2017 Tokyo Meet Up

[Akira]

Yesterday (Nov. 25th) Dave (David Paterson) and Mike (Mikes) and I met up again in Tokyo.  We visited Rikugien garden to shoot the abundance of autumn colors.  This thread is dedicated to the pictorial report of the meet-up.

Just like our previous meet up on Nov. 24 2015, we were blessed with the finest weather we could wish, and had a great time shooting and chatting.

Just to indicate how abundant the autumn color was, I will post a start-up image.  You might think my image is oversaturated, but this is fairly "natural".

I shot all images exclusively with Panasonic GH5 and Olympus M.Zuiko 25/1.8.

Stay tuned!

FWIW, this is our travelog of the meet up in 2015:

http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,2057.0.html

[Mongo]

lovely fusion and transition of nature's colours

[Akira]

lovely fusion and transition of nature's colours

Thanks, Mongo.  Will post more!

[Akira]

Here are a few examples of the transitional colors.

[Frank Fremerey]

Thank you, Akira. Love to see meetups and seening tje photographic results. Wonderful colors

[David Paterson]

Lovely colours and compositions; I sometimes think that autumn colours are deceptively difficult to shoot well, but these are beautiful.

Because I am on a very tight timeline until we head back to Scotland, I'm just going to post all my choice images at one go - sorry 'bout that.

1.  En Route to Rikugien.
2. Stone Lantern.
3. Tre Colore
4. Contorted black pine.
5. Useless tent.
6. Weeping line.
7. Before and after the fall.
8. Rowan family
9. Susuki grass.
10. Homeward.

[Fons Baerken]

excellent images you both thanks for sharing

[Akira]

Dave, thank you for processing and posting solid (as always) images despite your packed schedule.  The color of your image looks elegant.  And thank you for kind comment on my images.

Wish you enjoy your remaining stay in Japan in a better health condition and a safety flight back to Scotland.  I'm looking forward to seeing you again soon!

Thank you, Akira. Love to see meetups and seening tje photographic results. Wonderful colors

excellent images you both thanks for sharing

Frank and Fons, thank you for dropping by and kind comments.  Hope you would enjoy our further posts!

[Erik Lund]

What a Great idea! And great images Clearly the light was with you

[Mikes]

Some great images so far. We were lucky with the weather - plenty of sunshine and not too cold. The park was crowded with sightseers and photographers, and it was not easy to get clear shots. Here is my contribution.

1) Stone lantern with Japanese pine
2) Old potting shed in a quiet corner
3) Park lake
4) Japanese susuki grass and gate
5) Stone lantern
6) Crossing the stone bridge
7) Sunlit patch in a dark corner
Seed pod
9) Last rays of the sun

[Akira]

Mike, thanks for the follow up.  Love the atmosphere you captured in #3, 6, 7 and 9!

Partially because I only worked with the standard lens, it was difficult to get clear shots free of crowds.  So, I mostly looked upwards and down wards. 

Here are some brilliantly red leaves.

[Akira]

And these are a bit of abstractions.

[Akira]

What a Great idea! And great images Clearly the light was with you

Thank you, Erik!  Hope you enjoy our further posts.

[Akira]

Maple leaves are ones of the most challenging motifs of Japanese autumn, simply because they are typical and popular.

[Mikes]

Love the atmosphere you captured in #3, 6, 7 and 9!

Thanks, Akira.

Partially because I only worked with the standard lens, it was difficult to get clear shots free of crowds.  So, I mostly looked upwards and down wards. 

Here are some brilliantly red leaves.

Rubberneck syndrome in the park!

You have some great reds there, Akira. I particularly like the images with the bright blue sky background that provides such as contrast.

It seems that we may have caught the last of the autumn colours.