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Hermosa Wave Photography
Daniel Sofer
My almost-daily blog of landscape photography has been running for 23 years. Photographs of wherever I am, these days mostly Kyoto, Japan and California, USA.
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We saw plenty of cherry blossoms at Kyoto's Botanical Garden, but these red tulips in the afternoon sunlight was my best shot of the day. 京都の植物園ではたくさんの桜を見たが、午後の日差しを浴びたこの赤いチューリップが、撮った中で一番いい写真だった。
Petals from the cherry trees along the Philosopher's Path collect downstream, forming a pink canvas for a tree's shadow. 哲学者の小道沿いの桜の木から散った花びらが川下へと流れ着き、木の影をピンク色のキャンバスに描き出している。
Cherry blossoms along the small bridge linking Nakanoshima Island south to Arashiyama. Kodak Ektar film turns this into a pastoral image of yesteryear. 中之島の南と嵐山を結ぶ小さな橋に沿って咲く桜。コダック・エクター・フィルムを使うことで、昔日の情景を思わせる牧歌的な一枚に仕上がった。
A cherry tree branch overlooking the Oigawa River in Arashiyama. Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 film. 嵐山の大堰川を見下ろす桜の枝。Kodak Ektar 100フィルムにて撮影。
Weeping cherry blossoms (shidare-zakura) bathed in morning sunlight, on Arashiyama's Nakanoshima island. 嵐山・中之島のしだれ桜が朝日に照らされる。
Looking east at dusk along Osaka's Okawa river, from above Nakanoshima island. Among the bridges in this photo are the Tenjinbashi and Tenmabashi. The cherry blossoms along the river haven't really started to come out yet....
Looking up from under the giant weeping cherry tree at Honmanji Temple. 本満寺の巨大な枝垂れ桜の下から見上げる。
Cherry tree in front of the Togetsukyo bridge is illuminated by the sun before it goes behind the mountains. None are full yet, but almost every cherry tree in Arashiyama is blooming now....
Walking through the bamboo path, I find a moment all my own. 竹林を歩きながら、自分だけのひとときを見つける。
Cherry Blossoms are starting to come out in Arashiyama. 嵐山では桜が咲き始めている。
Arashiyama's Togetsukyo bridge at night, illuminated in a special, colorful display. 夜、特別なカラーイルミネーションに彩られた嵐山の渡月橋。
Closeup on one of the hanging branches of this cherry tree, at the former location of the Konoe Residence in Kyoto Gyoen, the former Imperial Palace park. This "Itozakura" weeping sakura is the most famous cherry tree in the park,...
The Torii gate at Kurumazaki Jinja shrine offering prosperity and good luck to those who pass through, accompanied by a beautiful blooming cherry tree. 開運招福の額が掲げられた車折神社の鳥居と、美しく咲き誇る桜の木。
This famous weeping cherry tree in Kyoto's Imperial Palace Park blooms earlier than most other trees in town. 京都御苑にあるこの有名な糸桜は、苑内の他の桜よりも早く咲く。
Cherry blossoms at the tomb of Abe no Seimei, a 10th Century Heian court official and renowned specialist of Onmyodo. 10世紀の平安宮廷の官人で陰陽道の専門家であった安倍晴明墓所の桜。