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Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/3200 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Path Around The Small Lake
on the grounds of Sunainosato, Shiga, Japan
Earlier in the year I wrote a few posts about a restaurant/cafe with large private grounds called Sunainosato (寿長生の郷) in Shiga prefecture, about an hour's drive from Kyoto. The expansive grounds are open to the public, and are quite pretty.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/800 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Far Side of the Lake

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Outside Seating
at the cafe

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Lunch is Served
the beef curry was most excellent

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/2000 sec, f/2.2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Small Dessert
ice cream and chestnut

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Exploring
getting muddy shoes after lunch, near the cafe

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Unconvincing
pose after being asked to look like he was jumping across the gap
( after I had washed his shoes in the little stream running through the gap )
A photo of an actual jump did appear on the previous post in this series, and I like it a lot even though his head's cut off.
Also, this was about the time that I got the photo featured in “Anthony Growing Up: the Tipping Point”
After lunch it was time to explore more of the grounds...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/1250 sec, f/1.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Stylish as Always
my wife

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Walking Around the Lake

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Or Maybe Running Again

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/160 sec, f/7.1, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Picturesque Hut of Unknown Purpose

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/1000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Random Pretty Flowers

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Random Curly Moss Thingy

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/1600 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Edge of the Lake

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/1600 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Impatient Pose
I had better luck the last time I had someone pose on a rock

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/250 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
More Fun Than Posing

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Random Hanging Flower Plant Thingies

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Heading Back to the Car
through an area filled with many cherry-blossoms varieties

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One of Many
cherry-blossom varieties
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Beautiful photos! Just curious – in the dessert photo, what is the little black bowl next to the icecream bowl for?
I think it had a small bit of syrup for the dessert. —Jeffrey
Morning Jeffrey,
Almost every time, no EVERY time I look at the pictures in one of your posts I just want to take my camera go out and shoot. It does not help that I am sitting in the office right now but the trigger finger is already twitching.
Great photos…. as usual. Especially loved the first one. Nice area for a picnic… or a run around.