夢の中の白を撮る / Capturing Dreamy White

毎年、この季節いちばんの楽しみが、ユキヤナギの花を見て撮ることだ。

毎年同じことを繰り返しているから、友人の中には、僕のユキヤナギの写真を見て「春が来た」と感じてくれる人もいるらしい。ありがたいことだ。

この花を撮るときに気に入っているスタイルが「ティルト」。花がぎっしりと、それも立体的に咲き誇るユキヤナギを、レンズをティルトさせて（傾けて）撮ると、奥行き感が不思議で、夢の中のような絵が撮れる。これが楽しい。

One of the things I look forward to every spring is to see and take photos of Spiraea thunbergii, which we call Yukiyanagi (It means snowy willow).

I do this every year, so some of my friends know by my spiraea photos that spring has come to Tokyo.

I like to tilt the lens when I take this flower. The bush literally pop up so many tiny flowers. With the tilt technique, I can capture images with dream-like perspective.

Photo Data
Place: 東京・世田谷 / Setagaya, Tokyo
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Lens: Ai AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D

Green Flowers

Green Flowers
Originally uploaded by Takahiro Yamamoto

Green Flowers

I walked around the office at the lunch time,
but there was nothing much to see in a typical residential area.

These plants were on the track side of a local railway.
They were green but I realized they were flowers
when I saw them closely.
I wouldn't realize that if I hadn't had a camera.

I often take many shots of the same subject.
Later at home, I pick up one of the best shot
and upload it to the Web site.

But as for this one, I didn't take time, and shot only one time.
Many people have uploaded the same kind of
"nature" images there, so I thought this one
was nothing special.

But my guess was wrong.
Some people say the image is one of the best among mine!

There are images I spent more time,
and I like much more.

I am glad people say they like my images,
but sometimes I have mixed feelings.