Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Slippery Green Slidy Day of Fun

by Jeffrey Friedl Tue, September 30th, 2008 11:01pm JST (16 years, 6 months ago)

Equal Parts Fun and Terror -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Equal Parts Fun and Terror

At The Brink of Greatness -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
At The Brink of Greatness

Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/8, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos

In my previous post, about fun on our trip to Blumeの丘, I recounted how fun the go-carts were, but that the real fun had only begun. The real fun was a short hill covered with some slippery surface down which you could toboggan.

Toboggans could be rented at $3 for 20 minutes. We rented two for an hour, and had great fun.

First Trip -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/8, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
First Trip

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/8, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos

Race with Daddy -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/8, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Race with Daddy

Returning for Another Run -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/8, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos
Returning for Another Run

Each trip down the short hill took about 10 seconds.

Rocketing -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/8, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rocketing

Head Start -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Head Start

Flying in Formation -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Flying in Formation

Flying Hair -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 56 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Flying Hair

We mixed and matched in every permutation....

Backwards -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Backwards

Two-Man Run -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Two-Man Run

Backwards and Forwards ( Fumie ended this run with a spectacular crash, doing a backwards somersault at full speed ) -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Backwards and Forwards
( Fumie ended this run with a spectacular crash, doing a backwards somersault at full speed )

Headfirst -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Headfirst

Upside Down and Backwards -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Upside Down and Backwards

Both Backwards ( they're receding from the camera in this shot ) -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Both Backwards
( they're receding from the camera in this shot )

I tried a number of runs where I went down backwards ahead of Anthony, facing him with the camera as he followed. It was bumpy and crazy, so for the most part I just kept my finger on the shutter rapidfire and hoped for the best.....

Start of a Run -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Start of a Run

Increasing Speed, Increasing Fun -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Increasing Speed, Increasing Fun

Terminal Velocity! -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Terminal Velocity!

Abandon Hope All Ye Who Slide Here -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Abandon Hope All Ye Who Slide Here

The End -- Hinocho, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 29 mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
The End

I have no idea where the camera's focus was in that last shot, but the fun on Anthony's face is nevertheless wonderfully apparent.

We can't wait to go back.

September	28th,	2008	Magic and Go Carts at Shiga's “Blume-no-Oka”
October	12th,	2008	Kid Play: “Tractor Treader” Blow Up Rolly Thing
January	12th,	2010	First Taste of Snow on Our New Year's Trip
February	8th,	2010	A Visit to the Makino Ski Area, Part 2
May	23rd,	2011	Descending Into a Volcanic Crater (sort of)
November	3rd,	2013	Sliding Down a Mountain Slide, In Style

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All 2 comments so far, oldest first...

Awesome photos and looks like a darn good time. I wish we had one of those here in the States, and I wish this location was closer to my wife’s home town (Hiroshima).

— comment by Scott B on October 1st, 2008 at 7:28am JST (16 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

It looks really funny and scared! I like the first shot. The scary face is very cute!
We will try there!!

— comment by Anonymous on October 1st, 2008 at 6:13pm JST (16 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink