twinkling red and burning yellow

金毘羅さんからの1枚。紅葉は最高！とは言い難かったのですが、でもところどころ、はっとする色に染まっていました。ちょっと日が落ちてきた空に赤い星がきらめいているような感じ、がしませんか？

This pic is one from those I took at Konnpira-san shrine, Kagawa. The autumn colors there was not the best, but I found stunning colors dotted in spots. The leaves in this photo look like red stars twinkling in the sky, don't they?



金毘羅さんは金色に金の字がシンボル？なだけあって、見事だったのがイチョウ。迫力のある黄色っぷりでした。いや、金色と言うべきか。さぞや銀杏の実もいっぱい降ってきて、その頃は相当臭いんやろなぁ・・・三鷹で通ってた幼稚園の庭にあった巨大なイチョウと、踏んづけられてクサイ銀杏の実の記憶が蘇る。

Konnpira-san shrine adopts a color gold as a symbol, because the name of the shrine contains the chinese character meaning gold! That may be why its ginkgo trees were overwhelmingly wonderful with yellow leaves, or rather, the color could be said to be golden. I guess there were a lot of ginkgo nuts falling and gave off strong smell. It's tasty and I love it, but the smell is terrible! I remember the ginkgo tree and nuts in my kindergarten. (Of course I hated the smell, haha;D)

photos with LOMO LC-A