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The Take #3: Utsukushigahara Morning

1/20/2019

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 TITLE: Utsukushigahara Morning

STORY
Some time ago my husband and I started spending part of our summers up in the Kiso Fukushima area of Japan. Not far away is the city of Matsumoto and so, on occasion, we would take a day trip to the city and do some exploring. One mid-afternoon, after a lovely day bicycling about, we sat in a coffee shop and discussed what to do next. I mentioned a place I had heard of, Utsukushigahara, but I didn't know much about it other than it was up in the mountains somewhere near Matsumoto and very beautiful. The lady at the next table interrupted us at this point. Yes, she said, you must go! She then proceeded to tell us how to get there and off we went. It took over an hour of driving on very windy, narrow roads up, up and up and we finally arrived at Utsukushigahara, the highest plateau in the Japanese alps. I was completely overwhelmed! The views were spectacular and I felt I was on top of the world - which, in a manner of speaking, I guess I was! We only had about 40 minutes to explore since we wanted to be off the mountain before it got completely dark and I got a little teary when we had to leave.

All this to say, we returned a year later and stayed overnight. We were blessed with fantastic weather and woke up at 4:30 am to catch the sunrise and go for a walk. This was when this photo was taken. It remains one of the most memorable mornings of my life - the glorious feeling of beginning a new day surrounded by mountains and a sky that goes on forever...

By the way, that faded mountain to the right of the main mountain range you see?
That's Mt. Fuji.

WHAT I WAS THINKING:
  • WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
  • This was so worth getting up at 4:30 am!
  • I need a 360 degree lens!
  • I'm confused... I thought Mt. Fuji was on the other side! (My sense of direction was completely off track while I was up there. I never did get it properly sorted out.)

CAMERA DETAILS
I'll be honest. My camera was on auto. I had no idea what I was doing at the time and maybe that's a good thing. Here are the camera settings regardless.
  • ISO 80
  • 12.85mm
  • 0 ev
  • f/4
  • 1/250

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