Outdoor Photography of Japan, January 2014

This is Page 3 of 3 - the best of December 2013!
posted: December 31st, 2013

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This page begins with Christmas Day, December 25th, and my 101st climb of Mt. Takao and 45th climb of Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama. Kazuya had to work so I went alone - in search of Frost Flowers on the Keiskea japonica dead stems. They were not so plentiful, nor so big yet. You'll also find the annual "List of Mountains Climbed During 2013" as well as the elevation graph down below the final photo. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin December 25th

On December 25th, Christmas Day, Kazuya had to work so I went out and climbed Mt. Takao for the 101st time and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama for the 45th time. I was specifically searching for Frost Flowers extruded from the stems of the Keiskea japonica plants. I found some, but they were few and they were also small. Here are 2 shots of them. The best we have ever seen and the best photos we have ever gotten were back on Christmas Day in 2010 and you can view those best photos HERE.

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Here are 2 more photos of Frost Flowers.

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FrostFlowerFromDNGRC

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_FrostFlowerFromDNGRC

After photographing the Frost Flowers I continued on to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama. I was thinking and hoping that maybe I could get a photo similar to THIS ONE, but I should have studied that photo before I left the house, because I could not recall the precise composition, so I ended up with something quite different. These 3 images in this row are all the same photo. The first one is the normal JPEG image that the camera saved by default. The 2nd image is a collage showing the previously mentioned photo and also the one I processed from the Digital Negative which I asked the camera to also save. Quite a difference, eh? The 3rd image is the same as the right hand photo shown in the collage.

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ShiroYamaFromDNG_ATRC

The first and third photos in this row are from the same Digital Negative, but processed differently. The center photo is a different one, but also processed from a Digital Negative.

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ShiroYamaFromDNG1_ATRC

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Here are 2 more variations on processing from Digital Negative (same photo as 1st and 3rd in the row above). The 3rd image shows a collage of all 4 different processing attempts of the same photo so that you can easily get a feel for the differences.

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FromDNG1_AT_SIP_ACMultiplyRC

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FromDNG1_AT_SIP_PSHDRRC

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YamaFromDNG4VersionsRC

The first image in this row shows 4 different photos - 3 of them taken on different dates - which show the slide of the sun towards the south as "Diamond Fuji" day (December 21st - bottom 2 photos) approaches. The 2nd image is a 12 photo animation showing the sun setting behind Mt. Fuji on December 21st, 2013 ("Diamond Fuji"). Note how fast the clouds are moving in this animation, which spans only 2 minutes of time!

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End December 25th, End Page 3, End December 2013's Photos, Begin Mountains Climbed During 2013

Here you can find a list of all the mountains which we, or I alone, climbed during Calendar Year 2013. Note that 48 mountains were climbed during 2013 - although not 48 different ones. Numbers in parenthesis (e.g. #87) indicate the number of times I have climbed that mountain since I've been in Japan. You might notice that we only climbed 7 new mountains during 2013.

Mountains Climbed During 2013
No.	Date	Mountain Name	Elev., Ft.	Elev., M.	Location
1	Jan-12-2013	Mt. Takao (#87)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
2	Jan-12-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#35)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
3	Feb-03-2013	Mt. Takao (#88)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
4	Feb-03-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#36)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
5	Feb-23-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#37)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
6	Mar-09-2013	Mt. Mimuro	2,119	646	Tokyo, Mitake Area
7	Mar-15-2013	Mt. Yaguradake	2,854	870	Kanagawa Prefecture
8	Mar-15-2013	Mt. Kintoki (Kintokiyama)	3,978	1,213	Shizuoka Prefecture
9	May-16-2013	Mt. Myojin (Myojingatake)	3,835	1,169	Kanagawa Prefecture
10	Mar-22-2013	Mt. Takao (#89)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
11	Mar-23-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#38)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
12	Apr-05-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#39)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
13	Apr-05-2013	Mt. Kagenobu-yama (#10)	2,385	727	Tokyo, Takao Area
14	Apr-13-2013	Mt. Kakuda (#4)	1,580	482	Niigata Prefecture
15	Apr-26-2013	Mt. Kurotake (#4)	5,882	1,793	Yamanashi Prefecture
16	Apr-26-2013	Mt. Hafu (#4)	5,492	1,674	Yamanashi Prefecture
17	Apr-27-2013	Mt. Kiritou (Kiritouyama)	4,283	1,305	Nagano Prefecture
18	May-18-2013	Mt. Mitake (#35)	3,048	929	Tokyo, Mitake Area
19	May-18-2013	Mt. Hinode (#15)	2,959	902	Tokyo, Mitake Area
20	May-26-2013	Mt. Takao (#90)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
21	May-26-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#40)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
22	June-01-2013	Mt. Ooborayama	1,759	536	Tokyo, Takao Area
23	June-01-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#41)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
24	June-02-2013	Mt. Takao (#91)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
25	June-08-2013	Mt. Kurotake (#5)	5,882	1,793	Yamanashi Prefecture
26	June-08-2013	Mt. Hafu (#5)	5,492	1,674	Yamanashi Prefecture
27	June-09-2013	Mt. Kinashi (Kinashiyama)	5,682	1,732	Yamanashi Prefecture
28	June-09-2013	Mt. Mitsutouge (#3)	5,860	1,786	Yamanashi Prefecture
29	June-22-2013	Mt. Takao (#92)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
30	July-05-2013	Mt. Norikuradake (#3)	7,994	2,437	Nagano Prefecture
31	July-06-2013	Mt. Korenge (#3)	9,075	2,766	Nagano Prefecture
32	July-06-2013	Mt. Shiroumadake (#3)	9,620	2,932	Nagano Prefecture
33	July-15-2013	Mt. Takao (#93)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
34	July-15-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#42)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
35	Aug-03-2013	Mt. Takao (#94)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
36	Aug-03-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#43)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
37	Aug-11-2013	Mt. Mitake (#36)	3,048	929	Tokyo, Mitake Area
38	Sep-20-2013	Mt. Takao (#95)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
39	Sep-21-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#44)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area
40	Oct-14-2013	Mt. Takao (#96)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
41	Nov-08-2013	Mt. Takao (#97)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
42	Nov-23-2013	Mt. Mitake (#37)	3,048	929	Tokyo, Mitake Area
43	Nov-23-2013	Mt. Hinode (#16)	2,959	902	Tokyo, Mitake Area
44	Nov-30-2013	Mt. Takao (#98)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
45	Dec-14-2013	Mt. Takao (#99)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
46	Dec-21-2013	*Mt. Takao (#100)*	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
47	Dec-25-2013	Mt. Takao (#101)	1,965	599	Tokyo, Takao Area
48	Dec-25-2013	Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#45)	2,199	670	Tokyo, Takao Area

End Mountains Climbed, Begin Miscellaneous Material

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