Cherry Blossom Time in Japan…
by Rodney Campbell on Nov.08, 2016, under Photography
We had apparently missed the best of the Cherry Blossoms by just a week. We hadn’t actually planned to be here at the peak time. It was just coincidence we had arranged to be here around Cherry Blossom season.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 210 mm, 1/250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 180
The Cherry Blossom (or Sakura in Japanese), blooms across Japan between March and May each year. While the blossom is out crowds of people flock to parks, gardens and riversides to eat, drink, and be merry underneath the flowers.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 62 mm, 1/200 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
The blooming time of cherry trees differs from year to year depending on the weather. This year the blooms came a little earlier than usual and we missed the best of the blossoms. The cherry blossom season is relatively short. Full bloom (mankai) is usually reached within one week after the opening of the first blossoms (kaika). Another week later, the blooming peak is over and the blossoms are falling from the trees. Strong wind and rain can cut the blooming season even shorter.
We were in Ueno Park to view the last of the blossoms (most had already fallen with some bad weather). Still there was a little of the punk blush left on the trees in the centre of the park. I used this as best as could with some nice portraits of my daughters.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/320 sec at f/5.6, ISO 250
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 190 mm, 1/200 sec at f/7.1, ISO 280
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