The Best Ever????

 












Please see below for the Japanese translation!

This may very well go down as the best photography trip I have ever done.

The reason is simple: the cloud shots. 

Since landing in Japan three years ago, I have dreamed of capturing a landscape with drifting clouds. 

I saw some pictures that a friend took that accomplished that goal; they were stunning!

Let's back up!

Several months ago, My friend Stuart and I decided to do the Shiminami Bike Tour. This is a very well-known bike route that goes along the Japanese coast. Given my desire to take time to photograph, we decided to spend six nights and seven days doing this trip. We returned from that trip several days ago. 

Ironically enough, the most climatic day started with rain. However, we decided to persevere and did the uphill route on our electric assist bikes to the top of the Kirosan Observation Point. 

The weather at the top was very erratic: partially cloudy to very cloudy and everything in-between. 

At one point, I said to Stuart that I had a feeling that the light was about to go magical. I hustled to the top of the lookout and then spent 10 minutes photographing as the clouds continuously moved around my 360 degree view. It was undoubtedly the most amazing site I have every seen!

The views were gorgeous to begin with. Add the cloud movement, and those views went into the realm of spectacular! All of the cloud shots on this page were taken during those ten minutes. 

It is one thing to capture a beautiful scene without the feeling of movement and the variation that comes from cloud and fog effects. It is even better to capture the show nature provides as the clouds move freely about. 

Thank you to Stuart for organizing the trip! 

Thank you to Japan for making this possible!

All the best!

Bob 

 

日本語訳は下記をご覧ください!

これは間違いなく、私がこれまでに行った中で最高の写真撮影旅行と言えるでしょう。

理由は単純明快です。雲の写真が撮れたからです。

3年前に日本に降り立って以来、私は流れる雲のある風景を写真に収めることを夢見てきました。

友人が撮った、まさにその夢を叶えた写真を見たのですが、本当に素晴らしかったのです!

少し話を戻しましょう。

数ヶ月前、友人のスチュアートと私は下南サイクリングツアーに行くことにしました。これは日本の海岸沿いを走る、とても有名なサイクリングルートです。写真撮影に時間をかけたいと思っていたので、6泊7日の旅にすることにしました。数日前にその旅から帰ってきました。

皮肉なことに、最も天候が激しかった日は雨で始まりました。しかし、私たちは諦めずに電動アシスト自転車で登り、キロサン展望台の頂上を目指しました。

頂上の天気は非常に変わりやすく、薄曇りからどんより曇りまで、あらゆる天候を経験しました。

ある時、スチュアートに「この光景、まるで魔法みたいだ」と伝えました。急いで展望台の頂上まで登り、360度の視界を遮る雲が絶えず動き回る様子を10分間撮影しました。間違いなく、今まで見た中で最も素晴らしい光景でした!

もともと景色は素晴らしかったのですが、そこに雲の動きが加わると、まさに壮観の域に達しました!このページに掲載されている雲の写真はすべて、その10分間に撮影したものです。

雲や霧による動きや変化を感じさせずに美しい景色を捉えることも素晴らしいですが、雲が自由に動き回る自然が織りなすショーを捉えることは、さらに格別です。

旅行を企画してくれたスチュアートに感謝します!

この機会を与えてくれた日本に感謝します!

それでは!

ボブ

 

Nihongo-yaku wa kaki o goran kudasai! Kore wa machigainaku, watashi ga kore made ni itta naka de saikō no shashin satsuei ryokō to ierudeshou. Riyū wa tanjun meikaidesu. Kumo no shashin ga toretakaradesu. 3-Nen mae ni Nihon ni oritatte irai, watashi wa nagareru kumo no aru fūkei o shashin ni osameru koto o yumemite kimashita. Yūjin ga totta, masani sono yume o kanaeta shashin o mita nodesuga, hontōni subarashikatta nodesu! Sukoshi hanashi o modoshimashou. Sūkagetsumae, yūjin no suchuāto to watashi wa shimonan saikuringutsuā ni iku koto ni shimashita. Kore wa Nihon no kaigan-zoi o hashiru, totemo yūmeina saikuringurūtodesu. Shashin satsuei ni jikan o kaketai to omotte itanode, 6-paku 7-nichi no tabi ni suru koto ni shimashita. Sūjitsumae ni sono tabi kara kaette kimashita. Hinikuna koto ni, mottomo tenkō ga hageshikatta hi wa ame de hajimarimashita. Shikashi, watashitachi wa akiramezu ni dendō ashisuto jitensha de nobori, kirosan tenbō-dai no chōjō o mezashimashita. Chōjō no tenki wa hijō ni kawari yasuku, usugumori kara don'yori kumori made, arayuru tenkō o keiken shimashita. Aru toki, suchuāto ni `kono kōkei, marude mahō mitaida' to tsutaemashita. Isoide tenbō-dai no chōjō made nobori, 360-do no shikaiwosaegiru kumo ga taezu ugokimawaru yōsu o 10-funkan satsuei shimashita. Machigainaku, imamade mita naka de mottomo subarashī kōkeideshita! Motomoto keshiki wa subarashikatta nodesuga, soko ni kumonougoki ga kuwawaru to, masani sōkan no iki ni tasshimashita! Kono pēji ni keisai sa rete iru kumo no shashin wa subete, sono 10-funkan ni satsuei shita monodesu. Kumo ya kiri ni yoru ugoki ya henka o kanji sasezu ni utsukushī keshiki o toraeru koto mo subarashīdesuga, kumo ga jiyū ni ugokimawaru shizen ga orinasu shō o toraeru koto wa, sarani kakubetsudesu. Ryokō o kikaku shite kureta suchuāto ni kansha shimasu! Kono kikai o ataete kureta Nihon ni kansha shimasu! Soredewa! Bobu 

 

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