A Few Autumn Photos From Last Year
the main path at the Eigenji Temple (永源寺)in Shiga Japan, in autumn.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Eigenji Temple (永源寺)in Shiga Japan
early morning, fall 2018
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Considering that my last blog post was more than five months ago, I guess it's safe to say that for the most part I'm taking a break from blogging. But having recently came across photos from a last-year outing to temples in Shiga, Japan, I thought I'd post a few.


Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/40 sec, f/2.5, ISO 100 — map & image datanearby photos
Valerie and Damien
Comparing Settings

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2000 — map & image datanearby photos
Tidying Up

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 800 — map & image datanearby photos
Art Display

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 3200 — map & image datanearby photos
Bamboo-Carved Lamps

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 500 — map & image datanearby photos
Rich Moss

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 180 — map & image datanearby photos
Rich Light

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/400 sec, f/10, ISO 560 — map & image datanearby photos

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 250 — map & image datanearby photos
Messy Spider

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
Subtle Light

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 280 — map & image datanearby photos
Edge
of the roof in the next photo, from directly below

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/400 sec, f/6.3, ISO 250 — map & image datanearby photos

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2000 — map & image datanearby photos
Busy
An hour after we arrived

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1800 — map & image datanearby photos
Path Back to the Driveway
a rural road in Japan in autumn
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 95mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1000 — map & image datanearby photos
Rural Road
(when I'm out cycling, I get scenes like this all day)
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Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 2500 — map & image datanearby photos
Common Photo Spot
at the Kongorinji Temple (金剛輪寺)

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/40 sec, f/6.3, ISO 6400 — map & image datanearby photos
My Take

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
Farmer's Friend
helpful spider is more tidy than the earlier one

All 10 comments so far, oldest first...

I have been a long time follower love the pictures of Japan. I was stationed in Japan in 1970 in the Air Force and loved the places and people. I’m glad for your blog, Please keep it up.
Thank You
Gale Shaffer

— comment by Gale Shaffer on October 29th, 2019 at 9:12pm JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

/JeffIsBloggingAgain/{ print “a happy day” }

— comment by Michael on October 29th, 2019 at 11:01pm JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

Happy to see a new post! Love the pictures.
Thanks for posting!
Erik

— comment by Erik on October 30th, 2019 at 5:21am JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

Hello
Glad to see you back !
Have been missing your postings
Thanks for your Blog – I enjoy your views of Japan.
Dan

— comment by D Brunicardi on October 30th, 2019 at 8:29am JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

Spectacular as always. Both the subject and the photography. Great to see you post, it really helps me to imagine travelling to a bucket list location. One day….

— comment by Steve on October 31st, 2019 at 9:31am JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

Nice fall colors!

— comment by Tom in SF on November 1st, 2019 at 4:53am JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

I hope your blog-break will be over soon. Your photos keep Kyoto fresh in my mind. Best wishes.

— comment by DD on November 4th, 2019 at 3:09am JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

Very happy to find your blog updated!

Your blog constitutes an enormous and wonderful archive and resource, and I was sad when it appeared to have dried up a few months ago. However, I can well understand the massive commitment of your time required to maintain it since 2005, for which I and many others are truly appreciative. In these times when the world doesn’t seem a very happy place, it is a balm to the soul to be able to lose oneself browsing your posts and photographs over the years.

I was amused to see the Jorogumo spider in the last photograph, as I was always delighted to come across them and their enormous and very strong webs during my long-ago visits to Japan.

— comment by Peter in Wales on November 15th, 2019 at 1:09am JST (5 years ago) comment permalink

Really wonderful, extremely beautiful photographs, one can feel a powerful impact! Now I will have something to put as my autumn desktop background for 2020. Thank you very much.

— comment by Luis on December 6th, 2019 at 5:57pm JST (4 years, 11 months ago) comment permalink

I’ve only just recently found your blog and have enjoyed browsing through it’s content. I can relate to what you’ve written about motivation. As a portrait and wedding photographer (among other things :), the money is secondary to the joy that a photo can bring to a bride and groom or someone who claims to never have had a good portrait taken. Sadly, money is required to live in this world, but the human connection is truly priceless.

— comment by Brian on January 31st, 2020 at 10:50pm JST (4 years, 9 months ago) comment permalink
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