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posted: June 30th, 2008 |
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This page begins with June 1st and takes you through 10:37 AM on June 8th - a trip to Fukiage Iris Garden, the Upper-Tama River and then Mt. Takao to see and photograph the Dendrobium moniliforme orchids. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin June 1st |
On June 1st Kazuya and I went out to Ome and visited the Fukiage Iris Garden. We were too early in the season for the peak of the blooms, but it was nice anyway. The first 2 shots kind of give you an overview of the Fukiage Garden. The 3rd shot is an amazing Purple Iris.
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The first photo here is a White Iris and then a row of Purple Irises and then a Purple Flower with a White Center.
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Here is the final Iris Shot - a purple and white variegated flower. We finished our tour there quite early, so we hopped back on the train and continued out to the Sawai, Mitake area along the Upper Tama River. The second shot here is the Upper Tama River at Sawai. A beautiful river!
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Here is another shot of the Upper Tama and then a river shot with some Wild Yellow Irises in the foreground.
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| End June 1st, Begin June 8th |
On June 8th we took our annual "Search for Dendrobium moniliforme Orchids" trip to Mt. Takao. We found them once again! The first shot is a Cremastra appendiculata orchid. The next 2 shots are Dendrobium moniliforme orchids up high in the HUGE Cedar trees. My new camera with the 12x zoom lens and the 1.5x adapter proved to be fantastic for this type of work. It gives me the effective magnification of a 648 mm lens without using Digital Zoom!
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Some more Dendrobium moniliforme shots. The center shot is through a fogged camera lens. It was so humid that every time I took the lens cap off the camera the lens would fog up. I took this shot on a whim and wish I had taken more through a fogged lens!
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These 3 shots are all the same basic area, but at different magnification. Some nice shots we think. Much better results than we ever achieved in past years using our camera/binoculars/tripod contraption.
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This row shows you how prolific these plants are - it's such an amazing thing to see. It's hard to believe.
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Here are 3 more incredible shots.
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The center photo in this row gives you a small idea of how many flowers can be in a single tree.
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The 2nd and 3rd shots in this row also give you a general idea of how many flowers can be in a single tree.
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Three more shots.
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| End Page 1, but June 8th continues on Page 2 |
| And, that shows you what we saw from June 1st through 10:37 AM on June 8th. Thanks so much for taking the time to look. Please continue on to Page 2 for the continuation of June 8th and a few shots of pinkish colored orchid flowers. |
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