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by Jeffrey Friedl Tue, March 3rd, 2009 9:39pm JST (15 years, 6 months ago)

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What am I? -- NTT Dokomo Tochu broadcast tower -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Jeffrey Friedl, https://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 62 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5, ISO 3200 — map & image data — nearby photos
What am I?

Well, I feel a bit iffy about this for a “What am I?” quiz, but let's try it and see how it goes....

March

4th,

2009

Kyoto's “I Fall” Tower

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The attachment of a step to a metal stringer?

— comment by Grandma Friedl on March 3rd, 2009 at 10:22pm JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

Is that the fastener on a shichi-go-san carp pole ? For 3, 5, 7 day? You know, for the kids…

— comment by Ron Evans on March 4th, 2009 at 12:09am JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

Well looks like stairs from a stage, scaffold or something.

— comment by christof on March 4th, 2009 at 12:59am JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

What Am I: A guy who is flaunting the high ISO capabilities of his D700. ISO3200 F5 @ 1/400th! Was that scaffolding moving that fast? 🙂

— comment by Mark Denovich on March 4th, 2009 at 1:55am JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

It’s OBVIOUSLY a Doohickey. Or if you need to be more specific; a Doohickey-Thingey.

— comment by Marcina on March 4th, 2009 at 3:40am JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

I found the answer using your EXIF tool. But that feels like cheating! I was going to guess some kind of adjustable stair – the link in the middle looks like it can lock the stair into different positions.

— comment by Mary on March 4th, 2009 at 9:34am JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

Makeshift stairs

— comment by Britto on March 4th, 2009 at 11:46am JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

Maybe I’m dense but other than the map, I don’t see how EXIF data helps answer these… granted, the map can show what part of Japan we are in, but…. eh… doesn’t seem to help that much. Maybe I just don’t know much about Japan’s regions.

— comment by Jon on March 4th, 2009 at 2:18pm JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink

Hi Jeffrey, I’m new to your site – nice shots!
I think it’s part of a paddle or blade on the rice harvester.

Regards,
San.

— comment by San on March 4th, 2009 at 5:06pm JST (15 years, 6 months ago) — comment permalink