Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Small Ditch
Kongorinji Temple (金剛輪寺), Western Shiga, Japan

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Today was another fun but exhausting day of photography with Belgian Damien Douxchamps on his last day visiting from near Tokyo. The other day I posed some desktop backgrounds from Temples in north-east Kyoto, from our outing two days ago. Yesterday we spent quite a bit of inspiring time at the Honnen-in Temple, but the cursory glance I gave to my photos last night gave me a strong “one of those days when it just doesn't work” feelings, so no post yesterday.

Today we went to the Kongourinji Temple an hour's drive from Kyoto, in Shiga Prefecture. I've posted much about this place (first in “First Taste of Fall Colors at Shiga’s Amazing Kongourinji Temple” from a trip about this time of the season, two years ago), though I've barely scratched the surface on what I want to present, so today's haul of 500+ photos merely adds to my ever-increasing todo list. It's a nice problem to have.

It's still early in the fall-color season, so I'd guess that the temple grounds are a mere 5% of the way toward peak color...

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Most Trees Still Green
Kongorinji Temple (金剛輪寺)

... but there are some definite splashes of color...

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/4, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos
A Few Areas of Color
Kongorinji Temple (金剛輪寺)

We spent 5½ hours, mostly having the whole place to ourselves. I'll probably go back in a couple of weeks, to what I'm sure will be a packed madhouse. We'll see.

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Subdued Colors
on a bed of moss

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There's much more to see besides the foliage. I hope to have the energy to post about it.... sometime. 🙂

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sitting Room
Kongorinji Temple (金剛輪寺)

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