Sunrise In The Land Of The Rising Sun.

[Bifurcator]

Taken from a moving car - doing about 120k/m down the freeway.

120 Kilometer Sunrise
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- Enjoy!
Crits and comments always welcome!

 

[ToddB]

That is a cool photo. I like it! :thumbsup:

 

[tirediron]

Nice work!

 

[Bifurcator]

Wow, those were quick responses... Thanks guys! Appreciated!

 

[LaFoto]

Thank you!
I am enjoying the sight of this!
Who did the driving??? :raisedbrow:

 

[kundalini]

Great shot, great color.


**reminder to self: must get to Japan**

 

[Bifurcator]

LaFoto:
Thanks! A girlfriend of mine for the past 30 years was driving. (girlfriend here generally means just friend). Although I guess I could shoot and drive on the freeway... Never tried that I can remember. <scratches head>

Kun-Man... if you ever do look me up! Let's grab a beer together!

There are little villages (or communities) like this scattered all over Japan although most of the country is still very much uninhabited. The colors are real, I sharpened it up some and cropped out the freeway divider (bottom). The uber-green clumps that speckle the ever-greens and hardwoods there are bamboo patches. Much more beautiful than this photo portrays - for sure! They're like fronds of lime which jet out from the mountain-sides.

 

[RandyB]

Nice one! I always wanted my wife to drive while I take shots.

 

[The Empress]

Nice shot, especially since you were shooting form a moving object lol

 

[Bifurcator]

Nice one! I always wanted my wife to drive while I take shots.

It's hard and even harder without Anti-Shake! I guess it depends how far away the subject is and how bright the day is tho. Mine almost never turn out. I appreciate the comments, thanks!

Nice shot, especially since you were shooting form a moving object lol

Yu, exactly.
Thanks for the comments!

 

[Coldow91]

The colors are great, and the clouds rising out of the valleys is really cool.


my only complaint is that is seems oversharpened but maybe that's just me

 

[Bifurcator]

Nope, you're right. I had my choice of slightly over-sharpening it or having incredibly flat looking forests. I did one level of sharpening on the entire frame and then a sharpen on just a selection of everything below the clouds. I guess my other option was to "color select" really narrow bands of the different green hues and make them shift them further apart in the green/yellow channel but I went for the lazy man's option and let it be over-sharpened a little.

Good eye!

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated!

 

[rjackjames]

Great work and stunning colors

 

[poppy67]

Cool shot from a moving car.. I love the colour of the sky!

 

[Bifurcator]

Great work and stunning colors

Thanks! I appreciate that Mr. James.

Cool shot from a moving car.. I love the colour of the sky!

Thank you! Yeah, it definitely classifies as a "lucky snap-shot". And I just love it when I can record and share something that looks and feels pretty much the same as the original expirience or sight.