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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/11, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Uphill Battle
heading to fill a vending machine

Here are a few more photos from my visit last week to the most excellent Fushimi Inari Shrine in south-eastern Kyoto.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/5000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Random Shrine Roof
I'm a sucker for traditional roofs (I prefer these kind to temple roofs)

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rich Light
a small splash of sun goes a long way

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 2000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pieces Parts
roof of a gate awaits installation

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Deep Hole Hand Dug

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Cross Beam

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Price List

I was surprised to see this price list posted randomly along the path. It lists initial “offering” fees for permission to put up a gate. The amounts range from about US$5,000 for a small gate with 18cm (7") diameter uprights, to about $17,000 for one-foot-diameter uprights. Of course, these are “starting at...” fees, and “the fee may differ according to location”, and one suspects that there are annual fees as well. And, of course, one assumes that this does not cover the cost of the gate itself.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 900 — map & image data — nearby photos
Brilliant Marketing
( horrid photo )

It was fairly hot, and ridiculously humid, and by the time we got about half way we were absolutely swimming in our own sweat, so this inviting display of soda half submerged in cool water was too tempting to pass up. They also had water dripping into the display, making it sound like a small mountain stream. I succumbed.

Later, on the way back down via a different route, Lauren noticed some bamboo gates on a side path...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bamboo Gates

Near where I took the bamboo-gates photo, the canopy of a towering tree caught my eye...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/1250 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

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Back down to the main complex and the construction that I mentioned in my first post about the visit, I noticed some kind of circular wooden feature in the process of construction...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/3200 sec, f/2.2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

I wonder what it will be.

Continued here...