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Are 11 hours of hiking through the night worth this photo?
I really asked myself this question as I stood at the summit of Fuji-San in Tokyo, Japan. Me and three friends started around 8 pm at the bottom of the volcano. We hiked up the whole night until we arrived at the summit around 5 pm. Gasping for air I stood there and watched the spectacular sunrise above the pacific.
I can tell you the sunrise was majestic and definitely worth the hike! The bad thing was the descent. We arrived in a really aggressive mood around 14 pm at the bottom. You can or cannot imagine the scene.
The whole night there was the stress of hiking and after you got the
present of seeing the sunrise you still have to hike down at temperatures close to zero degree with the fine stones that lash into your face and through your Jeans.
I am not sure if I would do the trip again but in the end it was worth it. So I possibly would :)
Besides this is one of the advanced shots. As the clouds are moving really really fast you are not able to do HDR techniques here.
The clouds they destroy the whole HDR calculation. As I browsed my shot I found 2 that are possible to be processed.
One of them you see here.
The boundaries of a Raw file can be seen in the clouds at the foreground.
You see that in the parts of the image where the sun does not shine it
is really dark. You cannot restore the parts from the file.
A gradient ND Filter might help here.
These days Flickr is like therapy for me. I am writing my Master exams and there is a lot of work. I don’t have that much time for photography. But after every test, like today, I upload a shot.
Also thanks for commenting, faving or showing love on my recent images. I read everything you guys write and try to come back to your streams as far as time allows.
Ben
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Patricias Photography 6 months ago | reply
Wow, great colors, beautiful!
peregrino27 6 months ago | reply
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Clarita Palominos 6 months ago | reply
WOWWWW,saludos,feliz año 2013
Lauren Thea 5 months ago | reply
This is fantastic!!
Greengypsie [deleted] 5 months ago | reply
Stunning image
Coedy453 5 months ago | reply
One word STUNNING capture.
Gérard Marconnet 5 months ago | reply
Superbe prise, magnifiques couleurs,
Gérard
Vainsang 5 months ago | reply
Burning from the Fuji!
aranarruti 5 months ago | reply
Wow... stunning shot... very interesting gallery
Melinda A Jones 5 months ago | reply
I think the hike was so worth it...wow! what an amazing photo and a wonderful memory to have....incredible image!! :)
j5k 5 months ago | reply
Wow!
Eleonora Be 5 months ago | reply
Increíble imagen!!!!
Hibakusha73 4 months ago | reply
awesome picture, wordless...
sci-fi_real 4 months ago | reply
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eCHstigma 4 months ago | reply
Wow!
pyrospawn 3 months ago | reply
Definitely worth the hike! Simply stunning. The beauty of nature couldn't be shown better!
Nicholas Steinberg photography 3 months ago | reply
Talk about speechless!! Well worth the hike. You were awarded abundantly for your hard work!! Once in a lifetime shot!!
Via your photostream on Fluidr
Mattia Notari 3 months ago | reply
wooooow wtf I've lost this amazing shot!
Karen Lewis 2013 3 months ago | reply
Very beautiful.
Jan-29 2 months ago | reply
Definitely worth the hike! Breathtaking !!