Winter birds

These days, I have less expectation of taking photos 

Today too, I know that my camera would not work and I will miss many shutter timing, 

So I went outside just with my phone and shut some lovely birds 

birds birds birds....

Duck belly
I think duck has one of the cutest and sexiest belly and ass in animal kingdom

So check out from another angle 

I have to remember their name

Competition
From the water side, many carps are also trying to get bread crumb 

Fly on the birds 1
They need small technique to launch on the water without crashing other birds but get close to food 
 I want you to feel how birds see the world while he is flying
For them, ground can be seen totally different from us 

Fly on the birds 2
He found out that staying at water side has more possibility to reach food

Hesitation
I can understand her really well
She knows that she can get more food if she gets down but she needs bit more push 

Own strategy
His strategy is to stay brave
Trust people so that he can get his own food 

A calm day 

A frozen bench
It is till waiting for someone to sit down 

Lots of sun light 

Warming up 

Just a tree
It fells many leaves
 I like this tree, I always look up when I pass the tree

Melting flower
Snow is melting but also flower is melting

November

More than half of the November has past

I realized that only 5 weeks are left in this year

The colder it gets the more swans arrive in this pond 

Lead water
Water looked really heavy on Saturday evening

Maple leaves wrapping around the branch 

It was 4:30 but sun has already left
Some of the swans were resting on the shore 

Alone
Most of the swan comes from Siberia with family or mate
But this swan was swimming alone and making a big beautiful wave pattern

Stereo image of leaves
Maybe because leaves fell down really softly, I feel these leaves are creating stereo structure

This picture was taken after 10 second at the same place of the upper photo
Light can change a picture dramatically

Shinto wedding
It is not common to hold a wedding in the shrine in Japan anymore
Most of the people wear western style wedding dress

7/5/3
November 15th, 7, 5 and 3 year old kids celebrate and wish for their good health
So quite a few family were coming to the shrine

A woman was selling toys for 7/5/3 event









 Since my camera is not working most of the time
frequency of upload will be decreased

I will try not to make this "photo stack" to "photo stuck"


sorry 

First snow

Dear friend who has not seen first snow

I had a first snow last night, to be precise first snow cover 

I woke up in the morning and felt ummmm it's cold

I was hesitant to go outside but took my half broken camera and took a walk

It was cold but sun was melting the new born snow

I know I will suffer from heavy snow throughout the winter, 

but first snow always makes me excited 

The snow was soft and really fragile

When the sun lightened the ground, snow immediately started to melt
It was just a moment view 

It looks little bit happy to have a heavy snow hat 

Pile of leaves 

Colorful leaves on a wood
It reminded me of play house that I used to do in my childhood

Close up 1

Close up 2

Soft snow
You can see how soft the snow was

Leaves
Stepping on these leaves made me happy
I could make my foot print and anyway it was really soft 

Sun light

Green and white
I like seeing green things in winter...how strong they are!!
I'm always admired and get energy from them 

Color combination

last color

I had first snow today

Leaves are falling down

I am trying to keep colors of nature in my eyes 

Burst

It looks something is exploding in the air

Boats
Boats will not be used for a while since the pond will freeze soon

Many immigrate birds arrived in this pond 
They are trying hard to get attention from human to get bread crumb 









 Color section


You will notice how colorful the nature is

Red

Some ducks are always hiding under the red curtain 

Yellow

Pink

Light green

Fallen leaf
When I walk just 10m away from usual road that I am taking,
I often come across to totally different sight

Dim