
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 62mm — 1/200 sec, f/6.3, ISO 4500 — map & image data — nearby photos
My Son Anthony
crosses in front of my camera four years ago, at age six
Shogunzuka Overlook (将軍家), Kyoto Japan
Continuing to dip into my 2010-and-before archives because my main computer is in the shop, today's posts are various views from the Shogunzuka overlook (将軍家) in eastern Kyoto, a 30-minute hike (or a 5-minute drive) from my place.
I used Lightroom's Map module to bring up all the images that are geoencoded to that spot (so that excludes early images before I started to geoencode), and picked some. These were taken from 2007 to 2010, with a Nikon D200 or a Nikon D700. Taking advantage of the modern render engine in Lightroom 4, I picked images that I could give a bit of punch to....
Visiting the “nearby photos” under any image brings you to the large set of images I've posed from up there over the years. I've made the trip in search of a nice sunset many, many times. The majority of times I end up with absolutely nothing to show for it; photos that appear on my blog are from the few times it's notably photogenic.
Other pictures from the same outing as above appeared on “Today’s Sunset in Kyoto: Ho-Hum & Yawn”, from 2008.
The next few photos are from my first visit up there with any kind of skill with a camera, in July 2007's simply-titled “Views of Kyoto From Shougun-zuka”. It was right after a typhoon had blown through. To say the view was “dynamic” would be quite the understatement...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 55mm — 1/350 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 116mm — 1/3000 sec, f/2.8, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/640 sec, f/6.3, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
By a year later, in mid 2008, I had a nice tripod, so I tried some night shots, as seen in “Kyoto, From Shogunzuka, at Night”...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1.3 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bicycle Parking

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 3200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Soothing Sunset
from the same outing as the photo that leads this post

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 145mm — 1/800 sec, f/4.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Fiery Horizon
I'm not excited about this last one, but there it is. It's from the outing that produced “Not Quite Giving Up on Sunsets... Yet” in November 2008.
This next photo is from toward the end of that outing... the technical quality is as bad as the one above, but the sheer dynamic range of nature makes me like this one.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 160mm — 1/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 2800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Downtown Osaka
30 miles to the southwest
The next three are from “Today's Photogenic Adventures in Kyoto” in December 2008...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/320 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Subdued

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/2000 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Touchdown

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 32mm — 1/640 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sweeping
These next two hyper-dynamic shots are from an outing that I hadn't yet posted about...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/1250 sec, f/9, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Moody

Nikon D700 + 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/3200 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Under the Shelf
Moving into 2009 now, the next two quiet shots are from the outing that produced “Spot On: Camera Metering Basics”....

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/2500 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/1250 sec, f/11, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Waiting
Finally, three shots from another really dynamic sunset, in October 2010. This first one reminds me of this shot from last year that I really like...

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 58mm — 1/1250 sec, f/11, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ducking Behind Clouds

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Final Peek

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 500mm — 1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sayonara
This is a really impressive set you have here. The landscapes/cityscapes are really breathtaking.
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful, city and photos.
Aww shucks! :-] Thanks Jeffrey for I am a sucker for the silhouettes & the long shadows.