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posted: May 31st, 2014 |
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This page begins with Saturday, May 10th when Kazuya took me to the secret location to show me the Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana - an extremely rare hybrid violet - which he found on May 8th. After that, the final adventure on this page, is a trip which Kazuya took on May 11th - I stayed home because I was not feeling up to a long hike. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin May 10th |
These first 2 photos of Mt. Fuji will tell a knowledgeable person this secret location. The 3rd photo shows an example of Viola hirtipes.
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Here are 3 photos of the Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana which Kazuya found here on May 8th. You can see that the flowers are already past their prime, just 2 days after Kazuya found this plant. One has such a very short window of opportunity to find this violet at the peak of blooming. This was a hot and sunny day. A friend of ours visited here the following day and reported that the flowers were "well past their prime" - just a single day after these photos were taken.
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Here is a final photo of Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana. Enjoy it, you may never see this again, not with such a short window opportunity to find it in bloom. We had found this plant in previous years too, but had never seen it in bloom. The 2nd and 3rd images show 2 separate manipulations of 3 exposure-bracketed photos of Mt. Fuji. Both images were processed from 3 exposure-bracketed photos with PhotoMatix Pro software. The 2nd image was processed using the Tone-Compressor option and the 3rd image was processed using the Details-Enhancer Option. Both images were later adjusted in Photoshop to make them appear more photo-realistic.
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In first position in this row is another image which was processed from 3 exposure-bracketed photos with that Photomatix Pro software discussed above. For this one I used the Fusion Option. Oh, sorry, HERE is the final shot of Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana. The 3rd shot shows Padus grayana - a large bush - in bloom.
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The first shot in this row shows the soft greens of spring. The 2nd shot shows a Viola eizanensis and the 3rd shot shows Viola grypoceras.
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On Sunday, May 11th, Kazuya got up early and again went to the mountains by himself. I did not feel like I was up to a long hike this day. The first shot shows Okutama Lake with a beautiful blue sky. The 2nd shot shows an example of Viola violacea var. makinoi and the 3rd shot is one more of the soft greens of spring.
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In this row are 3 shots of Viola hirtipes. In Japanese this is known as the Sakura Sumire or Cherry Violet. I have no idea why as it does not look like a cherry blossom. It is a pretty species though, and pretty impressive too because the flower is larger than many violet flowers.
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The first shot here is a scenic shot which shows the surrounding mountains. The 2nd shot again shows the soft greens of spring along the wide trail and the 3rd shot shows a specimen of Viola phalacrocarpa.
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The first shot in this row shows some mountain scenery and is quite nice despite the large clearcut. The 2nd and final image from this adventure of Kazuya's shows a Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) in somebody's yard as he hiked down to the bus stop.
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