{"id":2223,"date":"2013-03-07T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T07:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-03-07\/2223"},"modified":"2013-03-07T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T07:16:01","slug":"yet-more-early-plum-at-kyotos-kitano-tenmangu-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-03-07\/2223","title":{"rendered":"Yet More Early Plum at Kyoto’s Kitano Tenmangu Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWhite Plum Blossom<\/span>\nat the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (\u5317\u91ce\u5929\u6e80\u5bae)<\/span>\nKyoto Japan\n
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I heard from a friend today that the plum blossoms at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (\u5317\u91ce\u5929\u6e80\u5bae)<\/span> in northern Kyoto\nare at their best, so I thought<\/span> I'd revisit my went-too-early\nvisit<\/a> from two weeks ago, last written about here<\/a>, with more of\nthe same.... blossoms blossoms blossoms.<\/p>\n\n

I prefer<\/span> the white ones over the pink, so let's start out with some of those...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n
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I'm always amazed at how a tiny change in perspective or composition can make an otherwise similar photo feel completely different.\nMaybe it's just me, but this next shot, almost identical to the one that leads this article, feels quite different....<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n
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Plum are better known for their pinks, so here are some of those. One plum tree<\/span> was next to what appeared to be an orange tree, and for some\nreason I tried<\/span> to get the oranges in the background...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The blossom was pure pink... no white fringe... but it was backlit by the sun, so the color you see so richly in real life gets washed out to white<\/a> in the camera. \ud83d\ude41   It took all manner of post-processing contortions just to keep this much detail:<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSill Washed Out<\/span>\nbut still pretty in its own way\n
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Somehow (for some reason) I wanted the oranges, so when this wide-aperture shot didn't work...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWide Aperture, Thin Depth-of-Field<\/span>\nat f\/2.5\n<\/div>\n\n

... I tried stopping down a bit...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/16, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nToo Busy<\/span>\nat f\/16\n<\/div>\n\n

Oh well. There's always the ever-pleasing super closeup.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEnveloping You In Pink<\/span>\n
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Walking elsewhere on the large grounds, they have a storm<\/span>-runoff stream\nwith a so<\/span>-so path that probably looks a lot<\/span> nicer today (two weeks after\nthese photos) with the trees in bloom....<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStream<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPath<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nModern but Tasteful<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

One corner of the property is on a hill<\/span> overlooking much of the rest, and on the way there you get\na nice<\/span> view of some of the complex roofs of the nearby buildings...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.2 cropped — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRoofs as Far as the Eye can See<\/span>\nKitano Tenmangu Shrine (\u5317\u91ce\u5929\u6e80\u5bae)\n<\/div>\n\n

I wanted to try to get as much detail of as many roofs filling the frame as I could.<\/span>.. this was the best I could<\/span> do...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/22, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Pointing elsewhere, you could see the photographers scurrying around like ants...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The closest roof to this vantage point was quite complex... I just wondered<\/span> what it must have been like to design it and the underlying structure...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRoofer's Nightmare<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Exiting the fee-required orchard area, you return to the open area of the shrine where you can see people waiting to say a little<\/span> prayer at the main shrine building (that of the roofer's nightmare)...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWaiting<\/span>\nas seen through a gate with its golden lantern and hanging banners in the foreground\n<\/div>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I heard from a friend today that the plum blossoms at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (\u5317\u91ce\u5929\u6e80\u5bae) in northern Kyoto are at their best, so I thought I'd revisit my went-too-early visit from two weeks ago, last written about here, with more of the same.... blossoms blossoms blossoms.<\/p>

I prefer the white ones over the pink, so let's start out with some of those...<\/p>

I'm always amazed at how a tiny change in perspective or composition can make an otherwise similar photo feel completely different. Maybe it's just me, but this next shot, almost identical to the one that leads this [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,1,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223"}],"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=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}