Japanese Gardens - pictures!

[kyrielle]

Yay, Japanese Gardens! Yes, my pictures came out. So, time to inflict a few, of course. :)

When I first got there, it was obviously very early, as the waterfowl were still asleep. Either I or the gardeners woke them up in short order, though:

   

Some general shots from that vicinity, no witty commentary at this time:

            

Then we've got this bird. He let me get very close - how close is more evident in the full-sized photo, but it's huge. This is on maximum zoom, but I was probably within three feet of him at various points. I just held very still and let him hop about while I took a few photos, then walked off (which only startled him into a couple feet worth of flight - very calm bird).



And finally, the lower gate on the trail up (admissions is at the top of the trail; this gate, then, can just be wandered through) as seen from the trail, probably 2/3 of the way up by height and only slightly less than that by distance.

Comments

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

Those are beautiful! Thank you!

[ladywraith.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous. I'm jealous. I'd love to be able to visit such a place whenever I wanted. :)

Thank you so much for sharing the images with us.