Hermosa Wave Photography
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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Respect of nature is one of the main principles of Japanese culture. Carving your name in a bamboo tree is a good way to injure or even kill it. Defacing trees in the Bamboo Grove is one of many factors driving recent anti-foreigner...
Afternoon light across the platforms, tracks leading toward the mountains in the quiet between trains. 午後の光が差し込むホーム、山々へと続く線路、列車と列車の合間の静けさ。
Umbrellas sprouting like mushrooms, in the rainy weather today in Kyoto. 雨の日の京都で、傘がキノコのように生えている。
A view of northeastern Kyoto from atop Yoshidayama on a warm, sunny afternoon, with the city nestled against distant mountain ranges. 暖かな日差しの中、吉田山の頂から眺める京都北東部の風景。
The garden at Murin-an (1896), the former private residence of Yamagata Aritomo, one of Japan's leading statesmen at the turn of the 20th Century. 無鄰菴の庭園（1896年）は、明治・大正時代の日本を代表する政治家、山縣有朋の旧私邸であった。
I found myself on a boat in the middle of Lake Biwa today. A glassy lake reflects the beautiful clouds, the city of Otsu and Mt. Hiei. This is the other side of Kyoto's eastern mountains (Higashiyama)....
Sanjo Ohashi Bridge in the late afternoon, in this black & white treatment. 午後遅くの三条大橋をモノクロで表現した。
A wall designed like a traditional paper screen door (shoji), only in glass, with visitors passing in front and behind. At the "Self-Study Room" in the former Rissei Elementary School (1928), now The Gate Hotel. 伝統的な障子の...
Fishing boats tied up at Son Tra beach, with coastline highrises in the distance. ソンチャー ソンチャー・ビーチに停泊する漁船と、遠くに見える海岸線の高層ビル群。
The Golden "Hand" Bridge (Cầu Vàng) at Ba Na Hills in Da Nang. The park is almost a mile up into the mountains, and on this day was completely enclosed by clouds. 雲の中の手 ダナンのバーナーヒルズにある「手」橋。この公園は山中の標高約1,500メートルにあり、この日は完全に雲に包まれていた。
A large buddha inside the Huyen Khong Cave, largest of dozen caves in Da Nang's Marble Mountains. フエンコン洞窟 ダナンのマーブルマウンテンにある十数か所の洞窟の中で最大のフエンコン洞窟内にある大きな仏像。
Looking at the skyline of Da Nang, with the Bãi Bụt beach in the foreground. ダナンのスカイライン バイ・ブット・ビーチを前景にダナンのスカイラインを見る。
First time in Vietnam and we were welcomed by Typhoon Fengshen, heavy rain and flooding. That did not stop the locals however, who simply donned their ponchos and continued on. ベトナム台風...
Mie-do Hall at Daikaku-ji Temple the other day. Rendered on Fujicolor Superia 400 film. 先日の大覚寺御影堂。富士フイルム スペリア400で撮影。
Visitor to an evening illumination event in Arashiyama's Bamboo Grove, takes a photo of illuminated hanging bamboo balls.