Waking up to my favorite kind of desert morning – foggy, damp, and overcast. I was going to excerpt a few lines of an excellent post written by […]
Mountain Landscapes
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Headwaters of the Santa Ana
“Some visitors to the area were informed that thirty-two streams converged on the valley floor, which would only be true during heavy rains. Still, a number were worth […]
Botanicals
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Roses Are Red
Roses are red, violets are blue, measles are bad, and polios too.
Desert Landscapes / Monochrome
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Jumbo Rocks
If your knees are good and you arms are strong (mine are not, and I miss hiking and climbing around in the Park), the Jumbo Rocks area in […]
Desert Landscapes
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Golden Sunlight
I love desert sunlight in the morning. I used to enjoy photographing in the park as the sun was coming up. It is the best time of the […]
Desert Landscapes / Monochrome
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Desert Overcast
“There are no two ways about deserts—either you dislike intensely being in them or you find their attractions hard to resist.”— W.B. Kennedy Shaw Cold, dark, cloudy, with […]
Botanicals
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Early Morning Rain
Rain drops covered the leaves and the leaves were shimmering in the early morning light because of it. I don’t know the plant’s name but I liked it […]
Desert Landscapes / Monochrome
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Radome (Radar Dome)
This is the radar dome (radome) of the KEYX radar station based in Edwards AFB. I’ve driven past it dozens of times over the years on my way […]
Desert Landscapes
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Fat Valley of Pain
“People think the Mojave is barren and empty, but in reality it’s the most biologically vibrant place you can imagine. All plant nerds eventually end up in the […]
Artsy / Desert Landscapes
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Forever’s No Time at All
The Mojave Desert is the backdrop for this image. I wanted to create something that was slightly abstract and a little on the wild side, but still easily […]
Bodies of Water / Desert Landscapes
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Shore Fishing Salton Sea
Once upon a time I did quite a bit of shore fishing down at the Salton Sea. Some of the best times I had fishing there were after […]
Desert Landscapes
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Good Day Sunshine
“There’s gold in them thar hills” — Matthew Fleming Stephenson I love late afternoon sun on desert canyon walls. If you are in the right place at the […]
Botanicals
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Eucalyptus
This photograph is from a bouquet of flowers my wife brought home from her office. She used to receive a lot of flowers. Holidays. Birthdays. Thinking of You. […]
Mountain Landscapes
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The East Side
“The Sierra Nevada is five hundred miles of rock put right. Granite freed by glaciers and lifted through clouds where water, frozen and fine, has scraped and washed […]
Bodies of Water / Mountain Landscapes
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Lake Fulmor
Lake Fulmor is a small artificial lake in California’s San Jacinto Mountains named after Alexander Chope Fulmor. In the early 1930’s, as Riverside County Surveyor, Al was mapping […]
Still Life
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Acoustic Guitars
“When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.” — Pete Seeger I still […]
Desert Landscapes / Monochrome
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Headstone Rock
Located at Ryan Campground in Joshua Tree National Park, Headstone Rock is a popular rock climbing destination.
Mountain Landscapes
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Dos Silos
Looking west towards Fish Springs Road and Crater Mountain from Highway 395, south of Big Pine, California. This photograph has always relaxed me. Johnny’s Garden – Manassas – […]
Desert Landscapes / Monochrome
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San Felipe Wash and the Texas Dip
Just northwest of the junction of California State Highway 78 and Borrego Springs Road lies the Texas Dip, a mile long stretch of blacktop running straight as an […]
Artsy / Mountain Landscapes / Signage
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Early Morning Sunlight
This photograph is from October 2011, somewhere along Bishop Creek in the Sierra Nevada near a campground, the name of which I’ve forgotten. Driving around searching for photo […]