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Looking towards the Crystal Range just Before Sunset
Yesterday’s view of the Crystal Range (Desolation Wilderness) in the distance before riding back down at sunset. The wind was fairly insignificant in north facing trees until I reached this exposed spot at the summit where I took this photo from. Once there I could really feel the next storm trying to make it’s way up…
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Thoughts on AI and Composite Photography
Do you use AI or composites? No. My gallery images are digital photography captures from real moments in time. While I do spend an extensive amount of time editing/processing all images before adding the final product to my respective galleries, I will never replace a sky, change clouds, or otherwise replace, add, or subtract any major elements that were…
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Low Tide Husky Skijor w/ Echo and Yuba (GoPro 11 Mini)
It doesn’t take a lot of snow for these guys to have a good time. Fortunately, we have a couple of much needed storms on the way that should help start to turn things around this winter in terms of our snowpack in the Sierra. But, up until this point, our snowpack has been dismal and very…
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2023 Landscapes
Looking back at some of my favorite landscape images of 2023, in no particular order whatsoever. Locations include: Eastern Oregon, Lake Tahoe, the California Coast, and the Eastern Sierra.
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Low Fire Danger Summer, Controlled Burns
After the massive winter of 2022-2023 we had the luxury of not worrying much about fire in the Sierra Nevada mountains and conditions were ideal for more extensive controlled burning throughout the summer and into the fall. View from an overlook above Mono Lake with a controlled burn near highway 395 in the distance. Now…
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Cloverdale Vineyard Race
Runners during the Cloverdale Vineyard Race. It was absolutely pouring during this event and it was easily the wettest race of the year that I shot. I’d like to say I stayed relatively dry while shooting, but it was nearly impossible to do so. I used a durable rain cover for my camera body and 24-105 lens,…
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Beach Vibrance
This was an incredible and surreal sunset photographed from the shores of Morro Strand Beach this past fall. The clouds were striking and the color truly exploded minutes after the sun dropped below the horizon line. It was a memorable sunset that I was happy to be on the beach to witness and capture. This image, “Beach Vibrance,”…
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Late Fall Morro Strand Sunset
While camping at this beach I’ve had a lot of luck shooting sunsets out towards the open ocean (Example: Vibrant Morro Strand Sunset), but until recently the clouds never lined up well for me above the iconic Morro Rock at sunset. Fortunately, on the last night of our coastal camping trip, and just before a storm…
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Morro Bay Birding — Sunset and Sunrise (Sony A7RIV, Sony 200-600 5.6-6.3)
California’s central coast is an excellent area for bird photography. Spending sunrise and sunset on the beach near our campground with a 200-600 lens I managed to photograph and capture video of a Great Blue Heron, a couple of Snowy Egrets, a Great Egret, and Long-billed Curlews. I focused my efforts on sunrise and sunset…
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Heart of the Owyhee
This image was taken as we entered what I thought was the most dramatic section of river on the Lower Oywhee. It was shot from a standing position on the raft in flat water, close to an ancient cave we had just explored. Ahead of this scene the canyon walls tightened with some of the…
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