{"id":1033,"date":"2008-12-18T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-12-18\/1033"},"modified":"2008-12-18T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T08:08:09","slug":"kyoto-winter-preview-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-12-18\/1033","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Winter Preview (Sort Of)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 40 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSnow in Kyoto<\/span>\nthis past February\n<\/div>\n\n

Kyoto doesn't get much snow. The surrounding<\/span> mountains get plenty, but\nthe city proper might not get any real snowfall all year, or maybe up to a\nfew<\/span> mornings of accumulation a season.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

It's already been cold enough for snow... the temperature has dipped to\nfreezing a few<\/span> evenings, although during the day it's still bout 10°C\n(50°F). But since<\/span> many in the Northern Hemisphere are already seeing\ntheir first snows, I thought<\/span> I'd post a few<\/span> more pictures from the few\nsnows Kyoto had last winter.<\/p>\n\n

The shots on today's post are from one morning in February were Anthony\nand I walked<\/span> to the Heian Shrine in the snow. The shot above<\/span> is on the\nbridge nearest our place; other photos from the bridge (including\ncomparisons of the view during cherry-blossom season) appeared at the time\non my Snowy Bridge in\nKyoto<\/a> post.<\/p>\n\n

Walking along...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nUndisturbed<\/span>\nfor the moment\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBikes at the Museum<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Since it rarely gets more than a few<\/span> degrees below freezing, snow\nremains very sticky, and so piles up thickly on even the thinnest surfaces,\nsuch as the brake cables of the bikes.<\/p>\n\n

Just looking at this statue of a samurai<\/span> in front of the library made me shiver...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFrozen in Time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

It was here that I took the snowy crow shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

At the playground, Anthony reveled in the chance to wreck the virgin\nsnow on the slide...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nIt's Mine, All Mine.... Bwahahahahahahaha<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 32 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGiddy with Excitement<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The only-the-subject-has-color treatment of the shot above is\ncliché, but except for Anthony the scene was almost monochromatic to\nbegin with. The other<\/span> color in the scene – the slide and some traffic\nsigns in the background – were just distractions, so I desaturated<\/span>\nthem.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>180 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\npleased at having destroyed the virgin snow, grinning like a\nCheshire Cat<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Working our way toward the shrine, we came to the corner in front where Jingu Michi<\/i> (“Shrine Street”) dead-ends....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 45 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>350 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeavy Snow<\/span>\nfor Kyoto\n<\/div>\n\n

Inside I took one\nof my all-time favorite photos<\/a>, of Anthony enjoying the snow. I'll\nshare more from inside in a later<\/span> post.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyoto doesn't get much snow. The surrounding mountains get plenty, but the city proper might not get any real snowfall all year, or maybe up to a few mornings of accumulation a season.<\/p>

It's already been cold enough for snow... the temperature has dipped to freezing a few evenings, although during the day it's still bout 10°C (50°F). But since many in the Northern Hemisphere are already seeing their first snows, I thought I'd post a few more pictures from the few snows Kyoto had last winter.<\/p>

The shots on today's post are from one morning in February were Anthony [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}