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Photo panoramique: Yellow

201410-016金木犀の噎せ返るような甘い香りが街を覆い、透きとおる秋がそこにきた。その花は思いの外小さく控えめだが、無数に咲く花が木となりひとつひとつの家で一斉に匂う時、黄金色の存在感を示す。夾竹桃と共に夏色の赤を空に放ってきた百日紅は、僅かに残ったかけらを幾分影の薄くなった地面にひとつひとつ落とし、控えめな群青や紫へと主役を移す。取って代わるのは、金木犀のような濃厚な黄色。もはやレモンイエローの涼しげな黄色すらも探すのは容易ではない。夏と秋を隔てるのは傾きかけた陽光に輝く黄色である。

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taken and edited with iPhone

Deep and dense yellows separate the season from summer. It’s autumn. A strong but sweet scent of osmanthus, fragrant orange olive, is breathing every corner of my town. I can’t find passionately red flowers of an oleander or a crape myrtle under the blue sky any more.

It’s a little bit difficult to talk about local plants. Probably I need a lot of words with my poor English vocabulary. I hope pictures tell something.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs

201410-010At first, I got interested in the shape and color of this sign. It was a hot summer day, sky was blue and the metal was shining. The sign was looked like a part of summer.  Then, I took this picture with my iPhone but what was this?
It said “Lead Hook” which meant that you could hang a leash of your dog on the hook. Looking into the sign, its shape was a face of a dog. Interestingly, the sign said in Japanese, “please do not use for a big dog”.

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I posted similar pictures. Let me do it again because I like this signs as a symbolic view of busy city.

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The last one is a handmade road sign. I think it was a good combination of green and a sign.

All the pictures were taken with iPhone 5.

In response to the weekly photo challengeSigns by The Daily Post.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime

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I don’t like a flash.
(luckily, I don’t have a strobe light and my camera has no built-in flash lamp)

I don’t like a tripod
(fortunately, because my one is very old and heavy, I can’t take my tripod stand)

I don’t like a film-grain noise
(strangely, I have had no chance to post a night shot in a positive manner)

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So, shall I say nighttime for an evening shot.

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In response to the weekly photo challengeNighttime by The Daily Post.

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Photo panoramique: rose garden

201409-025Life should be complex and the lifestyle could be simple. So, the life is acceptable and enjoyable. However, from time to time, we make our lifestyle complicated by ourself.
Whenever it rains, roses are in bloom. Anybody can’t help wondering how to take beautiful pictures and to take care of his valuable camera. So it goes.

人生は複雑なものであり、ライフスタイルはシンプルであってほしい。それでこそ人生を受け入れ、愉しめる。
だが、時として我々自身がライフスタイルを複雑化している。
雨が降ろうと、薔薇は咲いている。誰もがどうしたら美しい写真が撮れるかに思いを巡らせ、そして、大事なカメラに気を遣う。
そんなものである。

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