In this week’s video of landscape photography in Japan, we visit Daikanzan in Hakone, Japan for some wide vistas overlooking a lake, bay, coastline, and a small Japanese city at night.
I initially chose this location for the fantastic view so Mt. Fuji in the distance. Unfortunately, the cloud cover did not work in my favor, so I had to refocus my efforts on alternate compositions.
Info on how to access each photo shoot location has been posted in my blog. Please check it out whether you want to plan your own sightseeing itinerary or try your hand at capturing some nice landscapes at these great locations:
Gear used for this Photo Shoot
Camera Gear:
Pentax KP
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Standard zoom lens: smc Pentax-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 ED AL[IF] DC WR
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Telephoto zoom lens: HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE
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Tripod: Manfrotto MT190CXPRO4 (carbon fiber legs with quick locking clamps)
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Ball head: Manfrotto Cloud XPRO Series Ballhead BHQ2 with 200PL locking plate
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Video Gear:
Canon EOS Kiss M/M50 Double Zoom Kit
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SIGMA 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary C017 (Canon EF-M Mount, APS-C Size, Mirrorless Only)
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PolarPro 67mm QuartzLine Circular Polarizer Filter
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Zhiyun Weebill-S Gimbal
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RODE Road Wireless GO Wireless Microphone System WIGO
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Filters & Filter Systems:
PolarPro QuartzLine ND 64 Filter – 67mm (ND64 6-stop reduction in light)
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PolarPro QuartzLine ND1000 Filter – 67mm (ND1000 10-stop reduction in light)
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PolarPro QuartzLine ND100k Filter – 67mm (ND100K 15-stop reduction in light)
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PolarPro QuartzLine Circular Polarizer – 67mm
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PolarPro Summit | Landscape Filter System Custom Kit (Core, Thread Plate, ND4-GR filter, ND8-GR filter, Circular Polarizer)
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Music Tracks Licensed for this video through Epidemic Sound. Visit this link to subscribe:
“The Light from Within” composed by Gavin Luke and performed by Howard Harper-Barnes.
“Dismantle” composed by Peter Sandberg and performed by Epidemic Sound.
“A Certain Shade Of Blue” composed and performed by Paper Twins.
“Bermuda” composed by Henrik Olsson and performed by “Ooyy”.
Alo Japan.