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posted: November 30th, 2012 |
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This page begins and ends with November 3rd and a trip to Daibosatsurei, in Yamanashi Prefecture. The first photo on this page was taken at 9:17 AM and the final photo on this page
was taken at 1:03 PM. The weather ranged from nearly 100% cloudy to nearly 100% sunny. By the way, all together we saved over 600 photos from this trip, so these have really been culled to show you only the best ones. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin November 3rd |
Well, as the header says, on Saturday, November 3rd, Kazuya and I took a trip to Daibosatsurei, in Yamanashi Prefecture for Autumn Color viewing. We had planned to climb up to the summit of Daibosatsurei (2,056.9 m = 6,748 ft), but we took a bus from Kai-Yamato Station and when we arrived at the end of the bus line we realized that all of the good fall colors were already below us. We looked up at the mountain and the trees were bare up there, so what to do?! We discussed it and decided to just hike down the road which we had just come up in the bus. It was mostly cloudy when we started out and the first photo shows colors, but they are very subdued due to the cloudy skies. The 2nd shot was taken using the "Vivid Mode" of my camera and although it was not THAT colorful, it gives a better idea of what we were seeing than the first photo does. The 3rd shot is a Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) forest, it was so very yellow.
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The first 2 photos in this row show that we were starting to get some sun. That's a Japanese Larch forest up there. The 3rd photo is looking up at the summit of Daibosatsurei, doesn't look very colorful, eh.
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The first photo in this row shows some pretty good color. The 2nd photo is Kazuya - he looks warmly dressed because it was only 5° Centigrade (41° F) here. The 3rd photo shows some more nice colors.
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Some nicely colored Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) in the first 2 photos. The 3rd shot is a nicely colored Red Maple.
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More Larch Forest in the 1st photo, followed by a nice red maple and then a yellow maple.
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Mixed species of trees in this row, nice colors, eh?
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Maple and Larch colors in all 3 of these photos.
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Colors. The 2nd photo shows Daniel (me). The 3rd image is made up of 3 exposure-bracketed photos, combined in Photomatix Pro using the Tone Compressor Option. The grass is Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis).
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I'll just say WOW for this row.
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In first position in this row is a close-up of a Susuki Grass Head (Miscanthus sinensis). In 2nd position is some kind of oak - possibly a Chestnut Oak. The 3rd shot is obviously a Red Maple.
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There was such a huge Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) Forest on this side of the mountain that it was amazing. The 3rd shot shows some nice red.
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Amazing Japanese Larch forest, eh? The 2nd and 3rd shots show you the top of Daibosatsurei again. The 3rd photo is zoomed in, of course.
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The first shot shows some mixed forest, Larch, Maple, Birch and more. The 2nd and 3rd shots were taken from near a reservoir which we passed. The 3rd shot is looking down into the water with some nice colors between us and the water.
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The first shot in this row is another with the reservoir behind the nicely colored maple tree. The 2nd and 3rd shots show more of an overview of the reservoir.
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Now let's continue down the road. What can I say about these 3 photos? I'll let the photos themselves do the talking.
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More colors. The 3rd shot is a Thistle - a really huge one! Possibly it's a Fuji Thistle (Cirsium purpuratum). It looks like the same one we saw last month on Mt. Fuji.
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Here are 2 more shots of the (maybe) Fuji Thistle (Cirsium purpuratum). The first one has a nice colorful background and the 2nd one shows Kazuya for scale. The 3rd shot shows more nice colors.
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More nice yellows. Nice wires and tower in the 2nd shot, eh. I tried to Photoshop them out, but it was too big of a job and I finally gave up on it. The 3rd shot is a nice red maple.
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Here are 3 very nice maple shots. Such wonderful Autumn Colors this year it seems.
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A beautiful Red Maple in first position, then some more larch trees with a jet vapor trail and then more red maple leaves.
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Another Oak in first position, maybe Chestnut Oak. More Japanese Larch forest (Larix kaempferi) in 2nd position.
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Here are two 16:9 shots. The 2nd one was taken using Vivid Mode, but I reduced the saturation with Photoshop so that it looks much more like what our eyes actually saw.
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A Red Maple, Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) and another yellow colored maple tree.
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Once again, I'll let the photos do the talking.
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And, here too, I'll let the photos do the talking. There are 13 more shots from this trip on Page 2, not so many.
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| End Page 1, but November 3rd Continues on Page 2 |
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