
Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 900 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pondside Stone Lantern
at the Tenjuan Temple (天授庵), Kyoto Japan
Paul Barr, in town this week, and I made a visit yesterday to the Tenjuan Temple (天授庵) within the Nanzen Temple complex. It was my second visit inside, my first visit here having been three years ago. Earlier this year, though, I did feature the main gate of this shrine covered in snow.
Anyway, the fall colors this year in Kyoto seem a bit subdued, but it wasn't crowded yesterday and overall was really pleasant. We ended up sitting and enjoying more than taking photos.
友達ポールさんは来日して、一緒に天授庵行って、もみじを撮影しました。今年は色は薄い方ですが、雰囲気はなかなか良かった。よく落ち着いて、リラックス出来ました。

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/3.5, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Garden Entrance
天授庵、庭園の入り口

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/3.5, ISO 140 — map & image data — nearby photos
Paul Snapping a Snapshot for Someone
the moment we entered this lady asked Paul to take a picture for her
知らない人に撮影をお願いされました

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/8, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rock Garden
with fairly subdued colors
天授庵の岩石庭園

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Selfie

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/3.5, ISO 720 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rich Moss

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/500 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Too HDRish
ハイダイナミックレンジをし過ぎ
With the dark shadows under the overhang, and bright sunlight in the background, the scene wasn't an appropriate one to try to get everything in, but I did a three-burst exposure-bracket sequence. Even though it was handheld, Lightroom's HDR-merge could handle it perfectly. However, the result was little changed from the middle source image, but with the added latitude I could then perform “single-frame HDR” to get a result that includes detail in both dark and bright areas, but the result just feels fake.

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Entrance to the Back Garden
裏の庭園の出入り口
I can't believe it's been three years since I made “Elegance in Kyoto’s Tenjyuan Garden” at this spot, one of my first wigglegrams. It feels like it was just last year.
I made a similar wigglegram yesterday, being lucky enough to come across two ladies willing to pose:














写真の上をマウスで左右にゆっくり動かすと「3D」な感じが出ます。
It's been a while since I took a wigglegram, and it shows in how unsmooth my movement was, but my auto-align software was able to recover some sense of smoothness.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/50 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Me
making the wigglegram
私です。ポールさんが撮って下さった写真
photo by Paul Barr

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Subtle and Relaxed
seems to be the theme this year
ほのかな雰囲気、今年

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Carp
魚さん

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 160 — map & image data — nearby photos
Window
窓

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 160 — map & image data — nearby photos
Path

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 3200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Tenjuan's Pond
天授庵の小池

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 5000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bamboo and Moss
竹と苔

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bamboo and Moss and Pinecones
竹と苔と松ぼっくり

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/320 sec, f/7.1, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Stepping Stones
踏み石
Even though I was right there in real life, the photo above gives me no sense for the size of the stones, so when going through my photos, this next image sort of surprised me...

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/9, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
With People
for scale

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Thick Trunk
heavy with the weight of moss

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Tiny Stone Bridge
短い石の橋

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/2.2, ISO 1800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Reflection
反射

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/320 sec, f/11, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Tickling a Carp's Nose
鯉さんの鼻をくすぐる

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Birdhouse?
巣箱かな?
The crowds were not oppressive, so it was thoroughly enjoyable to be lazy, take our time, stop often to chat, etc. “Pleasant” was the theme of the day.
And speaking of “pleasant”, we capped off the day with chicken and suds at Uroko (which I had been to just the other day with Carlin)...

iPhone 6 Plus + iPhone 6 Plus back camera 4.15mm f/2.2 at an effective 29mm — 1/4 sec, f/2.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Cheers!
乾杯!、「鱗」で
In the map view it appears that quite a bit of work is going on at Larry’s place.
More than you might imagine… the imagery in Google Maps is from 2013, but using the Historical Imagery in Google Earth you can actually look ahead to see satellite images from March of this year. It appears that every building on site has been leveled at one time or another, and that a massive new house is being made. Just wow. I’m surprised that Mr. Elison hasn’t invited me in to photograph the progress… I’d better check my email again. —Jeffrey
“photo by Paul Barr”?? This must be the first picture I see from him 😉
I recently read that some buildings that were on Larry’s property have been moved rather than destroyed. No idea where they went… In any case all the buildings north of the pond are gone now, and a second large building is being built. I’m eagerly waiting for the 特別拝観 he’ll surely do to celebrate the end of the construction in 2025 😀
Nice series of images. I particularly like “Rock Garden with fairly subdued colors”.
Thank you for sharing so beautiful pics! Continue this for a long time just for eyes pleasure . Have a good day!
very pretty.