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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Dark and Bright

Here are a few more from my Yoshiminedera Temple visit the other day with Paul Barr. As I noted on the earlier post, the colors are less impressive this year than last year, but it's still the nicest temple in Kyoto for fall colors, I think, ahead even of the Eikando Temple, which has the benefit of being a convenient stroll from my house.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Tenacious

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Weeping Cherry
has apparently shed its tears for the season

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/4, ISO 3600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Overdesigned
and the beauty thereof

I've probably posted these kinds of temple-roof cross-sectional views a dozen times (most recently that I can recall, here, here, and] here), but I'm always drawn to them, and the setting sun shining directly on this one made the construction all the more apparent to appreciate.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 5000 — map & image data — nearby photos

For reference, here's the building these came from...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/6.3, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos
Minor Outlying Building

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/3.5, ISO 720 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pleasant Path

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Too Many Layers

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
「しやわせ」？
Seems like a typo to me

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 720 — map & image data — nearby photos
Green with Anticipation

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

The temple complex has many layers as you move up the mountain... here's a shot of one mid-level layer looking down from one further up...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pleasant Landing Halfway Up

... and some shots taken earlier on that level ...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/3.5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Foreground? Background?
Why choose when you can enjoy both

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/1600 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Moment's Respite

The area in the background was truly impressive...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
“I See an Orange Leaf”

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/8, ISO 3600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Too. Many. Colors.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/8, ISO 2800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Particularly Impressive Area

Moving to an area under some of the orange-laden branches...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/9, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Dizzying

About the same place, where the main path does an elbow turn to the right, you can go straight ahead up into a small shrine area to relax...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Minor Little Shrine Area
a quiet place to sit and relax a bit

Some areas lost the sun quickly past noon...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos
In The Shade of the Mountain

Others keep it longer...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Private Visit
to a little grave area

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Paul and the Arborist
( two people are in there, if you can find them )

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/500 sec, f/2.2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Just a Trim Off the Top

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/1000 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Quite the View

The view was great from this area and we loitered for well over half an hour, and the guy was working away in that part of that tree the whole time.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos

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