{"id":1266,"date":"2009-07-24T17:57:17","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-07-24\/1266"},"modified":"2009-07-24T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T08:57:17","slug":"ishigaki-day-3-coral-beds-near-taketomi-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-07-24\/1266","title":{"rendered":"Ishigaki Day 3: Coral Beds Near Taketomi Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In my previous post<\/a>\nabout our recent\ntrip to Ishigaki Island<\/a>\nin southern Japan, I mentioned<\/span> that we'd taken a side<\/span> trip to the small but nearby\nTaketomi Island<\/a>. The trip involved<\/span> a 15<\/span>-minute ride in a boat<\/span> similar to...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nSimilar Boat, as Seen From Our Own<\/span>\nPhoto by Anthony Friedl<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 4500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nInside Our Boat<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 45 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nChecking the Sights<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nArrival on Taketomi<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nBusy Port<\/span>\nPhoto by Anthony Friedl<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony took the picture above likely due to the whale-themed boat in\nthe center, but it turns out that we made an impromptu decision to see the\ncoral in a glass<\/span>-bottomed boat, so we ended up getting onto the boat shown\nat right, for a short<\/span> trip out to some of the many coral beds....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nInside the Glass-Bottom Boat<\/span>\nabove the coral\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSome Fish, Too<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

All the color were muted blues as you see above, but in post processing, I could<\/span> extract a few<\/span> real colors...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFake Real Color<\/span>\nit's likely much closer to reality, but not what you really could see\n<\/div>\n\n

These kind of coral beds were all over the place, creating dark zones in\nthe blue sea. Here's a view<\/span> out the boat window, back toward Ishigaki two miles in the distance....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my previous post about our recent trip to Ishigaki Island in southern Japan, I mentioned that we'd taken a side trip to the small but nearby Taketomi Island. The trip involved a 15-minute ride in a boat similar to...<\/p>

Anthony took the picture above likely due to the whale-themed boat in the center, but it turns out that we made an impromptu decision to see the coral in a glass-bottomed boat, so we ended up getting onto the boat shown at right, for a short trip out to some of the many coral beds....<\/p>

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