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posted: March 31st, 2008 |
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The photos on this page include those taken on March 22nd and 23rd only - 2 days when we took over 500 pictures in total. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin March 22nd |
On the 22nd we took an Okutama Holiday Special train out to Hinatawada and hiked to a Plum Tree Park - Yoshino Baigo. We went there last year too, but last year it was a much hazier day when we went there and we were disappointed in our results. We did much better this year.
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Lots of Plum Trees in this park - very beautiful. Of course there were lots of people too, but it's a big enough place that the crowd was merely a minor inconvenience.
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The first and 2nd shots in this row are the same, but in the first shot the foreground is in focus and in the 2nd shot the background is in focus. Interesting, eh?
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Here are 3 more shots. In the center photo the foreground is in focus.
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Here are 2 more photos with the foreground in focus - and an overview of the area.
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Beautiful colors, eh!?
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The first 2 shots show a focused foreground and a blurry background. The foreground flower is a pink Azalea flower. The 3rd shot is a Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum).
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This is our porch Cymbidium goeringii plant. You probably cannot count, but there are 13 flowers. This plant is the one which we rescued some years ago - one which was caught in the roots of an uprooted tree and was nearly dead. We took it home and planted it and over the years this is what it has become.
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| End March 22nd, Begin March 23rd |
On Sunday - March 23rd - we climbed Mt. Takao yet again - specifically in search of Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum. We found it too! You can see it in the first 2 shots in this row. We also found some Viola bissetii in bloom - one shot here.
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Here is another shot of Viola bissetii and 2 shots of Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana. Amazing - the flowers we found on this Sunday.
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Here is a shot of Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana which has been adjusted in PhotoShop so that the pink color shows up more like it did in real life. For some reason our cameras absolutely would not record the delicate pink color which we could see with our naked eyes. The 3rd shot is a Viola eizanensis. We were thoroughly shocked to find this Violet in bloom already.
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Here is one more shot of the Viola eizanensis flower and also an Omphalodes japonica.
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| And, that shows you what we saw on March 22nd and 23rd. Thanks so much for taking the time to look. Please continue on to Page 3 for the conclusion of this month's adventures. |
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