大胆な剪定 bold pruning

この山茶花は大胆に刈り込まれたので、今年は花をつけないと思っていましたが、みごとに咲きました。

This sasanqua was pruned boldly, so I had been thinking it would not flower in this season. But it bloomed wonderfully.

1/500sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

前ピン front-focus

先日、一眼レフカメラを購入しました。このカメラ、狙ったところより、随分手前にピントが合います。カメラに備わっている調整機能でも補正しきれません。ピントの問題は、一眼レフカメラの宿命です。

I purchased a digital single-lens reflex camera the other day. But this camera focused on just in front of the area I aimed at. I cannot correct this problem even if I use the adjustment function of this camera. The focus issue is the fate of the single-lens reflex camera.

focused on the "北" tile

最後の一葉 the last leaf

最後の一葉まで紅葉を楽しみました。

I enjoyed autumn colors until the last leaf.

1/2500sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

日本人の美意識 Japanese aesthetic

質素で静かなものに、日本人の美意識の原点があるように思います。

I think that there is the Japanese aesthetic sensation in quiet simplicity.

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

風に吹かれて Blowin' In The Wind

機銃掃射 strafing run

Bob Dylan

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.


日本語訳：壺齋散人

どれほどの道を歩かねばならぬのか
男と呼ばれるために
どれほど鳩は飛び続けねばならぬのか
砂の上で安らげるために
どれほどの弾がうたれねばならぬのか
殺戮をやめさせるために
その答えは　風に吹かれて
誰にもつかめない

どれほど悠久の世紀が流れるのか
山が海となるには
どれほど人は生きねばならぬのか
ほんとに自由になれるために
どれほど首をかしげねばならぬのか
何もみてないというために
その答えは　風に吹かれて
誰にもつかめない

どれほど人は見上げねばならぬのか
ほんとの空をみるために
どれほど多くの耳を持たねばならぬのか
他人の叫びを聞けるために
どれほど多くの人が死なねばならぬのか
死が無益だと知るために
その答えは　風に吹かれて
誰にもつかめない

越冬 overwintering stage

桜の幹の窪みに、集団越冬するヨコズナサシガメです。中国からの外来種でどんどん増え続けています。春になれば脱皮して成虫になります。人も刺すので見つけても触らないようにしましょう。

These insects are "Agriosphodrus dohrni" wintering in a group at the hollow of the trunk of the cherry tree. They are alien species from China and continue increasing steadily. When spring comes, they shed their skin and become the imago. They sting even a person. So don't touch them if you find them.

1/180sec, F6.7, 90mm (aps-c), flash fired

マテバシイ pasania

浮かび上がる葉脈に興味を持ちました。側脈が左右でずれているのが面白いです。

I was interested in the leaf vein which emerged. It is interesting that right and left lateral veins are out of alignment.

1/350sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)