This week on Instagram featured another fun set.
This first one is from the eclipse. Even with most of the sun obscured like this, it was nearly full daylight out. It just goes to show how bright the sun really is!
TWOI: 9/15/17
Forest Wolf
Shoots are so much more fun with a costume!
Motion in the Trees
Experimenting with stunning fall colors
Capilano
High above the river and treetops
Sakura
Capturing beauty at five centimeters per second
Photo of the Week: Your Spring is Showing
You may think it’s a bit early for spring, but the life everywhere disagrees. Birds are chirping at sunrise, the sun is winning its battle with winter’s blanket of clouds, and all around, trees are in full bloom, painting the Waterfront in pastel hues that sing of spring.
This is the fleeting time when the sakura emerge, dominating the trees in pale pink. As an obvious fan of Japan, I love this foreign gift in my own backyard.
A Taste of Japan: Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
A visit to Kyoto isn’t complete without a trip through the stunning bamboo grove of Arashiyama. There is nothing more humbling than acres of majestic trees towering above your head, cutting thousands of completely vertical lines 115 feet into the sky.
Bamboo has been revered for its durability for centuries, and it grows incredibly fast, making it a popular renewable resource; the wood is used in thousands of applications. It is particularly important to the Japanese, who view it as a symbol of prosperity and see its simplicity as representing purity. Bamboo is unique in its elegance, which is why stalks frequent many zen-hopeful desks, but they are seldom seen in such magnificence.
