{"id":776,"date":"2008-03-25T16:56:24","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T07:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-03-25\/776"},"modified":"2008-03-25T16:56:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T07:56:24","slug":"it-has-begun-cherry-blossoms-in-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-03-25\/776","title":{"rendered":"It Has Begun: Cherry Blossoms in Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='049555' href=\"\/i\/JEF_049555.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan -- First Cherry Blossom Kyoto, Japan &amp;nbsp;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp; Spring 2008 -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i049555\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"A single cherry blossom sits among many buds on a branch during the early sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_049555.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_049555.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Cherry Blossom<\/span>\n<br\/>Kyoto, Japan &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; Spring 2008\n<div class='dbg' id='x876071'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x876071\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x876071\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/>\n<span style='margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; opacity:.6; filter:alpha(opacity=60);'>\n<span style='white-space:nowrap'>Standard: <small><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_1024x768.jpg\" title=\"1024 x 768 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1024<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>768<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_1440x1080.jpg\" title=\"1440 x 1080 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1440<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1080<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_1600x1200.jpg\" title=\"1600 x 1200 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1600<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a><\/small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>\n<span style='white-space:nowrap'>Widescreen:&nbsp;&nbsp;<small><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_1280x800.jpg\" title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_1680x1050.jpg\" title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_1920x1200.jpg\" title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049555_2560x1600.jpg\" title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of a single cherry blossom sits on a branch laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Well, at least the first that I've noticed. Returning from <span class='nobr'>a trip<\/span> to the\nstore around 2pm, <span class='nobr'>I noticed<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> blossoms on the trees near my place. <span class='nobr'>It's just in<\/span> time, too, because as <span class='nobr'>I noted<\/span> in the last couple of posts, the <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-03-24\/774\">plum blossoms have started to\nwane<\/a>. So, <span class='nobr'>I grabbed<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> snapshots of them, and even turned <span class='nobr'>a couple<\/span>\nof ones with blue sky in the background into desktop backgrounds....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='049539' href=\"\/i\/JEF_049539.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_049539_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i049539\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"Cherry-blossom buds just starting to open, in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>750 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_049539.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_049539.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='049570' href=\"\/i\/JEF_049570.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_049570_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Most Trees Still Like This -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i049570\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\ntitle=\"Branches of a cherry tree laden with buds, but no cherry blossoms, in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 102 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_049570.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_049570.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Most Trees Still Like This<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Using the <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-03-14\/763#movie\">time-lapse sequence<\/a>\n<span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> last year as <span class='nobr'>a guide,<\/span> it seems that these trees have started to\nbloom about one day earlier than last year.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='049547' href=\"\/i\/JEF_049547.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_049547_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i049547\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 150 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>3200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_049547.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_049547.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='049577' href=\"\/i\/JEF_049577.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i049577\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"A few cherry blossoms adorn branches filled with buds, early in the sakura season, in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_049577.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_049577.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<div class='dbg' id='x575228'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x575228\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x575228\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/>\n<span style='margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; opacity:.6; filter:alpha(opacity=60);'>\n<span style='white-space:nowrap'>Standard: <small><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_1024x768.jpg\" title=\"1024 x 768 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1024<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>768<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_1440x1080.jpg\" title=\"1440 x 1080 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1440<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1080<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_1600x1200.jpg\" title=\"1600 x 1200 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1600<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a><\/small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>\n<span style='white-space:nowrap'>Widescreen:&nbsp;&nbsp;<small><a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_1280x800.jpg\" title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_1680x1050.jpg\" title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_1920x1200.jpg\" title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref=\"\/i\/JEF_049577_2560x1600.jpg\" title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of a few lone cherry blossoms on cherry-tree braches laden with buds, early in the sakura season in Kyoto, Japan\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, at least the first that I've noticed. Returning from a trip to the store around 2pm, I noticed a few blossoms on the trees near my place. It's just in time, too, because as I noted in the last couple of posts, the plum blossoms have started to wane. So, I grabbed a few snapshots of them, and even turned a couple of ones with blue sky in the background into desktop backgrounds....<\/p> <p>Using the time-lapse sequence I made last year as a guide, it seems that these trees have started to bloom about one day earlier than last [...]","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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776"}],"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=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}