Rock climbers string lights on Upper Yosemite Falls.

Milky Way from HWY 46

The glowing areas in the fog are Cayucos, Morro Bay, and Los Osos.

Morro Rock and the Milky Way II.

Taken at Morro Strand State Park. I was hoping to improve on my other Milky Way work here. And truth be told this shot almost didn't happen. Thankfully a lucky break in the fog at 2:45am paid off.

El Capitan and the Merced River at sunset.

Highway 1

The Milky Way over HWY 1 with the lights of Cambria in the distance.

Giant

Looking up at one of the oldest living things on our planet.

Half Dome Reflection.

A long exposure with Half Dome reflected in the Merced River.

Ghosts.

Remnants of farm structures near the Goodwin Education Center at Carrizo Plains.

Vernal Fall in Yosemite.

Walking on the Moon.

Soda Lake and the Milky Way.

Patterned.

The patterns in the rock wall of Yosemite Falls were something I'd looked at many times, but never really noticed until this day. Many of them look as if they've been put on with a ruler.

Straight Ahead.

Long exposure on HWY 46. Clouds, stars, fog and moonlight. This shot has got it all.

Giant in the Mist

A fire scarred Giant Sequoia in Kings and Sequoia National Park.

Tioga Road and the Milky Way.

Taft Point.

DOZE.R

After a long day of work, DOZE.R looks to the Milky Way and wonders if his new grandson WALL.E will travel there someday...

Half Dome and the Milky Way from Glacier Point.

Bear Gulch Reservoir at Pinnacles National Park.

Half Dome and gloomy skies.

Looking up at Glacier Point and the Milky Way.

Nature and light pollution.

Taken at Montana de Oro State Park, looking towards Los Osos, Morro Bay, and Cayucos.

Liquid Glass.

Taken at Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz.

The Captain.

El Capitan and the Merced River in winter.

Fallen Giant.

Low Tide.

Boats resting on the mud in Baywood Park, CA.

Peek a boo!

Half Dome peeks through the clouds.

Valley View in Yosemite.

I was hoping for a big, colorful sunset. However I feel the subtle colors in these clouds make for a pretty powerful image.

Morro Bay Reflections.

Lights

A friend asked me to photograph the Christmas lights on one of the ranger houses, so here it is. The orange glows in the trees are from street lights.

Farm sunset near Cambria, CA.

Sunset at Morro Rock.

Big Wave.

Some tweaking in Photoshop gave this large wave an even more ominous tone. Taken at the breakwater in Morro Rock.

Breakwater.

The back side of the breakwater in Morro Bay.

The Milky Way from the Pinnacles.

Trentapohlia on a tree in Big Sur.

Lonely Sunset.

Taken along HWY 46, somewhere in the wide open space between Hanford and Kettleman City.

Tunnel View lookout, Yosemite.

This is a long exposure, taken around 8PM in January. A touch of moonlight did a great job light painting the valley. The constellation Orion can be seen in the upper right, his belt just peeking over the clouds. The bright areas in the trees below are from car headlights.

This was the last stop in the valley for this trip. The previous nights had no moonlight, so this was a great surprise. Orion and its nebula are visible in the upper right.

Little Dipper.

When the clouds started rolling in I was afraid the nights shots would be over. Sometimes it's good to be wrong. This is El Capitan with the Little Dipper on the right.

Valley View, Yosemite.

I was hoping for snow on this trip, but the clear blue skies were a fair trade.

Electric Tree.

Little Dipper II

A different view of El Capitan and the Little Dipper. Taken from the opposite bank of the Merced River.

Morro Rock and the Milky Way I.

My first attempt at getting Morro Rock and the Milky Way. Major light pollution from a nearby baseball field lit the rock and beach well, but hurt the clarity on the Milky Way.

Carrizo Plains at sunset.

Sometimes, having no idea where the road leads is the best place to be.

Frosted Valley

The dying light of the day in the clouds on El Capitan.