{"id":752,"date":"2008-02-29T22:11:29","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-02-29\/752"},"modified":"2008-02-29T22:11:29","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:11:29","slug":"snowy-gardens-of-the-heian-shrine-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-02-29\/752","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Gardens of the Heian Shrine, Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Continuing with the <i>Snowy Gardens of the Heian Shrine<\/i> series (earlier parts: <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-02-25\/749\">Part I<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-02-27\/750\">Part II<\/a>) from last\nSunday's <a href=\"\/blog\/2008-02-24\/748\">snowy morning walk\nin Kyoto<\/a>, we had just arrived at the garden's covered bridge when it\nstarted to snow again.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046712' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046712.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046712_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Entrance to the Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046712\"\ntitle=\"In front of the covered bridge in the gardens of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) after a light snow\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 19 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046712.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046712.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entrance to the Bridge<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046713' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046713.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046713_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"View over the Water just as the snow was starting -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046713\"\nphotostream=\"winter, japan\"\ntitle=\"A lake and building in the gardens of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) after a light snow\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046713.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046713.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View over the Water<\/span>\n<br\/>just as the snow was starting\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046733' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046733.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046733_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"View over the Water a few minutes later -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046733\"\ntitle=\"A lake and building in the gardens of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) during heavy snowfall\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 20 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/7.1, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046733.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046733.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View over the Water<\/span>\n<br\/>a few minutes later\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046735' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046735.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046735_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Checking Out the Snowflakes -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046735\"\nphotostream=\"anthony\"\ntitle=\"Kid checking out snowflakes on his hand\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 26 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>30 sec, f\/7.1, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046735.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046735.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Checking Out the Snowflakes<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046743' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046743.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046743_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Photographing the Snowflakes -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046743\"\ntitle=\"Japanese photographer stands under the covered bridge of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan), photographing a heavy snowfall\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>40 sec, f\/5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046743.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046743.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Photographing the Snowflakes<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046747' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046747.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046747_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Protecting Mommy from the Snowflakes -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046747\"\nphotostream=\"anthony\"\ntitle=\"Protecting Mommy from the Snowflakes -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 30 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046747.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046747.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Protecting Mommy from the Snowflakes<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Quite coincidentally, a few days before <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> these pictures, <span class='nobr'>I happened<\/span> to have posted some pictures of the gardens from last summer,\nincluding one <a href=\"\/blog\/2008-02-20\/745#sisters\">of <span class='nobr'>a bride<\/span> having her picture taken<\/a> at this spot:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046750' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046750.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046750_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"433\"\nalt=\"Popular Picture Spot -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046750\"\ntitle=\"Popular Picture Spot -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 28 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, f\/5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046750.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046750.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Popular Picture Spot<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Here's why that spot is popular:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046753' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046753.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046753_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Background View from that spot -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046753\"\nphotostream=\"winter,japan\"\ntitle=\"View of the covered bridge in the gardens of the Heian Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) during a heavy snowfall\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 32 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, f\/5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046753.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046753.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Background View<\/span>\n<br\/>from that spot\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046763' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046763.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046763_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Chilled Flowers -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046763\"\ntitle=\"Chilled Flowers -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, f\/5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046763.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046763.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Chilled Flowers<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046764' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046764.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046764_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Exiting the Gardens -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046764\"\ntitle=\"Exiting the Gardens -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046764.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046764.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Exiting the Gardens<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Finally, here's a shot that's not particularly great, but <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd\nshare it because for some reason it really makes my eyes spin. <span class='nobr'>It's almost<\/span> as if it's been taken with a <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lensbaby\">Lensbaby<\/a> (<span class='nobr'>a\nspecial<\/span>-effects lens)...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='046720' href=\"\/i\/JEF_046720.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_046720_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"440\"\nalt=\"Just a tad Freaky -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i046720\"\ntitle=\"Just a tad Freaky -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 44 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_046720.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_046720.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Just <span class='nobr'>a tad<\/span> Freaky<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with the Snowy Gardens of the Heian Shrine series (earlier parts: Part I, Part II) from last Sunday's snowy morning walk in Kyoto, we had just arrived at the garden's covered bridge when it started to snow again.<\/p> <p>Quite coincidentally, a few days before I took these pictures, I happened to have posted some pictures of the gardens from last summer, including one of a bride having her picture taken at this spot:<\/p> <p>Here's why that spot is popular:<\/p> <p>Finally, here's a shot that's not particularly great, but I thought I'd share it because for some reason it really [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752"}],"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=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}