mackyte

Japanese Iris

Japanese Iris

This is a Japanese Iris or Hanashōbu. Japanese people have been fond of using the design of this flower on their Kimonos for centuries. They have also appeared...
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This is a Japanese Iris or Hanashōbu. Japanese people have been fond of using the design of this flower on their Kimonos for centuries. They have also appeared in many paintings and have been written about in Haiku poems. The Iris is one of the most appealing flowers to peoples’ artistic senses. The colours are really mesmerizing!
There's a beautiful Haiku:
Irises―
from which that rainbow
rises
- Kobayashi Issa (1803)

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camera

NIKON D5100

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 110 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 55/1

location

location

Osaka, JP

upload_date

Mar, 2019

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16

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Awards

Peer Award

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