a hibiscus which bloomed in my front yard

I've used EOS7D after a long time. I was fed up with the size and the weight of EOS7D with macro lens.

After all, a mirrorless SLC is the best for me, because of its light weight and compact size. That's why, I'm addicted to Fujifilm X-T1 and X-E1 thoroughly.

Scent of lily of the valley

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr

Flowers of lily of the valley give off refreshing scent faintly.
I think, it's so nice, if I could share such scent with you on the net.
Is it feasible???

I'd like to share with you this image instead of refreshing scent.
Thank you for your viewing my photos with valuable comments throughout a week.
I wish you all a happy weekend.

Lily of the valley bloomed in my garden

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr.

The lily of the valley has begun to bloom finally in the garden of my home.
The flowering of this year is a little later than usual because of a heavy snow at the February of this year.

about Nirin-sou

The photo originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr

I'd like to tell you about Nirin-sou (or called wind-flower in English) in the botanical approach today.

This flower is called "Nirin-sou" in Japanese that is one of species in genus of Anemone. The scientific name is anemone flaccida.
As for the characteristic of this plant, two flowers bloom at the same time from one stem.　In other words, the most of this plant grows two flower stalks ( or scapes) from one stem as you can see in the image.

image on left : the place where Nirin-sou grows in colony.

image on right : up-closed image of Nirin-sou. Diameter of this flower is 2 cm at most, and it has five pieces of white sepals which look like petals. This plant has no petal that is another characteristic of this plant.

The flowering time will be end of March to beginning of April in the local area where I live.

sparkling bloom, Cornelian Cherries

sparkling bloom, Cornelian Cherries, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

This flower is called Sansyu-yu (山茱萸) in Japanese, and it is one of species of dogwood . The plant is a flowering tree, usually 5 feet to 20 feet tall as shown in below. Sansyu-yu is also one of flowers that blooms in early spring as same as Japanese plum blossoms.

buds

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buds, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

It was an impressive scene that the fluff of buds were shining with sunlight.
I felt from such scene like spring is just around the corner.

A camera which I bought on impulse.

I have been using mostly mirror less DSLC like micro four-third DSLC and Fujifilm X-E1 in additon to the conventional DSLR cameras like Canon EOS series. I have bought a Panasonic DMC GX-7 on impulse that it was secret for my wife. This picture is the first shot by DMC GX-7 with M. Zuiko Digital 12-50mm F3.5-6.3.

focusing on a centrepiece

focusing on a centrepiece, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

According to WIKIPEDIA, name of "Rose of Sharon" is commonly used to two different plant both Hypericum calycinum and Hibiscus syriacus. It is said that a flower in the image above is included in Rose of Sharon in the UK and Australia.
For example, BBC Plant Finder introduces Rose Sharon as common name for the Genus of Hypericum.

a small visitor that perched on potted lavender in my yard

a small visitor that perched on potted lavender in my yard, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

A small visitor will probably be Pale Grass Blue, but it does not matter for me what name of that butterfly is.
Most important for me that is to take a picture like this, and that is to be my most precious time.

Lily of the Valley which bloomed in my yard

Lily of the Valley which bloomed in my yard, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I planted several lilies of the valley in my garden few years ago. And the lily of the valley has continued to increase every year. Currently, a flower bed has been occupied thickly by lily of the valley.
I enjoyed so refreshing scent of flowers of the lily of the valley while taking pictures.

drops on petals

drops on petals, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

A tulip coming into bloom closed its petals tightly to endure cold rain of spring.
The photo was taken @ yard yesterday.

Thank you for viewing in lightbox and I hope you have a wonderful Easter holiday and a week ahead!

burst to bloom

burst to bloom, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Japanese cornel, called "Sansyu-yu" in Japanese, bloomed like split opened or burst from a husk.
The plant is a species of dogwood family and native to China, and came to Japan via Korea peninsula at early 18the century as a medicinal plant.
It is said that the seeds harvested from the plant are to be effective in treating infertility and poor circulation.
The bud of this plant is wrapped in a hard husk shown in the image below.

a bowing narcissus

a bowing narcissus, originally uploaded by photoholic's images.

This type of narcissus blooms every year at front yard. But, all of them come into bloom over toward the ground.

taken by EOS40D EF-S60mm 1:2.8 macro USM 1/160 f/7.1 +0.7EV ISO200 Aperture Priority

前庭に毎年咲く水仙だが、すべて下向きに咲くのである。

waiting for spring, buds of the oriental paperbush

Cold and strong wind started to blow from late last night, and it was a sharp drop in the temperature this morning. It was very warm yesterday, but today was so cold and more than 10 degree Celsius lower than yesterday. I have come to know again it is still winter now, so buds are still hard and waiting for spring.
This plant is called Mitsumata in Japanese and the scientific name is Edgeworthia chrysantha. As for the English name, it is called Oriental Paperbush. The bark of this plant is used for raw material of Washi (means Japanese paper).


taken by Canon EOS40D with EF 100mm F2.8 macro USM, aperture priority mode, f8, 1/100, ISO400

冷たい強風が昨夜半から吹きはじめ、今朝は急激に気温が下がった。昨日はとても温かかったが、今日は昨日より１０度以上も気温が低かった。まだまだ冬であることを思い知らされた。蕾もまだ固く春を待ってる。
この植物はミツマタと言い、英語ではOriental Paperbushと呼ばれてる。樹皮は和紙の原料として利用される。