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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Flower Photo: The Shima Higiri from Okinawa, Japan

Photo taken in Bise Okinawa, Japan July 21, 2011 with a Pentax K5, tripod, shutter cable release and a Pentax 18-250 lens at a focal length of 110mm. Camera specs:  f/9  1/60  ISO 400.

This flower has been researched online and so far, no luck determining what the English or scientific names might be.  So, from now on wherever I see one, I'll just call them Shima Higiri.





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11 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 23, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    Very pretty. I have no idea on the name.

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  2. RyukyuMikeJuly 23, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    LadyE,
    That's a problem I have plenty of times. When I ask a local and get local dialect, it can't be researched online, in dictionaries, or anywhere. Hopefully, someone will recognize it and holler at me !

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  3. UnknownJuly 23, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    She is a beauty!

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  4. RyukyuMikeJuly 23, 2011 at 5:49 AM

    FishHawk,
    Great idea. We'll just call it a Shima Beauty Flower !
    Um, Latin: Shima FishHakus Beauticus, er somethin like that !

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  5. RyanJuly 23, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Next time you ask a local the name of a flower, have them write it down for you. Great shot.

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  6. RyukyuMikeJuly 24, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    Ryan,
    Exactly wut I dun. Got it writ down in local-readable-dialect. The problem being, it doesn't translate to any recognizable English or Japanese !
    You know. Kinda like the way you talk sometimes. LOL

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  7. RyanJuly 24, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    I'll have you know, I speak the queens english lol..well sometimes when I'm on the phone. Have you ever watched a show on the History Channel entitled 'Swamp People' it's about a bunch of cajun alligator hunters in Loiusiana...great show but I have no clue what the hell they're saying!!! Maybe you could translate?

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  8. RyukyuMikeJuly 24, 2011 at 4:18 AM

    Ryan,
    Yea, they have some hard to understand dialects down that way but, right nice people. Maybe FishHawk could help with translatin.
    Me watch History Channel, hah.
    That's on TV, aint it ?
    Mw watch TV ? Hah !

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  9. Nomadic SamuelJuly 25, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Gorgeous photo! :)

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  10. RyukyuMikeJuly 25, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Nomadic Samuel,
    Thank you.

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  11. Lei NekojimaJuly 28, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    "SHIMAHIGIRI" Clerodendrum paniculatum /Pagoda Flower,Orange Tower Flower.⊂(￣ω￣*)　 http://bit.ly/qA7iEo

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