Autumn Leaves Special @ Rokugien (六義園)

28 Nov 2009 - One week b4 JLPT, but I decided to take a one day break from studies and go shopping for Snowboarding goods. And since I would be in town, I thought why not I take the chance to photograph some autumn leaves as well? So, I searched the internet and found that there is lightup at Rokugien.

I visited Rokugien exactly 2 years ago with my newly bought Panasonic Fz18 back then. These are the photos taken 2 years back.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksongk/sets/72157603277806020/
I was there to test my 1st proper digital camera in my life and I knew nothing about photography at that time.

Now with my new DSLR, let's see how much I improved...

Autumn Leaves at night


Love the lighting on the ground. (and I purposely waited for someone to walk pass)



Rokugien is a traditional Japanese Garden decorated with
Japanese Pavillion,

Japanese Bridge, and

Japanese statue under Maple tree.



Sea of blue lights. Taken with star-cross filter.

Without the filter. (I regretted not buying star-cross filter for my 10-22mm)


When the blue lights are off


Above the blue sea


Some cameraman was shooting at my direction with flash, so I fired back.
Taken without tripod, but I love the blurry effect.


Walk the path, and I finally reached the lake...


The lake


Reflections



Close ups


The way the lightup works


Good dating spot

Thanks for viewing..
More photos at my flickr