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Category Archives: My favorite Parks
The Klamath Basin: The beginning of the adventure (A tour of photos)
New The Journey and the Reason for it This past winter I went on a Bald Eagle hunt. I had heard for several years about an area on the border of California and Oregon, that has one of the highest … Continue reading
Coyotes: An essay of photos
New I live out in the country. In ranch land in fact, and the feelings out here about coyotes are often rather negative. They are an interesting animal, and are rather wily if I may. In urban and suburban areas … Continue reading
Posted in coyote, My favorite Parks, nature photography, Photo Essay, photography, wildlife photography
Tagged coyote, nature, photo essay, photography, predator, wildlife
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The fall raptor migration is upon us
It’s the last week of September, and here in northern California’s Bay Area, the fall raptor migration is peaking, as far as sheer numbers go. We still have a lot of variety to go (we’re waiting for some of the … Continue reading
Posted in birds, My favorite Parks, nature photography, photography, wildlife photography
Tagged hawk, marin headlands, migration, nature, photography, raptor, wildlife
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Stanislaus National Park: A tour in Photos
New One of the more delightful backpacking trips I’ve been on in quite some time, was a trip I made with a friend of mine. We had a three day weekend ahead of us. We wanted that High Sierra feeling, … Continue reading
Posted in landscapes, My favorite Parks, National Park, nature photography, Photo Essay, photography, SLR
Tagged backpacking, camping, mountains, national forest, nature, outdoor, photography, sierra, sierra nevada, stanislaus, wilderness
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Ardenwood Historic Park: A tour in photos
Ardenwood Historic Park is a family oriented, interactive park. It is part history, part petting zoo. It is educational and hands on… and oddly enough it is rather suburban. Nestled into the outskirts of Fremont, it is a mix of … Continue reading
Posted in Location, My favorite Parks, Park, Photo Essay, photography, portraits, SLR
Tagged ardenwood, Eat Bay, ebrpd, farm, historical park, livestock, photography, ranch, Regional Park, train
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The Hazel-Atlas Sand Mines: A tour of photographs
New The heat of a summer’s day faded away with the noises of the outside world as I strode into this tunnel in time. I visited the Hazel-Atlas Sand Mines in the Black Diamond Regional Park, where they once gathered silicone to … Continue reading
Posted in California, documentary, Location, My favorite Parks, Park, Photo Essay, photography, SLR, wildlife photography
Tagged Black Diamond Park, cave, cavern, east bay regional park district, ebrpd, Hazel-Atlas, historic, mine, park, photography, sand mine, underground
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Giacomini Wetlands: An essay of photos and brief history
The auction has ended and I’ve been auctioned off by the group (Point Reyes National Seashore Association -PRNSA) that is responsible for the restoration of the wetlands pictured below, and for making them a part of that same National Seashore. … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo #39: Wind wrinkled dunes
New The Eureka Sand Dunes are the tallest range of dunes in California, rising more than 800 feet above the floor of Eureka Valley, part of the Death Valley National Park (though far romoved from Death Valley itself). A large … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy of a photo, California, landscapes, My favorite Parks, National Park, nature photography, photography
Tagged Dune, dunes, eureka sand dunes, eureka valley, sand
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Anatomy of a Photo #23: The bobcat marks its territory
I sat there, photographing this bobcat as it sauntered down the beach. I saw it stiffen slightly as it saw me, but it barely paused, as it kept on towards me. As it walked down the shore, I took many … Continue reading
The Eureka Sand Dunes: An essay in photos
It used to be that my friends and I would head down to the Eureka Sand Dunes (found in the Death Valley National Park) every year for a few days to a week. Amazing place. Tallest sand dunes in California, … Continue reading
Posted in birds, California, documentary, landscapes, My favorite Parks, National Park, nature photography, Photo Essay, photography, ruminating, SLR, weather, wildlife photography
Tagged camera, death valley, dslr, eastern california, eastern sierra, eureka snad dunes, eureka valley, national monument, National Park, photo, photo essay, photographing, photography, sand dunes, slr
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Anatomy of a photo #12: Lava tube II: Scale
This lava tube was a great contrast to Valentine’s, both in scale, and what I had to do to take a picture that made sense. If you look at yesterday’s post you will notice from visual clues such as the … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo #11: Lava tube I: Temperature
I took this picture for a micro travel piece that I knew I would be writing. This is one of several lava tubes that you can explore in Lava Beds National Monument near the border of Oregon and California (eastern side). … Continue reading