Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 40 mm — ¹/750 sec, f/3.5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Couple 'a Rocks

Continuing in a series about Sunday's snow in Kyoto, and the Heian Shrine, following after yesterday's Snowy Gardens of the Heian Shrine, Part I, we move over toward the north-east gardens....

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 31 mm — ¹/80 sec, f/7.1, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Fringe of Color

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 35 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/3.2, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Snowy Roof

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 31 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/3.2, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Stepping Stones

The stepping stones seen above are apparently a big draw, but they didn't seem particularly interesting to me on this day. I was more interested in how the lattice roof (as mentioned yesterday) made for an area that looked like a little porch area for enjoying the gardens.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 35 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Covered Bridge

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Stone Lantern

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ducks

The shot of the ducks had some green in the trees, but overall it just looked drab until I turned it into monochrome and pumped up the contrast. I wish the ducks were more prominent, but I like it anyway.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/4, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Foreground and Background

This is one of the few shots were I actually captured the blue sky. I was exposing for the snow, so the sky was blown out in most shots (that is, the sky was recorded as pure white because the sensor couldn't handle the photo overload). The “Covered Bridge” shot, for example, has quite a bit of blue sky and cloud detail that appears when I lower the exposure way down (one of the benefits of shooting in raw mode). I may try some HDR processes on it when I'm not feeling so sick nor so busy as today.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 40 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Random Quaint Bridge #27
(compare to the summertime view seen in Second-Tier Photos from June 3, 2007)

This was another that had a touch of color that detracted from the image, so I rendered this one as monochrome as well.

Of course, Anthony couldn't care less about the beauty, at least not when there was ice to be poked and broken. Here, he found a bucket of water (kept by the wooden covered bridge for fire emergencies) that had a thin layer of ice...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 30 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
With This Umbrella I Thee Poke

About the time of the ice poking, the snow, which had started a minute earlier, really ramped up, so that the Random Quaint Bridge was getting harder to see...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Two Minutes Later

But that was just the start. A few minutes later, it really started to snow....

Continued here...