J A P A N - Sapporo

[g-khoo]

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Further up susukino, is the shopping arcade - much like bugis village only bigger and neater.

And they have.. SUMMER SALE - wohoo.

Yeah ladies can go crazy with shopping so its a good time to go if you want to get a hold on cheap J' fashion. Sale items go for 2000 Yen otherwise it normally costs 4000 - 50% off.

Great deal. You can get authenic yukatas for 5000 Yen for the whole set - including robe, shoes and obi (the ribbon)

 

[g-khoo]

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Summer also marks the start of the Tanabata festival otherwise known as the star festival - which is much celebrated in japan. It's a Japanese tradition where people write their wishes on tanzaku papers (colorful, small strips of papers) and hang them on bamboo branches.

The decorations you see in the pictures are for the festival.

-End of day 2, afternoon session-

 

[g-khoo]

Day 2

-Night-

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Took a subway to ODORI district at night which is pretty much like orchard's paragon in singapore.

It was surprisingly quiet and most of the shops were already closing by 830pm.. The Odori TV Tower (yeah sponsored by panasonic.. haha) is near the station too and you can go up and view the night scape of the city for about 700 Yen.

 

[day88dream]

Nice series

 

[giantcanopy]

Hi g-khoo

Thanks for sharing your Sapporo shots. I will be going to Hokkaido in 8 days time! Certainly more rev'ed up excited after seeing your travel pics :bsmilie:

Keep them coming

Ryan

 

[maximize]

nice shots... hey.. i am going to japan too next month... and ur photos makes me wanna go there faster... btw.. for most of ur shots wat gear are u using? what would u suggest on the type of lens that i will put on my dslr most of the time? hey thks

 

[g-khoo]

Nice series

Thanks. =)

Hi g-khoo

Thanks for sharing your Sapporo shots. I will be going to Hokkaido in 8 days time! Certainly more rev'ed up excited after seeing your travel pics :bsmilie:

Keep them coming

Ryan

Aye.. let me dig them out out of my harddisk.. stay tuned..

nice shots... hey.. i am going to japan too next month... and ur photos makes me wanna go there faster... btw.. for most of ur shots wat gear are u using? what would u suggest on the type of lens that i will put on my dslr most of the time? hey thks

Hey thanks. Im using canon 400D. Most of the shots are taken with my 17-40 F4 L lens along with some standard filters: Circular Polarizer, GND 4 and ND8 filters.

I also brought my 100mm macro lens to shoot flowers. They are pretty in Hokkaido, esp during spring and summer.

Japan is a great place! I hope you have fun

 

[giantcanopy]

Just went up the TV Tower yesterday. I must say there are so many reflections within on the boundary glass it makes taking night shots from the top difficult. Oh well will see wat happens when i get back :think:

Saw lots of places that you went thru. Including Mr Racoon as well

Ryan

 

[g-khoo]

Day Three - Morning

On the road to moerenuma park! - Must go for photographers - the glass pyramid is beautiful during sunset. Also there's a musical fountain performance in the evening.

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The park is chock-full of flowers so do bring your macro lens if you have one

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The famed pyramid

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[g-khoo]

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There are many mini-hills over at the park.. And you can oversee the surroundings from its peak.

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And there's the famous 3D triangular structure sculpted by Isamu Noguchi

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And that concludes my morning session in moerenuma park.

More coming up in the afternoon session...

 

[g-khoo]

Just went up the TV Tower yesterday. I must say there are so many reflections within on the boundary glass it makes taking night shots from the top difficult. Oh well will see wat happens when i get back :think:

Saw lots of places that you went thru. Including Mr Racoon as well

Ryan

Lol yeah maybe you could've tried using a tripod + polarizer.

You should visit Mt Moiwa while you're at Hokkaido. Go at night. Its really beautiful. Ill post pictures of it later.

 

[CT 3833]

g-khoo,
many beautifull pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gglankie]

nice series... great work... :thumbsup:

 

[g-khoo]

Thanks guys.

Day Three - Night

Went to visit Mt Moiwa. Here you can see the whole of Sapporo town from atop the mountain.

Entry pass is 900 Yen for the skycable car. There are electric trams you can take from the city town center that stops at Moiwa Ropeway station. Its a 12min walk from there on.

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[yehosaphat]

Chio lor... can share the PP done that makes it 'artistic'?

 

[g-khoo]

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[g-khoo]

Chio lor... can share the PP done that makes it 'artistic'?

Thanks.

Er do you mean the HDR shots? They are done using a prog. called photomatix and further processed in PS.

Otherwise the other more "normal looking photos" i just did color, tonal adjustments and sometimes vignetting.

 

[yehosaphat]

Thanks.

Er do you mean the HDR shots? They are done using a prog. called photomatix and further processed in PS.

Otherwise the other more "normal looking photos" i just did color, tonal adjustments and sometimes vignetting.

Which ones did you use hdr... still contemplating if I should get that software...

 

[AbangR]

Beautiful shots!!

Post more

 

[luvgreenery]

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Reflection​

These pics are awesome!! Especially this reflection one. :O
Can I ask.. which lens did you use? Wide-angle?