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posted: January 31st, 2010 |
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The photos on this page continue with January 24th and go through the end of the month. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| January 24th Continues From Page 3 |
The first 2 shots here are by Kazuya - ice on the rock with me, followed by a shot along the trail after we left the side of the creek. The 3rd shot is the first shot of our goal - Hyakuhiro Waterfall. This one is again, "water in motion", and was shot at 1/20th second, F3.5 and ISO 80. You should really go back and take a look at the photos taken here in January, 2008 if you want to see some incredibly icy winter waterfall photos. The link is HERE and it will open in a new window (or tab).
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Here are 3 more shots of Hyakuhiro Waterfall. The first was shot at 1/4 second, f7.1 and ISO 80. The 2nd shot was taken at 3/10 second, f7.1 and ISO 80. The 3rd photo was taken at 3/10 second, f8.0, ISO 80.
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The first Image in this row is a composite image of 4 photos. There is also a larger version JPG file HERE (2.6 MB). The 2nd shot, another "water in motion" shot, was shot at 1/2 second, f8.0 and ISO 80. The 3rd photo was shot at 1/5th second, f8.0 and ISO 80.
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Here is the final shot of Hyakuhiro waterfall. It was taken at 1/2 second, f8.0 and ISO 80. The 2nd shot is a weird kind of icicle hanging from a rock, just above the creek. It was taken at 1/4 second, f7.1 and ISO 80. The 3rd shot is the same weird icicle, but zoomed in more. It was taken at 1/4 second, f7.1 and ISO 80.
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Here is a final weird ice shot - taken at 3/10 second, f8.0 and ISO 80. The 2nd shot is, of course, Kazuya.
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As we hiked back down the trail to the bus stop we caught the moon rising over the mountain. The 1st shot is zoomed just a little, but the 2nd shot is somewhat blurred and distorted because it is zoomed to the maximum my camera can zoom - 48x.
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On January 30th Kazuya and I went to Jindai Botanical Garden, near our house, to check and see if the Plums have started to bloom nicely yet. Although still quite far from the peak of blooming, we found many Plum Blossoms and took several photos. The first and 3rd shots are, however, Adonis sp. flowers - this is a threatened species in the wild. These are planted here. The center shot in this row is a reflection on the pond. It is out of chronological order for landscape mode and portrait mode balance.
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Here are 3 shots of Plum Blossoms. The 1st shot is Tone-Mapped and I also used Shadow Illuminator Pro on it. For the 2nd shot I used a fill-flash to illuminate the front of the flowers. The 3rd shot, a beautiful one, has had nothing done to it.
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Here are 3 more shots of Plum Blossoms. The 1st and 3rd shots have had nothing done to enhance them. I Tone-Mapped the center shot to bring out the beautiful pink color.
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The first shot here is a Cropped and Shadow Illuminated photo of a Hamamelis sp. single flower. I made sure that I shot this at a small aperture to get everything in focus. The 2nd shot has had Shadow Illuminator Pro used on it to brighten it up a bit. The 3rd shot has been both Tone-Mapped and had Shadow Illuminator Pro used on it.
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On January 31st we went to Nogawa Park. We found more Shibateranthis pinnatifida and took several photos, but I was disappointed in all of mine. We did get some really amazing photos of a Daurian Redstart or Jobitaki in Japanese (Phoenicurus auroreus). The first collage here is 3 of the best and the 2nd photo is a very nice one too. This bird was so amazingly cooperative - it just sat there and sat there. We had to wait several minutes for it to move at all.
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| End January 31st, End Page 4, End January 2010's Photos |
Here are links to separate web pages. The first link shows some photos of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our Sharp Aquos TV. The 2nd link shows our entire DVD collection in DVD Profiler (if you're asking yourself what might be good to rent for the weekend). The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased. You can click on the "Title" Column to sort that way if you desire. The 3rd link takes you to a set of pages which show you the FRONT coverart of all of our DVDs.
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| February 22, 2009 DVD Collection, Movie of Home Theater System & TV Pictures (new window) |
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