The sealing wax palm is named for the brilliant red stalks it sends out, reminiscent of the wax used to seal documents. Intense reds butt up against equally intense greens in the shady tropical light. (307K JPEG)

10" wide by 8" high (image area)

Teak roots look almost metallic in their dark brown-black, shiny bark, spotted with green lichens. They sprawl gracefully across the tanbark of the botanical garden. (303K JPEG)

Heliconia blossoms in rosy spikes, hidden in the cool blue-green shadows of the startlingly verdant fronds. The yellow blossoms are nearly hidden in their crimson sheaths. (262K JPEG)

The spectacular fronds of the Traveller's Tree come together in a tight weave that catches water (from which the tree gets its name). Rich tropical colors line the fronds- brilliant reds and oranges, dusky olive yellows and greens and deep emerald hues. (287K JPEG)

A few rays of sunlight bring out delicate shades of gold and azure in the two jellyfish floating under their reflections in the surface of the water. (111K JPEG)

Three jellyfish are accompanied by their reflections in the watery surface overhead. Delicate shades of orange, gold, blue, and azure dapple their seemingly luminescent surfaces. (147K JPEG)

New plant life springs from the desolate landscape left by an eruption. Amid gray-brown cinders and dead fallen tree trunks, grasses, ferns, and polygonium come to life in yellows, greens, and brilliant reds. (291K JPEG)

Ferns are among the first plants to colonize fresh pahoehoe, drawing nutrients from the air and the minerals in the lava and breaking it down into soil that other plants can root in. A lone hapu'u fern spreads its vivid red and green fronds in a crevice in the striped and patterned yellow and charcoal-gray lava sheets, under a dusky blue tropical sky. (360K JPEG)

Looking up through the fronds of the Talipot Palm, one sees brilliant blue-white sunlight reflecting off of the glossy sea-green and emerald foliage, set against a clear cyan sky. (242K JPEG)

A fast-moving forest fire destroyed the grasses and sedges that hid this subterranean lava tube, now revealed in shades of charcoal brown against a stark black and white landscape. (340K JPEG)

The short-lived forest fire burnt quickly and hot, reducing the landscape to monochrome ash while leaving the dead trees standing with their leaves intact. There were just a few hints of color, patches of browns and greens, left in this desolate scene. (229K JPEG)

Forest fire converted the verdant ground cover to charcoal-black and snow-white ash, the delicate shapes of stems and leaves preserved in carbonized form. Pale brown leaves falling from the dead trees dapple a monochrome scene. (369K JPEG)

Forest fire cleared away the ground cover leaving behind only charcoal blacks and stark whites, spotted with brown leaves. The large sand-colored underlying slabs of pahoehoe are evidence of the volcanic origins of this tropical isle.(406K JPEG)

Autumnal colors appear to dominate the tree's foliage, but in fact they are the browns and reds of seared leaves. They stand out against the blackened tree trunks and intense black and pale tans of the scarred landscape, under a gloomy sky. (393K JPEG)

The fire-engine red leaves and hot pink blossoms of the Polygonium are beginning to cover the ghostly gray skeleton of trees felled by an eruption. (406K JPEG)

Late afternoon tropical light casts a clear and deceptively cool blueness over Puhi Bay. The icy violets and blues of this photograph bely the tropical clime. (254K JPEG)

A dense grove of Ohi'a trees becomes an intricate interwoven pattern of yellows, tans, and pale greens in this highly textured composition.(438K JPEG)

Pale golden lichens help repopulate a textured, barren landscape of dark gray-brown tree trunks and ocher and black folds and pillows of pahoehoe. (340K JPEG)

The spatter cone, built up from blobs of molten lava, still glows like an incandescent artist's paint pot in rich and rusty reds, oranges, yellows, and slates. New, verdant life provides a contrast with the somber brown landscape. (328K JPEG)

Hapu'u ferns populate the tropical rainforest, displaying their massive fronds in dark browns and oranges and incandescent sunit yellows and greens. (389K JPEG)

The skeletal remnants of an incinerated tree are embedded in the pahoehoe in this nearly-monochrome composition in blue-blacks, grays, and soft browns. (360K JPEG)

The view across the caldera of Kilauea is portrayed in soft tropical light of pale yellows, dusky blues, soft grays and brick-red browns. (324 K JPEG)

A lovely tropical rainbow spreads its low-set arms under a blue sky, over the charcoal blacks of the Mauna Ulu lava flows. (209K JPEG)

Burnt Ohi'a trees are left standing in the aftermath of a forest fire, rendered in tans and browns against a charcoal land. (459K JPEG)

Plant life eventually overwhelms lava as grasses and ground cover establish themselves in intense reds, golden yellows, tans and deep blue-greens. (SIZEK JPEG)

The ferns and trees of the tropical rainforest glow in shades of line, emerald, and deep, cool, greens under a delicate mist.(SIZEK JPEG)

Volcanic vapors waft off the steaming bluffs of Kilauea, resembling wisps of smoky fog. This soft and peaceful composition is painted in subtle turquoises, blues, cyans, purples and myriad shades of forest green. (233K JPEG)

Silver dapples the black pahoehoe, which is tinted with subtle shades of blue and brown. Newly sprouted ferns are among the first plants to colonize fresh pahoehoe; their electric yellows and greens present a striking contrast. (430K JPEG)

Arranged like some kind of studio still life, a young o'helo bush sprouts in vivid reds and lime-greens from beneath a boulder of pearly opalescent and gold pahoehoe. Much favored by Pele, o'helo is another early colonizer of Hawai'i's lava flows. (463K JPEG)

Bands of yellow, salmon and cool blue wash across this patch of veined lava. Fractal-like black and yellow contrasting cracks texture the surface. (223K JPEG)

10" wide by 7.5" high (image area)

A fragment of lava flashes with intricate patterns of intense, deep blue and hot yellow-orange, against a background of dark pahoehoe reminiscent of boiling thunderclouds. (158K JPEG)

Brilliant rust-red banding on these cold boulders creates the impression of glowing molten lava under a cooling gray-black mantle. (216K JPEG)

9.5" wide by 7.5" high (image area)

Yellow, white, and sky-blue clays speckle these dirt-red folds in old pahoehoe, reminiscent of fossilized ribs. (281K JPEG)

9.5" wide by 8" high (image area)

Leaden spatter bombs of lava, laced with red highlights and brick-orange 'heads.'
Iron compounds create the look of fiery meteors plunging downward. (137K JPEG)

Isolated brilliant folds in iridescent yellows and blues appear spot lit against a field of inky black lava starred with isolated bits of bright colors. The feeling conveyed is of some nocturnal undersea bed. (109K JPEG)

Shiny pale blue coils and swirls of lava glisten with opalescent pinks and yellows, against a background of dark, pumicelike rocks spotted with blacks and dull reds . The resemblance to colorful abalone shell is astonishing. (219K JPEG)

Brilliant fragments of pahoehoe are scattered like jewels on dark, multicolored, frothy pebbles. Intense blues and pale yellows dominate, accented by metal-bright, cherry-red bubbles. It's hard to believe this is merely lava. (142K JPEG)

Blue stone shimmers with a colorful 'oily' sheen, embedded in a frozen froth of yellow lava.
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A broken shard of pahoehoe revels metallic, brilliant hues of red, yellow, and blue on the exposed gas bubble walls. The black surface is patterned with a salamander-skin-like pattern in gold, white, and orange. (123K JPEG)

The brilliant yellow "salamander skin" pattern on this black pahoehoe surface contrasts with patches of deep, iridescent blue.
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As hot molten rock seeps through the walls of the lava tube, it cools into thin icicles of shiny black rock. The molten rock that drips off the tips forms fantastic matching stalagmites dappled with browns and golds that glow against the stark blackness of the lava walls. (225K JPEG)

Actinomyces bacteria colonize the walls of the lava tube. Captured with flash, they are a brilliant pinkish white against the inky lava, in a scene that resembles a star-filled astrophotograph. (242K JPEG)

Rusty brown folds of cracked pahoehoe spread out like fractured ripples in a petrified pond. A dead, angular branch, shaded in harsh tones of white, gray, and soot black, “floats” on the surface. (496K JPEG)

A huge pillow of lava breaks through the yellow and green scrub. Its layered arches of pale browns and deep ebonies stand in strong contrast to the singularly blue sky in the background and the stark white tree branches in the foreground. (356K JPEG)

Only the barest hints of color break the monochrome impression of this photograph. Faint shades of pale browns and extremely subtle blues and yellows tint the neutral grays, whites, and blacks of this seared landscape. (397K JPEG)

Riotous splashes of color are splattered across this lava-wall, as if buckets of orange and ocher paint had been flung at it. The pearly blue-black pahoehoe supports a few young ohelo sprouts, themselves brilliant in intense reds and new-growth greens. (520K JPEG)

This is the very last dye transfer print I made before shutting down the darkroom for good.

This fractured fragment of pahoehoe holds a brilliant night-sky blue core, with scattered white starbursts. Gold and orange foam frames the interior. (392K JPEG)

Tan, pink, red, and blue weathered paint provide an abstract backdrop for the dark green foliage in this painting-like composition. (348K JPEG)

Late afternoon light transilluminates the scarlet spines of this cactus as well as the golden and green wildflowers nearby. (381K JPEG)

Almost monochrome, the delicate rivulets of black and tan sand trace the flow of the waves that wash over these beach pebbles. The last rays of the setting sun provide just a hint of warmth to the highlights. (348K JPEG)

A simple palm frond, back-illuminated by the morning sun, lights up with incandescent yellows and vivid emerald greens. (262K JPEG)

A tropical lobster shell resting on the tan beach sports remarkable steel blues and molten oranges. (332K JPEG)

A single hibiscus blossom glows with electric rosiness amidst the darkness of the green leaves surrounding it. (197K JPEG)

Just a handful of pebbles, caught by the last rays of the setting sun. It brings out lovely warm oranges in the sand and the stones, contrasting with the slate blue shadows of twilight. (360K JPEG)

Yellows, oranges, and charcoal grays comprise the palette of the boojum trunk, resembling some unlikely alien landscape. (352K JPEG)

A lone lobster tail on the white sand beach displays a dark turquoise finish offset by olive greens and browns. (135K JPEG)

Translucent berries sparkle in the noonday sun with hues of electric magenta and red. (430K JPEG)

Lime greens and yellows color the fruit of this cactus, backed by the pale blue sky and brown desert floor. (340K JPEG)

A tiny brown and crimson, white-speckled crab, so easily seen in close-up, blends well into the pink granite from a distance. Dusky slate-purple snails blending even better; there are twenty of them in this photograph! (311K JPEG)

Red-clay adobe catches the afternoon light in fiery hues, with blue, green and purple background accents. (401K JPEG)

All the colors of the rainbow, in brilliant, coordinated spectral order, ornament this corner victorian in the Castro District. (242K JPEG)

The theme of the exterior decor is deep blues and indigos, contrasting with the warm traditional tones and colors of the living room (250K JPEG)

It may not be snow and poinsettia, but this house still manages to be decorated in traditional whites, reds and greens. (332K JPEG)

The title tells all about the simple, elegant decorations on this Spanish-style home. (229K JPEG)

This cozy little scene is predominantly white, blue and green, with festive touches of brilliant red. A soothing and inviting display. (254K JPEG)

This is the display that inspired me to develop this photography as a serious project. It was just so... exuberant. It incorporates everything but the kitchen sink, in every brilliant color of the spectrum. (365K JPEG)

A rich, warm brown plastic herd lounges on the green lawn in front of a festive white and red plastic chorus. Red, white and green lights adorn the landscape and house.(319K JPEG)

Life used to be so hard. Now everything is easy with warm, welcoming yellow icicle lights and brilliant green foliage decorated with rainbow strings of lights. (319K JPEG)

Macy's in New York would be hard-pressed to mount a more magnificent and better-designed Xmas display.It's almost fiery in its brilliance, with intense reds and yellows, complimented by cool deep greens and frosty whites. (393K JPEG)

Welcome to the future... retro style. From the stencil cut-out sleigh and reindeer sculptures to the abstract spiral-lit trees, the rich reds, whites and greens of the scene are something from a 1950's imagining of the 21st Century. (266K JPEG)

This home is completely enshrouded in strands of multicolored bulbs. It glows translucently like some deep sea jellyfish or perhaps a Christmas Ghost. (254K JPEG)

Luxuriously-warm tones define this photograph, as white, yellow, orange, red and green lights illuminate the stone steps and stucco walls that lead to an inviting entryway. (221K JPEG)

A “snowy” scene without the snow. White trim paint and a white stone garden, accented by soft brick-red stonework and the delicate greens of the rose bushes and house paint create a true holiday atmosphere. The pale blues, greens, reds, and whites sparkle with yellow white lights. (344K JPEG)

Deep, brilliant colors adorn this California garden, with plants highlighted in intense blues, electric yellow-greens, and incandescent reds and yellows. It's about splashes of luminescent color set against the dark, soft hues of night. (332K JPEG)

An adobe style home has an almost ghostly presence, with doors and windows rimmed by intense blue white lights, subtly picked up in icy blue shadows. A little warmth shows through the windows in contrast to the chill exterior. (217K JPEG)

These decorations seemed to glow with an internal heat, an impression created by rich crimson, orange, and yellow lighting. Accents of deep green and blue lights make the furnace-like ruddiness seem all the more intense. (389K JPEG)

Rosy-white lights in icicle strings and light sculptures delineate this scene. Accents of festive rainbow-hued lights splash color across the tree and doorway. (373K JPEG)

Each apartment has its own color scheme of pale blue, warm soft orange, hot and pale yellow, bombastic red. Dark and saturated red, green, and blue lights tie the composition together with bold diagonal strokes. (373K JPEG)

A tricolor design in icy blue, brilliant white, and saturated magenta lighting decorates this olive green house. Luminous accents in yellows and red draw the eyes into the curtained windows. (328K JPEG)

An old oak is suffused by warm tans and browns, wrapped in light, backed by classic Christmas lights in alternating reds, yellows, greens, and blues. The illumination is warmly inviting under a midnight-blue sky. (377K JPEG)

Hints of Mondrian come to mind in the richly colored rectilinear forms of this Daly City home. Incandescent, fiery reds compete with brilliant lime greens and deep blues for dominance, casting a delicate and dark mix of greens, browns, and reds over the lawn. (229K JPEG)

Multicolored lights dominate this festive scene, highlighted by a striped metallic candy cane. Lovely warm yellows and whites lend a homey air to the festivity of bright red and green decorations, accented by yellow and dark turquoise lamps, all set on a typically Californian dark green lawn. (258K JPEG)

Delicate curtains of rose, salmon, and powder blue lights hang from the windows while yellow-white icicle lights softly illuminate the dusky blue exterior of this home. A soft, cool feeling suffuses the composition, with a few spots of eye-popping red to liven up the night. (205K JPEG)

An untraditional Christmas in a xericulture landscape of stone and cacti. Dark powder blues and muted greens, subtly and softly rendered, create this setting in which enthusiastically red and white decorations display brilliant strings of white and colored light. (262K JPEG)

Rich dark green foliage gives a forest-like feel to this home's entryway, enhanced by sparkling white light, cool blues reminiscent of the sky, and hot reds that catch the eye. The shadows are filled with a soft green detail, nearly lost in the shadows of night. (291K JPEG)

Under a grey highlands sky, the rolling and terraced terrain of the Inverpolly valley in verdant greens and delicate blues, with accents of orange and yellow and white. (236K JPEG)

Turbulent white, tan and dark blue waters tumble below grey-white layers of rock and the muted reds and dark greens of heather overgrowth. (200K JPEG)

A band of nearly-fluorescent pink heather crosses the middle of this composition, separating the vivid yellow-orange and green ferns above from the somber tan rock and dark green brush below. (Two of the prints are vintage prints.) (233K JPEG)

All about greens, the base of this stream is plush, velvety fabric of lemons, limes and emeralds, intense and vibrant. (193K JPEG)

A pale sand beach and dusky blue sea and sky are the backdrop for brown stone ruins on fields of green and pale gold. (168K JPEG)

A nearly monochrome palette combined with a delicate, subdued landscape under a misty sky creates a distinctly oriental feel in this composition of smoky grays and soft greens. ((83K JPEG)

Stone ruins in hues of russet and brown complement natural white, grey and brown rock, overgrown with rich green foliage highlighted with red. (175K JPEG)

Strong, horizontal bands of color define this composition, with the deep blue of the water and pale tans of the shoreline rocks sandwiched between the vivid greens and cyans of the surrounding hills, accented with flecks of gold and magenta heather. (258K JPEG)

Dark and mysterious, deep brown and green standing stones rise against a shadowy forest of blacks, greys, forest-greens and deep maroons. (Three of the prints are vintage prints.) (144K JPEG)

Billows of white and gray clouds in a chalk-blue sky flow over the deep blue peaks above rough hills awash with pale and fir greens and cyans. (204K JPEG)

Vivid lime and blue-greens mix with wide bands of pink heather to coat the fields and hills with an almost-iridescent patina of subtle blends of color.(238K JPEG)

Under a pale grey-blue sky, cool grey stone columns tower over a rubble-strewn slope of green grass and brown gullies. (213K JPEG)

Vivid shades of lime, emerald and fir green form a velvety covering on rocky hills.(209K JPEG)

Brilliant, white rapids tumble through cold and dark blue-grey waters. The lush landscape is subdued and chilly, rendered in deep cyans, blues and greens. (247K JPEG)

Brilliant, white rapids tumble through cold and dark blue-grey waters. The lush landscape is subdued and chilly, rendered in deep cyans, blues and greens. (242K JPEG)

A lichen-dappled gray and pale brown stone burial mound sits atop dark brown-green earth against a background of dark, smoky-green trees. (257K JPEG)

A swath of heather, in nearly-fluorescent shades of pink and magenta, contrasts with vivid yellow-orange and green ferns above and with somber brown rock below. (Two of the prints are vintage prints.) (286K JPEG)

Weathering creates fascinating textures and fissures in the slate blue-grey and black cliff, surrounded by verdant trees. Patches of heather and rowan berries provide magenta and red accents. (146K JPEG)

Pale powder- and sky-blues are reflected in the rippled waters of this small, exquisite lake. Green grasses surround the water while pink heather accents the grass and hills. (249K JPEG)

Delicate auroral curtains painted in pale lavenders and lime greens glow in a starry sky over the Montana plains. (213K JPEG)

Like some luminescent summer storm, pale green streaks of auroral light fill the skies over the lights of Havre, Montana, which tint the clouds with a sullen brown glow. (229K JPEG)

An auroral mantle glows like mother-of-pearl in subtle oranges and yellows and greens over the city lights. Streaks of jade auroral light look like falling rain. (213K JPEG)

A deep green auroral curtain shimmers with fine folds, bends, and lines of yellow-white luminescence behind the telephone poles. (197K JPEG)

A striped auroral curtain hangs in the sky behind the clouds, red-magenta streaks abruptly transitioning to cyan and turquoise. (188K JPEG)

An incandescent river of light, brilliant with yellows and soft greens, appears to weave through the clouds in the starry skies above the telephone poles. (221K JPEG)

Orange, bronze, and lemon light seems to pour from the sky behind the clouds hovering over Havre, Montana. (221K JPEG)

This spectacular image is my personal favorite. It's an unbelievably striking photograph of the aurora borealis, with long red, purple, green and white curtains shooting behind cumulus clouds, above the telephone lines of the Montana plains. Astonishing colors in a soft, almost pointillistic vein. (74K JPEG)

Comet Hyakutake stretches across the frame, from its lovely green and cyan coma to its twin tails, one a very delicate and subtle dusty yellow and the other the cold icy blue of ions. The comet passed so close to Earth that even in this five-minute exposure it moved visibly against the fixed background of the stars, which show slight streaks as a result. (197K JPEG)

The copper-green glow of the comet's distinctive wedge-shaped white coma contrasts with the warm hues of the inner tail trailing behind. Orange, white and yellow stars dapple the dusky background and shine through the tenuous tail in this pointillistic photograph. (125K JPEG)

The comet's tenuous yellow and blue tail stretches across this wide-field view of the pre-dawn sky. The comet's green and white head contrasts with the dim orange glow on the horizon and the thousands of stars that fill the sky. (149K JPEG)

Photographed from the summit of Haleakala, a very thin crescent moon hangs in a brilliant blue dawn sky, just above the wisps of pale yellow fog, all above a purple and blue cloud deck. A very popular image. (111K JPEG)

The very last moments of the solar eclipse of 1991. The sun is just reappearing around the edge of the moon; a bit of a magenta-hued prominence can be seen hanging above the rim. Off to the sides, the cherry-red chromosphere still glows, not yet obscured by the rapidly increasing glare of the sun. (209K JPEG)

It was an intense and amazing sunset. I exaggerate nothing in this print. If anything, it only can approach the deep, rich blues, reds, and oranges of the real scene. The kind of photograph dye transfer printing was made for, conveying that hyperreal quality of reality. (195K JPEG)

Post-sunset, the most delicate blues, indigos, and violets suffused the sky. The various hues form a contrasting background for the still-sunlit, slightly-rosy clouds. (165K JPEG)

A flaming sunset in a dark blue sky burns with saturated reds and oranges, molten golds, and incandescent yellows. This most vivid print does not at all exaggerate the intensity of tone and color in the original scene. (217K JPEG)

Only minutes before sunset, the rays of the sun are filtered ruddy by their long passage through the atmosphere to create this delicate golden red and yellow rainbow. It hangs suspended in a pink-dappled sky and is reflected in the soft gray greens of the pond, surrounded by the subtle forest greens of this restful landscape. (201K JPEG)

This is not some "special effect" created on film or in the darkroom-- it's real. The great forest fires in Southern California create a deep grey-brown layer of smoke high in the pale blue sky that hangs over the darkly-shadowed hills. The smoke filters the sunlight into rich golden-yellow hues reminiscent of Renaissance paintings. The fine overall grain texture contributes to the painterly effect. (102K JPEG)

19" wide by 12.5" high (image area)

Late afternoon rainstorms in Arizona clear near sunset, allowing the sun to cast the buttes in rich chocolate tones under a sky suffused with pale violets, fiery oranges, and a lovely, warm-hued rainbow that arcs down from the heights. (164K JPEG)

The first space shuttle glows a cold, brilliant white in the light of the floodlights, set against the spectacular backdrop of a dusky blue sky and fiery red clouds. (182K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Light and dark browns dominate this view of the interior of the bell of an F-1 rocket engine, striped by thousands of cooling pipes. A visual exercise in linear and circular geometries, combining subtle variations in color with intricate patterns. (168K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Hard-edged geometries in whites, grays, browns, and blacks provide a stark contrast to a deep blue sky in this paean to industrial metal. (156K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

A pointillistic interpretation of the flight of Apollo 17. As the Saturn V nears first-stage burnout, miles downrange, it looks like a fiery comet in the night sky, with a pure white head of flame surrounded by a brilliant-red halo. The flame trails a turbulent, expanding tail of delicate purples, yellows and golds, and deep browns and oranges. (109K JPEG)

15" wide by 19" high (image area)

Heat ripples rising in the desert air turn the shuttle into an impressionistic painting in fine brush strokes. The white and black shuttle and its white, yellow, and red support vehicles seem to float in the dusty subtle blue "waters" of the desert mirage that mirrors the vehicles. The intense tones and hard edges of the shuttle and vehicles contrast with the soft and dusty desert background. (208K JPEG)

19" wide by 9" high (image area)

The space shuttle Columbia and its chase plane, nearly pure white and pure black, pass overhead in a deep cobalt-blue sky, as the first space shuttle prepares for landing. (115K JPEG)

14" wide by 9.5" high (image area)

Another night photograph of the first space shuttle, with Columbia gleaming brilliant white in a cool slate-gray and green launch complex. Pinpoint yellow lights and red and yellow structural elements against a deep black sky lend color to a largely neutral palette. (215K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Strong horizontal and diagonal lines and myriad multi-hued variations on yellow dominate this composition. The intense yellows and deep blues of the spacelab facility contrast with the pale greens and grays of the surrounding walls. (242K JPEG)

15" wide by 18" high (image area)

A gold sun peeks through broad sweeps of salmon-pink cumulus clouds in a bright yellow-orange sky, sending rays of pink light towards the horizon. A soft gray shuttle and deep gray launch complex stand darkly against this brightly-lit and colored backdrop. (157K JPEG)

19" wide by 12" high (image area)

Criss-crossing beams and girders fill this composition with olive green and brown diagonals. The traveling crane in the foreground mirrors the geometry of the girders at the same time that its intense orange-yellow hues stand in contrast to them. (275K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Smooth, battleship-gray and brown steel plate and white railings contrast with a cobalt sky and pale blue clouds. Complex shadows wash over the panels in this view of the underside of the launch pad. (102K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Bright lights and spots of color fill the interior of this complex composition. Yellows, oranges, and greens predominate, with splashes of deep blue, intense red, and hot pink. White light washes down from the tall windows at the end of the bay, highlighting massive girders and panels. (248K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

This is one of my most popular images. It shows a Saturn assembly area inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, looking almost straight up. The brilliant, strikingly-surreal colors are a combination of the bright color scheme in which the equipment is painted and at least four different kinds of lighting in the building. (300K JPEG)

Special note: This is an early vintage print. There is some damage in the borders -- more details upon request.

Desolate brown and black trees stand, dead and bare skeletons, in front of a ghostlike Mt. St. Helens, rendered in the palest blues and whites. (238K JPEG)

An uncommon view of the famous Barringer Meteor Crater, showing rolling waves of broken strata thrown up on the rim of the crater in hues of tan, yellow and umber under an intensely dark-blue, nearly cloudless sky. (One of the prints is a vintage print.) (163K JPEG)

A passing thunderstorm casts deep shadows and a clear, luminous glow over Crater Lake. The palate is deep subtle blues, grays, and tans. Just a touch of a rainbow floats above the crater wall. (99K JPEG)

The southern expanse of Crater Lake, with Wizard Island almost shrouded in shadow. Gray-blues and tans and muted, subtle greens dominate this moody photograph. (84K JPEG)

A hazy, white plume of smoke wafts away from Mt. St. Helen's crater. A largely barren, creased and creviced landscape in deep browns and yellows under a hazy blue sky. (94K JPEG)

Sunset casts its last light on Mt. St. Helens, as clouds streak the sky and steam puffs from the snow-covered crater. Where the sun hits the snow, steam and clouds it the imbues them with salmon, pink and orange light. The sky and the shadowed landscape hold dark, cold blues and purples. (165K JPEG)

This is one of the many cinder cones which dot the huge caldera of Haleakala. Greys predominate, with streaks of rusty orange dappling the slopes of the cone. In the foreground, the eroded rim of the caldera stands in highlit tan and green contrast to the soft tones of the cinder cone. I made this image the same day I made "Moonrise over Haleakala." It was a *good* morning. (205K JPEG)

Glowing blobs of engine-red and fiery-orange lava ooze out of charcoal gray and soot-black folds in pahoehoe. (191K JPEG)

A foreboding landscape under a dark gray sky, as fresh charcoal gray pahoehoe covers older black flows. Glowing red, orange and yellow lava seeps through numerous cracks in the new flows, looking like so many glowering demonic eyes. (197K JPEG)

Smoke from fires turns the sky salmon, orange, and golden, casting a ruddy sulphurous light over the new black lava fields, as hot, crimson lava seeps from cracks in the crust. (143K JPEG)

On a moonlit night, a dark blue-gray sky and clouds overlook a river of red and yellow sparkles and glowing clouds, as the lava flows to the sea. (88K JPEG)

Barely ten years after the eruption, purple lupine and green scrub begin to grow in a sear tan and gray landscape, with a cool blue-white Mt. Adams hovering in the background. (225K JPEG)

A steamy Mt. St. Helens looms over an eroded brown and green landscape, littered with the pale bare trunks of the trees felled by the monumental explosion. (250K JPEG)

Cold, blue-grey Spirit Lake catches the sun in the midst of a log-littered landscape painted in tans, dark browns, and siennas. Scattered new growth offers small accents in dark greens in this otherwise foreboding landscape. (201K JPEG)

Ash-colored gray-white sandstone slabs tumble across the eroded landscape like foam tossed on the waves, under a dusky deep blue desert sky. (340K JPEG)

Electric-green algae takes hold on iron-bearing cliffs, eroded into streaks of brilliant orange, persimmon, and yellow. (426K JPEG)

Cool-hued purplish strata give the Blue Mesa region of the Painted Desert its name. Ashy grays and tans define the rest of the landscape under a dark blue and dusty desert sky. (369K JPEG)

Complex patterns of erosion, cracking, and bedding produce the hard, deep shadows that give these cliffs the look of some ancient, intricately-scribed manuscript. Delicate desert tones of brown gray, and soft muted green color the landscape.(422K JPEG)

A massive block of malachite and azurite looks like a false-color reconnaissance photograph from space, with its intricate folded whorls and patterns in white, green, turquoise, lapis-blue, and rusty orange. (311K JPEG)

At dusk, the San Rafael Swell takes on delicate shades of pinks, browns, and salmons. A complementary sky in shades of dusky rose and powder blue hangs low with layered clouds in a peaceful and serene composition. (324K JPEG)

The eroded landscape of the Petrified Forest is awash with subtle blues, violets, and oranges, accented by the dusky green scrub and the bronze hues of petrified wood logs. (438K JPEG)

Canyon de Chelley glows at sunset. The grazing sunlight tints the landscape brilliant purples, reds, and oranges, set under a clear blue sky. (332K JPEG)

Stalactites and stalagmites shine like sculptures in bronze, weathered to a fine patina with hints of gold and green. (340K JPEG)

This delicate but dramatic photograph shows what the eye cannot see. The cave is dimly lit by yellow lights and looks nearly monochrome to the naked eye. Skilled photography and printing restores the subtle greys, tans and oranges of the flow rock and myriad spindly stalactites and stalagmites. (205K JPEG)

The rusty browns, yellows, and brick-reds of these stony columns remind one of ancient castle ramparts. Gray-green scrub in the foreground and the desert's dark blue sky and brilliant white and grey clouds provide chromatic and textural contrast. (254K JPEG)

Overlooking the Painted Desert, this cross-bedded sandstone outcrop shines in the midday desert sun with delicate hues of greys, tans, and browns. Bits of yellow-green and gray scrub provide an accent to the ruddy landscape in the background. (422K JPEG)

A study in greens, Lake Louise almost glowed with milky jade light, below a mountainside of verdant meadows dappled with dark firs. Distant, hazy blue slopes set off the dominant colors. (200K JPEG)

Light shining through the rippled curtains of the frozen falls takes on hues of jade, turquoise, and deep blue.(101K JPEG)

The chilly Atlantic waters off the Cape break into wind-blown spray in the boat's wake. Blurs and whites dominate this composition. (302K JPEG)

This impressionistic view of a kelp forest is awash with light in pale yellows and greens, delicate powder blues, and sheer whites. The water filtering the columns of warm sunlight lends dark jade hues to the shaded kelp. (389K JPEG)

The falls are seen from a site overhanging the torrent. The rushing, swirling blue-grey water and white foam stand in marked contrast to the static, finely-detailed and delicate tree branches and vivid green leaves. (195K JPEG)

The accompanying JPEG enlarges a small section of this photograph to show the level of fine detail in the original print. (149K JPEG)

Like "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone", this image has a restful Oriental feel to it, but the lighting and color are more dramatic. Reeds are brilliantly lit by setting yellow sunlight in a pond filled with dark green lily pads and cold, dark-blue water. (152K JPEG)

Dark ice-blue surf rolls over dark blue sand, reflecting the orange glow lighting the sandstone outcrops and the pink-highlit lacy spray that tops the waves. (203K JPEG)

Muted, pale blue and brown tones of sky and distant hills are reflected in the still waters of the reservoir. Wisps of summer rain evaporate in the hot desert air. (147K JPEG)

A thin sheen of rain dissolves the surface of the salt flats into a mirrorlike plane that reflects the dawn sun and clouds in delicate detail. A rendering in slate blues and grays, yellows, and deep oranges and subtle browns. (180K JPEG)

As a front moves towards Provincetown, it splits the sky and the sea into intense blues and soft whites in a complementary pattern, the yin and yang of Cape weather. (283K JPEG)

A floating, friendly visitor, the seal's forehead is illuminated by just a bit of warm light that contrasts with the cool greens and cyans of the watery world in which it dwells. (258K JPEG)

The blue-black neck vertebrae of the Barosaurus are in organic concert with the accompanying columns but distinct contrast with the coldly geometric coppery tones of the vaulted ceiling of the museum's great hall. (270K JPEG)

Green and yellow-orange mosses gain a foothold. Their base of operations is icy blue and lavender granite, striped with ripples of soft indigo and pink. (Two of the prints are vintage prints.) (414 JPEG)

In the light of the setting sun, horsetails glow with almost luminescent shades of yellow-green, as they grow out of the rich brown-maroon mud of the stream bed. (389K JPEG)

Aspens still carry their bright and pale green and yellow leaves, made brilliant by sunlight, as a blanket of new snow dappled with fallen leaves covers the forest ground. (471K JPEG)

Century plants send up yellow and pale green stalks amid blue-grey scrub, emerald and forest-green firs, and pale purple sedge. (479K JPEG)

A cool gray cement wall provides a backdrop for a twisted swordplant, resplendent in shades of dusky green, fringed by pinkish-browns and hints of yellow. (356K JPEG)

Nasturtiums bloom in all their incandescent glory of fire-engine reds and oranges striped with yellow, amid their yellow and deep green leaves against a dark blue-gray weathered fence. (426K JPEG)

A delicate brown, green-leafed pear sapling is staked out for growth, tied to a brick red lattice with dark cyan ties, all set against the blue grey wall. (319K JPEG)

The Park's glaciers appear in ghostly shades of grays and greens in this cloud-shrouded scene. Their delicate pastels stand in strong contrast to the rich yellow-browns and forest greens of the meadows below. (369K JPEG)

Frost rendered this landscape nearly monochrome, icily brilliant in the overcast morning light. Subtle waves of dark brown and pale green in the grass and leaves relieve the cold gray of that chilly morning. (393K JPEG)

Aptly named red sumac spills over the boulders amidst stands of dried yellow grass. (467K JPEG)

Overcast sky and clouds shroud Rockwell Peak and distant glaciers in this delicate and somber scene. The waters of the lake, reflecting the gray heavens, look like molten lead. (172K JPEG)

Thunderclouds developing over the bluish-brown Canadian badlands create a dark, almost-charcoal-grey kind of light that makes the oncoming storms seem even more threatening. (262K JPEG)

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A mix of the fantastical, whimsical, and horticultural make for a dark yet cheery photograph, in shades of deep blue, jade, browns and yellow-greens. Not all art has to be serious, y'know. (220K JPEG)

Yes, it's anthropomorphizing, but it's all about the expression on this toad's face. Her mottled yellow, brown, and black skin fits nicely into the soft jade greens and yellows of her surroundings. (201K JPEG)

This red-eyed, white-yellow-skinned bullfrog wears perhaps the sappiest grin in the animal kingdom. It made me smile enough to produce this "formal" portrait. (129K JPEG)

Protected from the sun by dark green palms, the gravesite and statuary appeared in shades of deepest, coldest blue, just visible in the shadowy landscape. The sun shines hotly on the yellow and green surroundings to create this near-silhouette of a composition. (315K JPEG)

Nearly monochrome in composition, this old weathered stone is speckled with uncountable points of color -- blues, browns, greens, and yellows, all subtle and all intermingling to create an impression of grey stone. A pointillist composition in real life. (385K JPEG)

Brilliant fuchsia bougainvillea overlook the gravesite sculpted in cold white stone and somber brown metalwork. (233K JPEG)

This image sets the muted colors and coarse texture of a tomb stone against lush and vivid red, white and magenta flowers and green foliage. The dark background and high relief give the print a three-dimensional quality. (178K JPEG)

The brilliant, yet realistic colors and the fine brushlike pine needles and branches give this image the look of a needlepoint. Rich greens and yellows predominate, with salmon and cyan accents. (197K JPEG)

7.5" wide by 9.5" high (image area)

Another of my most popular photographs. It reminds some people of Magritte, others of Escher. The red sandstone of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is muted down to a nearly neutral grey-pink by the cold overcast sky, bits of which are reflected in the puddles. The tree leaves and blades of grass are a cool green-blue. (216K JPEG)

A soft and restful fall scene, the delicate blue-green shadows on the walls of this house lay in soft counterpoint to the subtle oranges and yellows of the fall leaves. (332K JPEG)

Complementary colors define this photograph, with the soft, deep purple walls of the house providing backdrop to the brilliant backlit yellow and green tree leaves. (504K JPEG)

Brilliant green plush frogs wearing navy blue pants. Lots of them. All with different slightly blase plush countenances. A frog mob, waiting to explode. (168K JPEG)

This subtle and popular study in greys of various hues, with touches of browns and greens, shows the lengths that these cold-blooded creatures will go to to soak up a few rays and warm themselves. If you don't like alligators, crocodiles or turtles, skip this. Why don't the turtles get eaten? Cause the big'uns are well-fed and it's too much trouble. (245K JPEG)

This photograph is all about the greens, save for the important color accents of brown, sunlit bark on the trees. Lime-greens, yellow-greens, jade-greens, forest-greens, and more paint the scene, from the brilliant highlights into the deepest shadows. (442K JPEG)

Special note: These are early vintage prints. They have narrower than usual borders. One is lacquered.

The Empire State Building looms in this street-level view looking straight up the sides. At night, the building takes on soft olive hues from the surrounding streetlights, while the sky glows a dark and subtle blue. In stark contrast, the upper stories of the building are hotly decorated by cherry red-white floodlights. (243K JPEG)

Illuminated by contrasting mercury streetlights and incandescent decorative lamps, the normally white Beckman Auditorium glowed with flaming oranges and reds and icy steel blues and cyans.(209K JPEG)

This is no trick of the lens nor Photoshop. The form of the strangely curved and soaring tower of the Olympic Stadium is entirely real. A futuristic scene in dark, ruddy browns, icy blue-whites, and pale turquoise. (172K JPEG)

The steam plumes from this nuclear plant created billowing cumulus-like puffs that seem to blend naturally into the late afternoon sky. The waning rays of the sun cast everything in warm tones of yellows, oranges, and olives, save for the insistent dusky blue of the distant sky. (168K JPEG)

• 17.5" wide by 15" high (image area) (1 PRINT)
• 10" wide by 7.5" high (image area) (1 PRINT)

The preceding photograph was made shortly after the Trojan plant was commissioned. This one was made shortly before it was decommissioned. The mood and colors stand in contrast, as well. The tower's aircraft warning lights bathe the tower and plume in a brilliant hellish red and orange glow that stands out against dusky blue-purple clouds. (184K JPEG)

Smoggy sunsets can make for lovely light. The last rays of the setting sun tint the sky and the landscape a panoply of lovely warm hues ranging from deep purple-magentas in the shadows through reds and oranges, shading into a delicate lavender sky. (94 K JPEG)

Nighttime over Oakland, a cityscape portrayed in the darkest greens and browns and most brilliant cyans, oranges, and reds. A lone plane streaks the sky with a thin brushstroke of light. (These are vintage prints.) (193K JPEG)

This formal composition contrasts an almost ethereal dusky blue-white Chicago skyline against the earthly tans, slate blues, and blacks of the rail system. (274K JPEG)

Sodium vapor lamps illuminate this distant chemical plant and give the sky a sulfurous yellow glow, accented by hot-red safety lights atop the plant's structures. (172K JPEG)

Forest greens and deep cyan sky and water contrast with the soothing greens and tans of the Interstate Bridges that connect Oregon and Washington. (266K JPEG)

The sea-green girderwork of the Interstate Bridges shines brightly in the deep blue summer sky of Portland. (221K JPEG)

Looking upward from the base of the infrared telescope on Mauna Kea, one sees the nearly fluorescent orange paintwork of the telescope's supports mirrored as yellows and browns in the observatory's dome. (201K JPEG)

The dome of the InfraRed Telescope Facility is lined with foil to suppress radiation that would blind this heat-sensitive telescope. It catches the daylight in wonderfully textured shades of steel grays and blues and subtle delicate browns. (205K JPEG)

A remembrance of things past, in somber brick-reds, yellow and tans. This is all that remains of Marconi's great transmitter. Still there's a hint of life in the shadows. (300K JPEG)

19" wide by 15" high (image area)

This strikingly surreal and colorful image looks like a composite, but it's entirely real. Hot pink fireworks fill half the dark green-black sky with incredibly delicate tracery. A full moon hangs in the sky over the geodesic roof of the entrance to the 1986 World's Fair. (289K JPEG)

19" wide by 13" high (image area)

This is an image of a three or four inch section of expanded metal screen. The blue and white squiggles come from light shining through windows glazed with rippled privacy glass. Primary colors are blue and pumpkin yellow, with some deep purple. (192K JPEG)

This is a formal composition of a very surreal scene I chanced upon in the Mojave desert. When the boiler isn't operating, the computer-controlled mirrors of the Solar One power station redirect all their beams into two spots in the air on either side of the boiler tower, to avoid an accidental melt-down.

Pale blue sky, and sandy tans dominate the color scheme. (141K JPEG)