of the Famous Ginkgo Tree with some Red Maple Leaves for contrast.
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And 3 more shots of the Famous Ginkgo Tree. It's important to keep in mind that we come out here to see this Famous Ginkgo Tree nearly every year and that it is beautiful every year. If you want to see additional year's photos please click on the "Google Search" box below - the results will open in a new window.
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In this row are 2 shots of the Ginkgo Tree and 1 shot of Red Maple.
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Here are 3 incredible Autumn (Fall) Color shots all showing both the Famous Ginkgo Tree and also Red Maple. The center image is a 2 shot panorama.
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And 3 more amazing Autumn (Fall) Color shots. The 2nd photo was shot with the Red Maple in focus and the 3rd photo was shot with the Ginkgo in focus.
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Hope that you don't mind that here are 3 more shots of the Ginkgo and Red Maple Trees.
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Now I am standing on a footbridge which cannot be seen from any of our shots - it is just a hundred meters or so downstream from the Ginkgo. In both of the first 2 photos I am looking downstream. The 3rd shot was taken from about the same location as the photo directly above it in Row #10, but this shot is zoomed in more.
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Let's take a break for lunch! Here is the beautiful Soba Noodle and Tempura Lunch we ate just uphill from the Famous Ginkgo. We could see the Ginkgo tree from the restaurant window where we were sitting. The 2nd photo shows the back side of the restaurant - this is the main entrance. After lunch we went back down to the river and the sun had mostly disappeared behind the clouds - so the next few photos were taken under cloudy conditions. I think that sometimes I prefer cloudy conditions for photography.
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Here are 2 final shots of the Famous Ginkgo - with a cloudy sky. The 3rd shot was taken as we hiked down-river from Mitake to Sawai.
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Now we are standing on the footbridge very close to the Sawanoi Saké Brewery. The first 2 shots were taken looking up-river and the 3rd photo was taken looking down-river. You'll note that the sun reappeared for a while.
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Here is a final shot taken from the footbridge - this one was again taken looking down-river. The 2nd shot, taken from the steps of the Sawanoi Saké Brewery Tasting Room, is a High Dynamic Range Photo created with Photomatix Pro from 3 exposure-bracketed photos. For this one I used the Tone-Compressor Option. The 3rd shot was also taken from the steps of the tasting room and it shows the outdoor seating/eating/drinking area of the Sawanoi Saké Brewery.
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