{"id":2031,"date":"2012-06-24T00:24:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-06-24\/2031"},"modified":"2013-08-28T13:44:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T04:44:19","slug":"polarizer-examples-with-the-moss-and-ferns-of-kyotos-gioji-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-06-24\/2031","title":{"rendered":"Polarizer Examples With the Moss and Ferns of Kyoto&#8217;s Gioji Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw2031'>\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>This post shows some example effects of <span class='nobr'>a polarizer<\/span> filter on\nvegetation, specifically, the moss and fern laden garden of the Gioji\nTemple in Kyoto, Japan <span class='nobr'>(\u7947\u738b\u5bfa).<\/span> <span class='nobr'>On the topic<\/span> of polarizers it follows from\n&#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2008-06-30\/852' class='pt'><span class='nobr'>A Few<\/span>\nPolarization-Filter Examples<\/a>&#8221; where <span class='nobr'>I first<\/span> brought up the topic four\nyears ago, and the fall-foliage followup last year: &#8220;<a\nhref='\/blog\/2011-11-07\/1880' class='pt'>Heading Out To\nPhotograph The Fall Foliage? Don\u2019t Forget The Polarizer Filter<\/a>&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p>On the topic if the Gioji Temple, this post follows from yesterday's &#8220;<a\nclass='pt' href='\/blog\/2012-06-22\/2030'>Gioji Temple Photo\nShoot: Nicolas's White Little Mushrooms<\/a>&#8221; and the slightly earlier &#8220;<a\nhref='\/blog\/2012-06-19\/2027' class='pt'>Tag Along With Me\non <span class='nobr'>a Photo<\/span> Shoot at Kyoto's Gioji Temple<\/a>&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's a pair of shots of Gioji's garden, with and without polarizer:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' style='position:relative; margin-bottom:20px'>\n<div id='img2031a_1'  style='visibility:visibile; margin:0; width:100%'><div style='margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0' class='ic'><a name=\"115945\" href='\/i\/JF7_115945.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_115945_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"431\"\nalt=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i115945\"\ntitle=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_115945.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_115945.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<div id='img2031a_2'  style='visibility:hidden; margin:0; width:100%;position:absolute; left:0; top:0'><div style='margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0' class='ic'><a name=\"115946\" href='\/i\/JF7_115946.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_115946_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"431\"\nalt=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i115946\"\ntitle=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_115946.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_115946.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\nspan.b2031a { padding: 6px; border: gray 1px solid }\n<\/style>\n<center>\n  <span class='b2031a' id='but2031a_1' onmouseover='OnMouse2031a(1)' style='border-color: red'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n &nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class='b2031a' id='but2031a_2' onmouseover='OnMouse2031a(2)'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n\n  <p style='margin-top:8px'>\n  <small>mouseover <span class='nobr'>a button<\/span> to see that image<\/small>\n  <\/p>\n<\/center>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/<![CDATA[\n var img2031a = new Array();\n var but2031a = new Array();\n\nimg2031a[1] = document.getElementById('img2031a_1');\nbut2031a[1] = document.getElementById('but2031a_1');\nimg2031a[2] = document.getElementById('img2031a_2');\nbut2031a[2] = document.getElementById('but2031a_2');\n\n\n function OnMouse2031a(num)\n {\n   img2031a[num].style.visibility      = 'visible';\n   but2031a[num].style.borderColor     = '#FF4040';\n   but2031a[num].style.backgroundColor = '#808080';\n   but2031a[num].style.color           = 'white';\n   but2031a[num].style.borderWidth     = '3px';\n   but2031a[num].style.padding         = '4px';\n\n   for (i = 1; i < 3; i++) {\n      if (i != num) {\n          img2031a[i].style.visibility    = 'hidden';\n          but2031a[i].style.borderColor     = 'gray';\n          but2031a[i].style.backgroundColor = '';\n          but2031a[i].style.borderWidth     = '1px';\n          but2031a[i].style.padding         = '6px';\n          but2031a[i].style.color           = '#888';\n      }\n   }\n }\n\/\/]]>\n<\/script>\n\n<p>As in my previous posts on polarizers, the &#8220;without polarizer&#8221; really\nmeans &#8220;with polarizer set for least effect&#8221;. <span class='nobr'>I'm taking<\/span> these without <span class='nobr'>a\ntripod,<\/span> so snap <span class='nobr'>a picture<\/span> and quickly turn the filter 90&deg; and snap\nanother. <span class='nobr'>I should<\/span> use <span class='nobr'>a tripod,<\/span> but I'm generally too lazy (but in the case\nof this temple, tripods are not allowed, so <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a good<\/span> excuse. This\ntime.)<\/p>\n\n<p>Like a pair of good sun glasses, the polarizer cuts the reflected light\nfrom the leaves of the ferns. <span class='nobr'>In person<\/span> it's <span class='nobr'>a stark,<\/span> highly-impactful\nchange for the better, making everything look deeper and richer. <span class='nobr'>In the resulting<\/span> photo, the difference is apparent but I'm not quite sure whether\nit's so clearly better. Perhaps it's <span class='nobr'>a matter<\/span> of taste.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's another set of examples:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' style='position:relative; margin-bottom:20px'>\n<div id='img2031b_1'  style='visibility:visibile; margin:0; width:100%'><div style='margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0' class='ic'><a name=\"115948\" href='\/i\/JF7_115948.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_115948_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i115948\"\ntitle=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_115948.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_115948.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div id='img2031b_2'  style='visibility:hidden; margin:0; width:100%;position:absolute; left:0; top:0'><div style='margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0' class='ic'><a name=\"115949\" href='\/i\/JF7_115949.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_115949_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i115949\"\ntitle=\"Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa)  --  Kyoto, Japan  --  Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_115949.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_115949.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\nspan.b2031b { padding: 6px; border: gray 1px solid }\n<\/style>\n<center>\n  <span class='b2031b' id='but2031b_1' onmouseover='OnMouse2031b(1)' style='border-color: red'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n &nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class='b2031b' id='but2031b_2' onmouseover='OnMouse2031b(2)'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n\n  <p style='margin-top:8px'>\n  <small>mouseover <span class='nobr'>a button<\/span> to see that image<\/small>\n  <\/p>\n<\/center>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/<![CDATA[\n var img2031b = new Array();\n var but2031b = new Array();\n\nimg2031b[1] = document.getElementById('img2031b_1');\nbut2031b[1] = document.getElementById('but2031b_1');\nimg2031b[2] = document.getElementById('img2031b_2');\nbut2031b[2] = document.getElementById('but2031b_2');\n\n\n function OnMouse2031b(num)\n {\n   img2031b[num].style.visibility      = 'visible';\n   but2031b[num].style.borderColor     = '#FF4040';\n   but2031b[num].style.backgroundColor = '#808080';\n   but2031b[num].style.color           = 'white';\n   but2031b[num].style.borderWidth     = '3px';\n   but2031b[num].style.padding         = '4px';\n\n   for (i = 1; i < 3; i++) {\n      if (i != num) {\n          img2031b[i].style.visibility    = 'hidden';\n          but2031b[i].style.borderColor     = 'gray';\n          but2031b[i].style.backgroundColor = '';\n          but2031b[i].style.borderWidth     = '1px';\n          but2031b[i].style.padding         = '6px';\n          but2031b[i].style.color           = '#888';\n      }\n   }\n }\n\/\/]]>\n<\/script>\n\n\n<p>So, in this case, which do you prefer?<\/p>\n\n<p><i><a href='\/blog\/2012-06-29\/2037' class='quiet'>Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post shows some example effects of a polarizer filter on vegetation, specifically, the moss and fern laden garden of the Gioji Temple in Kyoto, Japan (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa). On the topic of polarizers it follows from \"A Few Polarization-Filter Examples\" where I first brought up the topic four years ago, and the fall-foliage followup last year: \"Heading Out To Photograph The Fall Foliage? 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