Beautiful photography

No clever headline needed here, just an homage to some wonderful work.

Produced by Shinichi Maryuma, a photographer born in Japan but now based in America, these images form part of a project entitled Gardens and are the artists attempt at recreating the personal enlightenment often discovered within a Zen garden.

There's also this short video to roughly show how these images were achieved:

You can discover more by visiting www.shinichimaruyama.com.