{"id":1075,"date":"2008-12-23T22:53:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-12-23\/1075"},"modified":"2008-12-23T22:53:20","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T13:53:20","slug":"kyoto-winter-preview-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-12-23\/1075","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Winter Preview, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

In the Kyoto Winter\nPreview<\/a> I posted<\/span> the other day – about an uncommon snowfall in\nKyoto last winter – the story left off with us arriving at the Heian\nShrine....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 34 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEntrance Gate<\/span>\nHeian Shrine, Kyoto Japan\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Normally you can go up and through the big gate (such as done by these cute kids in\nkimono<\/a> and these\ndemons<\/a> and this\nfamily<\/a>), but this day it was roped off with “beware of falling snow”\nsigns, as if there was actually enough snow to accumulate on the roof to a\ndangerous<\/span> level. It seems<\/span> sort of silly to me, but in any case, you can\nstill enter the shrine grounds through doors on the side.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMust.    Disturb.    Snow<\/span>\nIt's what little boys do.\n<\/div>\n\n

Now we're at the point where I took the pictures that lead off the post\nI published<\/span> that day, Amazing Snow at the Heian\nShrine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPhotogenic Snowman Construction<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I like the ornate little building in the background, and we've seen it\nhere on my blog before, most recently as the backdrop to a kimono-laden family\nportrait<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Then there are the little ladles featured on the previous post, Snowy Quiz: What am I?<\/a>,\nwhich, as I expected,<\/span> didn't prove to be very difficult....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEasier to See In This View<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>750 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLifting a Ladle<\/span><\/span>\n( from a visit on another snowy day a week<\/span> later )\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 23 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAs the Day Wears On<\/span>\n( from a visit on another snowy day a week<\/span> later )\n<\/div>\n\n

Back to the day at hand, it took me a few<\/span> moments to realize how this square of non-snowiness came about...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nA Square<\/span> of “No Snow”<\/span>\nin the middle of a “some snow” area\n<\/div>\n\n

Under the ground at that point is a big<\/span> cistern, one of a pair<\/span> I saw<\/span> being used at the\nevent covered in my\nIntense Burn: Shinto Rite at the Heian Shrine<\/a> post. The water<\/span> must\nhave warmed the ground enough to melt the snow as it landed.<\/p>\n\n

The short fence\/railing seen in the background of the shot above is pretty in its own right...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 44 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGolden Endcap<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1600 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The red\/orange fence is apparently fragile enough that they don't want\npeople actually touching it, so there's a light<\/span> twine and wood fence just\nin front of it. I liked<\/span> how the wet, sticky snow built up even on the tops\nof the wood posts, like little tufts of frosty white hair....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The colors are wrong, but it makes me think of the Muppet Beaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nhard to make a bad picture when you've got\nLanterns<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Several buildings in the shrine complex have these lanterns; one of my\nfirst pictures with my D200 a few<\/span> years back was Lanterns at the Heian\nShrine<\/a>, of those on the building across the courtyard from this one.<\/p>\n\n

We were the first visitors to the shrine that morning, but soon others came...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTeeming Throng of Photographers<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Kyoto Winter Preview I posted the other day – about an uncommon snowfall in Kyoto last winter – the story left off with us arriving at the Heian Shrine....<\/p>

Normally you can go up and through the big gate (such as done by these cute kids in kimono and these demons and this family), but this day it was roped off with \"beware of falling snow\" signs, as if there was actually enough snow to accumulate on the roof to a dangerous level. It seems sort of silly to me, but in any case, you can still enter [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075"}],"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=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}