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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pretty as a Peach
peach blossom in the mountains of Kyoto, Japan

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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Busy as a Bee

I had an amazing outing yesterday with Paul Barr and Nicolas Joannin, to a far-off temple in the mountains of north-west Kyoto. On the way home, we stopped in the “Mountain House” restaurant Yama no Ie Hasegawa (山の家はせがわ) that I wrote about a couple of years ago (here and here). Upon pulling in, we were immediately drawn to a row of blossoming trees that had quite a different vibe from cherry or plum. It turns out that they were peach.

They were on an embankment, so we could view them from above, below, and on the side... it was a target-rich environment made to order for the creamy-smooth shallow depth of field of my favorite lens, the Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Just. Too. Perfect.

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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shy

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I'm not all too sure about that last one above... it might not be visually apparent enough to not annoy at first glance. At my first glance I really liked it, but when I came back to it later didn't like it at all. They say that you should trust your first instinct, so I'm at least giving it a shot.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2500 — map & image data — nearby photos

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We eventually made our way inside to order...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 4500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Vicks
watching our coffee being prepared

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Our Coffee

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Extra Stuff
Nicolas and Paul about to abuse their coffee

Back outside after I enjoyed my coffee (and Nicolas and Paul enjoyed what had been coffee), we couldn't help but give another go at the blossoms in the fading light.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos

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