{"id":2703,"date":"2016-06-09T00:27:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-06-09\/2703"},"modified":"2016-06-09T00:27:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T15:27:52","slug":"half-hearted-welcome-for-gorms-return-to-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-06-09\/2703","title":{"rendered":"Half-Hearted Welcome For Gorm’s Return to Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nSC-04E at an effective 31mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>240 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 50 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGorm Returns<\/span>\nKumiko, Gorm, Antti, Me\nphoto by Manseki Kanemitsu<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Smiling Norwegian Gorm has returned to Kyoto for a month<\/span>-long visit after a year's<\/span> absence, and a few<\/span> of us whole-heartily welcomed him with a\nshort (\"half-hearted\" one could say) <\/span> ride.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Manseki couldn't join us for the ride, but he saw us off and we'd return to join him for coffee later.<\/p>\n\n

Our plan was to do a clockwise Kyoto Heart Loop<\/a>, which starts out on a\nroute<\/span> that I first did<\/a> a year<\/span> ago, that time Gorm having lead the\nway.<\/p>\n\n

This time we all knew the route. We took it<\/span> easy, as Gorm was still suffering jetlag, Kumiko was still coming off an injury,\nand Antti was still recovering from having done a 24<\/span>-hour endurance ride (690km! 430mi!) last weekend.<\/p>\n\n

Apparently my camera skill is suffering as well.... since returning from a long<\/span> absence in The States, most of my cycling shots\nare fatally blurry. I've got to figure this out. Until I do,<\/span> I'll be forced to try to\nrecover some semblance of usability via extreme post processing<\/a>\nthat can become old quite quickly. )-: <\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Up to Kyomi Pass<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

If Lightroom had the ability to add “<\/span>motion blur”<\/span>, I might<\/span> be able to overpower the “<\/span>camera-shake blur”<\/span>\nand produce something vaguely interesting. Instead I present<\/span> the photo above.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nA Gorm<\/span> in its Natural Environment<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStereotypical<\/span>\nJapanese mountain countryside\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 29mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMochikoshi Pass<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

On a counter-clockwise Heart Loop, this is an inviting place to stop,\njust after the crest of Mochikoshi Pass, it offers a lovely<\/span> view of a small<\/span> hamlet below.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSelfie Inception<\/span>\nI take a selfie of myself in Gorm's glasses, as blah blah blah...\n(the same glasses as he's always had<\/a>)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 40mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nKumiko Tries the Same<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

In the end, most of us abandoned the Heart Loop at the halfway point because time was running out, and we'd rather return to\nhave time for coffee and chat (and Manseki). Hence, we did only half of the Heart Loop this time (and hence the \"half-hearted\" in\nthe title of this post).<\/p>\n\n

(Kumiko, who was feeling fantastic on the bike for the first time since suffering an injury, went on to complete the full Heart\nLoop before joining us for coffee.)<\/p>\n\n

Now that Gorm's been re-acclimated to Japan, we'll do a more<\/span> robust ride next time.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smiling Norwegian Gorm has returned to Kyoto for a month-long visit after a year's absence, and a few of us whole-heartily welcomed him with a short (\"half-hearted\" one could say) ride.<\/p>

Manseki couldn't join us for the ride, but he saw us off and we'd return to join him for coffee later.<\/p>

Our plan was to do a clockwise Kyoto Heart Loop, which starts out on a route that I first did a year ago, that time Gorm having lead the way.<\/p>

This time we all knew the route. We took it easy, as Gorm was still suffering jetlag, Kumiko [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703"}],"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=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}