Wildlife Photography across the Water: Japan Travelogue-The final days

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Japan Travelogue-The final days

It was a year in the planning and now its all but over, I am now inTokyo after spending 2.5 days with the Snow Monkeys in the japanese Alpes, We had a 1.5 hour bullet train followed by an hour on the regular train which climbed up from Nagano to yudanaka, Everything in the village is traditional which mean staying in a ryokan and sleeping on the floor, eating traditonal japanese food and even wearing tradtional dress to the restuarant, There wasnt a bath/shower in the room and the toilet was shared, If you wanted a bath it was a communal hot tub called an onsen and the one in the ryokan was 55 degrees, We were dropped at the park entrance and then had a 1.6km walk to the park which was a bit of a killer with all the gear especially on the way back as we were tired and hungry.On the way back after a days shooting we bumped into Chas Glatzer who was running a workshop there and the next morning it was nice to be able to spend some time chatting with him, I have known of Chas for many years through forums and he also lives in NC, On the way back we stopped in Nagano for an hour and grabbed a McDonalds which i must say after 3 days of traditonal food tasted bloody good, I did have one major problem when in Yudanaka and that was that my laptop black screened, I think i picked up some kind of virus although when i googled the problem it seems wide spread especially in Vista machines, I not sure if it will repairable, I think it may be but will need formatting, My problem was that i used the laptop along with 2 external hard drives to download and store my images, Luckily Pete had an Epson downloader, If i was on my own i would have been in the doo daa so its something to think about next time, So the next step is to fly back to the States and start the long and boring downloading culling and processing but, I have filled a 250 gig hard drive since being here and have some images on DVD so i guess i will be tied to the desk for some time
I have to say that this has probably been the most successful photographic trip i have been on, Lots of planning has helped it all to go smoothly and a big thankyou to Pete for all his hard work
Here are a couple of images that i have quickly processed on Petes Mac

Dave

1 comment:

Bobbster6 March 2011 at 09:39
Dave, sounds like you had an excellent time, lots of hard work and planning have paid off for you with some stunning images. So well done, great stuff.
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.