{"id":800,"date":"2008-04-22T23:28:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T14:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-04-22\/800"},"modified":"2008-04-22T23:28:31","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T14:28:31","slug":"pleasant-day-at-the-imperial-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-04-22\/800","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant Day at the Imperial Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Yesterday afternoon, prior to the Pleasant Day Along the Kamo\nRiver<\/a>, I had to<\/span> kill an hour with Anthony near his school. We decided<\/span> to go with a classmate,<\/span> Mizuki-chan, across the street to the grounds of\nKyoto's old imperial palace...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 180 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>750 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nHeading To The Park<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nAfter I Said<\/span> “Okay, You Have an<\/span> Hour to Play”<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nMust.    Inspect.    Rocks.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nJust Being Kids<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

While they played, I and the<\/span> camera noticed some things...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 110 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nBaby Pinecone?<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nField of Purple<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 135 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nAgriculturally Minded<\/span>\n“Planting” flowers brought from a field<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 125 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nFinal Touches<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 98 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nBlossoms Gone, Leaves Green<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n( In Seven Months, They'll Look Like This )<\/span>\n— from the same outing as this post<\/a>\nand this post<\/a> —\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 98 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nRock-Throwing Competition<\/span>\nWith her excellent form, Mizuki-chan was consistently better\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 95 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>4000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nEven Losing is Fun<\/span>\nwhen it involves throwing stuff\n<\/div>\n\n

At one point they played a game similar to what American kids might do\nwith a turkey<\/span> wishbone. Pine needles tend to fall in pairs, so they found\nold dried ones on the ground, hooked the two together, then pulled. The holder<\/span> of the pair that doesn't break wins.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nPine-Needle Wishbone Game<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Once the hour was up, they went to their gymnastics, and I took<\/span> the\ncamera over to the Kamo river, as seen in yesterday's\npost<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, prior to the Pleasant Day Along the Kamo River, I had to kill an hour with Anthony near his school. We decided to go with a classmate, Mizuki-chan, across the street to the grounds of Kyoto's old imperial palace...<\/p>

While they played, I and the camera noticed some things...<\/p>

At one point they played a game similar to what American kids might do with a turkey wishbone. Pine needles tend to fall in pairs, so they found old dried ones on the ground, hooked the two together, then pulled. The holder of the pair that doesn't break wins.<\/p> [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800"}],"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=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}