August 2011

Stock Photo Gallery: Icebergs

Stock photos of Icebergs One of my goals in January 2010 when I traveled to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica was to make a series of good iceberg photos. I think I succeeded! It was wonderful cruising around the Antarctic Peninsula and witnessing the variety of shapes, sizes and hues…

adminAugust 31, 2011

Galleries New Work

New Work – August 2011

If you want to go straight to the good stuff and skip my base prose, visit my "New Work" gallery! My latest sampling of new photography originates from a variety of great outdoor experiences, all with my family and a couple of good friends. All of these images were produced…

adminAugust 18, 2011

Sierra Nevada

Convict Lake Sunrise, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Convict Lake is a small lake at the foot of Laurel Mountain and Mount Morrison, in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada, California. Convict Lake is named for a group of convicts that escaped from Carson City, fled to and were apprehended after a shootout. Convict Lake is a…

adminAugust 17, 2011

Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale Fluke ID Identification Photos

It has been 10+ years since I last worked at making fluke ID photos, but it's just like riding a bike and one never forgets and I had some success at it yesterday. What is a "fluke ID photo" you ask? The underside (ventral surface) of the fluke (tail) of…

adminAugust 14, 2011

California Underwater Life Underwater Photography

Salps, Pelagic Tunicates, Cyclosalpa Affinis

Photos of Salps, Pelagic Tunicates, Plankton This summer I've been fortunate to get out on the ocean a few times, and each time we have seen an incredible abundance of pelagic tunicates, in particular the species Cyclosalpa affinis. These open ocean planktonic animals largely drift with ocean currents, although they…

adminAugust 11, 2011

Sierra Nevada Yosemite

Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park

Photos of Vernal Falls and the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park Sarah and I recently made our somewhat-annual hike up the Mist Trail in Yosemite, enjoying the heights and sounds of Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls, as well as the Panorama Trail. It was not a serious photography outing…

adminAugust 10, 2011

Sierra Nevada

Sky Rock Petroglyphs, Volcanic Tablelands, Bishop, California

Photograph of Sky Rock Petroglyphs, Bishop, California. For some years I've wanted to see the Sky Rock Petroglyphs, a secluded and unusual set of petroglyphs located in the Volcanic Tablelands near Bishop, California. The Sky Rock Petroglyphs sit atop of an enormous volcanic block. The petroglyphs -- dozens of them…

adminAugust 9, 2011

iPhone

iPhone Panoramic Photography, #3

iPhone Panoramic Photos. If you like these, be sure to see my first set of iPhone Panorama Photos and a second set of iPhone Panorama Photos. Why do I shoot photos with the iPhone when I have a "real camera"? Quite often we are out and about scouting locations to…

adminAugust 2, 2011