

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/1000 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Side Garden
Sennyuji Temple (泉涌寺)
These first two photos, from a side area at Kyoto's Sennyuji Temple, probably don't look like much in the thumbnails here on the blog, but clicking through to larger versions and they have a certain “presence”, especially the first one. Or maybe it's just me, but I like them.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/1000 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
One side held a quaint little rest area...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sitting Area
The ceiling was woven (bamboo, I suppose)...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/80 sec, f/6.3, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Woven Ceiling
Wandering further around the fringes of the huge-but-ill-defined temple area, I came across a sub temple with a nice entrance garden...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/8000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Unryuin Temple (雲竜院)
sub temple of the Sennyuji Temple (泉涌寺)
Kyoto, Japan
One of its buildings has a wide veranda with a roof of exposed beams, that perhaps looks a bit more interesting in B&W....

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Veranda Roof
In one corner I noticed a delicate little tree full of blossoms with big color...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Delicate Little Tree

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/1250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Big Color
These blossoms fell off intact, so the ground was littered with them...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/1250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Still Pretty
It was early April, so there were blossoms of all sorts all around. In the previous post in this series, I showed some pink rhododendron blossoms, and in earlier posts on the same morning stroll, I showed the perfect blossom, otome tsubaki (乙女椿), with an encore followup here.
Wandering further, I came across a bell under a roof, quite far away from anything else...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
User's Perspective

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 2000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Business End
At this point, I suppose I'm half way through the stroll that I started posted about in April's “An Amazing Day of Photography at Some Eastern-Kyoto Temples”...
Not to get (overly) pedantic on you, but I think it’s “woven” and not “weaved.”
Duh, thanks. I knew something felt wrong there, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Thanks. Fixed. —Jeffrey
I think the presence is there too – could be due to the ancient and definitely “presence-ful” subject trees on either side of the hedge. Trees are homes to ancient japanese gods are they not? So presence likely!
And thought your delicate little camellia tree looked lovely.
Annie