Kyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden, Part 3
3 · 2 · 1 · click -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
3 · 2 · 1 · click

This post is a continuation earlier parts of “Kyoto’s Amazing Haradanien Garden”, where in part one I introduced the location, and in part two I explained how it's wonderful even though it's quite crowded.

Folks wanting a couple shot would usually ask someone walking by to take it, but the couple above use a timer. (I tried to get the camera in focus and missed it badly, but I still like the vibe of the shot.)

Photographer's Crouch -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 180 — map & image datanearby photos
Photographer's Crouch
Smartphone Clutch -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Smartphone Clutch
Alone or so it seems -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Alone
or so it seems

As I mentioned in part two, the layout of the garden — criss-crossing paths wandering on a hillside punctuated by dense foliage — makes photos like the one above possible depsite quite heavy crowds. It's just wonderful.

Damien and His 200mm Baby -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Damien and His 200mm Baby

The Nikkor 200mm f/2 mentioned in part two.

Let's have a wigglegram.... an interactive photo that you can wiggle with your mouse:

Animatable Wigglegram (12 frames) — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view 3D effect
写真の上をマウスであちこちにゆっくり動かすと「3D」な感じが出ます。

This gives a sense, I hope, of the feel of at least one part of the garden. This is the second wigglegram I've posted from this site, the first having been this wigglegram of Damien and Paul right after my first visit. (There's one more lower down on this post.)

Canopy -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/8000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Canopy
All Smiles -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
All Smiles
A Photo of someone taking a photo of someone taking a photo of something -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
A Photo
of someone taking a photo of someone taking a photo of something
6 th Sense that I'm pointing his 200mm f/2 at him (made dreamy with +contrast and −clarity in Lightroom) -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 200mm f/2 — 1/800 sec, f/2, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
6th Sense
that I'm pointing his 200mm f/2 at him
(made dreamy with +contrast and −clarity in Lightroom)
Vibe another one where I missed focus, but I like the vibe -- The Haradanien Garden (原谷苑) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2013 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http://regex.info/ when used online)
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 200mm f/2 — 1/1000 sec, f/2, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Vibe
another one where I missed focus, but I like the vibe

And finally, let's end this post with one more wigglegram....

Animatable Wigglegram (12 frames) — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view 3D effect
写真の上をマウスであちこちにゆっくり動かすと「3D」な感じが出ます。

Much more of this wonderful place yet to share.

Continued here...


All 3 comments so far, oldest first...

Wonderful post, Jeffrey. This looks like such a beautiful place. And I enjoy the wigglegrams. –Ed

— comment by Ed Rosack on May 7th, 2013 at 4:19am JST (10 years, 11 months ago) comment permalink

The gardens look kind of amazing, but it’s hard to tell because the main subject in your posts seems to be people within the gardens taking photographs! This is the third post in the series, and I still have very little sense of what the gardens actually look like. I do have a sense, however, that they are covered in people with cameras….

— comment by Zak on May 7th, 2013 at 7:01am JST (10 years, 11 months ago) comment permalink

Dear Jeff, The Haradaien series has fascinated me. Thank you so much for the infomative photos, and the wigglegrams.

— comment by Father Mac on May 12th, 2013 at 5:01pm JST (10 years, 11 months ago) comment permalink
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