{"id":1377,"date":"2009-11-27T16:11:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T07:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-11-27\/1377"},"modified":"2009-11-27T16:11:30","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T07:11:30","slug":"badminton-in-the-park-bikeride-to-the-kyoto-imperial-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-11-27\/1377","title":{"rendered":"Badminton in the Park: Bikeride to the Kyoto Imperial Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In last week's “Family Bike Outing on a Brisk,<\/span> Blustery Kyoto\nAfternoon<\/a>”, I wrote<\/span> about the start of our weekend family bike\nouting, ending with us heading toward Kyoto Gosho, the grounds of the old\nimperial palace (which may not be that “old”, since it seems\nthat the emperor actually stopped by while we were there, the first I'd\never heard of such a thing<\/span>).....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNorth Wall<\/span>\nof the Kyoto State Guest House<\/a> where visiting dignitaries stay\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPerfect Alignment<\/span>\nAnthony and Fumie ride ahead\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 52 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 220 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGlowing<\/span>\nthe large yellow ginkgo positively glowed in the gloomy overcast\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!<\/span>\n( pretending that he's going to crash into me )\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFierce Competitor<\/span>\nabout to display some mad skilz with the badminton racket\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n( I must have done something silly )\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTwo-Handed Stretch<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMommy Smash!<\/span>\n( or, perhaps, “mommy lunge and miss”.... I'm not sure<\/span> )\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nScoop Shot<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGentle Serve<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/1.6, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPoise<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nForehand Setup<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

It started to sprinkle a bit, so we headed home, and another, larger\nginkgo tree was glowing as if it had been transplanted from Chernobyl....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/13, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWow<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I mentioned the\nother day<\/a> that I didn't<\/span> really care much for ginkgo trees and their\nyellow leaves, but cited this “huge glowing yellow, with a carpet<\/span>\nof yellow<\/i>” as an exception. It was wonderful<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Home<\/span>\njust outside the east wall\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In last week's \"Family Bike Outing on a Brisk, Blustery Kyoto Afternoon\", I wrote about the start of our weekend family bike outing, ending with us heading toward Kyoto Gosho, the grounds of the old imperial palace (which may not be that \"old\", since it seems that the emperor actually stopped by while we were there, the first I'd ever heard of such a thing).....<\/p>

It started to sprinkle a bit, so we headed home, and another, larger ginkgo tree was glowing as if it had been transplanted from Chernobyl....<\/p>

I mentioned the other day that I didn't really care [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,2,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"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=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}