Looking at the thin, reddish leaves, and I am grateful for the reassuring feeling of spring.
細くて赤みがかった葉を見て、春を感じることの安心感に感謝する。
A Part of Mostly Monochrome Monday
capturing in prose

I have completely forgotten how to spend a May break, so-called ‘Golden Week’ of Japan, when everyone takes a short vacation. Traditionally, May the fifth is the day for children and large streamers in the shape of carp are displayed. Such scenes are far from my memories, and now I only notice them when we go shopping. This photo shows a lot of streamers, but I ceded the place to the children and did not go near them. When I look at the big tree, the big streamers, and the little children, I wonder if it’s okay to play innocently again.
Lens-Artists Challenge #298: To Be Young Again
The picture at bottom was taken last year, of course with being young at heart.

Spring is full of life, like countless hands spreading their palms and covering the sky.
無数の手が指先を広げて空を覆うように、春は命に満ちている。
A Part of Mostly Monochrome Monday

As I wrote on Saturday, I posted the photo again here.

I’ve been waiting for years for someone to challenge me on abstract photography. I really like those types of photos. I can’t say I’m good at abstract photography, but I don’t care. I like that. That’s enough.
The first photo is not a new one. You may have spotted something in the photo. Right, it was taken at an amusement park.
Lens-Artists Challenge #296: Abstracts
I didn’t do any special technics for the second one. All I needed to do was to turn off auto-focus.

I thought it would be interesting to apply different color mapping, such as negative/positive processing. It may give some kind of thunder-like image.
As part of “Mostly Monochrome Monday,” I plan to use the following photos again.
