{"id":763,"date":"2008-03-14T21:51:06","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T12:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-03-14\/763"},"modified":"2008-03-14T21:51:06","modified_gmt":"2008-03-14T12:51:06","slug":"cherry-blossom-timelapse-fleeting-floral-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-03-14\/763","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossom Timelapse: Fleeting Floral Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028798' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028798.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028798_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028798\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"Close up of cherry blossoms, in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">D200 + Extension Tubes + 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/18, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028798.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028798.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Earlier I posted a few preview pics of <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-03-02\/754\">late-blooming\n&#8220;bundle-of-tissues&#8221; blossoms<\/a>, and of <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-03-06\/756\">plum blossoms<\/a>, so today\nI'm posting <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> pics of Kyoto's run-of-the-mill &#8220;cherry blossom&#8221;\nblossoms.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028770' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028770.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028770_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028770\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"Close up of cherry-blossom buds, in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">D200  + Extension Tubes + 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/13, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028770.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028770.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>These first three pictures were taken <span class='nobr'>a year<\/span> ago by hooking up <span class='nobr'>a bunch<\/span>\nof extension tubes between the camera and my big <a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-11-06\/275\"><span class='nobr'>Nikkor 70<\/span>-200 f\/2.8 zoom<\/a>.\n<span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> yet have <a href=\"\/blog\/2007-08-17\/547\"\nclass='quiet'>my good tripod<\/a>, so this big, heavy combination on my\nprevious (tiny, flimsy) tripod made for <span class='nobr'>a comical<\/span> view.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='028761' href=\"\/i\/JEF_028761.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_028761_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i028761\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"Close up of cherry blossoms, in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">D200 + Extension Tubes + 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 190 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/16, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_028761.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_028761.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a name='movie'>The<\/a> three pictures above are fairly so-so &ndash; nothing special\n&ndash; but I've included them here to delay you <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> so that the images\nin the feature below have time to load. 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