{"id":1189,"date":"2009-04-15T22:25:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-04-15\/1189"},"modified":"2009-04-15T22:25:27","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:25:27","slug":"ram-kulkarni-at-kyotos-shogunzuka-overlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-04-15\/1189","title":{"rendered":"Ram Kulkarni at Kyoto’s Shogunzuka Overlook"},"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 D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 60 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRam Kulkarni<\/span>\nat the Shogunzuka Overlook, Kyoto Japan\n<\/div>\n\n

My best friend from college, Ram Kulkarni, was in Japan for business,\nand so stopped by to visit in Kyoto this evening. I saw him<\/span> previously about a year<\/span> ago\nin Tokyo<\/a>, and prior to that was likely about 11 years ago when he was\nBest Man at my wedding.<\/p>\n\n

Last time he'd been working at a think<\/span> tank as an advisor to a former<\/span>\nprime minister in Finland, but now he has a much<\/span> more demanding boss: he's\nstarted his own company in Bangalore, India.<\/p>\n\n

I brought him up to the real Shogunzuka Overlook<\/a>,\nwhich I actually<\/span> entered for the first time. It has a<\/span> very nice garden,\nand, of course, the overlooks with sweeping views of downtown Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDecidedly Pink Blossoms<\/span>\nof some sort\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCherry? Peach? Late Plum??<\/span>\nsome petals are mixed pink and white\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 1400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPink<\/span>\nand just a touch of green\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It was mostly overcast, but the sun tried peaking out a bit.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 105 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHazy Dayz over Kyoto<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Finally, just as the sun was approaching the horizon, the clouds cleared\naway and we got some very warm light...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEnjoying the Sunset<\/span>\nfrom the several-story high observation platform at Shogunzuka\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My best friend from college, Ram Kulkarni, was in Japan for business, and so stopped by to visit in Kyoto this evening. I saw him previously about a year ago in Tokyo, and prior to that was likely about 11 years ago when he was Best Man at my wedding.<\/p>

Last time he'd been working at a think tank as an advisor to a former prime minister in Finland, but now he has a much more demanding boss: he's started his own company in Bangalore, India.<\/p>

I brought him up to the real Shogunzuka Overlook, which I actually entered for [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189"}],"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=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}