朽ちたバケツ rotted bucket

赤色の錆びた防火用バケツが、軒下に伏せて置いてありました。
裏返して見るとは、酔狂なことです。

A red rotted bucket for fire extinguishing have been placed upside down under an eaves.
I checked the inside, just to satisfy my curiosity.

1/30sec, F6.3, -0.33EV, ISO800, 40mm (m43)

1/10sec, F6.3, -0.33EV, ISO400, 35mm (m43)

お供えの器 dishes of offering

それは、ひと気のない神社の入り口に、空っぽで置かれていました。

It was empty, and it was left at the entrance of the desolate shrine.

1/50sec, F6.3, -0.66EV, ISO800, 30mm (m43)

自然の妙 wonder of nature

田圃の小さな窪みが、それぞれの氷の作品を見せてくれます。

Many small holes in the rice field show each art work of ice.

1/1000sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

1/30sec, F5.6, +0.5EV, ISO400, 50mm (aps-c)

1/30sec, F5.6, +0.5EV, ISO400, 50mm (aps-c)

1/125sec, F6.3, 0EV, ISO400, 40mm (m43)

1/320sec, F6.3, 0EV, ISO400, 40mm (m43)

1/20sec, F5.6, 0EV, ISO400, 50mm (aps-c)

狂い咲き blooming out of season

気温の変動に惑わされて、一旦咲きかけた桜です。

This cherry tree was confused by an irregular change of the temperature and seemed to be about to bloom once.

1/1000sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

candle also melted

化石になれるか can it become a fossil

八重の椿が、石の上に落ちて張り付いたようです。

A double-flowered camellia fell on a flat stone and seemed to stick.

1/60sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

強い日差し glaring sunlight

椿の花びらを突き抜ける程の強い日差しです。

It is strong sunlight to go through the petal of the camellia.

1/1600sec, F1.8, manual, ISO200, 50mm (aps-c)

謹賀新年 Happy New Year

明けましておめでとうございます

New Year's greeting to you!

right: lion's face mask for lion dance ; to exorcise evil from a person

I thought that it had two sets of eyebrows first, but later I realized the upper part is the ear.

center: kadomatsu ; ornament on the front gate

left: lion dance costume (maybe)