雨でも満開 in full blossom in spite of rain

桜のシーズンですが、雨がよく降ります。
光が足りないせいか、花の色がが例年より濃く見えます。

It is the season of the cherry blossom, but rainy days are continuing.
The color of the flower looks darker than an average year. Probably because light is not enough.

1/100sec, f7.1, 0EV, ISO200, 22mm (m43)

桜雨 rain during the cherry blossoms season

朝は小雨が降っていましたが、撮影中にあがりました。
弱い雨なので、花は散りませんでした。
雨の日は、片手で撮れる軽いカメラが重宝します。

It drizzled in this morning, but the rain stopped in the midst of photography.
Because it was weak rain, the flower was not scattered.
A light weight camera which can be handled with one hand is useful on a rainy days.

1/1300sec, F5.6, +1.0EV, ISO200, 40mm (m43)

二分咲き two-tenths in bloom

行ってみたら、まだ二部咲きでした。

When I went there, cherry tree were still two-tenths in bloom.

a weeping cherry tree

1/4000sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

アケビ akebia

民家の板塀に絡みついたアケビです。秋になると実がなるのでしょか。

This is a akebia coiling around the board fence of a private house.
I am wondering if this vine bear in autumn.

1/2000sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

見納め last look

これで見納めです。また来シーズンにお会いしましょう。

This is my last chance to see it. Let's meet again next season.

swan curve

1/200sec, F5.6, -0.3EV, ISO200, 130mm (m43)

skating

1/250sec, F5.6, +1EV, ISO560, 90mm (aps-c)

ミツマタ Oriental paperbush

何がなんでも、枝の先端は三つに別れるぞという頑固さを感じます。
この木から作られた紙は非常に丈夫です。

I feel that this tree is stubborn. Even if anything happens, the tip of this branch parts to three.
The paper made from this tree is very strong.

1/125sec, F5.6, +0.5EV, ISO200, 75mm (aps-c)

はかないカゲロウ faint mayfly

はかなさの代表と云われるカゲロウを見つけました。
とても美味しそうに見えませんが、魚の好物らしいです。
たった一日の生命ならば、捕食されることこそ、命をまっとうすることかも。

I found a mayfly which is referred to as a short life.
It does not seem to be delicious at all, but seems to be the favorite of the fish.
If a life is only one day, to be eaten by a fish may be to complete a life.

1/250sec, F5.6, 0EV, ISO200, 20mm (m43)