Geometric Awaji
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Skewered crunchy snacks awaiting customers -- Naruto, Tokushima, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 290 mm — 1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600 — map & image datanearby photos
Skewered
crunchy snacks awaiting customers

Picking up from the sunset photo from the other day's A Bit of Color and Thunder (which I posted not realizing that the next day would offer an amazing sunset of its own), here is a collection of photos from our spring trip to Awaji Island with somewhat of a geometric bend...

Big Tower -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 50 mm — 1/200 sec, f/14, ISO 280 — map & image datanearby photos
Big Tower
Expressway -- Westin Awaji Hotel -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 490 mm — 1/400 sec, f/12, ISO 320 — map & image datanearby photos
Expressway
Dessert from our hotel's buffet -- Westin Awaji Hotel -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/200 sec, f/2.2, ISO 280 — map & image datanearby photos
Dessert
from our hotel's buffet
Dividers delimiting spots at a campground -- Minamiawaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 240 mm — 1/1000 sec, f/11, ISO 1600 — map & image datanearby photos
Dividers
delimiting spots at a campground
Big Bridge not as big as the largest bridge in the world 50km down the road, but big enough -- Naruto, Tokushima, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 500 mm — 1/1600 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image datanearby photos
Big Bridge
not as big as the largest bridge in the world 50km down the road, but big enough
Lines a bit later in the day than the version on the Egg-Slicer “What am I?” Quiz -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 460 mm — 1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 220 — map & image datanearby photos
Lines
a bit later in the day than the version on the Egg-Slicer “What am I?” Quiz
Underpass Maintenance walkway underneath the Big Bridge two photos up ( as seen on the A “What am I?” Quiz at 1000mm ) -- Naruto, Tokushima, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 1000 mm — 1/400 sec, f/13, ISO 6400 — map & image datanearby photos
Underpass
Maintenance walkway underneath the Big Bridge two photos up
( as seen on the A “What am I?” Quiz at 1000mm )
Looks Like Low Tide -- Minamiawaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 290 mm — 1/1000 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1100 — map & image datanearby photos
Looks Like Low Tide
Going Up -- Naruto, Tokushima, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 14 mm — 1/200 sec, f/22, ISO 2800 — map & image datanearby photos
Going Up
Another View of the Awaji “Hyakudanen”: 100 Terraced Garden Squares -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 500 mm — 1/800 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200 — map & image datanearby photos
Another View
of the Awaji “Hyakudanen”: 100 Terraced Garden Squares
Going Down one of the many water decorations in the area -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 240 mm — 1/1600 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image datanearby photos
Going Down
one of the many water decorations in the area
Terraced Pools -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 460 mm — 1/800 sec, f/7.1, ISO 360 — map & image datanearby photos
Terraced Pools
Access Stairway at the Awaji Flower Review -- Awaji, Hyogo, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 170 mm — 1/640 sec, f/11, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
Access Stairway
at the Awaji Flower Review

One comment so far...

On left in “Looks Like Low Tide”, were those red-brown layers rust, dirt or curshed rocks?

— comment by parv on June 26th, 2010 at 7:28pm JST (13 years, 9 months ago) comment permalink
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