I hear Benten pond located at Okuda in Takada city is the place where Priest En was born. Many lotus flowers on this pond are reaped on July 7 every year and conveyed to Zaoudo at Yoshino for the festival "Frog jumping". The middle & south areas in Nara prefecture is supposed to be designated as a world treasure on this month by a sacred ground of Esoteric Japanese Buddism and generally say this area was native. By the way this pond is very small, maybe about 50m2 around a lot of houses. At this time I take this photo to get rid of the surrounding houses by use of apo lense and make those lotus flowers bright in favorable light. (Lens80-200mm, Iris_f8, Auto_exposure, Manual_focus, ISO100, Tripod)

Benten pond, Reaping lotus, at Okuda

Jun. 1 2002
Manual_Focus Lens80-200mm
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