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My First Fall-Foliage Outing for 2014: Temples in the Takao Area of Kyoto

by Jeffrey Friedl Wed, November 12th, 2014 11:10pm JST (9 years, 5 months ago)

desktop background image of tiny mushrooms and fall-foliage momiji at the Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺), Kyoto Japan -- Very Little Mushrooms on the roof of the ticket-taker booth The Kosanji Temple (高山寺; often incorrectly called the “ Kozanji Temple ” ) Kyoto Japan -- Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺) -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 — ¹/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Very Little Mushrooms
on the roof of the ticket-taker booth
The Kosanji Temple (高山寺; often incorrectly called the “Kozanji Temple”)
Kyoto Japan

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Almost-microscopic mushrooms growing in a bed of moss is hard to resist when you have a nice macro lens, as seen in prior posts here and here.

Paul Barr is back in Kyoto for the first time in a year, as is the fall-foliage season. Paul, Damien Douxchamps, and I made our way out to the Takao (高雄) area in the mountains of north-western Kyoto to see the fall colors. It was my first outing for fall colors this year (though in the past month or so I've posted a lot of fall-foliage shots from prior years, including here, here, here, here, and here).

desktop background image of a fall-foliage scene at the Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺), Kyoto Japan -- Muted Colors it's still early in the season -- Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺) -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Muted Colors
it's still early in the season

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desktop background image of fall-foliage temple-architecture detail at the Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺), Kyoto Japan -- Detail I love this kind of roof, and the “ rain chain ” ( kusaridori ; 鎖樋) -- Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺) -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Detail
I love this kind of roof, and the “rain chain” (kusaridori; 鎖樋)

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desktop background image of fall-foliage temple-architecture detail at the Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺), Kyoto Japan -- Wind Chime from 1985 (though it looks like it could be 1885 or 1685)! -- Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺) -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Wind Chime
from 1985 (though it looks like it could be 1885 or 1685)!

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desktop background image of fall-foliage temple-architecture detail at the Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺), Kyoto Japan -- Gate Roof Detail -- Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺) -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Gate Roof Detail

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Impromptu Photo Op at the Saimyouji Temple (西明寺), Kyoto Japan -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Impromptu Photo Op
at the Saimyouji Temple (西明寺), Kyoto Japan

Sip of Tea at the Jingoji Temple (神護寺), Kyoto Japan -- Jingoji Temple (神護寺) -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sip of Tea
at the Jingoji Temple (神護寺), Kyoto Japan

The Last 1% final steps of a very, very long winding flight of steps from the bottom of the mountain -- Jingoji Temple (神護寺) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos
The Last 1%
final steps of a very, very long winding flight of steps from the bottom of the mountain

I Love the Curves of the temple roofs in the background -- Jingoji Temple (神護寺) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 450 — map & image data — nearby photos
I Love the Curves
of the temple roofs in the background

Rich Light -- Jingoji Temple (神護寺) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rich Light

And, to celebrate Paul's return to Kyoto after a year...

“ A Paul Spotted In Its Natural Environment ” -- Kosanji (Kozanji) Temple (高山寺) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (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 5600 — map & image data — nearby photos
“A Paul Spotted In Its Natural Environment”

To be continued...

July	13th,	2010	Cosina Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 125mm F2.5 SL
June	22nd,	2012	Gioji Temple Photo Shoot: Nicolas's White Little Mushrooms
June	29th,	2012	Gioji Temple Photoshoot Continues: Little Orange Mushrooms and Depth-of-Field Comparisons
September	17th,	2014	Revisiting Kyoto’s Fall Colors: Shugakuin Imperial Villa Last November (Part 2)
September	20th,	2014	Filling the Time Between Imperial Villas
September	22nd,	2014	An Autumn Visit to the Sento Imperial Palace in Kyoto
October	24th,	2014	Entrance to Kyoto's Jojuji Temple at its Fall Best
October	25th,	2014	Oodles of Cheerful Little Men at the Sekisanzen-in Temple in North-East Kyoto
November	18th,	2016	Checking On the Carpet of Yellow at the Ochiba Shrine

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