Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/8000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Cassiopeia Riding Park
with an old thatched-roof restaurant in the background, on the left
(photo from six years ago)

Six years ago, while on an exploratory scooter trip into the mountains (the kind of trip I now do by bicycle), I came across an abandoned restaurant next to the entrance of an equestrian park.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/250 sec, f/11, ISO 1800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Looks Inviting

This abandoned building did appear on my blog once, five and a half years ago in “My Faux-Mat Photoshop Script is Out”, but while other photos from that photogenic outing made it to my blog (here, here, and here), and on that trip I “discovered” the “Middle-of-Nowhere Sokushouji Temple”, posting about this abandoned restaurant has remained on my to-do list.

It came to my mind last week while on a bicycle ride, I came around a curve expecting to find it, but instead I found this:

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
The Same Location
last week

I shouldn't be surprised, considering the shape of the place six years ago. Let's take a look...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Front Door is Open

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/3.2, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Welcome”

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 5600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Spacious Interior

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/400 sec, f/2, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Wall Art

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/160 sec, f/2, ISO 1800 — map & image data — nearby photos
All the Trimmings

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 5000 — map & image data — nearby photos
September 1999

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/160 sec, f/1.4, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Nice Ceiling

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — ¹/320 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Overgrown in the Back

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/8, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/500 sec, f/1.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Little Guy Near the Road

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Holding an Ice-Cream Cone?
I'd love this for my garden (if I had a garden)

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — ¹/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Restaurant's Sign
or what was left of it

The problem with the cycling I'm doing now is that it both adds to my “want to post about” workload, but takes away from the time to do it. For the time being, cycling often is winning over posting often. Maybe in the winter it'll flip and I'll get caught up more.

Continued here...