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A Few Desktop Backgrounds from the Shouseien Temple

by Jeffrey Friedl Mon, July 2nd, 2012 11:14pm JST (11 years, 10 months ago)

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desktop background image of a large stone wall at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Hodgepodge Wall at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Hodgepodge Wall
at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan

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Today was another busy day leaving little room for a blog post (on the plus side, I cleaned my room, but on the other hand, so to speak, Anthony fractured a finger while playing ball at school), so like yesterday, I'm taking it easy, this time with a few simple images from the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), which we first saw the other day in “First Peek at the Shouseien Temple in Downtown Kyoto”.

I'm normally good about getting an “establishing shot” that shows the context for some detail or other that I want to share, but I seem to have neglected to do that with the stone wall above. If I recall correctly, the wall was about as tall as I am.

Elsewhere in the same wall was an old grinding wheel...

desktop background image of a large stone wall at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos

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desktop background image of a pretty flower at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Living on the Edge -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Living on the Edge

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desktop background image of a pretty flower at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

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desktop background image of a balcony overlooking a lake, at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Balcony -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Balcony

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desktop background image of a pretty flower at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Septapus Flower -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Septapus Flower

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desktop background image of detail of the arched bridge at the Shouseien Temple (渉成園), Kyoto Japan -- Bridge -- Shouseien Temple (渉成園) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bridge

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June	27th,	2012	First Peek at the Shouseien Temple in Downtown Kyoto
July	1st,	2012	Taking It Easy With Some Flowers From Kyoto's Gioji Temple

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I like the composition of “Bridge”. Nice work.

— comment by Tom in SF on July 3rd, 2012 at 5:15am JST (11 years, 10 months ago) — comment permalink

I think your grinding wheel is a millstone.

Yes, a stone for grinding grain, coffee, beans, and the like. I hope no one thought I was referring to this kind of modern grinding wheel.. —Jeffrey

— comment by Sean on September 11th, 2012 at 12:20pm JST (11 years, 7 months ago) — comment permalink