{"id":1188,"date":"2009-04-14T23:39:24","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-04-14\/1188"},"modified":"2009-04-14T23:39:24","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T14:39:24","slug":"more-from-the-awaji-flower-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-04-14\/1188","title":{"rendered":"More From the Awaji Flower Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLotsa' Pretty Flowers<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Here are some more pictures from last week's day trip to Awaji Island's\nAwaji Hana Sajiki<\/i> (“Awaji Flower Review”), which I wrote<\/span> about in\nlast week's “A Few<\/span> Flowers in Awaji<\/a>” post.<\/p>\n\n

When we arrived after a two-hour drive, we found a parking<\/span> lot mostly\nfree of cars, and completely free of cost, which was a very<\/span> nice bonus. The first<\/span> flowers\nyou see upon leaving the parking lot is this somewhat sparse field...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSky, Ocean, Flowers<\/span>\nbut it was hazy, so it's hard to tell the sky from the ocean in these pics\n<\/div>\n\n

Frankly, it was a bit disappointing to see such a scraggly<\/span> field after\nsuch a long<\/span> drive, though at least it was big. The disappointment<\/span> totally\nevaporated after the next rise, were we were greeted with a big<\/span> bed of\nsomething pretty (petunias?)...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 50 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 1400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNow This Is More Like It<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I still didn't understand the magnitude of what we were in for until\nfollowing Anthony over yet another rise...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

...and found a whole hillside covered in flowers...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n(you can even see a boat on the ocean in this shot)\n<\/div>\n\n

The yellow flowers are nanohana<\/a><\/i> (Rapeseed<\/a>),\nwhich means, in one translation, “side dish flower”, which makes a lot<\/span> more\nsense than the “field flowers” I misidentified<\/span> it as in the earlier post;\nthey're not uncommon as a side<\/span> dish in nicer bentos, and I had<\/span> some just\nthe other day.<\/p>\n\n

The purple flowers are murasaki hanana<\/i> – \n\u30e0\u30e9\u30b5\u30ad\u30cf\u30ca\u30ca\uff08\u7d2b\u82b1\u83dc\uff09<\/span><\/a> – “purple flower leaf”. I don't<\/span> know the English\nname, but the Wikipedia Japan article<\/a> has lots of Latin\nnames on it.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nArtistic Interpretation<\/span>\nsorta'\n<\/div>\n\n

It turns out that we still didn't know the full extent of things. Due to the<\/span> lay of the hill, there was quite a bit<\/span> between the yellow flowers in\nthe foreground and the yellow and purple flowers in the background.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1600 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSomewhat Unsettling<\/span>\nbig eye\n<\/div>\n\n

The eye design is apparently something related to the poet Kenji\nMiyazawa<\/a> (1896 - 1933). I'd never<\/span> heard of him or his work, so didn't\nthink much about the eye other than it was pretty, but slightly\ndiscomforting.<\/p>\n\n

In the photo above, on the horizon halfway between the center and left\nedge, you can see two faint white towers. They're the main towers of the Akashi\nStraights Bridge<\/a>, which I\nwrote<\/span> about last year in “Heavy Lifting: Supporting the Longest Suspension Bridge in\nthe World<\/a>”. The two towers<\/span> look to be close together, but owing to the\nlong length of the bridge, one is 25% further away than the other.\n(One is 4.4 miles away, while the other is 5.7 miles away.)<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“Noisy Grass”<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Fumie found a plant with tiny heart-shaped seed-filled pods that rattled,\npenpengusa<\/a><\/i>\n(shepard's purse<\/a>). Anthony and I had<\/span> never seen it.<\/p>\n\n

One part of the hill separating sections of flowers had a big<\/span> wooden\nwalkway, allowing wheelchair access and, on a rainy<\/span> day, mud-free access...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nInteresting Shadows<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The yellow flowers were most prevalent, likely because they're also a crop.<\/span>...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYellow Flowers<\/span>\nand a big orange weed\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLess Flash, More Class<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPhoto Op<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLotsa' Colors<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 60 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLayers<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFamily Photo<\/span>\nphoto by a kind<\/span> passerby<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFun<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFun at 24mm<\/span>\nfisheye distortion\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 14 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWaving Bye-Bye to the Sun<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some more pictures from last week's day trip to Awaji Island's Awaji Hana Sajiki (\"Awaji Flower Review\"), which I wrote about in last week's \"A Few Flowers in Awaji\" post.<\/p>

When we arrived after a two-hour drive, we found a parking lot mostly free of cars, and completely free of cost, which was a very nice bonus. The first flowers you see upon leaving the parking lot is this somewhat sparse field...<\/p>

Frankly, it was a bit disappointing to see such a scraggly field after such a long drive, though at least it was big. The disappointment totally [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188"}],"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=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}