Voice 03 : Power of Portrayal

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Capturing an ideal photo in a challenging situation.

The moment I lay my hands on a new camera, the functions the camera possess stimulates the desire of “wanting to express” inside my head.
After the test shoot, which gave me a satisfying result, the first thing I wanted to shoot with this camera was the world heritage of Turkey.
Starting from Cappadocia, I boarded a hot-air balloon with the coming of dawn. While the balloon rose in silence, the sun began to appear lighting the vicinity, with cracks and strata of the earth appearing into my viewfinder one after another.

I avidly released the shutter using the Resolution Priority Mode.
Soon, I was convinced that the power of quality the S200EXR can achieve perfectly depicts the divine form before my eyes.
My next destination was Pamukkale, famous for the limestone wall.
As the sun began to set, the limestone layers which was white as snow during the daytime, gradually turned orange.

From the brightness of the sun setting into the horizon, to the subtle shades of the limestone below, while this moment of the day slowly drifts in peace, it was also the time of light and dark contrasting each other heavily in a single scene.
Although in such a challenging situation, with the overwhelming power of the dynamic range, it enabled the perfect capture of a scene as I saw and imagined it.
It is very unlikely to come across such an interesting camera for shooting.

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Yasunobu Kobayashi

Yasunobu Kobayashi was born in Fukuoka-prefecture, Japan. He studied under Kazuyoshi Miyoshi and debuted as a professional photographer in 1992.
As a lifework, he takes photos of unique natures and cultures both domestic and overseas. Furthermore, he also photographs forests world wide, the Silk Road, Kyogen (traditional Japanese theater), and so forth. Some of his representative works are “The Planet of the Forest” which is a collection of photographs taken at 20 forest locations in 15 countries, and “Travel the Silk Road.” Kobayashi participates as a member of the Japan Professional Photographer's Society.

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