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.

Silent prayer

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

Dancing hibiscus, petals look like fluttered hem of dresses

The petals in this picture look like fluttered hem of ballerinas' dresses which turn round and round in a Vienna waltz.

Please try to look at this picture while listening to Vienna waltz.

I'm happy if you could have an illusion that the red dresses in this picture go around and round and round!

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.

For your wonderful Sunday!

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

I'm looking forward to the wonderful photos from you at the week ahead also.

peony, likened to a beautiful woman

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

In Japan, the word of peony is to be used as a description of gorgeous and beautiful woman like that ”she sits and stands a peony and walks a lily”.

On the other hand, the floral design of the peony is told to have been popular among yakuzas, which means Japanese gangsters, as a motif of their tattoos.
Because, peony is likened to the king of flower.

A camellia in flower arrangement

 
A camellia in flower arrangement, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Some of camellia trees in my neighbourhood were broken down because of heavy weight of snow which has fallen last weekend. Based on the ready consent of a tree owner, I broke off some of the branches, which had some buds, from broken tree and brought them back to my home to make flower arrangement. The one of them has just bloomed so beautifully this morning.

　

in a sunny room

in a sunny room, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I was a reluctant to take a walk on such cold day.
So I have decided to take photos of potted flower in the sunny room.

A rose blooms in blue.

A rose blooms in blue., originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The rose shown in above is a new species which was bred to be blue.
Mr. Moriji Kobayashi, who is a plant breeder, succeeded in breeding of this blue rose in 1992. And he named this rose "SEIRYU (青龍）" which means "Blue Dragon"

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Have a wonderful day!

iris in a refreshing color

clematis, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

taken by Fujifilm X-E1 with Nikkor O Auto 35mm f/2.0

The mirrorless DSLC gives us the opportunity to use old lenses again. That is why I use both Olympus Pen E-P3 and Fujifilm X-E1 rather than my EOS7D.
The Olympus announced their new product Pen E-P5 to be released in coming June. I would buy it or not, I'll be troubled again with this announcement.

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Flowering of Mock Strawberry

Flowering of Mock Strawberry, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

It is a very small flower. Diameter of the flower is about 1.5cm at most.
The flower of Mock Strawberry has five petals normally, but I found a flower which has six petals that might be a mutation.
I felt a bit joy like found a four-leaf clover.

The photo was taken by EOS 7D + Planar 50mm f/1.4 + Extension Tube EF12 II on 30th April in my garden.

curved filaments of azalea

curved filaments of azalea, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I saw the news on TV and other medias about the 7-magnitude earthquake struck the Sichuan province in China on 20th April.
It’s a terrible situation, a lot of people still afraid of aftershocks and await water and food. 
I've been to Chengdu（成都） the capital city of Sichuan province（四川省） twice. That place is so beautiful area with depth green and homeland of Giant Panda. So I really hope that all victims should be rescued as early as possible. However, I'm afraid that Chinese government declined offers for support from the international community.

a pleasure of stroll

a pleasure of stroll, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I found poppies on the road side when I took a stroll in my neighbourhood.
There was not such a flower in that place before.
It is one of pleasures of the stroll to discover such unexpected thing.

Have a happy new week!!

Golden Guinea for your Happy Sunday!!

Golden Guinea for your Happy Sunday!!, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The bright yellow flower associates the British gold coin GUINEA.
According to the Royal Horticultural Society, the plant shown in above is called Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'.

It is slightly troublesome to take the photograph of this flower.
The flowers of Kerria bloom on the weak arching branches that sway even in the light breeze.
Therefore, particularly, it is hard to focus on a flower of kerria in case of manual focusing lens.
So, I had to wait a little while for breeze to stop completely.

serrated petals of tulip

serrated petals of tulip, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I planted some tulip bulbs in my flower bed last autumn. Only this tulip has different petals from others as shown in the photo above.

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Thank you for your viewing and have a happy Thursday!

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.

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keep its beauty!

keep its beauty!, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I prayed for that no spring frost falls anymore in this spring. Because, the flower of Magnolia Stellata is too weak in frosts. Once a frost, the petals should be damaged and become dirty.
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Perfect doubled petals, Maiden of Camellia

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>Perfect doubled petals, Maiden of Camellia, originally uploaded by >photoholic image.

I think that this is undistinguished or featureless image, just a closed-up photo of camellia.
However, I decided to share this photo with you, because of the perfect and unblemished doubled-petals which are elegant befitting a Maiden of Camellia.
It is a quite hard to find such a beautiful and shapely petals.

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Association to La Dame aux camélias (The Lady of Camellias)

La Dame aux camélias (The Lady of Camellias), originally uploaded by photoholic image.

In Japanese, the flower in photo above is called "Otome Tsubaki" that means "Maiden of Camellia".
When I see a "Maiden of Camellia", I immediately think about a novel titled La Dame aux camelias or The Lady of Camellias written by Alexandre Dumas fils.

The further association is one of my favorite operas La traviata composed by Giuseppe Verdi based on the novel La dame aux Camélias.
Because, this opera is performed remain in the original title of the novel in Japan.

Let's enjoy "brindisi", and let's toast for your happy Sunday, for Maiden of Camellia too!


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Katakuri in full bloom

This is a typical flower that blooms in early spring and it is called Katakuri in Japanese. It is now in full bloom in MIkamo-Yama mountain in Tochigi Pref. Japan.

早春の代表的な花の一つ、カタクリが見ごろを迎えた。撮影場所は、栃木県佐野市、岩船町、藤岡町の１市２町にまたがる「みかも山」の北端にあるカタクリの里。

taken by CANON EOS40D with Carl Zeiss Planar f/1.4 50mm