花痴系列 : 梅花

13 Mar 2010 - Went to Plum Festival at Yoshino Plum Garden (吉野梅郷), located next to Hinatawada Station, only 30mins from my place. Entrance Fee was 200 Yen.

This was my 2nd time visiting the garden, I went there 2 years ago in 2008 and the old photos taken using with my Lumix can be found here.

My equipment this time was:
Canon Kiss X2 (or 450D) with EF70-300mm F4-5.6 IS USM Lens and sometimes DMW-LC55 close-up lens for Macro shots.

Landscape shots



Surrounded by Beauties

Mother and Son

Zig-zag


Just Colors

Steps by the tree

Macro shots








1st Born

Cold Plum

Fallen Angel

Other than Plum

Non-macro Flower shots


紅白対戦

Painting with Light

Other Misc shots

The Painter

This was my 2nd time using my 70-300mm Telephoto zoom. Just in case that I needed to take scenery shots, I brought my 10-22mm along as well. But...wow 70-300mm did a great job at taking landscapes and I didn't really have to switch to my super-wide. 70-300mm, I'm lovin it!

More flowers at flickr