
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 135 mm — 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sketching
( I love how the sun reflecting off his pad makes a wonderful fill light for his face )
Today was a sunny, gorgeous day in Kyoto, with temperatures in the low to mid 70s. Totally pleasant. Conveniently, I had an hour to kill while Anthony was at “Jumping” (gymnastics), so I wandered around with my camera near the Kamo river, where the Takano river joins it at Kawabata and Imadegawa Streets.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/1500 sec, f/4, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pickup Soccer
using a golden ball with – I kid you not – a mirrored surface

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/2500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Looking for Lunch
I think it's a kite

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 170 mm — 1/2500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
A Whole Lotta' Yellow

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 80 mm — 1/640 sec, f/5, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Budding Hedge
Of, I think, azaleas, that will soon turn into a solid wall of color like this

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/350 sec, f/5, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Checking Out the Hedge

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Light Reading

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 90 mm — 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Navigating the Kamo-River Rapids
The water is normally about an inch lower, leaving stepping stones that are dry and easy to navigate.
Trying to cross today, on the other hand, results in wet shoes.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Feeding the Birds

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Kyoto's Kamo River
Looking south from Imadegawa St.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 190 mm — 1/350 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Young and Old
all need to relax

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 180 mm — 1/1250 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Stepping Stones across the Takano River
Here, too, the water level is an inch higher than “dry”
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Neat post. The yellow plants look like mustard and soon we’ll be seeing fields of it here in Ohio.
I don’t often comment but wanted to let you know how much I enjoy these regular posts that, bit by bit, build a very informative, intelligent and interesting picture of life in and around Kyoto. My wife and I visited your city back in 2000 and loved it; the considered integrity of your photography and writing convey your environment, as you see it, very well. I first found your site while on some technical search related to Nikkor lenses or Lightroom queries (I forget which) but I now read to travel vicariously. 🙂 Thanks, and please continue.