Rocks – Circadianreflections Blog

Whatever Weds. SNOW!

February 25, 2026Posted in Landscape Photography, Photography, Whatever WednesdayTagged Cottonwood Trees, landscape, Mountains, Nevada, Rocks, Sagebrush, Snow, Whatever Wednesday26 Comments

PLEASE DO NOT USE MY IMAGES WITHOUT EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION.

February 18th we had a good storm blow through bringing lots of snow to the area. Down here in the valley we got a months worth in 24 hours.

We got about 6 inches but, up in the mountains they got 20-30 inches. I’m sure most of you were seeing all the car wrecks, and hearing about the major interstate closures out here. Thankfully two days after the storm it was nice enough to get out and run some errands, and make a couple of images.

From my Patio shortly after daybreak the clouds began to break up.

©Deborah M. Zajac | http//:circadianreflections.com
Carson Range-Sierra Nevada’s

Then I stopped to catch this view of the Cottonwood a Red-tail likes to perch on. He wasn’t there but, the view was pretty all covered in white.

©Deborah M. Zajac | http//:circadianreflections.com
East view Pinenut Mountains

It’s been in the low 50’s the last couple of days and today will be 57 degrees F! The snow here in the valley is melting so fast, but it’s been super windy the last two days. I’m hoping it tapers off this afternoon.

I hope you back east fared well through the Nor’easter and all are having a good week!

more to come…

Whatever Weds. Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.~ Marcus Aurelius

July 26, 2023July 18, 2023Posted in Astro-Imaging, Milky Way, PhotographyTagged After Dark, Clouds, Galactic Center, Light Pollution, Low Light Photography, Marcus Aurelius Quotes; Nevada, Milky Way, Night sky, Nikon, Rocks, Sagebrush, Stars39 Comments

PLEASE DO NOT USE MY IMAGES WITHOUT EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION.

Nikon D810|Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G| PS CC 24.5.0

more to come…

Wordless Weds. The Star Stop

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021Posted in After Dark Imaging, Astro-Photography, Low Light Photography, Nikon, Star Trails, Washoe County, NVTagged Astrophotography, Gazebo, Iridium Flare, light painting, Light Pollution, Nikon, North Star, Polaris, Rocks, Sage Brush, Slide Mountain, Star Trails, Stars, trail, Washoe County40 Comments

Composite image:

Sky- Nikon D300s| 17mm| f90 secs| f/5.6| ISO 400 52 frames stacked in Photoshop

Foreground-Nikon D810|15 secs.|20mm| f/2.2| ISO 2000

I lit up the gazebo with 14 little tea lights. All the elements were blended in Photoshop CC 22.4.2

more to come…

Whatever Weds. Spring!

April 14, 2021April 13, 2021Posted in California Wildflowers, Nikon, Northern California Wildflowers, Photography, Spring, Whatever WednesdayTagged California Poppies, Fence, Mistletoe, Oak Tree, Orange, Rocks, Spring, Tuolumne County, Whatever Wednesday, Wildflowers61 Comments

On our way to see Baby Girl, The Handsome Surveyor and the boys last week we saw a hillside covered in California Poppies, and I had to stop to make some images.

The hillside was steep, mostly on private property so I was unable to climb the hill to get a better composition. There were power lines going through the scene so after I uploaded the images I took to my digital darkroom aka- Photoshop CC to make some additional improvements in addition to my normal tweaks to white balance, whites, and blacks, and camera/lens corrections. I took out the power line using the spot healing brush, then I cropped the image to remove a big bush and some partially showing trees, and lastly I removed a tree top at the top of the image. So the image went from this…

To this…

For some reason the finished image looks a bit washed out here, but not in Photoshop. Hum?

Baby Girl asked for a print of the final image and I wanted one too so, I’m having it printed up. I hope it looks good when they arrive.

Which one do you prefer?

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 22.3.0

more to come…

Wordless Weds. Lake Tahoe between storms

March 10, 2021Posted in Lakes, Landscape Photography, State Parks ( U.S.A.), United States of AmericaTagged Blue Water, Clouds, Cold but Pretty morning between storms, Eastern Sierras, Lake Tahoe, landscape, Mountains, Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Pine Trees, Rocks, Sand Harbor, Snow, US State Parks, windy, Wordless Wednesday59 Comments

Lumix FZ200| PS CC 22.2.0 Lake Tahoe at Sand Harbor State Park 2021

more to come…

Whatever Weds. The Milky Way over Spooner Lake

June 17, 2020November 3, 2025Posted in Milky Way, Night Photography, Nikon, PhotographyTagged After-Dark, Lake, light painting, Low Light Photography, Milky Way, Nikon, Reflections, Rocks, Spooner Lake, Star Gazing62 Comments

A good friend Gordon from (undiscoveredimagesmoung us)was visiting nearby and reached out to me to meet up and have a redo shoot at Spooner Lake where we tried to shoot sunset and hoped to shoot the Milky Way last year, but we were rained out. We did have a beautiful double rainbow there though.

We met last night and thankfully the wind died down and there were no clouds so we had a clear sky to view the Milky Way and the stars.

The light across the lake is a maintenance yard where the state keeps heavy equipment like snowplows and stuff.
My friend brought a neat little flashlight that emitted a wonderful soft warm light that he used to light paint the rocks on the lakeshore; it compliments the lights across the lake en mon avis. Doesn’t it look like a lovely and inviting village over there? It’s just a maintenance yard. Lighting can be magical amiright?

Even without wind, it got cold up here in the mountains. it’s above 7000 feet here-I couldn’t feel my toes! When I drove out to go home my car told me it was 37 degrees outside and to be mindful of ice on the road! I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. It was wonderful seeing old friends and stargazing. Ah, Summer Nights with friends. Does it get better than this?

Nikon D810| Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G| PS CC 21.1.2| Topas DeNoise Ai and Sharpen Ai

Whatever Wednesday-A Paddle on Lake Tahoe

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019Posted in Photography, Whatever WednesdayTagged Birds, Blue Water, Kayaking, Lake Tahoe, paddling, Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Photography, Rocks, SUP Boarders, Whatever Wednesday57 Comments

Friday He-Man and I went kayaking on Lake Tahoe. It was his first time in a Kayak and he paddled like a BOSS!

We rented our kayaks from Kings Beach on the North Shore just a 45-minute drive from home. We hired a guide since it would be the first time for both of us paddling on the Lake Tahoe. It was a gorgeous morning, and the water was calm; perfect for a paddle.

He-Man in his sit on top kayak- We stopped at a Hot Springs near the shore. I never knew there was a hot spring in the lake. The steel fencing under the dock is where the hot spring bubbles up. A resort pumps the hot water to their spa for guests.

Dave

Our guide Michael had us hugging the shore for some of the paddle, he said, “get your kid out cause we’re going to paddle through the rocks.”

Paddling through the rocks

That was fun, and we spied an opportunist… another Bonsai Rock on the lake?

We weren’t the only ones paddling on the lake or paddling through the rocks. There were quite a few SUP boarders out…I really want to try that! Of course, there were some seagulls.

A View from my kayak

We paddled out two miles out of the California side of the lake to the Nevada side. Hung out a bit in 1200 ft deep water then turned around and headed back in for more tales and sights from our Kayaks. I have more views, birds, and an interesting house to share with you in the future.

I hope your week is going well and continues to! Happy Wednesday!

Panasonic Lumix FZ200| Lexar Digital Film| PS CC 20.0.5

more to come…

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: