Japanese Beautyberry

Japanese Beautyberry, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The plant shown in above is a kind of shrub trees which is native to Japan. It is called "Murasaki-Shikibu" in Japanese.
The name of "Murasaki-Skikibu" comes from the name of a famous Japanese female novelist who wrote the "Tale of Genji" in the early 11th Century. It is said that this story is the world's first novel or first modern novel.
By the way, the Muraski means purple color.

Have a Happy Friday.
The image was taken by EOS7D with EF-S 60mm F2.8 Macro USM, 1/500 f2.8 ISO400 Aperture Priority AE

Wish you all a wonderful day!

Wish you all a wonderful day!, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

According to the WIKIPEDIA, the flowering plant shown in above has few English names like Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron or Naked Lady.
The above photo was taken in my yard yesterday. But, it was a little out of focus because i used maximum aperture to make smooth bokeh on backdrop. Thus i failed to capture fine and clear texture on petals. That's why I tried to take same photo again this morning.
The photo was taken by Olympus Pen E-P3 with Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95, 1/4000 f/0.95 -0.3 of Exposure Bias ISO200 Aperture-Priority AE

just only a weed, but.......

just only a weed, but....... （たかが雑草、されど........), originally uploaded by photoholic image.

It is just only a weed and very common plant we can find it wherever weeds grow thickly, but it has so lovely flowers as you can see. Try to observe carefully, these are very small but so beautiful and lovely flowers.

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

A BLURRED & OUT OF FOCUS

A BLURRED & OUT OF FOCUS （カメラブレとピンボケ）, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Suddenly, a moth came into my sight when i aimed to shoot other subject by macro lens.
I shot this pic in a rush without any thought about focusing, exposure and aperture setting so that the pic was a little blurred and out of focus. But, I decided to upload the pic to my photostream because of lovely bokeh.

The image was taken by EOS7D with EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Apples, starting to take on red color

Apples, starting to take on red color, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Despite strong wind and heavy rain of tropical storm hit the island last week, most apples are still remaining and just started to take on red color. The harvest is scheduled to be carried out by children either end of Oct. or beginning of Nov. Most children are looking forward to the harvest festival, but, some of parents worry about radioactive contamination on apples. Because the place here is located only 150km away from the melt downed nuclear power plant in Fukushima.

The image was taken by EOS7D with Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM, 1/60 f/14.0 ISO400 +1/3EV of Exposure Bias

For your Happy Sunday evening

For your Happy Sunday evening, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

A dried chinese lantern, still red fruit can be seen.
This chinese lantern was harvested in my yard. I left it under dead leaves almost couple of months after harvesting.

The image was taken by Olympus Pen E-P3 with M. Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f3.5-5.6, 1/15 f8 ISO200 -0.7 of Exposure Bias

SOBA or flowers of buckwheat

SOBA or flowers of buckweat, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The seeds of buckwheat become the ingredients of Soba noodle. The harvesting of buckwheat seeds will be started in middle of October. So, we can enjoy SOBA noodle made from new backwheat flour soon.

The image taken by EOS7D with EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, 1/500 f5.6 iso800 -2/3 of Exposure Bias

cosmos field and a house

cosmos field and a house, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Fortunately, the area, where i live, was not damaged in the tropical storm passed through the island within few hours. However, still thousands of people have been evacuated from flood and landslide.

The image was taken by Olympus Pen E-P3 with M. Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II R, 1/20 f20 ISO200 Aperture-Priority AE

bloom alone

bloom alone, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I failed to visit your photostream in the past few days, because of the HDD failure of my PC which is still new only 1.5 years after purchased. But, all of the data was restored from the back-up drive.
According to the latest weather forecast, the tropical storm hits the Honsyu Island of Japan so that the area, where i live, will be in the storm zone from this evening.

I wish you all a wonderful day.

The image was taken by Olympus Pen E-P3 with Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95.

cat teaser or dog's tail

cat teaser or dog's tail, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

This weed is called Enokoro-gusa (狗尾草) or Neko-Jarashi(ネコジャラシ) in Japanese. Enokoro-gusa means dog's tail grass and Neko-Jarashi means cat teaser grass. If you try to shake this grass right before cat's eyes, you can see a playful cat like this. It's a most suitable grass for shape up exercise to your cat. Photo was taken by Olympus E-P3 with M. Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R (Black), 1/200 f5.6 ISO200 no exposure bias

thinking whether stop or not

thinking whether stop or not, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

A honey bee came into sight of the viewer of my EOS7D and hovered above a cosmos a little while. But, bee stopped onto the other cosmos.　What is the difference between the two flowers? Thank you for your viewing and i wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Up-closed image of hardy begonia （秋海棠）

Up-closed image of hardy begonia （秋海棠）, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

This plant is called "Syu-kaidoh" in Japanese. Probably, it is not common in Europe and the US, Canada too. According to the WIKIPEDIA, This plant is native to the area covers from Malay peninsula to Southern part of China, and it brought from China to Japan in the early Edo period (1603 to 1868). Photo was taken by Olympus E-P3 with Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95, 1/640 f1.4 ISO200 -0.3EV exposure bias

A Lava Dome

A Lava Dome, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The peak of this lava dome is 6,289 feet (1,915 meters) above sea level and still an active volcano. It is said that this lava dome was appeared by big eruptions about six hundred years ago.

Monkshood bloomed on a trail

Monkshood bloomed on a trail, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The image was taken at the two days trekking to the volcanoes called Mount Nasu. I found some Monkshoods bloomed on a trail route. Summer will soon be gone so that a bee looks so busy.