Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
at the Hokyo-in Temple (宝筐院)
Kyoto Japan
My first outing this season to partake of Kyoto's fall-foliage delights was on Friday, as I wrote about yesterday. The first stop was my first visit to the Hokyo-in Temple (宝筐院) in the Arashiyama area of western Kyoto.
The long path into the garden was quite photogenic, though it was difficult to get a shot that both avoided people in the photo and avoided annoying people while taking the photo, but within those constraints I did okay...
Yet, despite all the work to avoid people in the shots, I tend to like ones with people better, like the one at the top of this post, or that same lady at the top of yesterday's post, or this lady stopping in the middle of the path...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/125 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
(I wish I'd made a wigglegram of this exact scene!)
Once I made the plugin onto the path myself, I transversed it quickly so as to avoid being in others' shots, and came around the back side of the main temple building only to be blinded by the sun...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
“do not look into sun with remaining eye”
Much of the day had harsh light like this, but the front of the main temple building was bathed in rich color-splashed shade, so it was wonderful...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — 1/200 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
in the harsh direct sunlight
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/80 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
similar to this B&W photo yesterday
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/50 sec, f/3.5, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
view from the corner post toward the front
Now we move inside...
Here's a wigglegram to make you feel as if you're there; wiggle your mouse over the image...
写真の上をマウスで左右にゆっくり動かすといろいろな影響を見えます。
The fall color get all the attention, but the little details in the garden are still nice...
Your photos are always a joy to go through!
I have a quick question- did you use your circular polarizers on the foliage?
From NYC.
Absolutely! (See this post for why) —Jeffrey