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Monochrome Madness 2 45/52: Willows

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016Posted in Black and White Photography, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, Monochrome Madness2, National Wildlife Refuges in California, Photography, TreesTagged Black and White Photography, California Wildlife Refuges, Landscape Photography, Marshes, Marshlands, Monochrome Madness2, Nature, Photography, Trees, wetlands, Willow Trees6 Comments

Here we are at week 45 of Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2. It’s hard to believe I’ve been posting in this group for almost a year already! Time has raced by with just 7 weeks to go until this year of Monochrome Madness 2 comes to an end.

For this week’s entry I’m in California’s unspoiled marshes in the wildlife refuges surrounded by grass, reeds,creeks, ponds, and the willows.

Some of the Willows look like shrubs, and others like the Black Willow stand tall. Until I started photographing these trees I had no idea there were so many types of Willow Trees.

To see all this week’s entries to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness 2 click here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Hoodman Digital Film| PS CC 2015 & On1 Photo 10

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P52 8/52: Yosemite Falls from Swinging Bridge

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015Posted in Focus Stacking, Landscape Photography, Landscapes, Project 52, Reflections, US National Parks, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National ParkTagged California Drought, Landscape Photography, Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Project 52, Reflections, Scenic Views, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park13 Comments

It was a gorgeous sunny day in Yosemite. In February! The little bit of snow we had up here last week from the 3 day storm has all melted.

The meadows are brown, and dry since there has been very little rain, and next to no snow this year, but

I gotta tell ya…no matter what time of year it is or the conditions, this view never gets old!

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Mount Moran and Snake River Golden Hour

February 3, 2015Posted in Golden Hour, Grand Tetons, Landscape Photography, Mount Moran, Oxbow Bend, Snake River, WyomingTagged Golden Hour, Grand Tetons, Landscape Photography, Mount Moran, Oxbow Bend, Snake River, USA, Wyoming4 Comments

From my archives:

We arrived just in time for the light to begin hitting Mount Moran, and we had a lovely sunrise with Alpine glow on the Mountain peaks. Here for image.

There were quite a few photographers already set up in the most popular viewing area when we arrived. I found a little spot between some photographers for those initial images then after the color faded I moved farther down the beach away from the crowd to shoot “Golden Hour”.

It was a beautiful morning.

Nikon D700| AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8| Lexar Professional 600x Speed Digital Film| Tripod

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Dawn-Vasona Lake Los Gatos, CA

January 10, 2015Posted in Landscape Photography, Los Gatos CA, Nature Photography, Sunrises, Vasona Lake ParkTagged Landscape Photography, Los Gatos CA, Nature Photography, Photography, Sunrise, Vasona Lake Park14 Comments

When I woke up this morning at O’Dark Thirty (4:30am) I peeked outside to check out the sky. The clouds that moved in two days ago had some breaks and pockets with a few stars poking through here and there so, I thought it might be worth getting dressed and going out for the sunrise.

It’s been sometime since I have shot a sunrise by the water so I headed to one of my “go to” spots; Vasona Lake which isn’t too far from me. While walking over to my shooting location on the lake I could hear that the geese were already up making a fuss about something, and soon they had the mallards, and coots up, and it wasn’t too long afterwords that I spied the first morning runners and walkers out for their morning’s exercise. Then the sun started making its way up and over the mountains bringing with it some wonderful yellow and pink hues.

All and all a wonderful sunrise!

Nikon Df| AF-D Nikkor 24mm f/2.8@ f/14| Tripod

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Morning’s Golden light on Delicate Arch Moab, UT

July 30, 2014July 30, 2014Posted in hikes, Landscapes, Photography, TravelTagged Arches National Park, Delicate Arch, Golden Hour, hiking, Landscape Photography, Morning, Photography, San Jose California Nature Photographer3 Comments

Alex, Theresa, and I started our hike to Delicate Arch at 4:10am and got to the Arch in 42 minutes with only head-lamps for light. There was only one other car in the parking lot when we arrived. We met the two guys that it belonged to on their way down.

The trail-head to Delicate Arch is right off the parking lot at Wolfe Ranch inside of Arches National Park. The elevation gain is about 500 ft up rough and steep terrain. Length of the hike is 3 miles round trip. Most the trail you’re hiking on giant slabs of sandstone. The trail is marked by cairns, but some are widely spaced so, if not carefully looking for them you can miss one.Theresa and I missed one on our first hike up to Delicate Arch back in 2010 we ended up about quarter of mile off course and had to back-track to find the trail.

The last bit of the climb is along the side of sandstone fin. There are several steps and a path that was carved out of the stone that wind their way up to the Arch. This part of the path is fairly narrow and has no cable or guard rail- If you fall you could be toast.

Here’s an image Theresa took of us hiking down that part of the trail. That’s Alex, with me in the lead, and Theresa’s shadow on the sandstone wall. Thank you T for giving me a copy of this image! xx

Image by Theresa Johnson. Used with Permission — Image by © 2014 Theresa Johnson. Used with Permission

There was no one else up at the Arch when we got there, but it wasn’t too long before other hikers were coming up the trail, and by 6AM there was quite a crowd, and it was getting warm already. We stayed up through Golden Hour and when the light went flat we packed up and hiked down, starving and ready for breakfast then a nap.

More to come…

NIkon D700| AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8| Tripod

P52 25/52 Summer Solstice Sunrise

June 21, 2014June 21, 2014Posted in California, Landscapes, Photography, TravelTagged Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Landscape Photography, Marin Headlands, San Jose California Nature Photographer, Summer Solstice, Sunrise, Travel and TourismLeave a comment

My friend Anne and I shot from up here a couple of years ago hoping for a big, fluffy layer of fog, but we didn’t have any fog that time, so we’ve been planning since to return to try again. Finally we both were free, and the Marine layer or fog is returning to the Bay Area. Summer’s can be foggy and cold.Mark Twain wasn’t kidding when he said, “The coldest Winter I ever spent was the Summer I spent in San Francisco.” Or something like that.

So, I got up at 3AM and left the house at 4:45AM and drove an hour north to meet Anne in Marin Headlands.

While we were making images during the Blue Period there was a man who sang a wonderful Summer Solstice Sun Greeting song (The song sounded Native American. ) accompanied by a flutist. They were above and behind me so I couldn’t see him, but his voice carried over the ridge strong and passionate; it was lovely and gave me Goosebumps!

Driving down the mountain Anne and I pulled over in one of the turnouts to check out the color and just then the light of the rising sun hit the North Tower, and the grasses on the ridge. I had to pull out my camera. This is the image I made from that stop.

We didn’t get the shot we’ve envisioned because the fog wasn’t quite thick enough, but it was a lovely morning spent with Anne, some fog, a little color, and a Welcome song to greet and ring in the new season. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Happy Summer Solstice!

Ebb and Flow

May 4, 2013May 4, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Landscapes, Nature, Nikon, Photography, TravelTagged Golden Hour, Landscape Photography, Pacific Coast, San Jose California Nature Photography, Santa Cruz, Sunset1 Comment

Ebb and Flow, originally uploaded by CircadianReflections Photography.

It’s time to head to the coast! My friend Dali and I headed up Hwy 1 to look for a nice spot to photograph the Golden Hour and Sunset. You can’t go wrong driving Hwy 1. There are hundreds of beautiful beaches to see.
Here’s last night’s Golden Hour. The tide was rising. I loved watching the ebbing tide drape/cascade over these rocks. The Golden Hour really brought out the red in the rocks as well.
It was pretty, and very relaxing listening to the pounding surf.

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