日本の代表的シンボル Japanese major symbols

桜と新幹線。これぞ日本の二大シンボルです。

Cherry trees and the Shinkansen.　These are Japanese two major symbols.

original model

currently library for children

桜フェスティバル cherry blossom festival

5日ぶりに晴れました。空の青さが気持ち良いです。

Today is clear after five days of rain. A clear blue sky make me happy.

1/1250sec, F5.6, 0EV, ISO200, 16mm (m43)

1/1000sec, F5.6, +0.3EV, ISO200, 14mm (m43)

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)