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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The sunlight after a rain is always beautiful. At Myokenji Temple. 雨上がりの日差しはいつも美しい。妙顕寺にて。
love shooting maple leaves lit from behind, which makes them glow like stained glass. They are highlighted by the morning sunlight filtering through the trees. カエデの葉を後ろから照らすと、ステンドグラスのように輝いて見える。木漏れ日が葉を際立たせている。
Golden maple leaves in the morning sun, in the main temple grounds. 朝日に照らされた金色のもみじ。
A sunny morning. An oasis of peace and tranquillity, steps away from the crowds. At the garden of Hogon-in Temple, a sub-temple of Tenryu-ji. 晴れた朝。人混みから少し離れた、静寂と安らぎのオアシス。天龍寺の塔頭、宝厳院の庭園にて。
I love coming up here and looking down at the Katsura/Oi/Hozu River (it changes names) as it winds its way through the gorge. I've taken many photos from here. 私はここに来て峡谷を縫うように流れる大堰川を見下ろすのが大好きだ。 ここからたくさんの写真を撮ってきた。
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。