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posted: November 30th, 2014 |
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This page continues our Autumn Color Adventure of November 16th. On this page we begin at 12:59 PM, after having traveled from Okutama Station to Sawai Station by train. On this page we'll be hiking on the Tama River trail from Sawai to Mitake. We'll be passing by the Famous Ginkgo Tree on the way. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| November 16th Continues from Page 1 (at 12:59 PM) |
Now we have taken the train from Okutama Station to Sawai Station. We stopped at the Sawanoi Sake Brewery and each had a small cup of sake and now we are standing on the footbridge over the Tama River at Sawai. The first image is a 2-shot panorama and the 2nd photo is a single shot. Note the pretty nice Fall Colors, the fisherman in the river and the trail in the lower right corner of the photo. We'll be hiking that trail from here to Mitake.
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Here are 3 great Autumn Color shots of a beautiful Red Maple. Unfortunately that footbridge over the river is closed at this time. In one of the typhoons last year a tree fell down across it and although you cannot see any damage in this first photo, the rail is knocked down for around 3 meters.
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These three photos are of the same tree that we showed you in the row just above, but from different angles.
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These three photos are also of that same tree as in Row 2, but again, from different angles.
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The first shot in this row is the final shot of that same tree. The second shot is looking upriver at a nicely colored riverside. The spot where all of those people are gathered happens to be popular for bouldering practice. In the 3rd photo you can easily see all of the chalk marks on the rocks there and you can see at least three people climbing up the rocks.
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Here is one more shot of the colorful bouldering spot looking upriver. The 2nd image is a Tone-mapped one created from 3 exposure-bracketed photos and it came out very nicely. This one is looking downriver. The third shot shows that we have arrived at the Famous Ginkgo Tree! The lighting is actually quite poor now (1:39 PM). This location is more photogenic in the early morning.
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Here are three more shots of the Famous Ginkgo Tree at Mitake. We were kind of disappointed in the lighting and, although it doesn't really show up here, the tree still had some leaves which were somewhat green. What's your opinion of the most stunning shot of the twelve Ginkgo/Red Maple shots that we show you here?
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And here are three more shots of the Famous Ginkgo Tree with Red-Maple leaves in the foreground framing in the top of the photos.
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And three more!
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Here is a shot looking upriver at more Autumn Colors. In this photo you can see some kayakers practicing their sport. The second shot shows the Famous Ginkgo Tree with no Red-Maple framing. The third shot is the final one which shows the Famous Ginkgo Tree with Red-Maple framing.
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Now we have moved a ways upriver. What we'd like you to notice in the first and third photos - in addition to the kayakers - is the yellow reflection on the water. In the third shot you can, of course, see that it comes from the Famous Ginkgo Tree.
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Both of the images in this row are Tone-mapped from exposure-bracketed photos. I wanted to try this to see if I could really bring out that yellow reflection on the water, but it did not work as well as I was hoping for. I waited for all of the kayakers to move away so that the photos would not be marred by humanity on the river.
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The first image in this row is also a Tone-mapped one. The reds are a little oversaturated due to the tone-mapping, but it's pretty (and pretty nice too). The second shot is the Famous Ginkgo Tree and was shot from above while we were standing on the bridge which you can see in the first photo in this row.
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I (actually Kazuya) found an interesting piece of wood for me to play with. He spotted it a while after I commented that I should have picked up the very large knot which we had passed earlier and which I had picked up and studied for a bit, but decided it was too large. This piece is also quite large, but at least I was able to fit it into my pack. Upon close examination I determined that this is actually s small tree stump and those two "horns" are part of the root structure. I gave it some preliminary work and got rid of all the garbage on it with a large and coarse wood rasp, but that's all I've done so far. I'll try to remember to take some photos of it after that preliminary work and put them on page 3.
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| End November 16th, End Page 2 |
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