Our Kwanzan Cherry Tree In The Wind

Our Kwanzan Cherry Tree Which Has Yet To Be Demolished This Year By The Beetles Which Ravage It Annually.

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This video was done more to test the manual focus on the camera I use, the Sony NEX-5N

Shot with Sony NEX-5N and Sony 50mm f/1.8 Lens

I have a love hate relationship with this tree.  when it blooms it is beautiful but every year it gets smoked by these small green inchworm looking things first and then these shiny beetles and looks nice for roughly 3 weeks out of the year.

I’ve chronicled the life of this Kwanzan Cherry tree for the past 4 years here

here are some of the blooms from this year-