{"id":1161,"date":"2009-03-13T23:41:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-03-13\/1161"},"modified":"2009-03-13T23:41:50","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T14:41:50","slug":"kyoto-cherry-blossom-preview-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-03-13\/1161","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Cherry-Blossom Preview, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>5000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAlmost That Time of Year Again<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1500 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

So, I've still got my cold, although it's finally starting to get\nbetter. Hence, fairly light posts lately, and this one is no exception. It's a collection<\/span> of photos from the same April 5th stroll last year that\nproduced Cherry-Blossom\nFull Bloom Hits Kyoto<\/a> and Cherry-Blossom Joie de\nVivre<\/i> in Kyoto<\/a>, as well as the “darker-side” post, The Hanami was Nice,\nBut...<\/a>. It was a<\/span> fruitful day, so here are a few<\/span> more pictures that\nwill serve as a Cherry<\/span>-Blossom Preview.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>350 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 125 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHustle and Bustle<\/span>\nout for a stroll among the sakura\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 125 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLooking Forward<\/span>\nto pictures this year without that ugly wall\n<\/div>\n\n

The area near my place is glorious during cherry-blossom season, but the\nugly cinderblock wall often spoiled photos, so it was wonderful when last\nsummer when the owners replaced it with a remarkably<\/span> tasteful (and\ncertainly expensive) Japanese-style wall, as seen in this post about a movie<\/span> shoot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The walkway is still asphalt, so that's still unappealing, but cherry\nblossoms make anything look better...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>4000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nObligatory Shrine Gate<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>750 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPositively Glowing<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

For quite a few of today's photos, I've decided to make abundant use of\nLightroom's “negative clarity” control, which softens up an image (or, with\nlocal corrections, parts of an image), as described in last summer's Funky Joy With Adobe\nLightroom<\/a> post. I used it<\/span> sparingly in a few<\/span> of the earlier photos in\nthis post, but in the one directly above went full tilt. I'm not sure<\/span>\nwhether it “works”, but there it is.<\/p>\n\n

To some extent, the effect is the similar to the “darken blend mode”\nPhotoshop technique I used<\/span> in Cooling Off with Pastel\nCherry-Blossom Desktop Backgrounds<\/a> and described in this fall-foliage post<\/a>. Sliding\nthe “clarity” slider in Lightroom is a heck<\/span> of a lot<\/span> easier, though!<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 45 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSoft-n-Fluffy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 135 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPlying The Canal<\/span>\n$5 a ride, available for much of April and May\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 98 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMoments<\/span>\nbefore this moment<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPredominance of Green<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1500 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPredominance of Pink<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 22 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPleasant Day in the Park<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGlowing<\/span>\nmaybe just a tad too much?\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I've still got my cold, although it's finally starting to get better. Hence, fairly light posts lately, and this one is no exception. It's a collection of photos from the same April 5th stroll last year that produced Cherry-Blossom Full Bloom Hits Kyoto and Cherry-Blossom Joie de Vivre in Kyoto, as well as the \"darker-side\" post, The Hanami was Nice, But.... It was a fruitful day, so here are a few more pictures that will serve as a Cherry-Blossom Preview.<\/p>

The area near my place is glorious during cherry-blossom season, but the ugly cinderblock wall often spoiled photos, so [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,13,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161"}],"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=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}