plum branch
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
picture taken on 08 April 2005.
A big branch of a plum tree and some cherry blossoms in the background.
Prunus mume, or ume in Japanese, is plum. They bloom a few weeks earlier than cherries (sakura). This tree had almost finished its blossom season.
The most famous image of ume is, I believe, the one by a painter/designer Ogata Korin. I searched of an image or two and found this and this.
I am always amazed by how Korin captured the strength of this tree, especially the solid branches.
And I tried to capture the Korin-ish image with my compact camera, and didn't do very well.
