Patrick Vierthaler
Summer 夏
How to define summer? Technically, it is the period from mid-July to late August. But from a photographic point of view, it can said to be from April to October, the period when green colours dominate the scenery.
These last from peonies, wisterias and rhododendrons in April and May to the rainy season, green moss and hydrangeas in June, Lotus flowers in July, spider lillies in September, and finally the first signs of autumn in October.
A small garden in a courtyard of Myōken-ji temple in central Kyoto. This photograph was awarded as one of the winning photos at the 2022 Myōken-ji Photo Contest.
Shakunage (a type of rhododendron) season. Ohara, Kyoto, Japan. April 2017.
Shakunage (a type of rhododendron) season. Ohara, Kyoto, Japan. April 2017.
Kirishima Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron) season. Kyoto, Japan. April 2018.
Kirishima Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron) season. Kyoto, Japan. April 2018.
Kirishima Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron) season. Kyoto, Japan. April 2018.
Kirishima Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron) season. Kyoto, Japan. April 2018.
Kirishima Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron) season. Kyoto, Japan. April 2016.
Wisteria season. Uji City, Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
Wisteria season. Uji City, Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
Wisteria season. Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
Temple gate and Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron). Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
Tsutsuji (a type of Rhododendron) season. Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
Wisteria, tsutsuji (rhododendron) and fresh green. Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
Pagoda and "fresh green" (shinryoku). Kyoto, Japan. April 2017.
"Fresh green" (shinryoku) season. Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
"Fresh green" (shinryoku) season. Kyoto, Japan. May 2018.
"Fresh green" (shinryoku) season in a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji (妙心寺). Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
"Fresh green" (shinryoku) season in a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji (妙心寺). Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.
"Fresh green" (shinryoku) season. April 2018.
Kerria (yamabuki) season. Kyoto, Japan. April 2018.
Rainy season. Kyoto, Japan. June 2017.
Rainy season. Kyoto, Japan. June 2017.
Rainy season in a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji (大徳寺). Kyoto, Japan. May 2017.