My destination was the National Museum of Nature and Science, but since I was going all the way to Ueno, I decided to take a walk in Ueno Park on the way home and take a few photos for my blog. Although the photos are not very good, I’m going to spoil you by uploading a few of the photos from my stroll.
The large ginkgo tree just outside the park exit of Ueno Station was beautifully colored.
It was quite a crowd in the morning, but most of them were heading for the zoo at the front.
Trees in front of the Science Museum. The coloring of the trees here was mixed.
In terms of gingko trees, this huge tree near Ueno Hrokoji was quite impressive.
On this day (a certain day in late November), the ginkgo trees in Ueno Park were in good color, but other broad-leaved trees such as maples, and zelkova trees were not as well colored as they should be. I do not know if it is because there are not many trees to begin with or if it is still early in the season….
Ueno Park is famous for its sakura (cherry blossoms). I like the autumn scenery of cherry leaves turning reddish brown and falling down, but for some reason, most of the cherry trees here are still green, which does not fit my image of cherry blossoms. I guess the sakura would be annoyed by such a comment.
This tree, which is withering away for the winter, is an exception. But it still doesn’t look like very impressive autumn leaves, does it?
What could I do to capture the deepening autumn in this way?
So, using my wits about me, I came up with the idea of deepening the autumn in the photo, even if the actual object does not look like it. Using the PENTAX “Satobi-ish” style profile that I created last year, let’s try to create a lonely autumn atmosphere.
I know it is not very considerate of me to forcibly apply my own “satobi-ish” profile to the RAW data of photos taken with the Panasonic Lumix S5, but I am a crass person by nature, so I hope you will forgive me for being so open-minded.
The following is a “satobi-ish” view of Ueno Park at the end of November.
I’m secretly proud of myself for doing it, even though it’s a crass opinion, but I think it turned out better than I thought it would.
The one I like the best is the one in which I used the main roof of the temple for the rear blur.
Isn’t it quite a picturesque autumn in Ueno?
I have gotten a taste of my own “satobi-ish” style, which may be more useful than I thought.
