One more Autumn treat, this one coming from Shinjuku Gyoen, where the Japanese garden was crying out all its colors, ranging from the gold of the ginko trees to the red of the maple leaves. It was already a bit late for some trees, which had already lost all their leaves, but the other colors of the trees were just radiant.
After the rain yesterday, the Japanese winter light was just perfect and it seemed it was softly wrapping the leaves of the park for this short period of time, when all photographers are out to capture the magic. I was out too for this purpose, I had planned this for several days and couldn’t be happier that today was such a wonderful day.
I couldn’t believe either that I was so dumb not to have checked my pack before… I didn’t realize that I hadn’t recharged my batteries after my trip in Sydney: after a few shots, all my batteries died on me! I started to rush for a camera store to get a new battery, but when I got there, the clerk told me that the battery wouldn’t be usable right away and that I would have to charge it anyway.
I ended up trying to combine batteries to make the most of the remaining power, turning on and off my camera all the time in order not to use the battery, not use the autofocus, etc. Fortunately, they made it until the rest of the day, but I felt so stupid when it happened… I’m wondering if someone came up with some adaptor for Canon digital cameras that would accept regular batteries.
Tres belles couleurs de bleu et de rouge.
Le probleme des batteries est un grand classique qui m’arrive souvent. En general, j’eteinds l’appareil, j’enleve les batteries et je les remets pour quelques minutes de plus de Power. A partir de la, il faut etre extremement rapide et prendre tout ce qui bouge en photo en un minimum de temps, l’utilisation de roulades avant et sur les cotes est egalement conseillee pour ne rien manquer. Il faut egalement jouer des coudes devant les kouyous pour prendre les photos rapidement, courir dans tous les sens pour reperer les lieux a potentiel le plus rapidement possible. Avec cette technique que je devoile ici, j’ai toujours pu m’en sortir.
J’ai utilisé un polariseur pour enlever les reflets du jour sur les feuilles et accentuer le bleu du ciel. C’est pour ça que les couleurs ressortent aussi nettement.
Merci pour tes conseils, j’ai déjà commencé à réaméager mon appart a coups de fils barbelés, d’échelles de corde et d’un élégant systême de hâchoirs géants qui s’ouvrent et se referment à intervalles réguliers, afin d’être au top de ma forme pour la prochaine session photo…