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Today's been particularly busy, email-wise, after yesterday's post, but I'd like to at least post something today. Here are a bunch more bamboo-related pics from my recent western-Kyoto mountain drive....
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Irregular
not all bamboo is photo-op straight
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 60 mm — 1/250 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
4" Cross Section
cleared and discarded after having fallen across the road
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/1000 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Indecisive
freaky curved bamboo stalk reaching for the heavens
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bichromatic
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 62 mm — 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO 720 — map & image data — nearby photos
Roots
what, you didn't think bamboo had roots?
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
6” Wide Trunk
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Brief Moment of Sun
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Height
lots of it
( less pretty than this quintessential bamboo shot, but still impressively tall )
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Stay Out
barbed wire and old-CD defenses
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
I'm guessing that the CDs were to scare off crows or cats... I've seen them used for that before. Not sure why either would bother a bamboo grove, so maybe I'm off base.
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Perhaps the CDs were to alert humans to the near-invisible barbed wire?
I find these groves of giant bamboos fascinating and beautiful, and very photogenic, whether close-up or from across a valley. It is a shame they are not hardy enough for cool-temperate climates like the UK’s (for those with large gardens!).
Maybe the CDs and barbed wire are there to scare off photographers! 🙂
Nah! Everyone knows it’s to discourage pandas, who are notorius for eating large amounts of bamboo.
Ha! Of course! Those CDs and barbed wire MUST be there to scare off those hordes of Wild Japanese Pandas. Everyone knows what a nuisance those Japandas are!
I think it’s a good guess that the CDs are there to alert humans from walking into the wire.
Beautiful, serene.
Grass
And so much more