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Little Boys Run
It's just something they do
Continuing with my series about my five-day camping trip with Anthony, I pick up the story after the rain and wind (and eventual hotel) of Day 5...
Day 6 was glorious, both in terms of weather and mood (a warm futon and a hot bath have a way of helping the latter). After a lazy morning, we caravaned back toward Kyoto, stopping after about an hour at Amanohashidate (天橋立), a thin, 3.3km long natural land bridge pinching off several square miles of a bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture, off the Sea of Japan. It reminds me vaguely of San Diego's silver strand.
The land bridge is covered with pine trees and beach, with the thicker parts – at about 200 feet wide – offering grassy picnic areas...
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Beach covers the edges on both sides pretty much the whole way...
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 200 mm — 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 125 — map & image data — nearby photos
A channel has been created at the southern end of the “land bridge” to allow boats into the pinched off area. We didn't realize it on the way in, but on the way out we saw that the man-made bridge over the channel rotates about its center, to allow larger boats through...
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Spinning Bridge
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Small Boats Need Not Wait
as the bridge rotates back into position
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 105 mm — 1/320 sec, f/7.1, ISO 125 — map & image data — nearby photos
Not Your Everyday View
well, unless you live near this bridge
After lunch and some play, we returned home to Kyoto.
“Little Boys Run” is a great photo of a beautiful kid. It does capture the quintessential little boy. Except, he just seems so unnaturally clean! But then again, I’m using *my* son as a point of reference.
We’d had a nice bath that morning at the ryoukan, and this was his first chance to get out since, so despite not being wet, he was still the kind of “fresh from the bath” clean that normally lasts only a short time. —Jeffy
We visited there a few years ago. Why no picture of family bending over and looking backwards through their legs? Too cliche? 🙂
Great photos.