{"id":1708,"date":"2011-02-21T22:47:22","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T13:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-02-21\/1708"},"modified":"2011-02-21T22:47:22","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T13:47:22","slug":"still-a-bit-of-snow-in-kyoto-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-02-21\/1708","title":{"rendered":"Still a Bit Of Snow In Kyoto (Sort Of)"},"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\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 170 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSnow Play!<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We went for a drive yesterday on the Hieizan\nDriveway<\/a>, a scenic<\/span> toll road through the mountains north-east of Kyoto\nthat's a mere<\/span> 20 minutes away. It gets quite<\/span> up there, offering some\nspectacular (albeit hazy at the moment) views....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 210 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPart of Lake Biwa<\/span>\nwith 1,377-meter Mt. Ibuki rising out of the haze 65 kilometers away\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Some places along the road still have quite a bit<\/span> of snow, so we stopped\nat times for Anthony to play. This particular place is over the prefectural\nline (in Shiga prefecture), which is why this post's title has a “sort\nof”... it's not really Kyoto. Anyway...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 380 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOn the Move<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 460 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTargeting Mommy<\/span>\nwho is safe in the car, but a tempting target nevertheless\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 460 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHappy With his Aim<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 95 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLeaping Off the Huge Snow Pile<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 140 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCrash Landing<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 290 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWet Butt<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 340 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 1250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStill No Haircut<\/span>\n( referencing this post<\/a> and this post<\/a> )\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 290 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHappy About Something<\/span>\nprobably having gotten me with a snowball<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDigging<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

There's just something about sticks and snow that little boys just can't\npass up. It was like<\/span> that even years ago<\/a>, and it's\nlike that today.<\/p>\n\n

This last photo reminds me that I've still not followed up on this shot from a year<\/span> ago<\/a>. Must bump that up on the to-do list...<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We went for a drive yesterday on the Hieizan Driveway, a scenic toll road through the mountains north-east of Kyoto that's a mere 20 minutes away. It gets quite up there, offering some spectacular (albeit hazy at the moment) views....<\/p>

Some places along the road still have quite a bit of snow, so we stopped at times for Anthony to play. This particular place is over the prefectural line (in Shiga prefecture), which is why this post's title has a \"sort of\"... it's not really Kyoto. Anyway...<\/p>

There's just something about sticks and snow that little boys just can't pass [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708"}],"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=1708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}