The Carrizo Fiddleneck greets the rising sun on the shores of Soda Lake.

#flowersonfriday #floralfriday #bloomscrolling #carrizoplain #fiddleneck #sunrise #bayareaphotographer #photography

I found myself overwhelmed by the absolute vastness of the landscape at Mono Lake.

(Viewing on a cellphone probably doesn't do this one justice...)

#monochrome #classicmono #monolake #tufa #landscape #US395 #bayareaphotographer #photography

A portrait, for a change of pace.

@v.wild.art 2023 #portrait #naturallight #bayareaphotographer #photography #fineartnude

"This solemn, silent, sailless sea—this lonely tenant of the loneliest spot on earth—is little graced with the picturesque."
–Mark Twain, Roughing It, 1872

#monolake #tufa #sunset #bayareaphotographer #photography #US395

"Her contempt for me oozed from every pore. It was my time to kneel before the queen."

Another from my Chair series with @francesinframe.bsky.social

#fineartnude #chair #domination #contempt #muse #bayareaphotographer #photography

"Pure pleasure! Ohhh. Earth and sky whirling around... I can see the throne of Zeus and the holy glory of the gods."
–Euripides, The Cyclops

#sunset #cyclopsarch #alabamahills #bayareaphotographer #photography

"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar."
–Lord Byron

@lucyartmodel.bsky.social #fineartnude #implied #ocean #beach #chair #bayareaphotographer #photography #monochrome #classicmono

"My chest drummed, and at the top of a sweetgrass hill speckled with orange-gold California poppies, I danced like a little kid, adrenaline rushing."
–Aspen Matis

#antelopevalley #californiapoppies #poppies #owlsclover #flowersonfriday #floralfriday #bloomscrolling #bayareaphotographer #photography

Good morning to you too!

#sunrise #lonepinemtn #mtwhitney #easternsierra #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape #landscape

June Lake in March. So warm, people were swimming. That's just not right.

#monochrome #classicmono #lake #easternsierra #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape #landscape

Starry skies and a quarter moon lighting up the Cyclops Arch.

#astrophotography #nightphotography #arch #alabamahills #milkyway #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape #landscape

Watching the sun rise from a natural hot spring along US-395. Had the place to myself! 🌞

#monochrome #classicmono #monochromemonday #scape #landscape #hotsprng #sunrise #longvalley #bayareaphotographer #photography

There's a reason they call this Yellowbank Beach.

@francesinframe.bsky.social #fineartnude #yellowbank #beach #bayareaphotographer #photography

My metaphor for life.

#bodie #urbex #arresteddecay #oldwest #ghosttown #bayareaphotographer #photography

First light on Lone Pine Peak.

#sunrise #alabamahills #lonepine #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape #landscape

"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand."
– George Eliot

Still making my way up US-395, and enjoying every minute of it!

#eurekadunes #deathvalley #dunes #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape #landscape #sunset

Embracing the poppy vibes all day.

#californiapoppies #poppyfields #antelopevalley #colorphotography #bayareaphotographer

@artdecomodel.bsky.social is in a class of her own.

#fineartnude #monochrome #redwoods #bayareaphotographer #photography

Lost in Trona today.

#desert #trona #railroad #colorphotography #photography #bayareaphotographer

"Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun." — Randy Pausch

@francesinframe.bsky.social #swing #fineartnude #bayareaphotographer #photography

This boulder is improbably balanced on two other boulders, near Machete Ridge in Pinnacles National Park. This has got to be a metaphor for something, right!?!

#stone #blueskyartshow #monochrome #classicmono #scape #landscape #bayareaphotographer #photography

I go forest-bathing when I need to find balance, when I need to put things into perspective. Works most every time.

#forestfriday #redwoods #bayareaphotographer #photographer #monochrome #classicmono

A hint of the Aurora over Kirkjufell.

#nightphotography #astrophotography #kirkjufell #iceland #travelphotography #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape #landscape #focusstack

Hverfjall brooding on the horizon, dressed in her best vertical stripes.

#volcano #iceland #travelphotography #bayareaphotographer #classicmono #monochrome #landscape #scape #photography

And for those moments, all was right with the world.

@kyotocat #fineartnude #bayareaphotographer #photography #ocean #tidepools

Time portals and ancient souls dot the Dimmuborgir lava field, a place where I could have spent a whole day exploring.

#travelphotography #bayareaphotographer #iceland #dimmuborgir #photography #landscape #classicmono #monochrome #scape

My first #fineartnude shoot, at a Leica workshop in the redwoods with Cecily Flight almost three years ago. An amazingly expressive and patient model. The concept here was my attempt to play up her Appalachian roots.

#bayareaphotographer #photography #bigsur #leicaworkshop #monochrome #classicmono

Have y'all seen a banana slug? This cutie is from an area uphill from Santa Cruz called Falls Creek.

Sammy the Banana Slug is UCSC's mascot. Not sure if this one here is THE Sammy, though.

#bananaslug #santacruz #bayareaphotographer #photography #scape

Here's where I really had to use focus stacking and exposure bracketing. THIS is why #landscape photographers haul around tripods!

Capturing #Aldeyjarfoss during a chilly dawn last week.

#travelphotography #landscapephotography #iceland #waterfall #sunrise #scape #bayareaphotographer #photography

Plants are really confused this season. Spring has sprung early here, and temperatures swing between extremes.

#mountains #scape #landscape #hiking #missionpeak #bayareaphotographer #photography