Here is the third installment, in no particular order, of a man who takes pics of the Tadami Line for only 3 days.
The 3rd. Bridge with the Aizu Kogen Railway Ozatoro train crossing.
Generally speaking, retro old cars and SLs suit the scenery along the Tadami Line, and I have no particular objection to that, but it is also a pleasure to see these different types of cars from other lines running on the line. The white and blue two-tone train is a challenge to the exquisite hues of the forests on both banks, where the autumn leaves have just begun to change color. It is not only tactless, but I feel a kind of excitement and freshness.
Well, when you set up a tripod and take time to take pictures, you can’t take many.
I set up the tripod and wait for a while for the train to come and take a series of pictures, and then I am done with that place. I repeat this process at each location, so the actual operating hours of my main camera, the Pentax K-3III, are very limited because the Tadami Line makes several round trips a day.
Am I stating the obvious? Since I always take a lot of snapshots instead of nature shoot with tripod, this kind of shooting is a new experience for me, and the Lumix GF10, which I carry on my waist as a spare, will be my sub-camera for the limited operation of the K-3III.
I have already talked about it for a long time, but here is a shot of the 3rd bridge taken with the sub-camera.
This is a photo location overlooking the 3rd bridge from one of the snowsheds that protect the highway from snow, which is unique to the heavy snowfall area. This is the famous “Takashimizu Snowshed Shooting Point” on that road.
There is a space where you can park your car right next to the snow shed. This black car is my rental car, and you can see a tripod on the sidewalk a little further ahead.
This is a limited space that fills up with three cars, so it is not easy to park there in high season, but I was the first to arrive on this day, and only one other car arrived.
Is it a coincidence that the 3rd bridge can be seen well from this spot?
It may have been so at the beginning, but I can see that this photo site has been maintained by local efforts when I look at this photo point from a Tadami Line train window.
Sorry for the blurry photo from the shaky car window. But it is clear from this photo that the area around this photo location has been intentionally cleared of trees. We, who are allowed to take pictures, are very grateful for this.
Here is another photo of “Megane-bashi (glasses bridge)” located a little west of Takashimizu snowshed.
This is a train bound for Aizu-Wakamatsu passing through the Hosokgoe arch bridge, commonly known as the “Megane-bashi” (glasses bridge), although it does not look like a pair of glasses in the water mirror. Regardless of whether the name is appropriate or not, it is a very picturesque continuous arch bridge. I think that this bridge is also made visible by periodically cutting down trees that grow around the bridge piers. I am really thankful and willing to bow my head.
This photo was taken from a little distance away from the bridge.
Because I had already had a idea of the shooting location from Google Street View, it was rather easy to find a place to set up the tripod, but the problem was where to park the car. I had planned to park at this location itself, but actually it was very difficult to find a space, and I almost gave up on taking pictures at this location. Fortunately, I was lucky to find a vacant lot by chance after the short snowshed behind this photo.
I took a photo of the Megane-bashi Bridge seen from the train window.
So, the shooting line will continue for a while longer.
Equipment used: K-3III, smc DA*50-135mm, GF10, LUMIX G12-32mm
