{"id":797,"date":"2008-04-21T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T14:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-04-21\/797"},"modified":"2008-04-21T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T14:10:14","slug":"a-pleasant-day-along-the-kamo-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-04-21\/797","title":{"rendered":"A Pleasant Day Along the Kamo River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051579' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051579.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051579_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Sketching ( I love how the sun reflecting off his pad makes a wonderful fill light for his face ) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051579\"\nphotostream=\"summer\"\ntitle=\"A man sits overlooking the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan, sketching on a pad in front of a backdrop of a solid field of yellow flowers\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 135 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051579.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051579.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Sketching<\/span>\n<br\/>( I love how the sun reflecting off his pad makes <span class='nobr'>a wonderful<\/span> fill light for his face )\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Today was a sunny, gorgeous day in Kyoto, with temperatures in the low\nto mid 70s. Totally pleasant. Conveniently, <span class='nobr'>I had an<\/span> hour to kill while\nAnthony was at &#8220;<a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-03-02\/391\">Jumping<\/a>&#8221; (gymnastics), so\n<span class='nobr'>I wandered<\/span> around with my camera near the Kamo river, where the Takano\nriver joins it at Kawabata and Imadegawa Streets.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051547' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051547.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051547_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Pickup Soccer using a golden ball with &amp;ndash; I kid you not &amp;ndash; a mirrored surface -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051547\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\ntitle=\"Some college kids kick around a soccer ball on the banks of the Kamo River (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>1500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051547.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051547.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Pickup Soccer<\/span>\n<br\/>using a golden ball with &ndash; <span class='nobr'>I kid<\/span> you not &ndash; <span class='nobr'>a mirrored<\/span> surface\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051557' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051557.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051557_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Looking for Lunch I think it's a kite -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051557\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\ntitle=\"A kite (bird of prey) 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>2500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051557.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051557.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking for Lunch<\/span>\n<br\/>I think it's a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kotodama.net\/blog\/?p=503\">kite<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051558' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051558.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051558_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"A Whole Lotta' Yellow -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051558\"\nphotostream=\"summer\"\ntitle=\"A field of yellow flowers fills the dry parts of the Kamo River riverbed, Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 170 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051558.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051558.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>A Whole<\/span> Lotta' Yellow<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051568' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051568.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051568_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Budding Hedge Of, I think, azaleas, that will soon turn into a solid wall of color like this -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051568\"\ntitle=\"A hedge of azaleas starts to flower, along Kawabata St., in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 80 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051568.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051568.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Budding Hedge<\/span>\n<br\/>Of, I think, azaleas, that will soon turn into <span class='nobr'>a solid<\/span> wall of color <a href=\"\/blog\/2007-05-08\/446\">like this<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051572' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051572.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051572_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Checking Out the Hedge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051572\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\ntitle=\"An elderly Japanese lady rides a bike along side a hedge of azaleas that's starting to flower, along Kawabata St., in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>350 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051572.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051572.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Checking Out the Hedge<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051575' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051575.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051575_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Light Reading -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051575\"\nphotostream=\"summer\"\ntitle=\"A man reads a book while overlooking the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan, in front of a backdrop of a solid field of yellow flowers\"\/><\/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 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051575.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051575.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Light Reading<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051592' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051592.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051592_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Navigating the Kamo-River Rapids The water is normally about an inch lower, leaving stepping stones that are dry and easy to navigate. Trying to cross today, on the other hand, results in wet shoes. -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051592\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\ntitle=\"Navigating the Kamo-River Rapids The water is normally about an inch lower, leaving stepping stones that are dry and easy to navigate. Trying to cross today, on the other hand, results in wet shoes. -- 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 @ 90 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051592.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051592.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Navigating the Kamo-River Rapids<\/span>\n<br\/>The water is normally about an inch lower, leaving stepping stones that are dry and easy to navigate.\n<br\/>Trying to cross today, on the other hand, results in wet shoes.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051594' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051594.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051594_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Feeding the Birds -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051594\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\ntitle=\"Feeding the Birds -- 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 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051594.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051594.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Feeding the Birds<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051601' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051601.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051601_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto's Kamo River Looking south from Imadegawa St. -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051601\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto's Kamo River Looking south from Imadegawa St. -- 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 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051601.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051601.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Kyoto's Kamo River<\/span>\n<br\/>Looking south from Imadegawa St.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051609' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051609.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051609_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Young and Old all need to relax -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051609\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\ntitle=\"An old man and a college kid sit on benches overlooking the banks of the Kamo River, relaxing on a wonderful spring day in Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 190 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>350 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051609.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051609.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Young and Old<\/span>\n<br\/>all need to relax\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='051612' href=\"\/i\/JEF_051612.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_051612_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Stepping Stones across the Takano River Here, too, the water level is an inch higher than &amp;#8220;dry&amp;#8221; -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i051612\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\ntitle=\"Stepping Stones across the Takano River Here, too, the water level is an inch higher than &amp;#8220;dry&amp;#8221; -- 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 @ 180 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_051612.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_051612.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Stepping Stones across the Takano River<\/span>\n<br\/>Here, too, the water level is an inch higher than &#8220;dry&#8221;\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a sunny, gorgeous day in Kyoto, with temperatures in the low to mid 70s. Totally pleasant. Conveniently, I had an hour to kill while Anthony was at \"Jumping\" (gymnastics), so I wandered around with my camera near the Kamo river, where the Takano river joins it at Kawabata and Imadegawa Streets.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797"}],"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=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}