Here are descriptions and screen images of all the photographs I've placed in the gallery to date, grouped (arbitrarily) by subject matter and theme. Click the following links if you're especially interested in my: Newest posted work Dye transfer prints Collaborations with Laurie Toby Edison Digital prints Monographs and portfolios You can download a full screen (768x1024) JPEG of a particular work by clicking on its title. You can download a small image of a work by clicking on the "click here for thumbnail" text. If you have a high-speed connection, you can view a version of this page with all the thumbnails loaded automatically. There are also pages of ganged thumbnails that link to the full-screen images; scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the links there. PLEASE don't rely on the thumbnails for any sense of the quality of these photographs. There's a good reason why these JPEG's are so large-- these are extremely high quality renditions of very high quality photographs. Files this large were the only way I could convey something of the quality of the originals. Trust me-- the thumbnails don't do the work justice. I've included them for your browsing convenience; I'd be distraught if it turned out that they dissuade people from viewing the real goods. The Picture List is a concise list of titles and sizes for all the prints currently in the Gallery. For pricing and ordering information, see "How to Order". "How to View the Gallery Images" lists my recommended JPEG viewers and describes techniques for the getting the best rendition of these images on your computer monitor. If you find yourself in my home town, you can see my fine prints for real. Read "How to See the Original Prints" for details. Click here if you have problems viewing a JPEG

Macbeth Chart (click here for thumbnail)

This is a calibration image. It began as a photograph of a Kodak grey scale, Kodak color control patches and a Macbeth ColorChecker(tm) Chart, but I've adjusted the colors so they are better than photographic-- this is now a very close match to the original chart. Import this image into your image-processing program and adjust it so that the chart on your screen looks as much like a real ColorChecker as possible. Apply those same adjustments to the other images you download, and you'll be very close to what I see on my screen and to what the original dye transfer prints actually look like. (83K JPEG)

My Dye Transfer Prints

My dye transfer prints are all made using original Kodak papers and dyes. The paper stock is double- or triple-weight fiber base with an air-dried F surface. The prints have at least 1" of white paper around the image area, and I title and sign the prints in archival ink under the image.

Framed Print (click here for thumbnail)

Should you choose to purchase a framed print, this illustrates what you'd get. All materials in contact with the print are archival and the print is not dry-mounted, but corner-taped to the matte. The glazing is acrylic, which can't shatter in shipping. If you wish to replace it with picture glass, be my guest. The print shown, "Painted Dunes and Fantastic Lava Beds, Lassen Volcanic Park CA - 1985" is available for purchase. This is only a photograph of a photograph, so the screen image doesn't look as much like the original as the others in the gallery. (162K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)

Baja ~ 1991

Blooming Century Plant, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)click here for thumbnail	The clear dawn light created a rich and deep blue sky along with the brilliant yellows and greens of the blossoming agave. (221K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 13" wide by 19" high (image area)
Painted Brick Wall, El Triunfo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Tan, pink, red, and blue weathered paint provide an abstract backdrop for the dark green foliage in this painting-like composition. (348K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Scarlet Spiny Cactus, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Late afternoon light transilluminates the scarlet spines of this cactus as well as the golden and green wildflowers nearby. (381K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Broklen Adobe Wall, El Triunfo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Red-clay adobe catches the afternoon light in fiery hues, with blue, green and purple background accents. (401K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 13" wide by 11" high (image area)
Black Sand Rivulets, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Palm Frond, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	A simple palm frond, back-illuminated by the morning sun, lights up with incandescent yellows and vivid emerald greens. (262K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 6.5" wide by 10" high (image area)
Shrine by Hwy 1, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Red memorial flowers accent this whitewashed saguaro turned into a shrine, against the deep blue desert sky. (193K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Lobster Carapace, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	A tropical lobster shell resting on the tan beach sports remarkable steel blues and molten oranges. (332K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 18" wide by 15" high (image area)
Hibiscus Blossom, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	A single hibiscus blossom glows with electric rosiness amidst the darkness of the green leaves surrounding it. (197K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 11" wide by 7" high (image area)
Stones on Sand, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Boojum Trunk, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Yellows, oranges, and charcoal grays comprise the palette of the boojum trunk, resembling some unlikely alien landscape. (352K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Lobster Tail, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	A lone lobster tail on the white sand beach displays a dark turquoise finish offset by olive greens and browns. (135K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Berries, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Translucent berries sparkle in the noonday sun with hues of electric magenta and red. (430K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Basket Weave Cholla, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Lime greens and yellows color the fruit of this cactus, backed by the pale blue sky and brown desert floor. (340K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Crab and Snail Shells, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Saguaros, Boojums and Rocks, Baja Mexico ~ 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	Late afternoon in the Baja desert: the sky goes deep blue, the shadows even colder, and the rocks and foliage still lit by the sunlight take on a lovely golden color. Dark blues and greens contrast with bright oranges and yellows. (356K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Christmas in California

Rainbow Diversity Christmas, S.F. ~ 2000                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	All the colors of the rainbow, in brilliant, coordinated spectral order, ornament this corner victorian in the Castro District. (242K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Blue Xmas, Daly City CA ~ 1996 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Bougainvillea, Daly City CA ~ 2001 (click here for thumbnail)	It may not be snow and poinsettia, but this house still manages to be decorated in traditional whites, reds and greens. (332K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Red, Yellow, Blue, Green Windows, San Jose CA ~ 1999 (click here for thumbnail)	The title tells all about the simple, elegant decorations on this Spanish-style home. (229K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13.5" high (image area)
Picket Fences, Daly City ~ 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	This cozy little scene is predominantly white, blue and green, with festive touches of brilliant red. A soothing and inviting display. (254K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Xmas Spirit, Daly City ~ 1998 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Reindeer Crossing, Broadmoor ~ 1998 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Two Cats, Palo Alto ~ 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
A Visit from Santa ~ 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Modern Xmas Trees, San Jose ~ 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
House of Lights, Daly City ~ 1996 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13.5" high (image area)
Stairs to Christmas, Daly City ~ 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)

Scotland ~ 1995

Plate 1: Stream Bank near River Polly                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	This signature piece epitomizes the beauty of the Highlands. Grey and brown granite boulders, splashed with white and yellow lichen overlook a deep purple-blue stream. Emerald-green and yellow grasses and ferns provide a backdrop for hot pink heather blossoms. (247K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 2: Swamp with Lilypads near Loch Sionascag (click here for thumbnail)	This is what Monet would have painted had he visited the Highlands. Delicate greens, lime-yellow and tans play across pale blue water, surrounded by a deep and intense blue-green landscape, splashed with pastel pink heather and red rowan berries.(231K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 3:Polly River at Inverpolly Forest (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 4: Rapids Running through Heather and Rock Slabs (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 5: Heather on Stones Near Armadale Burn (click here for thumbnail)	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. (233K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 6: Stream Fan-Out at Base of Sgurr an Lochain (click here for thumbnail)	All about greens, the base of this stream is plush, velvety fabric of lemons, limes and emeralds, intense and vibrant. (193K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 7: Ruins at Torrisdale Bay (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 8: Stand of Trees, N. Scotland Coast (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 8" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 9: Necropolis Overlooking Glasgow (click here for thumbnail)	A dark gray and very ominous sky fills with clouds above the distant sunset over the city. The monuments of the Necropolis stand angularly as near-silhouettes in purple-blacks and browns on a dark green lawn. (186K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
(click here for thumbnail)	Plate 10: Greenery on Wall above Rapids An intricate mosaic of red, pink, green, brown and yellow foliage tiles a canvas of grey-white and black rock. (290K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 11: Collapsed Cottage on Isle of Skye (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 16" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 12: Shoreline at Loch Cluanie (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 13: Clava Cairns and Cottage (click here for thumbnail)	Dark and mysterious, deep brown and green standing stones rise against a shadowy forest of blacks, greys, forest-greens and deep maroons. (144K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 14: Heather on Stone at Strath Vagastie (click here for thumbnail)	Beautifully textured lichen-covered granite, painted in soft blues, purples and lavenders, is the background for bright pink-white and deep forest-green heather. (280K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 15: Castle Eilean Donan (click here for thumbnail)	The late afternoon light warms the tan and russet stone of the castle. That complements the delicate bronze-greens and dusky cyans of the hills, as soft gray fog starts to roll in from the west. (177K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 16: Rowan and Birches, Glen Coe (click here for thumbnail)	Intense fiery-red clusters of rowan berries leap out against a background of saturated and muted greens, framed by the brilliant whites and charcoal grays of the birches. (284K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 17: Clouds over Sgurr an Lochain (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 18: Fields of Heather, East of Loch Ness (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 19: Stac Polly (click here for thumbnail)	Under a pale grey-blue sky, cool grey stone columns tower over a rubble-strewn slope of green grass and brown gullies. (213K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 20: Stream down Sgurr an Lochain (click here for thumbnail)	Vivid shades of lime, emerald and fir green form a velvety covering on rocky hills.(209K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 21: Cliff off of A87 Near Loch Cluanie (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 22: Rapids at Strath Vagastie (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 23: Keyhole Cairn, Clava Cairns (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 11" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 24: Heather and Ferns Near Armadale Burn (click here for thumbnail)	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. (286K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 25: Cliff Face, Three Sisters, Glen Coe (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 26: St. Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow (click here for thumbnail)	The black and brown stone that forms the walls and buttresses of the cathedral contrast with pale lime-green copper-clad roofs in this somber, angular composition. (143K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Plate 27: Lochanna H-Achlaise Shoreline (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)

Astronomy and Meteorology

Comet Hyakutake Coma, Brooks CA -- 1996                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Comet Hyakutake, March 29 -- 1996 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Moon, Mars & Circumlunar Arcs, Anchor Bay, CA -- 1995 (click here for thumbnail)	Cool grays, blacks and delicate rainbow colors that tinge the circumlunar arcs hanging above ruddy Mars in a starry sky. The full moon casts its intense and pearly glow behind almost-silhouetted pine trees. (118K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) 10" wide by 8" high (image area)
Moonrise at Dawn over Haleakala, Maui -- 1986 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13.5" high (image area)
Total Eclipse Coronal Streamers, Cabo Pulmo Mexico -- 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	This is an exceptionally fine image of a solar eclipse. Set in a dusky and dark blue sky, the full extent of the corona is visible out to four or more solar radii. The delicate nature of the corona is preserved in the fine inner detail, all the way in to the pale pink prominences just barely visible near the silhouette of the moon. This screen image cannot convey the fine tracery in the corona and subtle detail present in the real print. (111K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Red and Green Auroral Rays, Havre MT -- 1986 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 9" wide by 11" high (image area)
Forest Fire Smoke, Julian CA -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12.5" high (image area)
Two Clouds Over Butte, Arizona -- 1978 (click here for thumbnail)	Photographed just after sunset, this image shows brooding storm clouds catching the last bit of direct sun above a dark, shadowy butte. Predominant colors are cold blues and deep browns, with bright orange-pink clouds. (163K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)

Space Travel

Apollo-Soyuz at Dusk, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1975                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	This image shows the floodlit launch complex in stark relief in shades of red, white, grey, yellow and electric green. The backdrop for this is a soft, dark grey-purple sky with clouds. (253K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 18.5" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Columbia at Dusk, Cape Canaveral -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
(click here for thumbnail)Assembly Bay and Gantry, Cape Canaveral -- 1975	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) Dye transfer print: 18" wide by 13" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
F-1 Rocket Engine Nozzle, Cape Canaveral -- 1975 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Apollo 17 at Dawn, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	Before sunrise the sky glows olive and orange and the clouds gray and fiery red behind the floodlit white and black Saturn V that carries the Apollo 17 spacecraft. (127K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 11" wide by 8" high (image area)
Apollo 17 Ignition, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	The Saturn V engines turn the sky deep orange and illuminate the rocket with a brilliant yellow light. Billowing clouds of smoke and steam run from incandescent white through yellow and orange to rich browns. (118K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Apollo 17 Liftoff, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	Colors deepen and become more intense as the rocket lifts off on a pillar of white flame, surrounded by bright yellow-orange clouds, as red and orange light fills the atmosphere. (125K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 11" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Apollo 17 Sunrise, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	Sunrise behind a nearly-silhouetted Apollo 17 shows a giant white sun rising behind banks of rich sienna and golden orange-yellow clouds, as a helicopter flies above. A visual poem in microtones of yellows. (138K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Saturn V Engine Cluster, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1975 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Purple Gantry, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	Floodlights illuminating Apollo 17 (off-camera left) fill the sky with radiating rays of pale light in purples, blues, and dusky reds. The illuminated gantry glows incandescent in yellows, oranges, and hot reds, all gracefully reflected in the waters spread below the gantry and sky to give this photograph a painterly quality. (181K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Apollo-Soyuz Gantry Rollback, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1975 (click here for thumbnail)	As the dark purple- and green-lit gantry rolls away, the white and black Saturn I perches on its gray "stool" and launch pad, accompanied by the bright red service structure. Below a deep blue-black night sky, foreground waters reflect the yellow, green and lilac hues of lights illuminating the launch complex. (135K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Apollo 17 Contrail, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
STS 1 in Desert Mirage, Edwards AFB CA -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 9" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Saturn V Assembly Well, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	Resembling some abstract geometric construction, this photograph taken straight up into an unoccupied Saturn V assembly bay is composed of concentric, receding circles criss-crossed by strong diagonal structural beams. Red is its single color, accented by blacks, whites, and bands of intense shadow. (236K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Sunset Under Columbia, Cape Canaveral -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	A golden sun sets through red clouds behind the launch complex for the first shuttle mission. Salmon light permeates the sky and clouds, providing a peaceful backdrop to the soft grays and pale whites of the shuttle and its launch complex. (199K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Floodlit Columbia, Cape Canaveral -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	The Columbia, illuminated by floodlights at night, glows like some homage to the Taj Mahal. Almost ghostly pale in its brilliance, in contrast to the dark reds, blues and greens of the support structures. Blue-white floodlight beams fan out diagonally to illuminate the shuttle and fill the sky with deep blue spreading rays of light. (188K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
STS 1 Landing Glide, Edwards AFB CA -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 9.5" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Columbia & Rotating Service Structure, Cape Canaveral -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
STS #1 Liftoff: T+8 Seconds, Cape Canaveral -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	Haze softens the early morning sky of the first shuttle launch, reducing the landscape to muted cool tones and colors. As Columbia clears the tower on a brilliant white and yellow flame, billowing clouds of steam and smoke are tinged with subdued yellows, salmons, pinks, and blues, as if illuminated by sunrise. The dusky blue-gray sky and the multi-hued clouds and flame are reflected in the waters below. (116K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Spacelab Cradle, Kennedy Space Center FL -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 18" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
SR-71 Air Inlets, Museum of Flight, Seattle WA -- 1992 (click here for thumbnail)	A companion piece to "SR-71 Fuel Lines," which was part of the original Gallery postings. Burnished titanium sheets almost glow in soft grays with delicate shadings of yellow, pink, and green reflected light. Rivets and hard panel edges add strong compositional elements to a muted, almost restful composition. (123K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Columbia in Late Afternoon, Kennedy Space Center FL -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Colby Crane, Vehicle Assembly Bldg, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Shuttle Booster Tie-Down Posts, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Vehicle Assembly Building Low Bay, Cape Canaveral -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
Midnight at the VAB, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1981 (click here for thumbnail)	I made this image of the Vehicle Assembly Building the night before the first shuttle launch. The deep green of the mercury floodlights contrasts with the yellows and oranges of the sodium and incandescent lamps, which are also reflected darkly in the yellowish sky. The "small" palm trees at the base of the VAB give a hint of its enormous size. (172K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12" high (image area) (also available as an Ultrachrome print)
>Floodlight Beams over Cape Canaveral -- 1975 (click here for thumbnail)	Photographed the night before the launch of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, this photograph shows the floodlight beams from the lights used to illuminate the launch pad. The beams pass overhead; as they enter the clear air over the ocean, they seem to cut off in mid-space. A dark image in very deep blues verging on, but never quite reaching, black. (84K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
SR-71 Engine Fuel Lines, Museum of Flight, Seattle WA -- 1992 (click here for thumbnail)	Looking like a cross between a 1930's locomotive engine and a painting by H.R. Giger, this image of the side of an SR-71 jet engine is rendered in golds, bronzes and dark sooty greys. (99K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 18" high (image area)

Volcanoes and Craters

Meteor Crater Rim, AZ -- 1994                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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. (163K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Wizard Island and Pine Tree, Crater Lake OR -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 6" high (image area)
Northern Shore, Crater Lake OR -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 6.5" high (image area)
Late Afternoon at Mt. St. Helens WA -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 6.5" high (image area)
Wizard Island, Crater Lake OR -- 1978 (click here for thumbnail)	After sunset hints of subtle pink and gray in the sky contrast with the deep blues and purples that suffuse Crater Lake, its trees, and Wizard Island. Snow streaking the crater walls and the island picks up the light, pale blue of the sky. (182K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Mt. St. Helens at Dusk -- 1984 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Crater Lake Shoreline, OR -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	After a passing storm, the walls of Crater Late reveal a remarkable range of subtle colors--greens, reds, and tans, along with the expected grays and blacks. The slopes are dotted with deep green trees and brush, overlooking a slate-blue lake. A low-key and peaceful scene. (146K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Mt. St. Helens Rim with Hikers, WA -- 1993 (click here for thumbnail)	An almost-monochrome view of the snowy rim of Mt. St. Helens, plus a few hikers. Bright ski trails zig-zag down steep slopes. Intricately-textured dark gray and brown ash deposits show through onion-like layers of pale gray and white snow, contrasting with the bluish, shadowed lava dome in the background. (151K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13" high (image area)
Cinder Cone, Haleakala Crater, Maui -- 1986 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Cinder Cone North Trail, Lassen Volcanic Park CA -- 1985 (click here for thumbnail)	A brilliant image in whites, blues and soot-greys of a snow-covered cinder cone. The sun shining off the textured snow makes it look like hammered metal, in a nice contrast to the wispy cirrus clouds. (206K JPEG) I climbed that trail to the top of the cone to photograph "Painted Dunes and Fantastic Lava Beds". Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Fresh Pahoehoe Flowing from Lava Tube, Volcanoes National Park HI -- 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	Glowing blobs of engine-red and fiery-orange lava ooze out of charcoal gray and soot-black folds in pahoehoe. (191K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
New Pahoehoe Flowing over Old, Volcanoes National Park HI -- 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Fresh Pahoehoe, Mothers Day Flow HI -- 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	A tongue of bright cherry-red lava seeps from under sparkling black and white crust. A brilliantly textured and detailed scene, with filaments of orange-gray new crust solidifying on the tongue. (231K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 10" wide by 8" high (image area) 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Lava under Forest Fire Smoke, Volcanoes National Park HI -- 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 16" wide by 15" high (image area)
Mothers Day Flow to the Sea, Volcanoes National Park HI -- 2002 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 10" high (image area)

Jewels of Kilauea-- the fascinating and colorful lava of the southern Big Island of Hawai'i. The question I'm asked most often about this work is whether or not the colors are real; some viewers have wondered if they were somehow created by me. The answer is that the colors and tones in the following photographs are entirely natural. They are not the result of special photographic tricks. I made all the photographs with natural lighting, and I didn't use any special filters to create or enhance the existing color. In truth, the 'black' pahoehoe lava flows of Kilauea are anything but dull and monochrome! The subjects of these photographs range in size from several feet across down to one inch.

Iridescent Banded Pahoehoe, Mauna Ulu HI -- 2000                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 10" wide by 7.5" high (image area)
Iridescent Pahoehoe, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 10" wide by 8" high (image area)
'Fiery' Pahoehoe, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	Brilliant rust-red banding on these cold boulders creates the impression of glowing molten lava under a cooling gray-black mantle. (216K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 9.5" wide by 7.5" high (image area)
Weathered Pahoehoe Folds, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	Yellow, white, and sky-blue clays speckle these dirt-red folds in old pahoehoe, reminiscent of fossilized ribs. (281K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 9.5" wide by 8" high (image area)
Red Spatters, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 7" wide by 10" high (image area)
Bright Folds in Black Pahoehoe, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 8" wide by 9.5" high (image area)
Pearly Pahoehoe, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 9.5" wide by 7.5" high (image area)
Triangular Shard, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 10" high (image area)
Blue and Yellow Lava, Spatter Ramparts, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	Blue stone shimmers with a colorful 'oily' sheen, embedded in a frozen froth of yellow lava. (135K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 8" wide by 9" high (image area)
Iridescent Vesicles, Spatter Ramparts, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 9.5" high (image area)
Yellowed Pahoehoe Surface, Kilauea HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	The brilliant yellow "salamander skin" pattern on this black pahoehoe surface contrasts with patches of deep, iridescent blue. (223K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 9.5" high (image area)

Water

Fence at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod MA ~ 2004                (click here for thumbnail)	The beautiful late-afternoon "cape light" suffuses this photograph with delicate shades of blue, azure, tan, and gold. This looks the way it felt for me to be there. (279K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Cumulus Clouds over Cirrus Mountain, Alberta, Canada ~ 2005 (click here for thumbnail)	Arctic blues and whites predominate and contrast with the craggy brown-black rock outcrops. The conjunction of names reflects the conjunction of textures. (274K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Cumulus Rising Behind Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada ~ 2005 (click here for thumbnail)	Icy clouds sweep over an icy landscape, dappled in shades of ice (of course!) blue and the palest of browns. (205K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Lake Louise Shoreline, Canada ~ 2005                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Behind Frozen Minnehaha Falls, MN ~ 2005 (click here for thumbnail)	Light shining through the rippled curtains of the frozen falls takes on hues of jade, turquoise, and deep blue.(101K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Niagara Falls ~ 2003 (click here for thumbnail)	An aetherial falls seems to be suspended between sprays of mist and clouds, in delicate shades of cyan. (114K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 17.5" wide by 15" high (image area)
Breaking Wake, Cape Cod MA ~ 2004 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13.5" high (image area)
Burney Creek Below Burney Falls, Shasta County CA -- 1985 (click here for thumbnail)	Yellow and green autumn grasses mirror the sweep and form of the deep blue and white rapids as they tumble over the dark brown rocks. This image conveys a strong sense of horizontal movement. (222K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Crepuscular Rays, Clear Lake CA -- 1992 (click here for thumbnail)	Another wonderful image that can only be rendered in a dye transfer print. Pink crepuscular rays streak a sunset sky that varies from purple and deep royal blue through cyan to hot orange, striped with glowing fiery clouds (the screen image doesn't do this one justice). The sky is mirrored in the waters of the lake, transformed into a pattern of delicate multicolored ripples. (167K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Heceta Head Light House, OR -- 1992 (click here for thumbnail)	This lighthouse is reputed to be the most-photographed in the world, but the beacon's reflection in the twilight waves has never been rendered this finely. Warm and cold deep blues dominate the scene, accentuating the warm yellowish glow of the light. Deep in the shadows, you will see the surf breaking over the shoreline rocks and beach. (158K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Minnehaha Falls Overlook, Minneapolis MN -- 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Rushes and Lily Pads, N. Ontario -- 1980 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Sunset Light on Sandstone Bridge and Surf, Laguna Beach CA -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12.5" high (image area)
Theodore Roosevelt Lake, AZ -- 1978 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13.5" high (image area)

Nature (more or less)

Stormy Weather at Drumheller Badlands, Alberta, Canada ~ 2005                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)
Topiary Sea Serpent, Calgary ~ 2005                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)
Sun Setting under Blue Arcs, Herring Cove Beach MA ~ 2004 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Contrail and Cloud Arcs, Herring Cove Beach MA ~ 2004 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Mindanao Gum Tree, Honolulu HI -- 2000 (click here for thumbnail)	The very unusual and colorful bark of this tree looks like peeling layers of bright paint. A rainbow mix of red, blue, green and yellow curls, stripes and patches. (152K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)
Albino Bullfrog, Steinhart Aquarium, S.F. -- 1977 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 10" wide by 7.5" high (image area)
Bunker Davis, S.F. -- 1976 (click here for thumbnail)	This WWII cannon bunker, located along the San Francisco coast, is abandoned, rusted and overgrown with green and red ice plant. Photographed just a minute before sunset, the grazing ruddy light creates warm orange highlights and icy blue shadows. (254K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Ivy on Brick Wall, George Eastman House, Rochester NY -- 1978 (click here for thumbnail)	Curtains of autumn ivy on the brick wall of the Eastman House garage look like a waterfall in greens, browns, yellows, oranges and reds. This is precisely the kind of image which only a dye transfer print can show off well. (287K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) 10" wide by 7.5" high (image area)
Karrigan's Gravestone and Flowers, Mission Dolores, SF CA -- 1993 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Kelp and Seaweed at Sunset, Laguna Beach CA -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	Grazing sunset light creates a strong relief in this image full of fine textures. Deep blue and pink-white sand provide the background for this found composition of green, yellow and brilliant orange seaweed. (253K JPEG) An accompanying JPEG enlarges a small section of this photograph to show the level of fine detail in the original print. (151K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13.5" high (image area)
Kelp on Wet Sand, Laguna Beach CA -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	This eye-popping image shows strands of yellow and hot-orange kelp on ice-blue sand, grazed by the pink light of the setting sun. (236K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 9.5" high (image area)
Lake Shasta Pines, CA -- 1991 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 9.5" high (image area)
Lehmann Caves: Bat's View, Great Basin National Park -- 1988 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Patio with Trees and Puddles, NCAR, Boulder CO -- 1982 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Prize Frogs, Great America Park, Santa Clara CA -- 1978 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 18.5" wide by 13.5" high (image area)
Rock Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone -- 1984 (click here for thumbnail)	This wonderfully subtle image, reminiscent of a Chinese brush painting, could only have been made in dye transfer. Tans, yellows, umbers and greys paint the rocky slopes, dotted by dark green pine trees. Another of my favorites and popular with viewers. (170K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 18.5" high (image area)
Roses Against Black Stone Wall, Portland OR -- 1990 (click here for thumbnail)	Photographs almost never are as realistic as this photograph from the Portland Rose Garden. Roses in yellows, oranges and pinks, with silvery green leaves, are set against a deep blue-black stone wall. Strong colors but subtle contrast. (287K JPEG) The accompanying JPEGenlarges a small section of this photograph to show the level of fine detail in the original print. (73K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 17.5" wide by 15" high (image area) 10" wide by 7.5" high (image area)
Still Life, Steinhart Aquarium, S.F. -- 1980 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)

Technology (more or less)

Marconi Transmitter, Cape Cod ~ 2004                                                            (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)
Moon and Fireworks, Vancouver EXPO -- 1986 (click here for thumbnail)	This strikingly surreal and colorful image looks like a computer-generated 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) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 13" high (image area)
"FUN", Great America Park, Santa Clara CA -- 1978 (click here for thumbnail)	Bright reds, magentas, yellows and blues make up this strong image of a neon sign at the amusement park. The intense shadows and strong lighting make it appear three-dimensional, while the overall texture of the film grain lends a pointillistic quality. (100K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12.5" high (image area)
Rusted Grate and Refraction, Ann Arbor -- 1972 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 18.5" wide by 15" high (image area)
Solar One, Barstow CA -- 1982 (click here for thumbnail)	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) Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)
Transamerica Pyramid, S.F. -- 1976 (click here for thumbnail)	This nighttime photograph of the Transamerica building seems to have true vanishing point perspective. The coloration in this print is both more subtle and more variegated than the monitor can convey. There are myriad delicate nuances of cyans, yellows, salmons and pinks playing over the different facets of the grey concrete facing and in the windows. (163K JPEG) Dye transfer print: 18.5" wide by 15" high (image area)