Unimaginable beauty, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

I came to know Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route due to it’s famous snow wall that happen in Spring every year. As we are heading to Japan in November, I didn’t give much thought about going there at first… Until I came to realised we are actually quite near to Toyama Station from our planed trip to Shirakawa-go. Toyama is a usual starting point for the Alpine Route and I decided to see if it’s worth doing a day trip since we are quite near.

After researching, I decide not to visit as it’s near the end of their visiting season so there doesn’t seems much left to see…at least that’s what I thought. Also, there is a high chance that the route from Tateyama Station to Murodo could be close due to heavy snow.

Why I decided to visit anyway? My mind made up the moment I see the beautiful photo of Mikurigaike Pond at Murodo. It’s a gut feeling that this is what will make this journey worth the effort, and I’m so right and wrong at the same time.

2450 meters

Instead of heading into the Alpine Route from Toyama side, I plan an entry from Nagano side to avoid the closure of the route due to heavy snow. We start our journey after a night stay at Matsumoto and leave our luggages behind as travelling light is preferred for this part of the journey.

Garden of lights

Visited Gardens By The Bay last friday and is amazed by the Christmas Wonderland theme held this year.

Especially the “Spalliera” that’s lighted with many many light bulbs, it’s really beautiful! Fits the theme perfectly!

Absolute serene, Arashiyama

If you ever visit Kyoto, the bamboo forest is a place you have to visit. If I were to list out places to visit in Kyoto, Arashiyama is definitely at the top few on the list, the beauty and serenity of the bamboo forest is very worthwhile to make a trip down.

– It’s actually not easy to find the pathway empty as it’s a very famous location, but everyone seems to becomes very quiet while walking along, it’s something I can’t really explain…

Above the rest, Supertree Grove

#Throwback from a beautiful morning I witness sometime ago. 🙂

In case you wonder, these are Supertrees Grove @ Gardens by the Bay, the same place I capture the beautiful light show at this post. 😉

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Awesomely beautiful, Shiretoko Five Lakes

If there’s one place I’m ask to recommend visiting in Hokkaido during spring, there’s no doubt that Shiretoko Five Lakes will come first into my mind.

Sure, there are many beautiful places in Hokkaido.. but I’ll put it this way…show them Shiretoko Five Lakes and they can’t wait to see the rest. 🙂

 

Shikisai No Oka, Biei~ (四季彩の丘)

Visit Shikisai No Oka yesterday, even the view at the parking area is so fantastic~! The nature and the man made landscapes blend so well together~! Don’t you agree?

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Borobudur Temple sunrise

Borobudur Temple sunrise, have to wake up @ 4:30am just to experience this. If you ask me, it’s totally worth it~! 🙂

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sunset @ Oia, Santorini

the golden light just before the sunset @ Santorini, Oia is just beautiful with the unique architecture. with backdrop like this, you can never go wrong with any angle~! 🙂

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singapore botanic gardens

our Singapore Botanic Gardens is nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in fact it’s our first~! although i’ve visited this garden many times since childhood, i would mostly visit the south side of the garden. it’s where the iconic bandstand is situated.

marina bay sands, one fullerton – lights matters

it’s been sometime since I’ve written an article, i decided to write an article on the most important element in photography, lights.

there’s a huge range of discussions on light relation to photography, i would just want to cover a tiny part of it, the golden hour and blue hour and how different lighting condition can have an effect on the feel and texture of the image.

i prefer short articles and i don’t have the patience for long ones… 😛

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let’s take a look at these two photo taken in a cloudy afternoon.

quite uninteresting…. something is missing here…

…now look at this photo.

immediately, there’s a noticeable different in feel, nothing much have change, except this is taken at a different time of the day, in golden hour. 😉

the risen sun is just behind my back showering the buildings with soft warm lights. pair with the nice blue sky, they are just perfect! 🙂

the reason why this particular moment the sun is casting warm light have to do with the attitude of the sun over the horizon, so sunlight need to pass through a greater amount of atmosphere which filter out certain spectrum of lights during the event. for more in-depth explanation on golden hour, click here.