lotus from ancient times

Some seeds of lotus of 1400-3000 years ago were excavated from the digging place for public facilities construction site of Gyoda city in Saitama prefecture.
Further, those seeds were found to have germinated naturally in a puddle of the construction site after rain. Therefore, the city government of Gyoda decided to promote the park as a natural habitat of ancient lotus. And the park was opened about 14 years ago. Nowaday, there are four or five lotus ponds and we can enjoy to look the lotus flower of 120,000 roots in 42 different types of lotus from the end of June to the beginning of August.

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!

A magic in the cloud

This colour popped image have run into a reality in the cloud actually.
Of course, latest version of Digital SLC has a function of colour popping like Fujifilm X-T1 and Panasonic DMC-GX7.
However, I used a free shared software in the cloud to process the image above.
There are many magical things in the cloud that scattered in the world of cyberspace.
Probably, I think everyone knows about the cloud computing nowadays.
In the cloud computing, we are able to enjoy various kind of shared services including database information, data storage space, applications software and computing resources.
Even if there is no such function in your PC and camera, you do not have a mind to feel regret. Let's try an Internet search, you will be able to find a variety of services in the cloud immediately.
But be careful! You have to install latest version of an antivirus software in your PC before doing.

By the way, following is the original image.

rainy season is over???

rainy season is over!!!!!!, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Meteorological Agency of Japan announced that rainy season of this year seems to be over. If so, it is earlier for mostly half month than usual.
When I took this picture, it was so beautiful clear sky as shown in the image above!!
But, it was very warm and high humidity today. When I took this picture in Koga(古河), climate condition was 92 °F with 75 per cent of humidity. So, I had to leave off photography earlier than usual not to suffer from heat stroke.

Though you grow up in muddy water, why are you so beautiful?

Though you grow up in muddy water, why are you so beautiful?, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

 like a person who can be in the worse situation or environment, and still remain pure and beautiful in heart and mind "D, by Anna Kwa