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Sequoia Root - Mariposa Grove
One Lonely Cloud - Eastern Sierra
This image was taken outside Big Pine, CA, in the Owens Valley area. We initially looked at the scene, then, without taking a shot, we traveled on up Hwy 395. No more than five minutes later, my brother Frank and I both realized we had passed up a beautiful photo. We turned back and captured the scene just before it was lost in heavy clouds from the Valley floor into the sky.
Fall Storm Clouds - Mono Lake
I captured this image in the late afternoon as a heavy weather front spawned by a coastal tropical storm on the southern coast moved into the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Gateway Valley - White Mountains, CA
Valley along the road as you enter the Ancient Bristlecone Pine National Forrest near Bishop, CA. When you enter this area and see the white crushed rock blanketing many parts of the mountains, you understand the name, the White Mountains.
Yosemite Valley - Winter Storm
We spent a few days in Yosemite the week after Christmas at the Lodge. After photographing in the park for more than 40 years, we caught a significant snowstorm' Actually; it was the storm of a century that dropped more than twelve feet of snow in the park over 24 hours with most of the time blizzard-like conditions. I captured this image during a small break from the blizzard.
Merced in Winter
Yosemite Valley Winter 2
This image is taken at a wider angle showing more of the valley, especially the dark rock wall past Bridalveil Falls
Moon at Mt Whitney - Alabama Hills, California
Early morning moon set with Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney, the tallest Mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada standing at 14505 feet. The mountain at the left is Lone Pine Peak, Mt Whitney is the group of spires standing in the background to the right.
White Aspen Trees - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
I found this group of leafless White Aspen trees in full light with the backdrop of dark conifers trees after several hours of wandering around in the forest without trails.
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, CA
Mt. Whitney Range. Lone Pine
Approaching Storm, Eastern Sierra
Alabama Hill, Lone Pine, CA
Quaking Aspen Trees
Pin Wheel Falls Side Creek, Yosemite
Little Pinwheel Falls - Yosemite National Park
This is the lower part of a small tributary waterfall just west of the primary and more immense Pinwheel Falls. This digital image is made from a scanned 4X5" film negative that is part of my 1980's Black & White collection. If you visit the site today, this scene is no longer available as a giant bolder the size of a car crashed down a few years back and blocked this view forever.
National Falls - Central Oregon
Merced River Rocks
Bodie Window
When I look at these windows, I can't help but wonder about the many things that were seen, Hardship and sorrow beyond our time, Sorrow from the loss of an only child, a husband, or a wife. Remember, this was a mining town when you weren't working your fingers to the bone for truly minimal to no wages. You were always at risk of a cave-in at the mine or a fire in the town that would take everything. Wild West, you really had it here, yet most people prevailed; some even prospered. It wasn't necessarily the miners striking it rich that made the town; the people that sold the food supplies, picks and shovels, and the daily necessities did the best. It was a hard life.
Big Sur Waves - 2
Waves, Point Lobos - CA
Convict Lake, California
Death Valley, Dunes 2
