Thursday, September 29, 2011

sea and stone 1






























lava beds and tidepools opposite rabbit island
O'ahu, Hawai'i
photos: Bruce Behnke
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

fishing float tree


fishing float tree
Hau'ula, O'ahu, Hawai'i
photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011



O'ahu, Hawai'i
photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Hawaiian mountain diptych



Hawaiian Mountain Diptych
Top of Manoa Valley
O'ahu, Hawaii
photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Saturday, September 24, 2011

a walk in the mountains






Ko'olau Mountains with a view of the central O'ahu plain and the Wai'anae Coast Range
photos: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Friday, September 23, 2011

ocean reflections



Pacific Ocean
Honolulu, Hawai'i
photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011

浮世絵... Pictures of a floating world


Usually the word ukiyo (浮世絵) is literally translated as "floating world" in English, referring to a conception of an evanescent world, impermanent, fleeting beauty and a realm of entertainments divorced from the responsibilities of the mundane, everyday world; "pictures of the floating world", i.e. ukiyo-e, are considered a genre unto themselves.


Japanese viewers, or those familiar with the genre of ukio-e would probably express a difference of opinion as to whether this photograph constitutes ukio-e.  In the traditional sense, it does not, either in subject or execution.  In the literal sense, well, you be the judge.

Photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

life at 15 mph- ii



more life at 15 mph


Red Rock National Conservation Area, NV
photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011

may you be happy



may you be happy


photo: (c) Bruce Behnke 2011

Saturday, September 17, 2011

our planet's journey






As mountains erode, rocks are sent on a journey down the slopes, washing through streams, and resting in river beds where they are polished and fragmented and repolished and moved some more.  


Our planet has sent these rocks on a journey, but when you think about their origins you begin to realize that nature is moving mountains.




Photos: stream beds
Red Rock National Conservation Area, NV
(c) 2011 Bruce Behnke

Friday, September 16, 2011

uncluttered earth




photo: long view
 Red Rock National Conservation Area, NV 
Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011

last rays




photo: last rays
Red Rock National Conservation Area, NV
 Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

ripples, currents, and reflections



photo: Bruce Behnke
(C) 2011

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

forest stained glass


photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

中秋節.... moon festival



Watching the Moon with Thoughts of Far Away


Bright moon born of the sea,
at sky's farthest edges we share it now.
A man of heart, hating the long night,
till the end of evening wakeful, remembering,
I put out the lamp, marvel at the moonlight's fullness,
don a cloak, aware of the dampness of dew.
No way to send my gift, this handful of moonbeams,
I go back to bed, dreaming of good times.


~Chang Chiu 673-740
   (Burton Watson, translator)


On this day of Moon Festival, I send you all a handful of moonbeams.






photo: Bruce Behnke (c) 2011

Sunday, September 11, 2011

temple grounds 2



photo: (c) Bruce Behnke 2011

Saturday, September 10, 2011

temple grounds




photo: (c) Bruce Behnke 2011

Friday, September 9, 2011

river and mountains



east central Taiwan
photo: (c) Bruce Behnke 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011

mountain storm



photo: 
Taiwan East Central Coast
(c) Bruce Behnke 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

rice






Photos: rice
Taiwan's east central coast
(c) Bruce Behnke 2011 

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011

lotus


photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011

Sunday, September 4, 2011

moon over fishing boats South China Sea


photo: Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011