![](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240302-Z8B_2787-1024x682.jpg)
秋の芸北2021(二日目) / North Hiroshima in Autumn 2021 – day 2
I get up in the dark to take a pre-dawn landscape shot. The sky was clear with stars, so I took some test shots while preparing soup. It is a chilly time of year, but there are a good number of campers.
![星空とキャンプ場 Starry sky and campsites](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2492.jpg)
Yawata Marshland as the sky began to turn white. As I continued to take pictures, the fog gradually began to appear, and the pictures were full of flare-like images. However, even when I could see a little of the surrounding area, there was no fog…? It was nothing to worry about; the humidity from the marsh had fogged up the lens as it was cooled by the cold air. By the time I realized it, the sky was getting brighter and I couldn’t see many stars.
![夜明け前の湿原と星空 Pre-dawn marshland and starry sky](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2505.jpg)
From the marshland boardwalk. The boards were wet with morning dew and terribly slippery. I slipped and fell as hard as I could, not noticing the subtle slope.
![夜明け前の湿原の遊歩道 Pre-dawn marshland boardwalk](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2535.jpg)
The purple clover stood out strangely by the side of the road in the still dimly lit marshland. It seems to be an invasive species that came here as a pasture grass during the Meiji period (1868-1912). This marshland used to be a pasture, so it may have something to do with that.
![ムラサキツメクサ purple clover](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2602.jpg)
The silver grass colony is another popular spot. As it was getting light, elderly people were coming to take pictures in groups.
![ススキ silver grass](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2671.jpg)
Although the forest was dimly lit, the contrast between the yellow and the green of the bamboo grass caught my attention.
![黄色と緑の林 Yellow and green forest](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2659.jpg)
I wondered if it was a Pale Thrush? I thought it was, but it was Eyebrowed Thrush.
![マミチャジナイ Eyebrowed Thrush](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-DSC_0015.jpg)
I took a belly full of colorful pictures, so I’ll end with this one, modestly.
![緑、黄、オレンジ色のモミジ Green, yellow and orange maple](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20211107-750_2850.jpg)