Mystic Optical Phenomenon Called Airglow in Tekapo, New Zealand
Today, I’m introducing the mystic optical phenomenon which is called “airglow” (or nightglow). I’ve never been familiar with this before, but when I took a picture in Tekapo, New Zealand, I got to know about this. So, this is the picture. I captured the whole arch of Milky Way. I took five pictures with 35mm focal length lens, and then, combined them into one picture. If you’ve got adobe Photoshop license, it’s so easy to do. I will write a tutorial about this soon. Let’s get back to the topic. As you can see from the photos, the sky is…
5 Must-Visit-Places in South Island of New Zealand
Today, I’m introducing five places in South Island of New Zealand where i recommend that you visit. Every place is stunning and easy to go by car, so please check them out when you are in South Island of New Zealand. Contents Recommended Places①Lake Tekapo②Mt.John Observatory③Lake Pukaki④Wanaka⑤Fox Glacier Recommended Places ①Lake Tekapo Let me introduce Lake Tekapo at the very first as you know as one of the best place to see the starry sky in the world. Any place in Japan cannot be compared with Tekapo in terms of star gazing. However, there is artificial light in the…
Location Hunting is The Most Important Thing to Watch and Shoot Starry Sky
In this article, I would like to talk about the fact that the most important thing to watch and shoot starry sky is location hunting, with my real experience. Intoduction A picture is worth a thousand words. Lets see two examples below. Both pictures are Milky Way photo. The first is Mt. Fuji and the Milky Way taken from Lake Shoji, one of the Fuji Five Lakes. This is a beautiful picture, but the original light and color of the starry sky are lost due to the influence of artificial light. Although Lake Shoji is quite out of the way,…
Best Destinations in Hokkaido, Japan
I’ve visited Hokkaido on my holidays from September 25th to 28th, and it was way more amazing than I expected. So let me introduce the 6 best destinations in the middle part of Hokkaido, Japan. Hokkaido is the northeast island in Japan, and there are so many vast landscapes and wild lives. If you are tired of city life, I highly recommend visiting there. Contents About this trip Blue Pond Shirahige Waterfalls Mt.Asahi(Asahi-dake) Farm Tomita Mt.Hokusei Lake Shikotsu About this trip It was three night and four days trip. I rented a car for a road trip as always, and…