{"id":419,"date":"2007-04-11T23:01:52","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T14:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-04-11\/419"},"modified":"2007-06-30T19:41:50","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T10:41:50","slug":"sakura-and-the-main-gate-of-the-heian-shrine-with-desktop-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-04-11\/419","title":{"rendered":"Sakura and the Main Gate of the Heian Shrine (With Desktop Background)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028564' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028564.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"479\"\nalt=\"Sakura and the Main Gate of the Heian Shrine Standard: 1024 &amp;times; 768 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1440 &amp;times; 1080 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1600 &amp;times; 1200 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Widescreen:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1280 &amp;times; 800 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1680 &amp;times; 1050 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1920 &amp;times; 1200 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2560 &amp;times; 1600 -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028564\"\nphotostream=\"japan,spring\"\ntitle=\"The main gate of the Heian Shrine (the Torii of the Heianjingu) as a backdrop for some cherry blossoms (sakura), April 2007, Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a><br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028564.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028564.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><br\/><span\nstyle='font-size:175%'>Sakura and the Main Gate of the Heian Shrine<\/span>\n<br\/><span style='margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; opacity:.6; filter:alpha(opacity=60);'>\nStandard: <small><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_1024x768.jpg\" title=\"1024 x 768 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">1024<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>768<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_1440x1080.jpg\" title=\"1440 x 1080 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">1440<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1080<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_1600x1200.jpg\" title=\"1600 x 1200 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">1600<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a><\/small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Widescreen:&nbsp;&nbsp;<small><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_1280x800.jpg\" title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_1680x1050.jpg\" title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_1920x1200.jpg\" title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_028564_2560x1600.jpg\" title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of the main gate of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) as the backdrop for some cherry blossoms\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We ran out of milk at lunch time, and in stepping out the front door on\nthe way to the convenience store, for some reason the view struck me in <span class='nobr'>a\nway<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I hadn't<\/span> noticed before. <span class='nobr'>So I got<\/span> the milk, then went back to take <span class='nobr'>a\npicture.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Living so close to it, the gate certainly has appeared plenty of times\nin photos on my blog, including:<\/p>\n\n<ul style='margin-top:0'>\n <li><a class='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2005-12-24\/118\">Two views (snowy and sunny) of the main gate of the Heian Shrine<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a class='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2006-01-20\/135\">Fire Department Parade, and my new D200 Camera<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a class='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2006-02-02\/141\">The main gate of the Heian Shrine, from <span class='nobr'>a different<\/span> angle<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a class='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2006-11-11\/277\">Weddings and the Heian Shrine<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a class='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2007-03-11\/393\">Kyoto City Half Marathon<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a class='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2006-11-24\/289\">This Coffee Makes Me Sad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>I must say, the one above is now my favorite, which is why <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span>\nversions suitable for use as <span class='nobr'>a desktop<\/span> background, both widescreen and\nstandard (links are just after the caption, above). These add to the\nvariety of images among my <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/category\/pretty-photos\/desktop-backgrounds\/\">desktop-background\nposts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>A wider view is shown below, with the building slightly visible to the\nright being the same Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art that made <span class='nobr'>a cameo<\/span> in the\nfirst of the <a href=\"\/blog\/2007-04-08\/416\">Easter\ncherry-blossom night shots<\/a> from the other day.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028559' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028559.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028559_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"&amp;mdash; map &amp; image data &amp;mdash; nearby photos Gate, Cherry Blossoms, and a Canal -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028559\"\nphotostream=\"japan,spring\"\ntitle=\"The main gate of the Heian Shrine, as seen from my front door, in front of cherry trees in full bloom, above the Kyoto Biwako Canal\"\/><\/a><br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 31mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, f\/9, ISO 200, <span title='exposure boost in Adobe Lightroom post processing' class='voh'>P.P. boost: +0.25EV<\/span> &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028559.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028559.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><br\/><span\nstyle='font-size:175%'>Gate, Cherry Blossoms, and <span class='nobr'>a Canal<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<p>So, <span class='nobr'>I decided<\/span> to take <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> walk east along the canal, to see how the\ngate looked from various angels. <span class='nobr'>It was hard<\/span> to see through all the cherry\nblossoms, which are especially thick along the museum, but <span class='nobr'>I found<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span>\nplaces where the gate poked through....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028575' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028575.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028575_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"&amp;mdash; map &amp; image data &amp;mdash; nearby photos 175m to the East -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028575\"\nphotostream=\"japan,spring\"\ntitle=\"The main gate of the Heian Shrine behind a wall of cherry blossoms, April 2007, in Kyoto, Japan (heianjingu torii)\"\/><\/a><br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 102mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f\/4, ISO 200, <span title='exposure boost in Adobe Lightroom post processing' class='voh'>P.P. boost: +0.25EV<\/span> &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028575.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028575.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><br\/><span\nstyle='font-size:175%'>175m to the East<\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028582' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028582.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028582_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"&amp;mdash; map &amp; image data &amp;mdash; nearby photos The Gate's in There Somewhere -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028582\"\nphotostream=\"japan,spring\"\ntitle=\"The main gate of the Heian Shrine obscured behind a wall of cherry blossoms, April 2007, in Kyoto, Japan (heianjingu torii)\"\/><\/a><br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f\/4, ISO 100, <span title='exposure boost in Adobe Lightroom post processing' class='voh'>P.P. boost: +0.30EV<\/span> &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028582.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028582.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><br\/><span\nstyle='font-size:175%'>The Gate's in There Somewhere<\/span><\/div>\n\n<p>\n\nI still have tons of great cherry-blossom photos that <span class='nobr'>I want<\/span> to share from\nrecent outings (<a href=\"\/blog\/2007-04-08\/416\">Easter\nevening<\/a>, two mini outings today, one into <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-04-09\/417\">northern Kyoto<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-04-03\/411\">far southern Kyoto<\/a>, into\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2007-04-05\/414\">Gion<\/a>... <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-03-30\/408\">twice<\/a>, not to mention\nplenty from <a href=\"\/blog\/2007-03-28\/405\">last year<\/a>). <span class='nobr'>For some reason<\/span>, <span class='nobr'>I have a<\/span> strong feeling that <span class='nobr'>I should<\/span> post at most one\nitem per day, but <span class='nobr'>I may<\/span> have to start doubling up if <span class='nobr'>I want<\/span> to get through\nthese before the year is out.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We ran out of milk at lunch time, and in stepping out the front door on the way to the convenience store, for some reason the view struck me in a way I hadn't noticed before. So I got the milk, then went back to take a picture.<\/p> <p>Living so close to it, the gate certainly has appeared plenty of times in photos on my blog, including:<\/p> Two views (snowy and sunny) of the main gate of the Heian Shrine Fire Department Parade, and my new D200 Camera The main gate of the Heian Shrine, from a different angle Weddings [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,2,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"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=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}