muikabochi 208 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Very wet and rainy last night and this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Heavy rain today, not good. Nikko has apparently started doing the koyo think now so I might try to get there in the coming week. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Been a nice morning but clouded over now. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Just loving the colder, cooler, chillier thing going on now. Summer was a bitch this year ne. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Bit quiet today! Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 We were closed for half the day, Bag. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Aha! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted November 7, 2012 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yes apologies for that folks. All in the name of progress! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Just come back from a day trip to Nikko. It was Technicolor-tastic! I think my eyes are burned out with all that exposure to bright beautiful colours. Such a beautiful area. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Ridiculous hey? That photo is totally untouched. Mad colours. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 They surely look like the ducks (or swans) of Chuzenjiko where I was assaulted by the urban monkeys (not a rock band) Beautiful pic by the way , the colours are so vivid Were the monkeys there when you were taking the pics Muika? I look forward to to your pics from the temple areas Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yes Chuzenjiko. Actually taking a quick look I think I'm going to have a few problems with some of them - the colours are just so vivid they almost look unreal. As if I've just turned up the contrast to 110! But seriously today was perhaps the most full on most beautiful autumn scenery I have ever seen.... the colours were just totally mad. From Katashina in Gunma, through past Marunuma, over to Chuzenjiko and in Nikko. It was just mindblowing. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Were the monkeys there when you were taking the pics Muika? I did see monkeys but only as I was driving down from the mountain down to Chuzenjiko and then lower down near Nikko. That was on the way home actually just before the sun disappeared. I was well tired by then so only took a few there. Just had a bit of a walk along the water there. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 They were really agressive in the main street of Chuzenji when I was there and would rip any plastic bags you were carrying to shreds looking for food. Even the little tackers were copying their mums getting into everything. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Monkeys nowadays have no manners!! I blame the parents Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Heavy rain this morning here, feels cold but doesn't look like Kagura got much more than wet rain. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Fuji was looking great this morning.....beautiful in her snow hat Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Very wet the last few days, it was really coming down hard last night. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Still raining, and more over the weekend it would seem. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 beautiful sunny day in shonan Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Still belting down with rain here. Looks like Kagura got another thin cover of white up at the top - not as much as last week. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 A bit better today. Hopefully get out on my bike tonight. Spent most of the weekend choosing photos for the calendar that I make for myself and family. Difficult choosing just 12, and more of than not they are not my personal favourites. I'll leave those for the "book" I'll make once I get some winter shots. That first one I gave to my parents went down really well. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 How do you get them made muika? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I use vistaprint for the wall calendars. They're really very good quality especially for the price - I just ordered 25 calendars and it came to less than 60 quid. Postage added to that of course. The book I made I used Yophoto and that truly is excellent top quality and much more expensive. I'll definitely use them again when I make another book. Superb stuff. They do calendars as well, and I am sure they are also excellent quality but if I did 25 with them it would come to a lot of money. Probably over 5 times as much I think so I think I'll accept the vistaprint quality for those. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Cool. What photos did you choose? Link to post Share on other sites
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