夜行性のモモンガを夜行性らしく写真を撮る。当たり前のことだけど、夜行性だからこそ、面白い。野生動物の行動パターンと、それを上手に切り取ることができるカメラというメカ。この２つがうまくいかないと写真に残すことはできない。
Taking photos of nocturnal flying squirrels in a nocturnal way. It may seem obvious, but it's precisely because they are nocturnal that they are interesting. The behavioral patterns of wild animals and the camera, a mechanism that can capture them well. If these two things don't go well, you won't be able to capture them in a photo.
生まれながらに自然観察と野生的直感は備わっているのだけど、メカにめちゃ弱い私。どうしてもパソコン開いてにグーグル先生やyoutube 先生に頼るしかないのが、メカの世界。とても苦手だけど、夜行性のモモンガ。あの光、あの暗さ、あの動き、それをなんとか切り取ろうと考えると。カメラとレンズの性能はとても大事で大きい。
I was born with the ability to observe nature and have a wild instinct, but I'm really bad with mechanics. In the world of mechanics, I have no choice but to open my computer and rely on Google and YouTube. I'm not very good at it, but flying squirrels are nocturnal. When I try to capture that light, that darkness, that movement, the performance of the camera and lens is very important and big.
私が思うに、モモンガというやつらは、金食い虫（動物）で、１分１０万円と考える。というのも、夕暮れだったら１０分早く巣穴から出てきてくれたら、どんなカメラでも写真が撮れる。だけど１０分遅いと、その暗さから明るいレンズ、明るいカメラじゃないと、ピントが合わなくなる。なので、モモンガは１分１０万円。１０分をお金で買うとしたら、１００万円のレンズとカメラなら撮れる。そんなのが、通常業務の夜行性のモモンガの日常。なんてやつらだ、、、
In my opinion, flying squirrels are money-eating (animals) and cost 100,000 yen per minute. That's because, if they come out of their burrows 10 minutes earlier at dusk, you can take pictures with any camera. But if they're 10 minutes later, it's so dark that you need a bright lens and a bright camera to get the picture in focus. So, flying squirrels cost 100,000 yen per minute. If you were to buy 10 minutes with money, you could take pictures with a 1 million yen lens and camera. Such is the daily life of nocturnal flying squirrels. What kind of guys...
ただ、そんないいカメラを持つには私には修行が足らず、余すだけで、毎日が修行。トライアンドエラーの日々。だからこそ、面白い。（強気！）笑
However, I don't have enough training to have such a good camera, so every day is a training. It's a trial and error day. That's what makes it fun. (I'm confident!) lol
最近、面白がって、一人で通っている場所が、超マニアックな、飛びモモンガ1発勝負の場所。ここは、最近偶然入ったエゾヤマザクラの巣穴で、ほぼ通常タイムに2匹から３匹のモモンガが日の出前に戻ってくる。これがまた結構暗い。でも朝焼けがバックというのが、魅力的。太陽から逃げるように、滑空して巣穴に戻ってくるモモンガがなんとなく可愛い。
Recently, I've been going there by myself for fun, and it's a very peculiar place: a one-shot flying squirrel challenge. This is a burrow of a Siberian cherry tree that I entered by chance recently, and two or three flying squirrels return before sunrise at almost the usual time. It's quite dark here, too. But the morning glow in the background is fascinating. There's something cute about the flying squirrels gliding back to their burrows, as if to escape the sun.
今朝は、自然に目が覚めて起きて、６：１０。外を見ると、晴れ、東の空がオレンジ色。まだ間に合うとほぼパジャマのまま車に乗る。マイナス6度の夜明けを見ながら、朝のワンチャンスだけを頭に考える。
This morning, I woke up naturally at 6:10. Looking outside, it was sunny and the eastern sky was orange. I got in the car almost in my pajamas thinking I still had time. As I watched the dawn at minus 6 degrees, I only thought about the one chance I had in the morning.
お客さんを連れていくのは、あまりにも無謀な場所で、飛びモモが撮れなかったら、２秒しかモモンガを見ることができない。というくらい、遥か遠い先の木のてっぺんでハルニレの枝を食べている真っ黒いお団子モモンガを見てて、動いたと思ったら瞬きもできない速さで巣穴に飛び込んで終了。滑空コースは予測できるのだけど、そのチャンスはたったの2回（2匹）。ここに、お客さんを連れてきたら、おそらく一枚の写真も残らずに終了するだろう。そんな場所。
It's a very reckless place to take guests, and if you don't get a photo of the flying squirrels in flight, you'll only get to see them for two seconds. You'll be watching a pitch black, dumpling-shaped flying squirrel eating a Japanese elm branch from the top of a tree far, far away, and the moment you think it's moving, it'll dive into its hole faster than you can blink. You can predict its gliding course, but you only get two chances (two squirrels). If you bring guests here, you'll probably end up not even taking a single photo. That's the kind of place it is.
もちろん、お客さんがどうしても飛びモモにチャレンジしたいというなら、くれぐれも、、、と条件付きで連れていくけどやめといた方がいい。だから、一人の時だけ、一人で行く。カメラは、オリンパスのOM1-m2 レンズが、４０−１５０mm f２．８ だいぶ明るい組み合わせだけど、暗い中で滑空するモモンガを撮るには、まだ暗い。あとは、１分でものんびり帰ってきてくれるのを願うだけ。
Of course, if a customer really wants to try flying squirrels, I'll take them on one condition, but it's better not to. So I only go alone when I'm alone. My camera is an Olympus OM1-m2 with a 40-150mm f2.8 lens, which is a pretty bright combination, but it's still too dark to take pictures of flying squirrels gliding in the dark. All I can do now is hope that they'll take their time and come back for at least a minute.
ここのモモンガ、まだまだこれからだけど、雪がサラッと降ったら、レフ板の役目をしてくれるようで、かなりこっちの有利になった感じ。そして、今日、面白そうなレンズが届いた。これや、また無謀なチャレンジが面白くなりそうです。
The flying squirrels here have yet to come back, but when the snow falls lightly, they will act as a reflector, which gives us a considerable advantage. And today, an interesting lens arrived. This and another reckless challenge will be fun.
オリンパスの４５mm F1.2 . マップカメラで中古で１１万円。こうやって、カメラの沼にハマっていくんだろうなぁ、、、
Olympus 45mm F1.2. A used one at Map Camera costs 110,000 yen. I guess this is how people get sucked into the camera swamp...
全部可愛い、モモンガですね！桜のお家なんて素敵でしょ。
