YABURAN

The flower which I saw on a walking yesterday morning. That is called Liriope muscari. The common name of this plant in English exists several names like big blue lilyturf, monkey grass, border grass or lilyturf. In Japanese, it is called "Yaburan" that means "bush-orchid".

The promenade where flowers of red spider lily are in bloom.

A sign of spring

A sign of spring

Plum blossoms began to bloom. Spring seems to be one step closer.

Taiwan Cherry in bloom

I saw the beautiful Taiwan Cherry that was in bloom just in front of gate of a Buddhist temple. It was now best time to see. This scenery is one of the pride of our city.　That's why we recommend there as a sightseeing spot.　There is also a shop for souvenirs in the precincts of this temple.

Japanese plum blossoms in Oyama-city

Japanese plum blossoms were at their best time to see in the plum garden of city park in Oyama.

an overblown wintersweet

The wintersweet has already been past their peak when I  visited the wintersweet garden. However, flowers were still giving off a sweet fragrance. 

Camellia bloomed in the severe cold

According to a newspaper, it was snowed even in the Taiwan and Guangzhou. Camellia has bloomed even in such a cold. I had to use high-speed shutter to shoot the camellia, because it was constantly shaking by cold and strong west wind.

plum blossoms

It was fairly cold this morning, but I found plum blossoms when I went for a stroll.
Barely two or three flowers were only bloomed in a twig. I felt that it was far in spring.

Bell Tree Dahlia

It is called Dahlia Imperialis as scientific name that is native to Central America.

This plant is a quite common plant nowadays in Japan too. The flowering time is just before frost season. But flowers last a long time this year, because relatively warm days continued.

a plant called skunkvine

The name of this plant isn't lovely, but flowers are quite pretty.

Potted hibiscus has just bloomed

The fresh air is still so cold. But the sunlight became strong day by day. 
The potted hibiscus which I put in the living room caught the warm sunlight and has begun to bloom.

Flowering of a midwinter camellia

This is the first picture to be shared with you in the year of 2015. I would like to say Happy New Year to everyone who visits here to see the picture.

 

the flower which name is unknown

I saw white flowers on a riverbank when I took a stroll.
It was very small flower and those were bloomed in crowded onto a twig as shown in the image above.
Diameter of each flower seemed to be less than 1 inch.
It is supposed to be one of species in Asteraceae family, but I have no confidence that it is.

The plateau where flowers of the buckwheat bloom

The seeds of buckwheat become the raw materials for the soba noodle which is one of the most popular foods for Japanese.　Harvest of buckwheat will begin at the beginning of the next month.
It will be able to eat "Shin-Soba", that is made with newly harvested buckwheat, in November. 

the end of summer

An overblown sunflower is a sign that the summer is coming to the end.

Hemerocallis fulva or daylily, 忘憂草

It is said that flowering period of this plant is one day almost. If so, fortunately, I was able to catch the best timing of flowering.
The name of Daylily comes from flower that lasts a day only.
忘憂草（Wàng yōu cǎo) is Chinese name of this plant, and it is romantic name.
By the way, I remember one song 忘憂草 composed by Ms Keiko Utoku, who is japanese singer and songwriter, and sung by 周華健(Wakin Chau)

Silent prayer

I pray for the repose of the soul of all passengers and crew of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17.

the luxuriance of an aquatic plant, Pickerel weed

After typhoon has gone away, it is really hot and humid today from this morning. It is now 87  degree Fahrenheit and 73% of humidity at 10:30 a.m. in the area where I live.
According to the latest weather forecast, today's maximum temperature will rise up to 93 degree Fahrenheit, this is the first time record in this summer.
Therefore, I'd like to share an image which seems to be cool.
Be careful about heat stroke!

return to normal photography

I've told about the functions of color popping and multiple exposure previously. Those features give us various fun of photography.

If you could use those functions occasionally, we will feel freshness on those pictures, and same time, it helps you to diversify to your photography. However, I think the photography without eccentricity is the basics to the last.

So, this is an image with basic and normal photography. But, a instructor pointed out that a petal in the lower left is unnecessary. So, It is to say that normal shooting is to also be careful.