An Enkoji-Temple Fall-Foliage Preview

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Whimsical Statue

at the Enkoji Temple two years ago
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今回は二年前の圓光寺（京都市）の写真です。撮影日は11月17日でした。

It's gotten suddenly chilly here in Kyoto, Japan, reminding me that the fall-foliage season is approaching. So just as with
last year's “Looking Ahead To Fall with a few Shots from Last Season” post,
this post is to help get me in the mood. All the photos on this post are from the same mid-November 2015 visit to the Enkoji
Temple (圓光寺) in northeast Kyoto.

This temple has been featured on my blog many times, so the “nearby photos” link under any photo brings you to other posts
from the temple.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1800 —
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Entrance Rock Garden







Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/400 sec, f/5, ISO 2000 —
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Paul Barr








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Edge of the Main Garden

The whimsical statue seen at the top of this post is just off to the left of this path, a tiny smudge of darkness in the photo above.

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It Usually Attracts a Crowd

though still difficult to see in this photo







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Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1100 —
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Ignoring his $8,000 Camera

for a cell-phone snap









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Paul Selfie

Of course, the little statute is just one small feature of the lovely moss-covered garden....

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Me

and my squished nose

photo by Paul Barr








Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 4500 —
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Garden-Viewing Room








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From Inside

the garden-viewing room

It can get quite crowded, but even when it's not, it's almost impossible to get a people-free view of the room and the garden.
I (almost) did once, as seen in “Impossible Shot at Kyoto’s Enkoji
Temple: Garden *and* Garden-Viewing Room at the Height of Fall Colors, Devoid of People”. That was five years ago... I should try it again this year.

Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM — 1/400 sec, f/1.4, ISO 800 —
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Another Statue

“Sleeping Man with Rats”?

( not so popular for some reason )







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Serendipitous View

but I've got my 35mm lens mounted







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Better at 125mm

but I would have liked somthing in between







Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 6400 —
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Different Angle







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Serious-Looking Camera







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At Least Five Cameras

for this couple








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So He Goes With the iPhone







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Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2500 —
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Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2500 —
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Happy Shoes

but maybe a bit vibrant for the location







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Big Lens

and kimono, a lovely combination in my book

This is the couple that posed for
“Wigglegram of a Pleasant Couple Among the Fall Colors at Kyoto’s Enkoji Temple”

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Paul Found a Leaf







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Even the Bathroom

is tastefully done







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Exit

back to the rock garden