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June 10th, 2007 9:04pm JST (1 year, 2 months ago)

Mother and child share a tender moment sitting under the entrance gate of the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — ¹/125 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Special Time Together

This morning we took a short bike ride to Kyoto's Nanzen Temple (南禅寺), one of the more famous temples in Japan. I was there just the other day with some friends, and it's been featured in my blog before (such as this Photography of Katsunori Shimada, a few shots from a visit two years ago, and another shot or two by Shimada-san). It's one of those things that's so close that we sort of take it for granted, so most photography I do there still awaits processing. But I liked today images especially, so they jump to the head of the line.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — ¹/160 sec, f/4.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Playing a Game with Mommy

Anthony was a bit fussy at times, so Fumie made up a simple paper-rock-scissors game by which the winner of each round advances some number of steps. In the shot above, Mommy's gotten far out in front of him. By the shot below, he's caught up, and it looks like his scissors is about to beat Fumie's rock.

Mother and child play paper-rock-scissors on the grounds of the Nanze Temple, Kyoto Japan

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 105mm — ¹/90 sec, f/4.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Clash of the Titans

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — ¹/60 sec, f/4.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
It Seems More Fun When I Win

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — ¹/350 sec, f/4.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Being Silly

Child runs with his arms out like an airplane, on the grounds of the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — ¹/800 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Approaching V_r
(that means “takeoff speed”)

Child runs with joyful abandon on the grounds of the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 90mm — ¹/800 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Pure Joy

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — ¹/320 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
I'm Here!

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 95mm — ¹/500 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Looking for Goodies

The first image shown in this post came at about this point. It's a lovely, warm image, so I wanted to open with it.

Just to give a bit of perspective of where they're sitting, here's a view from a bit further back, with them in the lower center:

Mother and child share a tender moment sitting under the entrance gate of the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan 南禅寺の三門

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 @ 17mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Entrance Gate of the Nanzen Temple

Followups and related posts:

November	9th,	2005	If you need to be told, I don't think this sign will help.
November	29th,	2005	More Fall Foliage: Kyoto Incline, Mountains, Temples, and Nanzenji
December	5th,	2005	The Photography of Katsunori Shimada
June	4th,	2007	KFC and Verena in Kyoto
June	12th,	2007	More From Nanzenji (with desktop background bonuses)
June	14th,	2007	On the Way to the Nanzen Temple....
June	16th,	2007	An Introduction to Kyoto's Giouji Temple
August	13th,	2007	Anthony's First Model-Rocket Launch
August	30th,	2007	Unbridled Excitement with a Pop-up Pirate
January	10th,	2008	Old Japanese Lock

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Great photos of Anthony! My favorite is “I’m here!”, especially when it’s zoomed in on Anthony. Great lighting, sweet kiddo.

— comment by Marcina Kreta on June 11th, 2007 at 4:58am JST (1 year, 2 months ago) — comment permalink