{"id":1980,"date":"2012-04-20T23:40:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-04-20\/1980"},"modified":"2012-04-20T23:40:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:40:15","slug":"some-kyoto-domesticated-flora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-04-20\/1980","title":{"rendered":"Some Kyoto Domesticated Flora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1980'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> 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<p>I've found especially this spring that <span class='nobr'>I tend<\/span> to use <a\nhref='\/blog\/2010-05-28\/1531'>the Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm<\/a>\nmore than ever, and seem to be falling into the easy-pickings trap of macro\nflora photography. <span class='nobr'>I guess<\/span> it's <span class='nobr'>a phase.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>This seemed particularly evident to me the other day on the outing with\nPaul Barr that produced &#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2012-04-16\/1977'\nclass='pt'>Photographer's Low-Hanging Fruit: <span class='nobr'>a Pretty<\/span> Flower<\/a>&#8221;, which this post is essentially\n<span class='nobr'>a continuation<\/span> of.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110109\" href='\/i\/JF7_110109.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110109_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110109\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110109.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110109.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Discards<\/span>\n<br\/>cherry-blossom petals lying where they fell\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110115\" href='\/i\/JF7_110115.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110115_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110115\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110115.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110115.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Target-Rich Environment<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110117\" href='\/i\/JF7_110117.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110117_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"431\"\nalt=\"cherry blossoms in Kyoto\"\nid=\"i110117\"\ntitle=\"cherry blossoms in Kyoto\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110117.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110117.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Still Plenty in Reserve<\/span>\n<div class='dbg' id='x177008'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x177008\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x177008\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/><span class='dbg2'><a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110117_1280x800.jpg' title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of cherry blossoms in Kyoto\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110117_1680x1050.jpg' title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of cherry blossoms in Kyoto\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110117_1920x1200.jpg' title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of cherry blossoms in Kyoto\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110117_2560x1600.jpg' title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of cherry blossoms in Kyoto\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110119\" href='\/i\/JF7_110119.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110119_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110119\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110119.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110119.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Fish in <span class='nobr'>a Barrel<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110130\" href='\/i\/JF7_110130.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110130_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"431\"\nalt=\"a tiny grasshopper sitting in a very orange flower\"\nid=\"i110130\"\nphotostream=\"summer\"\ntitle=\"a tiny grasshopper sitting in a very orange flower\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 220 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110130.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110130.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Really Really Really<\/span>\n<br\/>orange\n<div class='dbg' id='x954405'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x954405\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x954405\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/><span class='dbg2'><a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110130_1280x800.jpg' title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a very orange flower\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110130_1680x1050.jpg' title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a very orange flower\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110130_1920x1200.jpg' title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a very orange flower\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110130_2560x1600.jpg' title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a very orange flower\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110141\" href='\/i\/JF7_110141.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110141_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110141\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110141.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110141.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Little Hopper<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110166\" href='\/i\/JF7_110166.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110166_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110166\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>3200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110166.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110166.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Oh Hai<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110170\" href='\/i\/JF7_110170.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110170_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"431\"\nalt=\"a tiny grasshopper sitting in a tiny white flower\"\nid=\"i110170\"\ntitle=\"a tiny grasshopper sitting in a tiny white flower\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>3200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110170.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110170.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<div class='dbg' id='x538803'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x538803\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x538803\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/><span class='dbg2'><a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110170_1280x800.jpg' title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a tiny white flower\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110170_1680x1050.jpg' title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a tiny white flower\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110170_1920x1200.jpg' title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a tiny white flower\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110170_2560x1600.jpg' title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of a tiny grasshopper sitting in a tiny white flower\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110183\" href='\/i\/JF7_110183.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110183_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110183\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110183.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110183.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Random Detritus<\/span>\n<br\/>and a buttercup\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110184\" href='\/i\/JF7_110184.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110184_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110184\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110184.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110184.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Moving On<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110187\" href='\/i\/JF7_110187.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110187_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i110187\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 450 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110187.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110187.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Plan and Elevation<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"110200\" href='\/i\/JF7_110200.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_110200_sm.jpg\" width=\"438\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"a tiny white lantern-shaped flower\"\nid=\"i110200\"\nphotostream=\"summer\"\ntitle=\"a tiny white lantern-shaped flower\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_110200.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_110200.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lantern<\/span>\n<br\/>not much larger than a grain of rice\n<div class='dbg' id='x838850'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x838850\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x838850\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Vertical Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/>\n<span style='margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; opacity:.6; filter:alpha(opacity=60);'>\n<span style='white-space:nowrap'><small><a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110200_1050x1680.jpg' title=\"1050 x 1680 desktop background image of a tiny white lantern-shaped flower\">1050<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1680<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110200_1200x1920.jpg' title=\"1200 x 1920 desktop background image of a tiny white lantern-shaped flower\">1200<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1920<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_110200_1600x2561.jpg' title=\"1600 x 2561 desktop background image of a tiny white lantern-shaped flower\">1600<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>2561<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>To be continued...<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I've found especially this spring that I tend to use the Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm more than ever, and seem to be falling into the easy-pickings trap of macro flora photography. I guess it's a phase.<\/p> <p>This seemed particularly evident to me the other day on the outing with Paul Barr that produced \"Photographer's Low-Hanging Fruit: a Pretty Flower\", which this post is essentially a continuation of.<\/p> <p>To be continued...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,1,2,6,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980"}],"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=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}