
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rough-Hewn Tsukubai
garden basin at the Housen-in Temple (宝泉院), Kyoto Japan
Picking up from part 1 and part 2 about my trip to the Housen-in Temple (宝泉院) in the Ohara mountain district of Kyoto last fall, we moved from the temple and its maple/moss garden, to a separate rock garden...

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Caretaker
cleaning leaves from a path between the two gardens

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Bridge” Over “River”
the river is merely suggested by the small light-colored gravel

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Mt. Fuji ?
amid the swirls of a turbulent sea

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/500 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Small Island
The weather alternated between light rain and brilliant sun... the gloominess seen above was suddenly replaced by intense sun, which lit up the moss and leaves near this gnarled (overly pruned) bush....

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Mini Shrine
with quite the photogenic roof, layered in moss and maple leaves

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
From the Front

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Messy
but pretty

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Another Mountain
The tsukubai (water basin for ritual purification) is a particular focus point in this garden of many focus points...
It's a bit too much for my taste when viewed as a whole, but I liked the photogenic details...
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