よく散歩をする山のてっぺんに、いくつかの常緑のスダジイの巨木がある。
この木はその中の一つです。
何年か前から撮りたいと思っていたけど、身近すぎてずっと撮らずに時間がたってた。
去年、やっとスイッチが入って、撮影してみました！
撮って良かったと思います。気に入りの一枚目になりました。
やっぱり地元が一番ですね。
One of my favourite local trees, an old Chinquapin tree (Castanopsis sieboldii) growing beside a forest path that leads to a small shinto shrine. It is at least a few hundred years old. Chinquapins are beautiful evergreen trees. They drop leaves all year so the ground crunches when you walk under them. They grow thick and gnarly, but they are really hard to photograph because when it's misty and moody their bark soaks the moisture and turns black, making them hard to see. So I used a bit of artistic license to make this photo work, gave it lots of dreamy magic! Hope you like it, it's a lovely tree.
 

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