Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » More Bamboo

February 4th, 2009 11:58pm JST (3 years ago)

Today's been particularly busy, email-wise, after yesterday's post, but I'd like to at least post something today. Here are a bunch more bamboo-related pics from my recent western-Kyoto mountain drive....

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 1400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Irregular
not all bamboo is photo-op straight

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 60 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
4" Cross Section
cleared and discarded after having fallen across the road

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Indecisive
freaky curved bamboo stalk reaching for the heavens

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5, ISO 2500 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Bichromatic

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 62 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5, ISO 720 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Roots
what, you didn't think bamboo had roots?

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5, ISO 560 — full exif & map — nearby photos
6" Wide Trunk

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 320 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Brief Moment of Sun

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Height
lots of it
( less pretty than this quintessential bamboo shot, but still impressively tall )

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Stay Out
barbed wire and old-CD defenses

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 35 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600 — full exif & map — nearby photos

I'm guessing that the CDs were to scare off crows or cats... I've seen them used for that before. Not sure why either would bother a bamboo grove, so maybe I'm off base.

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Perhaps the CDs were to alert humans to the near-invisible barbed wire?

I find these groves of giant bamboos fascinating and beautiful, and very photogenic, whether close-up or from across a valley. It is a shame they are not hardy enough for cool-temperate climates like the UK’s (for those with large gardens!).

— comment by Peter on February 5th, 2009 at 2:24am JST (3 years ago) — comment permalink

Maybe the CDs and barbed wire are there to scare off photographers!

— comment by Marcina on February 5th, 2009 at 10:55pm JST (3 years ago) — comment permalink

Nah! Everyone knows it’s to discourage pandas, who are notorius for eating large amounts of bamboo.

— comment by Grandma Friedl on February 6th, 2009 at 1:22am JST (3 years ago) — comment permalink

Ha! Of course! Those CDs and barbed wire MUST be there to scare off those hordes of Wild Japanese Pandas. Everyone knows what a nuisance those Japandas are!

— comment by Marcina on February 6th, 2009 at 10:22am JST (3 years ago) — comment permalink

I think it’s a good guess that the CDs are there to alert humans from walking into the wire.

— comment by Jon on February 7th, 2009 at 6:42am JST (3 years ago) — comment permalink

Beautiful, serene.
Grass
And so much more

— comment by Mark B. on January 26th, 2010 at 1:34pm JST (2 years ago) — comment permalink