{"id":1557,"date":"2010-07-01T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-07-01\/1557"},"modified":"2010-07-01T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T15:05:15","slug":"snowy-new-year-trip-day-three-dam-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-07-01\/1557","title":{"rendered":"Snowy New Year Trip Day Three: Dam Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRoad Less Traveled<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

It's been months since I last wrote about our New Year trip to Toyama\nPrefecture<\/a>, several hours' drive north from Kyoto. It was a<\/span> pleasantly\nphotogenic trip, yielding nice shots such as\n\n“Bridge Over Icy Water<\/a>”,\n“Deceptively Clear: Snow-Covered Mountains in Exquisite Detail<\/a>”, and\n“Snowy Mountains<\/a>”,\nas well as visits to historic Shirakawago Village<\/a>\nand Gokayama Village<\/a> during a blizzard.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The story had ended with “Snowy New-Year\nTrip: Start of Day Three<\/a>” and the start of a long<\/span> walk that\nAnthony and I took,<\/span> so that's where this post picks up....<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 60 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSteep, Snowy, and Snowing More<\/span>\nbut luckily no cars\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSnowbanks<\/span>\nare meant to be destroyed by seven-year-olds\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 720 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nIt's a Big<\/span> Job <\/span>\nbut someone's got to do it\n<\/div>\n\n

You can see from the slope on either side of the road how steep the\nmountain is, with the road simply notched into it. Looking over the edge, I found<\/span> a bamboo<\/span> grove bending under the weight of the sticky snow<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStraining<\/span>\nnot to buckle under\n<\/div>\n\n

It was about this time that I took the photo labeled both “Boring” and “Powerful, Sort Of” on my\n“Stupid Tone-Curve Tricks: A Half<\/span> Dozen Develop Presets for Lightroom<\/a>”\npost in March. Here's the “Powerful, Sort Of” version:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPowerful, Sort Of<\/span>\nProcessed in Lightroom as described here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

It looks all the more powerful when contrasted to most shots on this\npost because the others have an overall lack of contrast (they feel washed\nout \/ dull) due to the heavy snow that was falling.<\/p>\n\n

Another look at the falloff....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 27 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThere's a Guard<\/span> Rail Under That Snow<\/span>\nI hope\n<\/div>\n\n

I'm always impressed at how much snow a thin<\/span> branch can hold when the snow is wet and sticky...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLaden<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

That's nothing compared to this<\/a>, but like I\nsaid,<\/span> I'm easily<\/span> impressed.<\/p>\n\n

About this time the first car went by, followed a couple<\/span> of minutes later by a second.<\/span>...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRush Hour<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

And then we reached level to the top of the dam that our lodge faced<\/a>...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nContrasty B&W<\/span>\nbecause the straight-up shot is so very dull\n( Is this one not dull? )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

There's lots more to share... hopefully I can<\/span> do so before another three months passes...<\/p>\n\n

(UPDATE: I did, with a week to spare: story continued here<\/a><\/i>.)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It's been months since I last wrote about our New Year trip to Toyama Prefecture, several hours' drive north from Kyoto. It was a pleasantly photogenic trip, yielding nice shots such as \"Bridge Over Icy Water”, \"Deceptively Clear: Snow-Covered Mountains in Exquisite Detail”, and \"Snowy Mountains”, as well as visits to historic Shirakawago Village and Gokayama Village during a blizzard.<\/p>

The story had ended with \"Snowy New-Year Trip: Start of Day Three\" and the start of a long walk that Anthony and I took, so that's where this post picks up....<\/p>

You can see from the slope on either side [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}