Imperial Palace Gardens…
by Rodney Campbell on Nov.29, 2016, under Life, Photography
The Imperial Palace East Gardens (皇居東御苑, Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen) are a part of the inner palace area and are open to the public. They are the former site of Edo Castle’s innermost circles of defense, the honmaru (“main circle”) and ninomaru (“secondary circle”). None of the main buildings remain today, but the moats, walls, entrance gates and several guardhouses still exist.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 180 mm, 1/200 sec at f/5.6, ISO 720
There are a number of grounds and gardens which make up the Imperial Palace precinct. With limited time we were only able to see just a small fraction of the area.
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 210 mm, 1/250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1100
The gardens are spectacular and I can only image what it would look like in autumn. We were there in early spring, the flowers had not yet sprung. The translucent greens in the delicate foliage was divine with an almost inner glow.
Imperial Palace Gardens
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 160 mm, 1/160 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1250
My youngest daughter and I had a lovely time wandering the paths amidst the play of wonderful light washing through those fantastic green leaves.
Leaving
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 122 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 900
Alas time was short and it was time to leave this special place.
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