Japanese Nature in Winter

Haven't posted ANYTHING since Matt left... but we have both been very busy. We are both working SUPER hard so that March/April time we have money to do the things we want! So Fran is working 6 days a week - and doing a CRAZY amount of lessons may I add - last Sunday ALL his lessons filled up and he did 14! Really amazing! I've been working at school, teaching private lessons, and doing photoshoots with my friends to build up my portfolio! so when we HAVEN't been doing any of that we have been chilling out and been on a couple of really nice walks! So here are some of the nature picys I've taken (and some captions... for the birds I have named - I hope they are right, if they aren't please let me know!)...

 White Ume Blossom - Winter Plum Blossom

 I love this shot, purely because of the focus leading to and from the sparrow!

 The glistening from the sun's reflection in the water - it was only there for a split second... a complete contrast to the photos I took either side of it... they were all of the ducks but normal color and NO glistening!

A Water Wagtail

 White Ume Blossom - Winter Plum Blossom

 Here is a picture of a bug (or alien... we aren't sure!) Fran saw it... its about the size of a thumb (we have been back and it is still there we decided it must have died there)... Click here if you're feeling brave and want to see it! 

 2 Japanese White-Eyes (such a predictable name - hehe) I am absolutely fascinated by these birds... (there are a lot more picture of them too!) They seems to be so shy but sooooo inquisitive (you can see by the next photo), and more likely than not, there is more than one of them.

 A group of sparrows, enjoying the last bit of sun!

Pink Ume Blossom - Winter Plum Blossom, sooooooo beautiful!

Winter Sakura - light pink blossom

A stray cat climbing trees... he chased all the birds away, so I thought I would get a shot of him too!

Naumann's Thrush

 Sparrow... there are so many of them everywhere!

Another two Japanese White-Eyes, they were soooooo far away and Fran spotted them - Amazing eye sight he must have .... we were about 100meters away!!!!! So REALLY pleased with this shot! Thank you super amazing lens!