NEW! All my photographs are now available as 14"x11" digital prints! (Image area is up to 12"x9" depending on the aspect ratio of the photograph.) The price is only $200 and includes shipping within the United States.



Works posted on December 5, 2024



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Golden Globes, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

Serene blues suffuse the house, contrasting with the gold-lit balls and red, pink, green, and blue lights. (1.5M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Bronze and Blue Oak Tree, Filoli CA ~ 2022

Complementary hues of deepest, richest blue and warm, inviting bronze paint this oak in festive garb. (1013K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Emerald City, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

A house is bathed in icy cool blues that vie with intense electric greens, accented with gold and reds. (630K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Elves Cottage, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

Intense primary reds, yellows, greens, and blue limn this elfin dwelling, under a golden roof. (676K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 28"


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A Bird's Xmas, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

A dense universe of ornaments in crimson, green, and peacock-blue hide a cozy dwelling. (856K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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Mr. And Ms. Claus, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

The jolly couple, bathed in light, are framed in luminous reds and greens. (560K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 2.5M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 22", 44" x 24", 66" x 36"



Works posted on November 11, 2024



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A Hello Kitty Xmas, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

Because nothing says "Xmas" more than Kitty! So many Kitties, greeting us from under a spiral rainbow arch in all the colors of the spectrum. (682K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 36" x 28"


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The Most Wonderful Time, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

An icy blue tree is framed by festive red garlands and poinsettias and twinkling white lights.(513K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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VW Bus Holiday, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

Frosty drives the Xmas bus, trimmed and warmly lit with red, green, and blue lights. (393K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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A Red, Green, and White Xmas, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

Rusty orange maple leaves frame a lush decor, where reds and greens abound across crisp, white architecture. (516K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 28"



Works posted on October 5, 2024



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A Charlie Brown Xmas, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

The home is bathed in soft violets and lavenders, a soothing backdrop for the polychromatic Peanuts characters. (551K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sandy Ripples at Hidden Falls Creek, MN ~ 2024

Pale brown waters gently surge in delicate wavelets over tan and charcoal streaks in the sand. (719K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Minnehaha Falls Base, MN ~ 2024

Tumbling white and palest jade waters break into complex knotted patterns and spray, against dark brown and green cliffs. (668K JPEG)

(Here is a really large jpeg (1.9M) of a portion of the photograph at 50% of full-resolution, to give you a feel for the fine detail.)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Minnehaha Falls in Shade, MN ~ 2024

Bright trees frame shadowy grey falls and sooty cliffs, in rich B&W infrared (802K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Minnehaha Falls Rim, MN ~ 2024

Slate-blue-grey waters layered by intricate waves,tumble over the rim and shatter into myriad bright and wonderfully detailed shards, against dark green and rich brown surroundings. (385K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 2.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 20", 58" x 24"




Works posted on September 9, 2024



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Bridge over Hidden Falls Creek, MN ~ 2024

Dark, arching tree limbs mirror the curves of the bridge that spans a darker creek under bright foliage in rich B&W infrared. (1.3M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Storm Clouds and Witch's Hat, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Brooding grey clouds loom over the sooty tones of the shadowed water tower and trees in rich B&W infrared. (402K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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Branches and Shadows at Witch's Hat, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Intersecting arcs of charcoal limbs and silky grey-white leaves meet the curves of the water tank and leafy shadows in rich B&W infrared. (761K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Witch's Hat Water Tower, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Deep grey trees seem to be closing in on the deep grey water tower, under a brilliant cloud-dappled sky in rich B&W infrared. (554K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"




Works posted on August 3, 2024



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Cypresses and Maples, Filoli CA ~ 2024

Sweeping lines of ghostly pale trees converge on the gleaming clock tower of the mansion, in rich B&W infrared. (336K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.6M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 50" x 24", 76" x 36"


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Rosa "Fourth of July", Luthor Burbank Gardens ~ CA 2024

Hot pink and intense magenta petals burst out from vivid yellow and golden anthers against dark green leaves. So exquisitely detailed that you can see individual pollen grains in the print. (641K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 33"


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Mediterranean Spurge, Luthor Burbank Gardens CA ~ 2024

The delightfully named Spurge has delightful whirled leaves and seed pods, in hues of pale lemon- and lime-greens. (637K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 36" x 30", 44" x 36"


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Twisted Elm Trunk, Filoli CA ~ 2024

Torturously bent branches fan out in smoke-dark eldritch fingers under a canopy of soft grey leaves, in rich B&W infrared. (799K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Elm Leaf Falls, Filoli CA ~ 2024

A cascading "waterfall" of sunlit leaves descends from tangled sooty branches, in rich B&W infrared. (592K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 30"


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Drooping Elm, Filoli CA ~ 2024

Drooping dark and spindly branches, heavy with luminescent leaves touch down in inky pooled shadows, in rich B&W infrared. (795K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on July 1, 2024


Dye Transfer Prints

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



from     Ctein and Laurie Toby Edison's "Collaboration" Series



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Crater Lake Rim, OR ~ 1990
(Two prints left)

The softly polychrome slopes of the crater walls, blue, green, and purple-brown, arc around the deep blue lake. (229K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 7" x 7" (image area)


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Lava Buttes, Craters of the Moon ID ~ 1984
(One print left)

A blue sky and fluffy clouds contrast with the angular and rusty brown-black cones rising from lava fields. (331K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 8.5" x 6.5" (image area)


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Three Trees off I-5, Shasta County CA ~ 1991
(One print left)

Contrasting bands of texture and color in green, brown, yellow, and deep soft blues provide the setting for stark and dark bare trees. (390K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 10" x 8" (image area)


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Badlands Gullies, SD ~ 1984
(One print left)

Tans and yellows paint a composition in soft strata and harsh shadows. (478K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9.5" x 7.5" (image area)


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Cormorants at the Cannery, Monterey CA ~ 1990
(Three prints left)

A rotting pier in deepest indigos supports rusted steel blue-grey walls. (306K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9.5" x 7.5" (image area)


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High Tension Lines, Shasta County CA ~ 1991
(Two prints left)

An intensely blue sky makes the stark shadows and bright rusty greys of the tower stand out in sharp relief. (328K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: "7.5 x 9.5" (image area)


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Poppies and Burnt Trees, Oakland CA ~ 1992
(Two prints left)

Orange California Poppies and deep-green grass sprout on the slopes, new growth coming alive amidst bare, burnt concrete foundations and skeletal charcoal-blackened trees (560K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 8.5" x 6.5" (image area)


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Heat-Cracked Tile, Oakland CA ~ 1992
(Three prints left)

Like a fault line, a sharp boundary separates the mottled grey ribbed concrete and binder from the rich orange and yellow, soot-stained hexagonal tiles (384K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 7" x 9" (image area)


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Houseboats, Lake Shasta CA ~ 1991
(Three prints left)

Layered brown hills topped by fir-green forests flank the pale azure waters of a drought-diminished Lake Shasta (360K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9" x 6.5" (image area)


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Mt. Shasta as Kilimanjaro, CA ~ 1991
(One print left)

A diaphanous blue Shasta rises out of the mist in the distance, floating over brown grasses and deep green shrubs. (416K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9.5" x 6.5" (image area)


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Obelisk, Mission Dolores, S.F. CA ~ 1992
(Two prints left)

The cool tones of the shadows and stone contrast with lush, warm-green foliage. (515K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 8.5" x 7" (image area)


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Scorched Foundation, Oakland CA ~ 1992
(Four prints left)

Blue-black scorch marks stain the tan, ochre, and, ruddy blocks of a concrete foundation. Green plantlife begins to intrude. (510K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9.5" x 7.5" (image area)


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Spirit Lake and Mud Flats, WA ~ 1990
(Two prints left)

Stygian mud and debris flows from the Mt. St. Helens eruption surround Spirit Lake. (300K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9" x 6.5" (image area)


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Spirit Lake in Late Afternoon Sun, WA ~ 1990
(Two prints left)

Charcoal flats and scorched treek trunks show patches of scattered greenery, as the indigo of Spirit Lake reflects the sun under a hazy powder-blue sky. (485K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9" x 7" (image area)



Works posted on May 31, 2024



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Sun Setting Behind Storm Front, Abilene TX ~ 2024

As black thunderstorm clouds move in the setting sun sends a brilliant fan of light past the gathering storm, in rich B&W infrared. (202K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Crystalline Brine Filaments, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Wisps of white mineral salts grow from pale, ice-blue salt plates on soft and brown chemical deposits. (445K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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Late Afternoon Clouds over Lake Manly, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

A gentle scene with the foreground's purple-brown shadowed hills being backed by luminous clouds in pinks and powder blues, reflected in the distant waters of the lake. (222K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 896K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 20", 60" x 24"


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Lake Manly in Sunbeams, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Delicate light filters down through the mist evaporating from Lake Many, in pale and delicate pastels of blue and cream. (227K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 996K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 24"


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Southern Shore, Lake Manly, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Sunbeams radiate from scattered clouds against a backdrop of the hazy Panamint Range, reflected in shades of cool blue in Lake Manly. (217K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 20", 54" x 20", 72" x 24"



Works posted on April 28, 2024



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Crescent Sun, TX ~ 2024

The sliver of a sun casts strangely distorted shadows on faintly rainbow-hued clouds that nearly obscure it. (300K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 36" x 28"


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Chromosphere and Baily's Beads amidst Clouds, TX ~ 2024

Hot pink prominences and the chromosphere highlight three Baily's Beads, as the sun starts to peek out from behind the moon, framed by wispy clouds in a deep, dusky blue sky. (468K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24"


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Eclipse in Infrared, TX ~ 2024

Through alien eyes, the waning sun shines in a nearly black sky, encircled by filamentary clouds in rich B&W infrared. (234K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24"


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Damp Owl, Minnesota State Zoo ~ 2008

This great horned owl looks even less happy than usual, as glistening water droplets dampen its charcoal, brown, and white feathers against a soft and green leafy background. (416K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"



Works posted on March 30, 2024



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Shadowed Patio and Columns, McKay Art Museum, TX ~ 2013

Diagonal bands of light and shadow in shades of tan, red, and brown. (597K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Gibbon Odalisque, Minnesota State Zoo ~ 2008

A composition in pale whites and deep greens. Possibly NSFW if you happen to be another gibbon. (370K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Range in Sunset Light, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

The setting sunlight paints the hillsides in delicate, pastel hues of blues, violets, and magentas. (500K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20"


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Full Moon in Sunset-lit Cumuli, Daly City CA ~ 2024

Salmon-hued cumuli, illuminated by the setting sun, frame the full moon in a deepening blue sky. (161K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 256K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 44" x 24", 64" x 36"



Works posted on February 29, 2024



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Leafy Sea Dragon, Minnesota Zoo ~ 2012

A truly alien-looking lifeform, rendered in soft hues of green, cyan, pink and orange. (306K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Lake Manly and Panamint Range, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Creamy white salt mounds dot the surface of Lake Manly, reflecting the soft blues and greys of the Panamint Range and the cloud-dappled sky. (309K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20"


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Artist's Palette Formation, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Surreal shades of russet, tan, magenta, powder blue, and teal paint the slopes in this finely detailed composition. (455K JPEG)

Here is a large jpeg (945K) of a portion of the photograph at full-resolution, plus a really large jpeg of the whole image - 1.4M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 17", 44" x 20", 66" x 24", 120" x 36", 150" x 44"


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Lake Manly East Shore, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Lake Manly, bespeckled by crystallizing warm-white brine, reflects the turquoise and cerulean sky as well as the rich, warm tones of the bordering hills. (330K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 20", 44" x 20", 60" x 24"



Works posted on January 31, 2024



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Rattler, Owatanna Reptile Zoo MN ~ 2012

Speckled cream and dark brown scales, from sharp-eyed head to rattled tail. (532K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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'Gator Eye, Owatanna Reptile Zoo MN ~ 2012

A craggy landscape of a head, with one watchful eye and a short handful of teeth, painted in ruddy yellow and lime hues. (580K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Albino Boa, Owatanna Reptile Zoo ~ 2012

Cool and creamy whites, pale yellows, and oranges form rippling patterns in sweeping curves. (428K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Boa Scales, Owatanna Reptile Zoo ~ 2012

Hexagonal waves criss-cross a composition in shades of cream, yellow, tan, and chocolately brown (570K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"



Works posted on January 1, 2024



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Debris Falls, Death Valley, CA ~ 2023

Soft greys, muted browns, and delicate buff hues define this restful yet complex composition. (564K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.4M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 24", 68" x 36"


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Corkscrew Mountain Range, NV ~ 2023

Ruddy earth tones, in a patchwork of light and shadow, suffuse the landscape under rich blue-grey skies. (320K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 18", 68" x 24", 96" x 36"


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Brine Crystal Plates, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Mineral salts grow into a surreal landscape of white whiskers, mounds and crystalline plates. (791K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Sun Glints on Crystallizing Brine, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Soft blue sky and clouds are reflected from the briny waters, as sun sparkles on the crystal clusters. (492K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 44"


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Crystalline Heart, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

A "chocolate" heart with white "icing", festooned with delicate filamentary threads of crystallized salts, rendered in shades of warm and cool near-whites. (658K JPEG)

(Here is a really large jpeg (2.5M) of a portion of the photograph at 50% of full-resolution, to give you a feel for the fine detail.)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 24" x 24", 36" x 36", 44" x 44"


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Badwater Basin Shoreline, Death Valley ~ 2023

The fingers of Badwater Basin's temporary brine lake reflect the debris falls off the cliffs, all in shades of russet, burnt orange and delicate grey-browns. (706K JPEG)

(Here is a really large jpeg (2.6M) of a portion of the photograph at 50% of full-resolution, to give you a feel for the fine detail.)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 60" x 36""


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Briny Plate and Mounds, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Strange crystalline growths, polygonal plates, furry mounds, and twisting threads, are rendered high-key in the most delicate shades of pale cream and powder blue (562K JPEG)

(Here is a really large jpeg (2.0M) of a portion of the photograph at 50% of full-resolution, to give you a feel for the fine detail.

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 24", 36" x 36", 44" x 44"


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Christmas Stocking, San Carlos CA ~ 2023

What says Xmas better than a tree, a nutcracker, poinsettia and a stocking! Luminous golden yellows and oranges support brilliant reds and dark fir greens. (588K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on November 29, 2023



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Jade Lake in Badwater Basin, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

A rare and extraordinary pale jade-green lake floods the brown and salt-white flats. (330K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 2.3M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 86" x 36", 108" x 44"


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Filoli Courtyard at Christmas, CA ~ 2023

Warm yellows and soft greens suffuse the main house courtyard in this inviting holiday scene. (344K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 24", 70" x 36"


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Glowing Globes, Filoli CA ~ 2023

A bit of Xmas surreality -- polychrome spheres softly illuminate the plants and trees in rich magentas and purples along with subtle greens and yellows (754K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Turquoise Trees in a Golden Garden, Filoli CA ~ 2023

The Filoli garden is positively glowing with golden lights illuminating green and red foliage, framed by two intensely turquoise trees. (1M JPEG)

This really large jpeg (2.1M) of a portion of the photograph is only 50% of full-resolution, but it gives you a feel for the fine detail.

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Zabriskie Point Ravines, Death Valley CA ~ 2023

Low winter sunlight brings out the wonderful golden-tan textures eroded into the landscape, in this soothing, flowing composition (681K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Bumblebee on Garden Globe, Jardin Botanique de MontrŽal, Canada ~ 2009

A bumblebee rests on a plastic lawn globe, inverting the background of grey wood and green foliage. (330K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on October 31, 2023



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Decaying Log and Pine Cones, Lake Tahoe Ca ~ 2023

Contrasting textures combine with diagonal bands of shadow and grey, green and ruddy hues to create a complex, finely detailed composition. (695K JPEG) (really large jpeg - 2.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"

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Dusky Mesa, Grand Canyon ~ 2023

The evening sky shades from glowing orange to soft blues over the shadowed mesa, with its tones of indigo and violet. (251K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32", 36" x 44"


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Glistening Pine Resin, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2023

Silvery streaks of resin sparkle against deep brown bark in an intense blue sky. (452K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32", 36" x 44", 44" x 54"


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Brown Leaves in the Spring, Theodore Wirth Park MN ~ 2014

A delicate palette of finely rendered leaves and bare limbs, in subdued grays, tans and browns, with hints of powdery blue (1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"



Works posted on October 2, 2023



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Iced-over Pond, Theodore Wirth Park MN ~ 2014

A thin layer of ice coats the pond, mirroring a vivid blue sky a brilliant white clouds, surrounded by green and brown foliage. There's wonderfully intricate detail in the concentric patterns in the ice, as this really large jpeg (2.6M) -- still only 25% of full-resolution -- illustrates. (928K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Dried Grasses in the Forest, Theodore Wirth Park MN ~ 2014

The spring thaw reveals hummocks of dried grass, still looking snow-white in rich B&W infrared. (841K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Shadowed Paths, Theodore Wirth Park MN ~ 2014

An intricate dance of intertwined light and shadow, of sinuous and angular curves, portrayed in rich B&W infrared. (688K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Branches Reaching Towards Sky, Theodore Wirth Park MN ~ 2014

Thousands of thin bare branches, like skeletal fingers, fill a cloud-marbled sky, portrayed in rich B&W infrared. (1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Twisted Branches, Theodore Wirth Park MN ~ 2014

Warped, distorted, and tangled, these slate-grey and stark black and white branches loom over the scene, portrayed in rich B&W infrared. (839K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on September 3, 2023



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Virga Above Strata, Mount Toro CA ~ 2023

Ghostly pale sheets of virga drift down from a charcoal sky above variegated gray clouds in rich B&W infrared. (240K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Virga Rainbow at Sunset, San Benito CA ~ 2023

Rich corals, pinks, and oranges suffuse the clouds and virga. (Until I saw this, I didn't even know about virga rainbows!) (272K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 36" x 30", 44" x 36"


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Virga above Salinas River Valley, CA ~ 2023

Wispy pale virga descends in lazy waves over the Gabilan Range and the mosaiced agricultural landscape near Salinas under an ebon sky, in rich B&W infrared. (327K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 30", 36" x 42"


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Summer Snow on the Rockies ~ 2023

Cottony stratus and cumulus clouds hang over the snow-dappled brown- and olived-hued Rockies, as a distant thunderhead grows in the deep blue sky. (398K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"



Works posted on August 1, 2023



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Oaks at Mount Toro, CA ~ 2023

Delicate composition and tone and extraordinary fine detail make this special at any size. A small print simply glows, a large one shows every leaf on the oaks in rich B&W infrared. (1.0M JPEG)

Here's an extra-large (25% scale) jpeg (2.9M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36", 54" x 44"


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Blue Stone Garden, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

A rock garden glows in icy bues, amidst rich green foliage spangled with white, yellow, and vivid blue lights. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 28"


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Radio Tower at Mount Toro, CA ~ 2023

Angular steel greys, inky shadows and sun-white antennae soar in stark contrast to feathery, finely textured clouds in rich B&W infrared. (322K JPEG)

(really large jpeg - 801K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"



Works posted on July 4, 2023



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Viburnum Blossoms, Luther Burbank Garden, Santa Rosa CA ~ 2023

Soft dark green leaves surround clusters of bright white blossoms and vivid pink buds. (740K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 28"


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Dried Stems and Weathered Wood, Filoli CA ~ 2023

Cool blue-grays mingle with warm russet hues, while angular dried stalks and blossoms stand in contrast to the sweeping arcs and fine cracks and fissures of the wood. (634K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 28"


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Moran Lake Storm Aftermath, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2023

Floating debris looks so peaceful in this serene composition, where charcoal branches contrast with the soft pale grays of iceplant against a background of darkly rippled waters and brilliant white trees in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (550K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Xmas Greens and Blues, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

Vivid and rich greens contrast with cold blue icicles strung from golden trellises. A lush holiday landscape. (305K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 20", 56" x 24"



Works posted on June 4, 2023



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Roost, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2023

The Pacific Ocean (momentarily living up to its name) reflects turquoise, under a cloudless blue sky while the pale violet fog hangs offshore. The serene water surround the tan and rusty wreck of the Cement Ship, now a haven for seabirds. A photograph full of wonderful, fine detail. (500K JPEG) (section at 100% scale - 2.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Split Trunk & Fence Lizard, Filoli CA ~ 2023

Ruddy and slate-blue slabs of wood swirl into canyons, a haven for a fence lizard. (712K JPEG)

(Can't find the lizard? Here's a section at 100% scale - 558K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 28"


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Lichen on Roof Beams, Filoli CA ~ 2023

Intricately lobed blooms of cream, tan, and bronze-toned lichens lay in contrast to the smooth striations, in subtle yet rich hues of burnt sienna and brown, of the redwood beams and lathing. (730K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36" x 28"


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Cut Stump, Filoli CA ~ 2023

Copper and gold burst like fire from the ashen grey core of this stump, crosshatched by growth rings and saw cuts. (579K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"



Works posted on May 7, 2023



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Driftwood Stump, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2023

Exquisitely fine detail and rich warm colors brought out by late afternoon's winter light are the hallmarks of this striking photograph of a driftwood stump, cast up onto the beach by the storm. A palette rich with burnt umber, soft and cool grey shadows, and orange sun-touched yellows.(565K JPEG) (section at 100% scale - 1.8M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 48" x 36"


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Sunset Rainstorm over the Pacific, Daly City CA ~ 2023

The orange sun is dropping behind slate-blue rainstorm clouds on the horizon. Coppery light peaks through and tints the clouds, fading off into yellows, subtle greens and finally a darkening blue sky, all softly and darkly reflected in the ocean. (348K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 32"


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Bay Bridge Tower at Night, CA ~ 2023

Silvery white support cables, glowing with white light, radiate out into the black night sky from the main support tower, strangely reminiscent of some kind of mechanical spider's web. (243K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Western Fence Lizard at Filoli, CA ~ 2023

The finely defined dark grey and brown spiny scales of this Western Fence Lizard make one want to reach out and touch the print, showing her basking in soft sunlight on a red brick wall. (522K JPEG) (enlarged section - 772K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"



Works posted on April 2, 2023



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Apollo-Soyuz Gantry Rollback, Cape Canaveral FL -- 1975

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. (355K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 36" x 30"


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Snowy Egret, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2023

A snowy egret basks in the white late-afternoon sun, amidst boulders painted in tans, greys and slate blues. A beautifully crisp photograph. (514K JPEG) (section at 100% scale - 510K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Cormorants and Seagulls at Sunset, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2023

Seabirds rest in the coppery light of sunset on cliffs that reflect the same, set in the dusky ice-blue Monterey Bay. (395K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.6M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 20", 58" x 24", "90" x 36"


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Snow-Capped Diablo Mountains from the Pinnacles, CA ~ 2023

The western edge of the Pinnacles, in shadowed hues of rich browns and dark, soft greens, provide the setting for the sunlit blue-white snowy peaks of the Diablo Mountains in the distance. (226K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 850K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"



Works posted on March 3, 2023



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Dusky Violet and Salmon Sunset, Daly City CA ~ 2023

Dusky violet clouds scud above a purple Pacific under an incandescent salmon cloud layer. (136K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 12", 44" x 16", 90" x 24"


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Sunlit Clouds at Sunset, Daly City CA ~2023

The sun has set but its waning light sets the edges of the clouds on fire, over a dappled grey Pacific in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (288K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 822K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 24"


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Coral and Mauve Sunset, Daly City CA ~ 2023

A fiery sun glimmers through gold and grey clouds, while coral and mauve clouds hang in the most delicate of blue skies. (370K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32", 28" x 36"


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Sun Setting Under Cloud Bank, Daly City CA ~ 2023

The sun, setting under a cottony grey cloud bank, sends out delicate rays of light above glimmering Pacific waves in this rich B&W infrared photograph, (310K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Salmon Sunlit Cloud Banks, Daly City CA ~2023

The title says it all. Rippling waves of salmon-lit clouds are backed by a rich blue-indigo sky. (324K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 559K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 30", 72" x 44"


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Setting Sun Peeking Through Clouds, Daly City ~ 2023

A turbulent luminescent sky is subtly reflected in the waters off the Pacific coast in this rich B&W infrared photograph.(475K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Golden Sun under Coppery Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2023

A beautifully detailed photograph. The aureate sun turns the clouds to molten copper in a pale blue sky over purple waves. (310K JPEG) (section at 50% scale - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 28", 32" x 36", 38" x 44. 44" x 54"



Works posted on February 1, 2023



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Marin Headlands and the Golden Gate Bridge, CA ~ 2022

Cotton-grey fog rolls in past the Golden Gate Bridge and starts its climb up the Marin Headlands in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (600K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 30"


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Redwood Stand, Muir Woods CA ~ 2022

Shadowy redwoods seem to glow with an inner light, looking up through the grove towards the sun in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (645K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sunny Monterey Bay, CA ~ 2023

Monterey Bay sparkles brilliantly in the morning sun under a blue, cloud-dappled sky, while the Monterey Peninsula remains shrouded in dusky blue fog. (528K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Golden Gate Bridge Against Oakland Hills, CA ~ 2022

The Bridge tower stands shining brightly above the billowing fog, against a background of Oakland and the Oakland hills in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (286K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on January 9, 2023



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Detonated Corelle Plate, Daly City CA ~ 2023

When a Corelle dinner plate breaks, it detonates. This plate was sandwiched in a stack in the cupboard when it exploded, preserving its exquisite shatter pattern. (585K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 24" x 24", 32" x 32", 44" x 44"


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Corelle Heart, Daly City CA ~ 2023

The central part of the shattered plate looked like a heart to me. Paula says she sees a bird. Either way, it's beautiful. (422K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 24" x 24", 32" x 32", 44" x 44"


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Cliff and Receding Surf, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2023

Late afternoon's winter sun casts its warm light on the green and tan cliffs and rocks and the cool, ice-blue shadowed surf at Santa Cruz's West End. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Moon Halo in the Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2022

A near-full winter's moon shines in a deep dusky blue sky through thin clouds, creating a subtly-colored rainbow halo. (151K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on December 1, 2022



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Cobalt and Golden Shard, Hawai'i ~ 2002

An truly extraordinary photograph and one of my very favorites. This is not some exaggeration of reality nor artificial enhancement. It is what that tiny shard of pahoehoe really looked like: chemical deposition as the lava cooled produced this brilliant cascade of contrasting, vivid colors and forms, with fantastic and intricate detail. (526K JPEG) (full-resolution section - 3.6M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32", 36" x 44", 44" x 54"


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Pitted Rocks with Algae, Pescadero State Beach CA ~ 1988

Electric green algae streaks the rusty iron rock, with its vivid shades of fiery oranges and delicate yellows. (942K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 36"x 30", 44" x 36"

This photograph is also available as a 15" x 19" dye transfer print


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Sliding Stones on Playa, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

Dark stones pile up in striking arcs and lines after their centuries-long migration across the playa. Their jagged forms contrast with the shimmering polygonal playa surface, under high streaky clouds. (440K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 46" x 24", 72" x 36"



Works posted on October 28, 2022



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Dry Sword Fern, Aptos CA ~ 2022

Ground cover, in deep,cool blues, green, and mauves, provides a background to the delicate lime yellows and greens of a sword fern. (846K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 20", 40" x 24"


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Sun Dappled Redwoods, Aptos CA ~ 2022

Late afternoon sun warms the rust-hued trunks and intensely green leaves of these redwoods, in a deep emerald forest. (647K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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Redwood Branches, Aptos CA ~ 2022

Beautifully detailed redwood fronds glow intensely with electric neon greens in sunlight, crisscrossed by dark, warm brown branches. (943K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Silver Wattle, Aptos CA ~ 2022

Silver wattle berries contrast with delicate leaves in soft, deep teals, turquoises, and lemon greens (590K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on October 2, 2022



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Lightning behind Storm Clouds, Minneapolis MN ~ 2022

Almost, but not quite monochrome, this single flash is captured amidst storm clouds rendered in delicate cool and warm greys (163K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Bay Bridge Tower, San Francisco CA ~ 2022

Like swooping wings, white cables spread from the new Bay Bridge tower, brilliant in the sun against a clear blue sky. (687K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 36" x 28"


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Propane Heater, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

No, it's not a rocket engine burning in space,it just looks like one, with the incandescent (literally) red glow of the grill in front of blue flames, surrounded by charcoal black steel.(548K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sunrise Behind Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite CA ~ 2021

The glow from the rising winter sun spreads into the sky behind the brilliant rim-lit peaks, while the Fall plummets in dark grey shadow in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (461K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on September 7, 2022



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Bridge over Glen Canyon, AZ ~ 2022

Bridge girderwork throws shadowy curves against and hangs in stark contrast above the scored and cracked layers of the canyon walls in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (595K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 30"


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Glen Canyon Dam and Bridge, AZ ~ 2022

The sweeping arcs of the Glen Canyon Dam and Bridge counterpoint each other in harsh chalky and sooty tones in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (566K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24 "


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Power Distribution Tower, Glen Canyon Dam, AZ ~ 2022

The main tower carrying electricity from the dam is rendered in charcoal tones in this rich B&W infrared photograph. (666K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24"



Works posted on August 8, 2022



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Grapevine Peak, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

Streaking creamy clouds are mirrored in the sweep of the alkali flats, beneath the craggy slate-grey peak, in rich B&W infrared. (389K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sun Setting Behind Fog Bank, Daly City CA ~ 2022

The last bit of molten gold sun is slipping behind a cool, grey fog bank off the Pacific coast, under fire-and-ice clouds. (345K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Crepuscular Sunset Against Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2022

Soft indigo clouds, rimmed with creamy pink-tinged light, provide a backdrop for luminous beams radiating from a fiery orange sunset sky. (281K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 30", 36" x 44"


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Crepuscular Rays, Daly City CA ~ 2022

An incandescently molten sun shines redly through dark orange sunset-lit clouds and throws warm crepuscular rays across the slate-blue clouds above. (411K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Refracted Sunset, Daly City CA ~ 2022

Indigo-violet clouds are aflame at the edges, above a molten copper sun that is dripping through the purple Pacific horizon. (285K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Dante's View, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

The desolate sweep of Death Valley meanders northward in shades from bone white to charcoal grey, under a sky streaked with chalky clouds, in rich B&W infrared. (228K JPEG)
(really large JPEG - 673K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"



Works posted on July 18, 2022



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Rock Carvings, Tsankawi Prehistoric Site NM ~ 2022

Handholds, steps, and designs are cut into the pinkish cliffs, above tan and green forested plains. (410K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 20", 54" x 24", 84" x 36"


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Cerro Pelado Wildfire, NM ~ 2022

White smoke billows and streams in a pale blue sky from the Cerro Pelado fire, beyond the San Ildefonso Pueblo. (192K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 590K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 20", 80" x 24"


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Rock Falls,Tsankawi Prehistoric Site NM ~ 2022

Orange, pink, grey and mustard hues stripe the tumbling cliff faces at Bandelier National Monument. (520K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.9M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 36", 80" x 44"



Works posted on June 2, 2022



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Plateau Fence Lizard, Grand Canyon AZ ~ 2022

Blending in with stone and shadow, this tan, grey, and brown critter stays undercover... so long as you can't see her blue belly. Click below to get some sense of how beautifully detailed this photograph is. (501K JPEG)

(section at 50% scale) (470K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Eastern Collared Lizard, Petrified Forest AZ ~ 2022

This reptile, with her brilliant green, yellow, and chocolate brown patterns, is anything but disguised against the deep, rich russets of the petrified log. Click below to get some sense of how beautifully detailed this photograph is. (924K JPEG)

(section at 50% scale) (578K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Gopher Snake, Bandolier National Monument NM ~ 2022

A yellow, brown, and cream gopher snake mirrors the curves and angles of the pale pink rock she glides over. Click below to get some sense of how beautifully detailed this photograph is. (721K JPEG)

(section at 50% scale) (458K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Golden Prickly Pear Blossoms, Page AZ ~ 2022

The late afternoon sun makes the incandescent yellow blossoms on this prickly pear glow like molten honey, mixed with gold. The lime-green cactus stands out against the deep, rusty hues of the gravel in which it grows. (471K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"




Works posted on April 30, 2022



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Bubbles Streaming over the Ocean, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

A polychromed procession of bubbles rises over chilly blue Monterey Bay. (609K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Hovering Bubbles, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

Bubbles resemble solid molded glass suspended in mid-air, tinted with greens, blues, pinks and purples. (251K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 30"


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Wave Breaking over Kelp and Anemones, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

Cream-colored sunlight sparkles off splashing foam and sea-green and brown kelp, as the jade surf breaks on the shore. (722K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"




Works posted on April 7, 2022



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Glasslike Bubble, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

An unbelievably polychrome bubble floats like a glass sculpture over crystal-blue Monterey Bay. (413K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Bubble against Waves, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

Bubbles, rimmed in rainbows, drift above jade and lapis rippling Pacific wave. (792K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Santa Cruz in a Bubble, CA ~ 2022

High in a sky spattered with powder-blue clouds, delicate iridescent swirls and ripples and sparkling sunlights surround a "bubble-eye's" reflection of the Santa Cruz coastline. (259K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Surf and Stone at Chris' Cove, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

Frothy white surf mirrors the chalky fractured mudstone on the shore, tinted in shades of tans and blues.(711K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Swirling Above the Pacific, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

Hot sunlight glints off the bubbles' ropey twists in a spectrum of hues, above the blue-indigo waters of Monterey Bay under a pale, cloud-streaked sky. (425K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Cypresses in a Bubble, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2022

A pointillist composition in pastels, a coastal world inside a bubble in swirly pinks, baby blues and soft greens. With Ctein and Sandy floating in the middle! (543K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32", 36" x 44"




Works posted on March 12, 2022



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Sunset over Telescope Peak, Death Valley ~ 2022

Fiery molten clouds seem to erupt from deep blue Telescope Peak. (221K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Wash in Twilight, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

Layers of eroded rock are awash in velvety purple light as twilight wanes at Zabriskie Point. (407K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32", 36" x 44"


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Hydrothermally Altered Gneiss, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

Veins and fissures fracture the indigo greys, scarlets, and umbers of this outcrop at Dante's View. (931K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Zabriskie Point Gully at Sunset, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

Ruddy crimson luminescent arcs of clouds mirror the purple and violet curves of the hills and gullies below. (409K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 36", 54" x 44"


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Violet Dusk at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley CA ~ 2022

Amethyst and lavender wisps of clouds, fringed with delicate rose, float over deep indigo hills. (221K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 549K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"




Works posted on February 2, 2022



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Decaying Redwood, Jedediah Smith Redwood Park CA ~ 2021

Late afternoon sunlight casts warm light on the rich honey-reds and golds of a fallen redwood trunk, striped with contrasting mossy greens. (895K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Redwoods in the Fog, Lady Bird Johnson Grove CA ~ 2021

A warm grey fog drifts in over the soft greens and russets of the tops of the redwood grove. (636K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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Lichen on Charred Redwood, Lady Bird Johnson Grove CA ~ 2021

Yellow lichens dapple the charcoal blacks, icy blues and, deep browns in this redwood tree's core. (606K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Acacia and Streetlamp, Campbell CA ~ 1975

A mercury vapor streetlamp makes the fronds of this acacia tree almost fluoresce in intense, saturated greens and yellows. Originally a dye transfer print (now sold out), I've "remastered" this negative as a digital print. It glows even more brilliantly, with more delicate detailing, than the original, I think. (598K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sleepy Baby Burro, Beatty NV ~ 2022

Because... aaaawwwwwwwww! Fun fact -- burros sleep lying down to get REM sleep. (748K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"




Works posted on January 2, 2022



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Charred Redwood Core, Lady Bird Johnson Grove CA ~ 2021

This living redwood survived a forest fire. The finely detailed burnt-out core is like ebony crocodile skin, spotted with lime-yellow cluster of lichens. (671K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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El Capitan, Yosemite National Park CA ~ 2021

This extraordinary panorama portrays the face of El Capitan at a level of detail rarely seen, far beyond what we see with our eyes and beyond the range of most photographs. Over a square kilometer of cliff face, individual climbers are visible and well-defined. (In a sufficiently large enough print.That is!) (406K JPEG)

Even this really, really large JPEG (7.1M), at 1/7th resolution, doesn't begin to hint at how rich this photograph is. Here's a tiny section at 100% (1.3M), showing one of the three climbers ascending the face at that moment.

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36", 96" x 44", 140" x 66"



Works posted on November 1, 2021



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Reed Canary Grass, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

Ruby seed pods and delicate pink-white blossoms stand out vividly against against textured emerald grasses. (311K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Wilted Peony, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

Creamy, striated whites, molten yellow-oranges, and delicate pinks tint the crumpling, drying petals of this fading blossom. (340K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Horsetails, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

Verdant and delicate reeds weave an intricate emerald composition in strong verticals and crosshatched diagonals. (1.2M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Bee in a Rose, Lyndale Rose Garden MN ~ 2019

A golden-tan honeybee harvests pollen, surrounded by the brilliant magenta furls of rose petals. (722K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 28"


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Ornamental Kale, Lyndale Rose Garden MN ~ 2019

Rings of dark slate-green and magenta-veined kale leaves reach out like grasping hands, rimmed with white sunlight. (522K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Allium and Painted Lady, Lyndale Rose Garden MN ~ 2019

The rich browns, whites, and oranges of a Painted Lady butterfly stand out from the intricate five-pointed violet stars of the Allium blossoms, against dark, rich green leaves. (1.1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sunny Peony, Lyndale Rose Garden MN ~ 2019

Golden light seems to burst from the core of this intricately twisting and furled mass of hot-pink and white petals. (591K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Crimson Lily, Lyndale Rose Garden MN ~ 2019

Velvety petals of the deepest, richest crimson surround incandescent orange anthers, against dark and shadowy geens. (662K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 30" x 24"


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Rosy Blossom, Lyndale Rose Garden MN ~ 2019

Intense magenta petals fade to white and cream-yellows at the heart of a rose blossom that seems to vault from the photograph into the real world. (412K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on October 1, 2021



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Clematis, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2021

Brilliant purple blossoms and yellow anthers sit amongst vivid green leaves, against a rich, burnt-orange redwood background (410K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 28"


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White Pelicans in Flight, Bolinas Lagoon CA ~ 2021

Delicate hues of greys and browns suffuse this wonderfully detailed photograph of the birds over shimmery waters (325K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 28"


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Petrified Fragment, Petrified Forest CA ~ 2021

Tree rings are frozen in delicate, stony laminae, rendered in shades of chalk, pale grey, tans, deep oranges and slate blues. (742K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 28"


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California Oak, Petrified Forest CA ~ 2021

Every leaf and twig is beautifully defined in this intricate composition of sunlit leaves and shadowed branches, in rich B&W infrared. (660K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 28"



Works posted on September 6, 2021



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Mossy Cliff Face, Shadow Falls MN ~ 2021

Electric emerald-green moss and delicate white and pale orange flowers cover the shadowed outcrops watered by Shadow Falls. Plus - a dragonfly! (987K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 5.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 36", 44" x 44"


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Shadow Falls, Minneapolis MN ~ 2021

Sun-sparkling water fractures into shimmering pearls, as Shadow Falls descends through verdant greenery over russet stone and vivid green algae and mosses. (660K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.9M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 17" x 22", 24" x 48", 36" x 60", 44" x 80"


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Approaching the Dixie Fire ~ 2021

Smoky waves issue from the raging edges of the Dixie Fire. A developing pyrocumulus, starkly white and black, pokes through, with more pyrocumuli piercing the background of smoke that covers the landscape, in rich B&W infrared. (478K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 24", 80" x 44"


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Dixie Fire and Lake Davis ~ 2021

Soot and ash describe, too accurately, the tones of the spreading pyrocumulus, nestled in a somber grey smoke plume, in rich B&W infrared. (479K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 36", 72" x 44"



Works posted on August 6, 2021



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Pyrocumulus and Smoke over Lake Tahoe, CA ~ 2021

The intense smoke and heat from the Tamarack Fire, south of Lake Tahoe, spawns a pyrocumulus made coppery incandescent by the setting sun, as it looms in the rose and cerulean hues of the early evening sky over the ink-blue mountains and lake. (303K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Moon over Tamarack Fire, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2021

A delicately detailed, silvery near-full moon hangs in the soft indigo sky of dusk, suspended over the glowing cinnabar-colored clouds and smoke rising from the Tamarack forest fire. (410K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Pacific Ripples, Daly City CA ~ 2021

Swirling tidal currents sweep across the surface of the azure Pacific, softly reflecting sky-blues and cloud-whites. The Farallon Islands hang on the horizon under a spreading felt-grey fog bank. (272K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 24"


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South Bay Salt Marshes and Mt. Diablo, CA ~ 2021

Silvery grey low-hanging clouds spread above pewter salt flats. The East Bay hills and Mt. Diablo provide an intricately textured background, in rich B&W infrared. (288K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 24"


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Blue Mammoth Hosta, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

Lavender-pink clusters of flowers are nestled among silvery leaves, delicately tinted in hues from lime to turquoise. (664K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Tamarack Fire Beyond Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2021

An incandescent-white pyrocumulus cloud rises above the sooty blanket of smoke from the fire, just beyond the charcoal tones of Emerald Bay, in rich B&W infrared. (404K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Decaying Log by Bayview Trail, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2021

A fallen tree decays in a gentle cascade of fragments like flowing water, as the rich burnt umber inner wood defines the soft cool grey curves of the outer layers. (990K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Farmland Beneath Rain Clouds, MN ~ 2021

Cumulus clouds pile up over Minnesota farmland, seemingly boiling with a fierce internal glow, in rich B&W infrared. (391K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on July 2, 2021



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Clouds over the Rio Grande, NM ~ 2019

A fluffy layer of cold and dusky blue clouds hang in a misty sky over russet mesas and cliffs near Santa Fe. (523K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snow Clouds over New Mexico ~ 2019

Diagonal swaths of slate-blue clouds mirror the patterns of the orange and yellow strata in the mesas, set in forests of deepest blue-greens. (495K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Rosalie Peonie, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

An arc of intensely magenta peonies whose crinkled petals contrast with the background of their smooth, deep, rich green leaves. (677K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Showy Lady Slipper, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

Creamy white petals surround a magenta-pink speckled capsule. A single blossom is set against a background of striped, glowing verdant green leaves. (440K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on June 1, 2021



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Fresh Snow on Jemenez Mountain, CO ~ 2019

An amazingly detailed panorama, in pale blues, tans, and umbers. Even this "really large JPEG" at 1.1 MB doesn't do it justice -- every individual tree trunk is distinctly conveyed. Here's a small portion at 100%. A print I can practically fall into. (423K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 60" x 24", 96" x 36"


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Sancte Marce's Lion, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

The saint's lion glows in sunlit fiery oranges and deep soft lavenders, in a polychrome kaleidoscope of color. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

Warm, golden December sunlight floods through the polychrome stained glass windows of the Cathedral, suffusing it with a calm, welcoming glow. (767K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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City by the Bay, San Francisco CA ~ 2019

A serene scene, looking up the San Francisco Bay towards The City and the Bay Bridge. Ghostly grey north bay hills frame the background, as pale freighters head for the Golden Gate, in rich B&W infrared. (261K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"



Works posted on May 7, 2021



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Carquinez Strait, CA ~ 2021

This aerial sweep of the Strait from its San Pablo Bay entrance to Suisun Bay is rendered in delicate blues, deep greens, and soft tans. (630K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.7M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Suisun, Honker, and Grizzly Bays, CA ~ 2021

From Port Chicago to Pittsburg, the whites, greys and tans on the parched southern side are in stark contrast with the verdant greens and blues of the north shore's meandering sloughs. (743K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.6M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24"



Works posted on April 12, 2021



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Chinde Point, Petrified Forest National Park AZ ~ 2020

Fluffy cumulus clouds in the late afternoon sun mirror the stark eroded hills of Chinde Point, in this finely detailed panorama in rich B&W infrared. (453K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.5M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 24", 72" x 36"


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River Bed, Petrified Forest National Park AZ ~ 2020

A sandy grey dry river bed, spotted with gilden petrified wood and green sagebrush, meanders between furrowed tan and pale violet hills. (351K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.5M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 12", 44" x 16", 72" x 24", 96" x 36"


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Soldier's Monument Xmas, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

Icy blue Xmas lights illuminate the Soldier's Monument, amidst by red-, green-, and blue-wrapped trees, surrounded by the warm orange glow of Santa Fe storefronts. (858K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Eroded Hills at Chinde Point, Petrified Forest AZ ~ 2020

Silky-black gullied hills rise out of silvery pale sagebrush, under cotton and grey cumuli. (802K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on March 1, 2021



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Town Square at Christmastime, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

A sparkling, rainbow array of lacy light-strewn trees fill Santa Fe's town square during the holidays. (440K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Red or Green, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

A Christmas contrast in vivid greens and red-orange-yellows. (582K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Petrified Log and Sage, Petrified Forest National Park AZ ~ 2020

The subtle grey-greens of the sage stand in counterpoint to the rich caramel hues of the petrified wood. (719K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Desert Willow, Petrified Forest National Park AZ ~ 2020

The desert willow seems to glow with inner light, against charcoal-grey clouds in a sooty sky, in rich B&W infrared. (557K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on February 11, 2021



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Blue Hills and Scrub at Blue Forest, Petrified Forest AZ ~ 2020

The late summer sun tints the Blue Hills pale, shadowy violet and lilac, amidst glowing golden-green brush. (654K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.8M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Peak at Skunk Harbor, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2020

This is an extraordinarily rich and detailed photograph, an intricate pattern of fine detail that is visible all the way down to individual pine needles (in the larger prints) in rich B&W infrared. (877K JPEG)

Click through for a really large JPEG (2.7M) or a small section at 100% full detail (2.1M).

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 48" x 36", 60" x 44"


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Russet Hills at Chinde Point, Petrified Forest AZ ~ 2020

Layered hillocks glow in hues of rusty cinebar as late afternoon sunlight highlights every crevice and furrow. (719K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Nevada-side Shoreline, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2020

Granite crags and conifer spears reach towards a charcoal, cloud-streaked sky in rich B&W infrared. (557K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on January 20, 2021




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Common Whitetail Dragonfly, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

A beautiful cream and chocolate creature, flecked with gold, rests on a ledge of stone, in tones of soft, warm and cool grays. (995K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Common Whitetail & Lavender, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

A dark bronze dragonfly hangs below the deep green and violet lavender. (789K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Common Whitetail on Wall, Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

The chocolate, cream and gold dragonfly rests on rough stone, in tones of soft, warm and cool grays. (952K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Whitetail, Lavender, and Roses ~ Minnesota Arboretum ~ 2019

A rich, brown dragonfly perches on a cool stone ledge, under foliage of vivid greens, violets and purples. (754K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on December 4, 2020




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Powerboat Wake on Lake Tahoe, CA ~ 2020

A frothy, cream-toned wake glints under the late afternoon sun, on a slate Lake Tahoe, in rich B&W infrared. (361K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 961K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18"


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Ruby-Lit Big Wheel, Minnesota State Fair ~ 2019

The giant Ferris wheel is awash in brilliant ruby and fuschia lights. (964K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Struts on the Big Wheel, MN State Fair ~ 2019

Creamy white internal struts glow under brilliant lights, surrounded by pink and green candy-striped supports. (731K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 17" x 22", 24" x 32"


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Petrified Log and Scrub, Petrified Forest National Park AZ ~ 2020

Tones of rich charcoal and pale, sandy greys define this layered composition, in B&W infrared. (735K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on September 1, 2020




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Thunderhead Brewing, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2020

A developing cumulonimbus cloud swells in a cool caerulean sky, as rain begins to fall on the Sierras. (163K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 928K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"



Works posted on August 1, 2020




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Ochre Seastar, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve CA ~ 2019

A magnificently-detailed seastar gleams in the sun, in shades of cream and wine-red, against a backdrop of umber and purple kelp. (923K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 28"


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SR-71 Engine Fuel Lines, Museum of Flight, Seattle WA ~ 1992

The coal-black barrel of an SR-71's jet engine is wrapped in brass couplings and gold-plated fuel lines. (Originally printed in dye transfer, which is sold out.) (458K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Twisted Fallen Cedar at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

The intricately twisted grey whirls in this fallen tree look like surf breaking over the dark tan sand. (1.1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Roadwork by Moonlight above Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

The full moon illuminates the soft grey-browns of the granite cliffs, host to deep green forest. Brilliant orange and blue lights shine out from the road-repair site. (658K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Swirling Trunk Rings, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

Wood grain in whorls and spirals creates a turbulent composition of rusty browns and ash greys. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Kahili Wild Ginger, HI ~ 2002

Brilliant yellow blossoms and red anthers sprout from tropical green stalks, against deep emerald ferns. (Originally printed in dye transfer, which is sold out.) (519K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Fallen Cedar Trunk at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

A broken cedar shows off intricate waves and curls of grey and tan grain, accented by ruddy dirt and deep green branches. (977K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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High Surf under Low Sun, Daly City CA ~ 2018

Delicately detailed icy slate and powder-blue waves break in a glowing crown, backlit by creamy sunlight (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on July 8, 2020




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Moon Above Emerald Bay, CA ~ 2019

A silvery cresent moon hangs in a dark sky amidst argent, intricate clouds, over Lake Tahoe and a shadowy gray forest, in rich B&W infrared. (430K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 80" x 36"


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Sunlight on Eagle Falls, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

Sunlight sparkles off the icy blue falls as the waters break over coal-dark rocks. (777K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Rolling Rapids below Eagle Falls, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

Tumbling and roiling indigo and azure water glows like molded glass with an inner light. (717K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Granite Cliffs and Dead Cedar, Emerald Bay CA ~ 2019

An exquisitely detailed photograph portraying intricately textured rocks and trees in variegated grays and deep soft greens. (473K JPEG)

(Really large JPEG - 2.4M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 44" x 32", 60" x 44"


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Dead Cedar above Emerald Bay, CA ~ 2019

A twisted, ash-gray cedar trunk looks like some tentacled sea creature, set against verdant foliage and granite cliffs. (740K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Evergreens at Emerald Bay, CA ~ 2019

Delicately fringed, glowing cumulus clouds hover over a shadowed, ashen forest, in rich B&W infrared. (871K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Forests and Cliffs, Emerald Bay CA ~ 2019

Shadowy rainclouds build over a dark grey forest and sable crags, in rich B&W infrared. (661K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Dead Pine near Emerald Bay, CA ~ 2019

Spanish moss hangs from a skeletal charcoal spire, amidst a variety of grey, vital firs, in rich B&W infrared. (798K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Pine at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

A spiral of needled branches, all pewter and charcoal, rich for a richly cloud-dappled sky, in rich B&W infrared. (954K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Emerald Bay Forest, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

It's hard to tell where the lacy clouds and deep sky leave off and the craggy granite cliffs and delicate silvery foliage begin. A very complex composition, in rich B&W infrared. (1006K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Fractured Granite, Emerald Bay CA ~ 2019

Fractured, sooty granite, spattered with grey lichens and mosses, hunkers in stark contrast to the pale white forest, in rich B&W infrared. (886K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Boulder Field and Firs, Emerald Bay CA ~ 2019

Heavy storm clouds move in over a jagged granite field, all rendered in dark and somber greys and charcoal, in rich B&W infrared. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Silhouetted Pines, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

A wonderfully complicated composition, like a monochrome stained glass window. Sable silhouetted branches create "panes" rich with brilliantly glowing pine needles and distant clouds, above the Lake, in rich B&W infrared. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Storm Moving in over Lake Tahoe, CA ~ 2019

Cumulus clouds, glowing and glowering, begin to churn and boil over pewter waters and shadowy leaden forests, in rich B&W infrared. (667K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lake Tahoe from North Shore, CA ~ 2019

Classic Lake Tahoe, a deep grey pool surrounded by the shadowy ash hues of pine trees and mountains, under a striking sky, in rich B&W infrared. (715K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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El Dorado Hotel, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

An exercise in duochromal geometry, sharp angles and planes in ruddy browns and tans, contrasting with crystalline deep sky blue. (831K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Dia de Muertos, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

A wonderfully detailed, eye-popping polychrome window display, inhabited by brilliant crimson, fiery orange, turquoise, and indigo. (1.2M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Turquoise Jewelry, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

Turquoise beads cascade like falling water over rust-brown iron and multicolored semiprecious stones. (693K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

The low sun brings out the lovely texture and rich coppery and sandy hues of the Basilica's stonework, under an icy blue winter sky. (988K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Stained Glass Sunlit Pews, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

Sunlight filtered through the stained glass of the Cathedral Basilica suffuses the wood with warm, colorful and calming light. (466K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Columns Lit by Stained Glass Sunlight, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

Brilliant prismatic spots of color dapple the pale cream columns of the Cathedral Basilica, against a background filled with deep, warm shadows. (496K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sancte Andrea, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

Winter sunlight projects a brilliant spectrum of stained-glass color onto the walls of the Cathedral Basilica. (752K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Stained Glass Light, Santa Fe NM ~ 2019

The winter sun splashes bright, glowing reds, yellows, greens, and blues onto a column in the Cathedral Basilica. (460K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on May 22, 2020




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Mono Lake Dusk ~ 2018

After sunset, feathery clouds streak the sky with light, illuminating silvery ripples in Mono Lake, in rich B&W infrared. (220K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 676K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 24", 96" x 24"


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Sun Setting Behind the Sierras, Mono Lake CA ~ 2018

Brilliant cirrus and cumulus clouds fill the sky as the sun sets behind the dark Sierras, in rich B&W infrared. (434K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 48" x 36", 72" x 44"


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Bright Cirrus Sunset, Mono Lake CA ~ 2018

Silvery cirrus clouds trace the sky above charcoal tufa and glimmering ripples, in rich B&W infrared. (400K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36", 96" x 44"


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Thunderheads Forming over Nevada, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

Cottony thunderheads gather dramatically over a sable Lake Tahoe, in rich B&W infrared. (420K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36", 96" x 44"


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Tahoe Marina and Lake Tahoe by Moonlight, CA ~ 2019

Lake Tahoe shimmers with dusky blue light as golden boats gently rock under the starry sky. (440K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.4M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 24", 96" x 36"


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Emerald Bay by Moonlight, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

The soft light of a full moon falls on dusky green firs as cars wind their way along Emerald Bay Road. (392K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.6M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 24", 96" x 36"


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Twisted Sierra Juniper at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe CA ~ 2019

Intricately woven textures in leaves and rocks and silvery, sinuous curves in wood, rendered in rich B&W infrared. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 48" x 36"


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Rapids Curling over Rock, Eagle Falls CA ~ 2019

Foamy, ice-blue water breaks over a rock like a Hokusai wave, a moment frozen. (694K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 48" x 36"


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Spray Bursts below Eagle Falls, CA ~ 2019

Fractal branches of foaming water gleam brightly in the sun and dapple the shade in hues of slate, powder blue and indigo. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 48" x 36"


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Mono Lake Shoreline at Sunset, CA ~ 2018

The arc of Mono Lake's shoreline is rendered in deep and soft greys, under sun rays, flare, and sunset-lit clouds, in rich B&W infrared. (629K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Tufa in Setting Sunlight, Mono Lake CA ~ 2018

Tufa spires tower in chalky, deeply textured tones, along Mono Lake, under a slate sky, rendered in rich B&W infrared. (801K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Crepuscular Rays over South Shore, Mono Lake CA ~ 2018

The setting sun throws brilliant crepuscular rays into a fiery sky over shadowy waves and inky tufas, in rich B&W infrared. (512K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Tufa and Storm Clouds, Mono Lake CA ~ 2018

Foreboding storm clouds move in over the smoky grey tufa landscape, in rich B&W infrared. (750K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Virga over Mono Lake at Dusk, CA ~ 2018

Wispy dark strands of virge hang in a silvery sky reflected in the softly shining, dusky lake, in rich B&W infrared. (487K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Storm Clouds over Tufa, Mono Lake ~ 2018

Sooty tufa stand amidst pale grey scrub, as dark storm clouds move in to shadow the landscape, in rich B&W infrared. (910K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on March 3, 2020




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Coit Tower and Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

Alcatraz Island, Coit Tower, and the Golden Gate frame this lofty view of San Francisco, in rich B&W infrared. (395K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 12", 36" x 16", 44" x 16", 72" x 24"


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Bay Bridge and Treasure Island, CA ~ 2018

A silvery Bay Bridge and Treasure Island span the inky San Francisco Bay with the ghostly East Bay hills in the distance, in rich B&W infrared. (230K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 527K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 12", 36" x 12", 44" x 12", 72" x 24", 108" x 24"


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North Beach, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

North Beach, as seen from the top of the Embarcadero Center. The Marin hills seem to hang like ghostly clouds over the dark Bay and gleaming piers, in rich B&W infrared. (384K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.4M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 12", 36" x 16", 44" x 16", 72" x 24"


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Bay Bridge, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

From the SF piers to the Port of Oakland, a shining Bay Bridge spans a charcoal Bay, with downtown Oakland and the Oakland hills glowing in the background, in rich B&W infrared. (300K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 885K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 16", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 24", 108" x 24"


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Coit Tower and Waterfront, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

Coit Tower, Alcatraz and the Marin hills form a gleaming white background to the shining trees and sunny buildings of North Beach, as boats streak across the wine-dark waters, in rich B&W infrared. (460K JPEG) (really large JPEG -1.3M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 16", 36" x 20", 44" x 20", 72" x 36"


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Financial District and North Beach, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

A sweeping view from the monoliths and Transamerica Pyramid of the Financial District, to the pies on the waterfront, in rich B&W infrared. (411K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 12", 36" x 16", 44" x 16", 72" x 24"


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Calla Lily Whorl, Berkeley CA ~ 2018

A look into the creamy white depths of calla lily coils, against deep green leaves. (329K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Calla Lilies in Profile, Berkeley CA ~ 2018

A pair of lilies, one still furled, in delicate shades of pale green and yellow. The shimmering white flower stands out against a background of rich green foliage. (325K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Calla Lily Blossom, Berkeley CA ~ 2018

A single blossom shades from lime green at the stem through yellow to delicate white against a verdant background. (415K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Calla Lily Anther, Berkeley CA ~ 2018

A bright yellow anther is nestled deep within a delicate white blossom. (336K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Pink Jasmine, Berkeley CA ~ 2018

Blossom shading from delicate pink to hot magenta grow upwards from grass-green stalks against a weathered grey wooden fence. (375K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Ferns and Window Seat, Taliesin WI ~ 2018

Brightly sunlit ferns glow against stark angular windows and shadows at Taliesin, in rich B&W infrared. (610K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Whooping Crane, WI ~ 2018

A whooping crane stands in snowy white reeds at the International Crane Foundation, in rich B&W infrared. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Whooping Crane Pair, WI ~ 2018

A mated pair of whooping cranes stand guard over their nest amidst silvery foliage at the International Crane Foundation, in rich B&W infrared. (720K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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The Embarcadero, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

The Embarcadero piers and boulevard in San Francisco, seen from above, in rich B&W infrared. (792K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Bay Bridge from Pier 24, San Francisco CA ~ 2018

Gleaming metallic shades of grey and white define the underside of the Bay Bridge and the pier's warehouses, in rich B&W infrared. (488K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on November 5, 2019




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Blood Sunset Panorama, Daly City CA ~ 2017

Heavy bands of smoke from the catastrophic wildfires in Northern California hang over over the Pacific and dim the sun to a scarlet disk.This is how it really looked. (271K JPEG) (very large JPEG - 932K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 18", 72" x 24", 96" x 36"


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Blood Sun over the Pacific, Daly City ~ 2017

Heavy bands of smoke from the catastrophic wildfires in Northern California hang over over the Pacific and dim the sun to a scarlet disk.This is how it really looked. (420K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Golden Sun Peeking Under Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2017

Heavy smoke from the California forest fires turns the sun and the sky molten gold. (505K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Golden Rays over the Pacific, Daly City CA ~ 2017

Light filters down through the smoke-laden clouds in a fan of gold. (574K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sea Ranch Coastline, CA ~ 2017

The sun glimmers through high swirling clouds over a darkly shaded California coast, in B&W infrared. (376K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Luminescent Xmas Glow, Daly City CA ~ 2017

This house is aglow with icy blues and purples contrasting against warm and inviting reds and oranges.(531K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Xmas through Bamboo, Daly City CA ~ 2017

Brilliant and delicate transparent lights and ornaments engage in an intricate dance with deep green bamboo plants. (824K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Golden Stars, Daly City CA ~ 2017

A constellation of flame-yellow Xmas stars casts its warm light over a multihued garden of purples, greens, reds, and blues. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Red Green and White Lights, Daly City CA ~ 2017

An almost-"astronomical" scene, as brilliant white lights paint glowing arcs on the eaves,amidst a spangled field of red and green stars. (540K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Golden House, San Francisco CA ~ 2017

Warm, amber light suffuses this scene, a golden, glowing house set in a dark green garden, with festive red accent. (711K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Honey Gold House, Daly City CA ~ 2017

This house is luminescent with caramel-colored warmth, outlined by brilliant mutlicolored lights. (662K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Purple Porch, Daly City CA ~ 2017

Deep violets and burgundies provide a backdrop for pinpoint-lit shrubs in brilliant shades of reds, yellows, greens, blues, and magentas. (739K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Blue House and Reindeer, San Francisco CA ~2017

A wall of indigo shading into magentas sets off incandescent reindeer and a crimson Christmas tree. (686K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Peace Symbol, Oakland CA ~ 2017

The peace symbol glows a dusky orange, framed by strings of delicate blue and yellow lights above ghostly blue lawn lights. (804K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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5874 Picardy Drive Xmas, Oakland CA ~ 2017

Other-worldly moonlit slate-blue clouds hover behind a sparkling expanse of red, salmon, green and azure. (740K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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5601 Picardy Drive Xmas, Oakland CA ~ 2017

Warming light, in shades of yellow, orange and red, contrast with a cold, blue moonlit night sky. (823K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 36"


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Red & Green Spotlights, Oakland CA ~ 2017

Lasers and lightbulbs combine to spangle this house in vivid reds and greens, rimmed in white, while the fence glows with pearly pinks and powder blues. (820K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on October 2, 2019




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Snake River Rock Falls Panorama, Idaho ~ 2017

Soft pastel blues, tans, and greys define the rugged walls and jagged outcrops of the Snake River canyon. (395K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.6M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36", 96" x 36"


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Snake River Cliffs, Idaho ~ 2017

Constantly eroding canyon walls create a fractal pattern of triangular outcrops, fractures and rockslides, in pale tans, greens and deep blue-greys. (577K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Tomales Bay ~ 2017

Hot and hazy summer days at Tomales Bay convey the serenity of the sweeping landscape in muted sky-blues, soft greens and delicate tans and browns. (279K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.0M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 24" x 12", 36" x 12", 44" x 16", 72" x 24", 96" x 24",


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Total Solar Eclipse, Oregon ~ 2017

2019's spectacular solar eclipse shows off the sun's magnificent and ethereal powder-blue corona, accented by cherry-red prominences along the sun's silhouetted rim. (334K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 48" x 36"


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Golden Sun through Clouds, Daly City ~ 2017

As the sun sets over the Pacific, a veil of forest fire smoke turns it brilliant, molten gold, its face marked by a few scattered sunspots. (330K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Rock Falls - Snake River, Idaho ~ 2017

The steep cliffs of the Snake River canyon are streaked with golden grasses and scrub, overlaid by cool grey rock falls. (1.1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Shower Orchid, San Juan Botanical Garden, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Delicate pale pink and green blossoms look like a cascade of moths. (386K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Travelers Palm Fronds, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Lusciously deep green fronds catch and reflect the afternoon sunlight. (351K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Fire Ginger, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Aptly named, with its cool-hot crimson bloom and florets tinged in fiery orange (784K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Aroid, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Lemony-yellows and deep lime-greens stripe broad and glossy leaves. (532K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Fallen Travelers Palm Fronds, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Drying, fading leaves litter the ground, shrinking into textured curls of tan, soft yellow, and emerald. (728K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Palm Date Clusters, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Berries hang like pale green peas, in long strands of pastel verdant greys. (543K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Wilting Mussaenda, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Fading fuschia petals curl in upon themselves as they morph to muted browns. (434K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Golden Ginger, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Zebra-striped leaves in deep greens and brilliant lemon-yellows create an intricate pattern on intersecting lines and curves. (752K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Mussaenda, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Heart-shaped petals are delicately tinted and veined in shades of fuschia and creamy pink. (624K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Hawaiian Ti Plant and Areca, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Broad and brilliant magenta Ti leaves, with their purple bands, are backed by slender vivid green fronds. (919K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Mosaic Fig, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

A hundred and one dalmation-spotted leaves, colored from the palest creamy lime through emerald to deep fir green. (875K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Umbrella Tree, San Juan Botanical Garden ~ 2017

Vivid green and vital leaves contrast with the grey and brown fallen branches that they shade. (634K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on August 3, 2019




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Pride of Madeira, Devils Slide Trail CA ~ 2017

An exquisitely detailed hillside covered with purple stalks of Pride of Madeira in full bloom. This huge (200 megapixel) photograph prints out with remarkable fine detail at any size.(721K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36", 108" x 44"


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Taliesan under Trees, WI ~ 2017

Taliesan, Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin home is shaded by arching branches, in B&W infrared. (464K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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House on the Rocks Japanese Garden, WI ~ 2017

The angular shingled roofs of the House's walkways surround a meandering garden and pool, amidst ghost-white trees, in B&W infrared. (492K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.8M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Arecibo Antenna Array, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Grey-white steel looks impossibly suspended, backed by a blue sky and tropical cumuli. (339K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 903K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 24"


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Arecibo Antenna and Dish, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Arecibo looks like some other-worldy science fiction prop under rolling skies in a dense, hilly forest, in B&W infrared. (477K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Arecibo Dish, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

The telescope's dish is nestled in a ghostly tropical forest, beneath dramatic skies, in B&W infrared. (463K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 2.3M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 44" x 26", 80" x 44"


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Date Palm, San Juan Botanical Garden, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Date palm frond are translucent crystalline green in the midday backlight, over clustered purple dates. (814K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Croton, San Juan Botanical Garden, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Croton leaves glow brilliantly in an interwoven patchwork of color that spans the rainbow. (1011K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Song of India Branches and Trunks, San Juan Botanical Garden, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Long and sinuous yellow and green leaves radiate from branches. (790K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Song of India Leaves, San Juan Botanical Garden, Puerto Rico ~ 2017

The greens and yellows of these leaves are almost luminescent in the tropical sun. (1100K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Icy Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis MN ~ 2017

Ice traces sinuous patterns on the surface of Minnehaha Creek, in B&W infrared. (990K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Mudstone and Sandstone Strata, Devils Slide Trail CA ~ 2017

Strong charcoal diagonals are set off by bursts of pale white foliage, in B&W infrared. (970K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Drakes Bay, CA ~ 2017

Sunlight, shining through high clouds, glints on the deep and dark, textured waters of the bay, in B&W infrared. (495K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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High Tension Lines, Minneapolis MN ~ 2017

High tension lines glow in silhouette catching the rays of the sun in B&W infrared. (440K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Geese, Minneapolis MN ~ 2017

A branch off the Mississippi proves a shaded and peaceful cove for a half dozen migrating geese as the waters reflect the trees and clouds, in B&W infrared. (690K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 24"


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Devils Slide Coast, CA ~ 2017

Foliage dappling and dotting the rocky hillsides blends into the intricate textures of the breaking surf, in B&W infrared. (805K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Catwalk and Antenna Supports, Arecibo Puerto Rico ~ 2017

Intricate white and grey girderwork and cables suspend the antennae of the Arecibo radio telescope in the bright sun of a tropical blue sky.(564K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Faraday Dome , Arecibo Puerto Rico ~ 2017

A tesselated shell hangs beneath strak white girderwork in a cloud-strewn sky, in B&W infrared. (605K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on July 3, 2019




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Birch Trunk and Purple Leaves, Minneapolis MN ~ 2016

A dappled mix of green and purple leaves overlays a ghostly white brich tree trunk. (840K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Dead Leaves on Stone, Minneapolis MN ~ 2016

Glowing orange leaves, backlit by the autumn sun, are scattered on tan stonework. (592K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Autumn Mushroom, Minneapolis MN ~ 2016

Creamy, spotted-brown fungus sits amidst tan and umber autumn leaves. (540K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Tree Fungus and Dead Leaves, Minneapolis MN ~ 2016

Soft greys and tan-yellows, blending into browns, define this woodland scene, (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Red and Yellow Branches, Minneapolis MN ~ 2016

Fall foliage in flame yellows, oranges and reds, with hints of cooling green. (848K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Yellow Grape Leaves, Minneapolis MN ~ 2016

Rich and vibrant yellows define wild grape leaves. (585K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Dazzling Lights in Daly City, CA ~ 2016

Green and red scintillating lights paint the sides of the house, counterpoint to the warm interior. (507K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Joy, Pacific CA ~ 2016

The title says it all. Every color of the Xmas rainbow. (722K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Blue Xmas Tree, Daly City CA ~ 2016

An icy-blue tree glows through a blue winter haze. (471K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Blue Snowflakes, Daly City CA ~ 2016

Arctic-blue snowflakes are framed by warm and festive holiday lights. (560K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Catolico Xmas, South San Francisco CA ~ 2016

The manger sits under a golden star, surrounded by crimson lights and poinsettia. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Salmon House, South San Francisco CA ~ 2016

Golden icicles and rainbow lights rim a house glowing with warm pinks and delicate oranges. (505K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Turquoise Reindeer, South San Francisco ~ 2016

Turquoises, cyans and indigos set the scene for bright holiday shrubbery in multicolored lights. (790K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on June 1, 2019




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Overcast Ocean, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve CA ~ 2016

A mostly cloudy day at the Reserve, cool and grey, with sun glints on the surf. The seals don't mind. (265K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.3M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 44" x 18", 72" x 24"


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Green Arcs over Yellowknife, Canada ~ 2016

A spectacular green auroral curtain arches across the northern sky from the Big Dipper to beyond the Pleiades. (292K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 882K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Snowy Ravines, Wyoming ~ 2016

Delicate ravines cut grey traces through the blue-white snowy hills. (861K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snowy Canyons, Wyoming ~ 2016

Golden escarpments cut through blue-white snowy plains and dark forests. (838K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snowy Wyoming Cliffs ~ 2016

The late sun turns cliffs to bronze and pewter amidst powder-blue snowy plains and deep green firs. (852K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snowy Rivers, Wyoming ~ 2016

Inky blue rivers and tributaries cut their way through the snowy white and blue plains of Wyoming. (736K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Surf Breaking beyond Tidepools, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve CA ~ 2016

A quiet blue-gray sky over turquoise and jade waters, breaking over quiet tidepools and deep olive-brown rocks. (627K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Main Pagoda, Japanese Tea Garden, SF CA ~ 2016

Budding spring branches screen and frame the towering pagoda, in B&W infrared. (1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Buddha, Japanese Tea Garden, SF CA ~ 2016

A dark and shadowed Buddha sits serenely before a ghost-white glowing forest, in B&W infrared. (557K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Trees and Clouds, Japanese Tea Garden, SF CA ~ 2016

Delicate tree leaves in muted grays, frame wispy glowing clouds in a dark sky, in B&W infrared. (876K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London ~ 2016

The dark spire of the Memorial soars into a cloudy sky, bordered by delicate lacelike backlit leaves, in B&W infrared. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Aurora and Wing, Somewhere over Canada ~ 2016

Swirling green aurora hang in front of the Pleiades, as seen at 35,000 ft. Scattered town lights glow orange through the clouds below. (263K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Aurora above Jet Engine, Somewhere over Canada ~ 2016

An emerald aurora flares across the sky at 35,000 ft, above a dim and redly lit jet engine nacelle. (396K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Flare over Yellowknife, Canada ~ 2016

Concentric waves of green and pink aurora radiate overhead, filling the sky. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Swirling Aurora, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2016

A vortex of green-yellow aurora, with tinges of pink, churns under yellow and green-tinged clouds. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Swirling Aurora, Yellowknife, NWT ~ 2016

Green ribbons, tinged with pink and white, arc and swirl over Yellowknife. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Pleiades Shining through Aurora, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2016

Dozens of stars in the Pleiades cluster shine through shimmering green auroral curtains, above yellow-tinged clouds. (611K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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River in the Sky, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2016

A rushing torrent of emerald and lime-green aurora fills the sky behind scattered clouds. (780K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Spiraling Aurora, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2016

A tornado-like whirl of emerald aurora looks as if it is about to touch down. (420K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Green Auroral Drapery, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2016

Delicate green-hued curtains of aurora frame the dense spangle of stars of our galaxy. (764K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Green Bands over Yellowknife, Canada ~ 2016

Magnificent waves of intense green aurora span a cloud-studded sky. (405K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Pink and Green Columns through Clouds, NWT Canada ~ 2016

Spectacular pink and green aurora shine in columns and bands through clouds over the Northwest Territory forest. (597K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Aurora over Great Slave Lake , NWT Canada ~ 2016

Sweeping glowing arcs of green, yellow, and orange aurora are beautifully mirrored by the lake. (K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Green and Violet Bands above Clouds, NWT Canada ~ 2016

Brilliant rayed curtains of green, pink and violet light hover above and behind waves of cumulus clouds, in a starry sky (703K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Green Curtains over Forest, NWT Canada ~ 2016

Brilliant luminous waves of green-yellow aurora hang over the forests of the Northwest Territory. (456K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Green and Pink Streamers, NWT Canada ~ 2016

A sinuous band of intense magenta and green filaments winds through the northern Canadian night sky. (921K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on May 1, 2019




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Flaming Clouds at Sunset, Daly City CA ~ 2015

A truly spectacular sunset, captured in two photographs. All the colors of the rainbow provide a backdrop for wind-whipped flaming red and violet clouds scudding across the sky. (360K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 875K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Pink Crepuscular Rays, Daly City CA ~ 2015

A truly spectacular sunset, captured in two photographs. Delicate pink crepuscular rays fan out in an indigo sky, mapped in a rainbow of hues. (360K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 953K)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Storm on the Horizon, Daly City ~ 2014

Slate blue storms develop on the horizon, under a pale azure and deep indigo sky filled with fiery and golden clouds, above the wine-dark Pacific. (399K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.1M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 18", 48" x 24", 72" x 36"


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Golden Bough, Frontenac State Park MN ~ 2014

Dark brown wood is embedded in spectacular gold and yellow leaves, with accents of soft green and blues. (932K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sumac, Frontenac State Park MN ~ 2014

Fire-engine red sumac leaves glow like flaring embers in the late afternoon sun. (460K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Falling Leaves, Frontenac State Park MN ~ 2014

Backlit by the late sun, dying leaves and bare twigs flare incandescent white, under a dark, cloud-streaked sky, in B&W infrared. (713K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Fort Randall Dam, SD ~ 2014

The Missouri River, in sable, meanders through the patchwork grey borders and sinuous ravines of Iowa and South Dakota, in B&W infrared. (517K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Missouri and Niobrara Rivers towards Iowa ~ 2014

The ebony Missouri and Niobrara Rivers and their tributaries cut through a quilt of farmlands, under a black sky, in B&W infrared. (690K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Niobrara River Drainage, Nebraska ~ 2014

Valleys, draped in sooty hues, drain into the dark river, past multitoned crop squares and circles, in B&W infrared. (710K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Mono Lake Against the Sierras, CA ~ 2014

Mono Lake is a raven puddle under a blackened sky, against the rich grays of the Sierras and desert, in B&W infrared. (617K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Airliner Wing ~ 2014

A silvery wing hangs in a black sky, high above a cloud-dappled gray rolling hills, in B&W infrared. (301K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sun Breaking Through Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2014

Golden crepuscular rays radiate out from a cloud-shrouded sun, under a dark blue sky and umber clouds. (292K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Bromeliads, San Francisco CA ~ 2014

Creamy pale, sinuous bromeliads reach out from shadowy trunks, in B&W infrared. (610K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Bamboos, San Francisco CA ~ 2014

Bright sunlight dapples pale bamboo leaves in a dark, shaded garden, in B&W infrared. (548K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Rain Forest Dome, California Academy of Sciences, SF ~ 2014

The brilliant circles of sky and spotlights perforate an inky dome, in B&W infrared. (535K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA ~ 2014

The DeYoung Museum sits like a coal-black battleship in the forests of Golden Gate Park, under a cloud-filled sky, in B&W infrared. (403K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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California Academy of Sciences Roof ~ 2014

Little hillocks form a "green roof" over the Academy, under a dark cloud-dappled sky, in B&W infrared. (637K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Skylights in the California Academy of Sciences Roof ~ 2014

Ebony glass skylights punctuate an artificial landscape, beneath pale grey clouds, in B&W infrared. (670K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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DeYoung Observation Deck, SF CA ~ 2014

A soot-black tower looms over pale palm trees under a stormy sky, in B&W infrared. (622K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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DeYoung Museum and Palm Trees, SF CA ~ 2014

The DeYoung Museum squats like a shrouded Mayan temple behind white palms, in B&W infrared. (652K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Blue and White Breaks, Spokane Falls WA ~ 2015

Crystal-white, pale jade, and cold blue foam creates an intricate weave on the Falls' rapids. (810K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Canted Wavelets, Spokane Falls WA ~ 2015

The late sun paints the surging diagonals of the rapids in shades of palest orange, green, and powdery indigo. Exquisitely detailed, like spun glass. (847K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Breaking Arcs, Spokane Falls WA ~ 2015

Foaming rapids arc over the Falls in crystalline brilliance, shaded in delicate blue-greens. Exquisitely detailed, like spun glass. (744K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Farallones in Silver Light on the Pacific, Daly City CA ~ 2015

A pewter sea and pewter sky sandwich the Farallon Islands on the distant, dusky blue horizon. (380K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Twisting Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2015

Winds tear at cold grey clouds, twisting them into trumpet shapes. (385K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sheared Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2015

Strong storm winds rip steely grey clouds in shreds, backlit by a shrouded sun (356K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on April 6, 2019




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Sunset Contrail Panorama, Daly City CA ~ 2014

Sunset light wanes under a dark azure sky, over a dark blue sea. The angular zigzags of flame-hued contrails span the horizon. (439K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 30" x 24", 44" x 24"


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Frontenac Park Fall, MN ~ 2014

A sweeping view of Frontenac State Park. Brilliant white trees under scattered cirrus clouds, backed by a dark watery expanse, in B&W infrared. (657K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.2M)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 36" x 24", 48" x 24"


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Ice Window, Yellowknife Snow Castle, Canada ~ 2014

Sunlight shines through ice-block windows in chevrons of white and cream, pale green and arctic blue. (495K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Cubist Ice Sculpture,Yellowknife Snow Castle, Canada ~ 2014

This person-sized sculpture seems to be made of giant ice cubes that refract the sunlight in brilliant cold-blue sparkles. (557K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sun Through Ice,Yellowknife Snow Castle, Canada ~ 2014

Sun refracts through crazy-quilt, funhouse distortions in deep cyans, indigos and delicate violets. (405K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Andromeda and Aurora at Walsh Lake, Canada ~ 2014

The faint yellowish ellipse of the Andromeda Galaxy hangs in a starry sky above the delicate emerald drapery of an aurora. (289K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Whirlwind Aurora at Walsh Lake, Canada ~ 2014

The Pleiades accompany this green whirlwind of an aurora, tinged with hints of red, over a snowy forest. (357K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Aurora Arcs, Walsh Lake, Canada ~ 2014

Swirling emerald auroral arcs play in the sky over the frozen, snowy lake and forest. (516K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Sweeping Aurora at Walsh Lake, Canada ~ 2014

Electric green curtains of light hang over frozen, snowy Walsh Lake. (526K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Snow Coming In, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2014

The moon surrounds itself with a beautiful rainbow halo as it shines through snow clouds moving in over dark grey snowy pines. (480K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Ptarmigan Looking at Me, Yellowknife Canada ~ 2014

White on white, this "snow chicken" in winter plumage isn't fazed by minus temperatures or photographers. (447K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sun with Contrails, Daly City CA ~ 2014

The blinding yellow disk of the sun shows through a veil of coppery clouds and the harsh zees of fiery contrails. (474K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sunset Contrails & Seagull , Daly City CA ~ 2014

A lone seagull flies above a dusky dark blue sea, against a backdrop of copper-red clouds and zigzagging contrails, fading into a dusky sky. (413K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Triangle Cloud Stack, Daly City CA ~ 2014

Delicate pale turquoise, blues and magentas are the background for soft red and bronze contrails. (377K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Contrails after Sunset, Daly City CA ~ 2014

Deep reds and turquoises dominate a scene of fiery molten clouds and contrails. (434K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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George Miller Jr Bridge, CA ~ 2014

The dark Carquinez Strait cuts though the northern Bay Area, past the towns of Benicia and Martinez, on its way to Sacramento, all in the dappled grays of B&W infrared. (544K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Mono Lake, CA ~ 2014

An inky Mono Lake under an even darker sky, amidst the rugged textured terrain of eastern California, in B&W infrared. (550K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Thunderheads Developing Over the Rockies ~ 2014

Boiling smoky white cumulous clouds build towards a thunderstorm, shading the dark mountain landscape below, in B&W infrared. (460K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Land of a Thousand Lakes, MN ~ 2014

A few dozen of Minnesota's "thousand lakes" darkly dot this pale suburban landscape, under a scattering of cloudy shadows, in B&W infrared. (637K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Black Dog Generating Station, Minnesota ~ 2014

A charcoal power plant sits on the inky Minnesota River in a puffy pale ash landscape, illuminated by the slanting rays of the late sun, in B&W infrared. (650K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Browning Oak Leaf , Frontenac State Park MN ~ 2014

Reds, oranges, deep forest greens and grey-browns dapple this single, dying leaf. (560K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Maples, Frontenac State Park MN ~ 2014

Sunlit maple leaves glow hot white against black tree branches and a deep dark sky, in B&W infrared. (882K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Gold and Brown Maple Leaves, Frontenac State Park MN ~ 2014

The name says it all -- molten golds, brilliant yellows, and deep rich browns. (889K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on March 1, 2019




Panoramic ~
This panoramic is exquisitely detailed. You can click the thumbnail for the usual large JPEG, but to fully appreciate it you really ought to click the "really large JPEG" link and pan across the image in your browser. You'll be entranced.

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Iced Minnehaha Falls ~ 2014

Minnehaha Falls is sheathed in frozen columns and icicles, tinted in shades of pale jade and blue. (485K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.5M)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 16", 72" x 24", 92" x 24"


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Snowy Steps, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

The morning sun casts sharp, diagonal ice-blue shadows on sparkling white snow, all lines and angles. (794K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snowy Woods Night, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

Blacks, charcoal greys and deep slate tones comprise this subtle scene. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Moon Behind Snow Clouds, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

An icy-blue moon faintly shines through dark blue-grey snow clouds, behind charcoal and black bare trees. (809K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Barn in Night Snow, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

Green-white mercury floodlight shines in stark brilliance in a charcoal-black snowy night. (830K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Night Snow, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

Hints of bright and warm light brighten a snowy night's subtle darkest shades of blue, purple, and slate. (987K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sun Behind Snowy Trees, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

The pale winter sun shines from behind nearly silhouetted trees in a clear cobalt sky. (1.6M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Thunderhead over the Sierras ~ 2013

A thunderhead's anvil takes form over the mountains, rendered dramatically in B&W infrared. (643K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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West of Casper, Wyoming ~ 2013

Snow and sun combine to create cold blue shadows and bare brown dirt that accentuate the rugged terrain. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snow-Swept Plateaus, Wyoming ~ 2013

Snowy white layers and a late afternoon sun bring strong relief to this pastel blue scene, with its tan counterpoints. (1.0M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Bird Impression, St. Paul MN ~ 2013

Delicate and disturbing, this ghostly pale blue-white impression of a bird was created by the powder from its wings and the dust on the window glass. A somber brown urban background adds emphasis. (668K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Moon Behind Clouds, Daly City CA ~ 2013

The attenuated moon's glow penetrates a thin puffy cloud cover in shades of soft indigo and dark umbers. (613K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Swirling foam in the Creek below the Falls creates intricate patterns that point to equally intricately patterned foliage in B&W infrared. (567K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Minnehaha Falls Stairs, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Dark diagonal stairs slice through the background, behind delicate and detailed patterns of leaves in B&W infrared. (871K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Storm Front, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

A storm wall starts to build in the midwest, greys contrasting with the dark sky and trees in B&W infrared. (560K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Dark Minneapolis, MN ~ 2013

Downtown Minneapolis sits under a cloud, a charcoal collection of high-rises and skyscrapers amidst grey trees and clouds in B&W infrared. (735K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

The tumbling white waters of the Falls and the Creek below it mirror the intricate patterns of the the foliage that frames them in B&W infrared. (914K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lower Peterborough Lift Lock, Ontario Canada ~ 2013

Concrete and ironwork in a sweeping composition in B&W infrared. (571K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Peterborough Lift Lock Supports, Ontario Canada ~ 2013

A bright and delicate landscape peeks through solid stygian supports in B&W infrared. (292K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Peterborough Lift Lock Piston, Ontario Canada ~ 2013

Chilly blue water balances rusty orange iron. (424K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Cumuli over Minnesota ~ 2013

Cottony white cumuli in a deep grey sky portend rain over grey-toned forest and farmlands in B&W infrared. (717K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Herons, San Antonio Botanical Garden ~ 2013

A ghostly white forest is the background for charcoal grey statues in B&W infrared. (482K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Pavilion, San Antonio Botanical Garden ~ 2013

Glowing white palm fronds reach towards white clouds under a glassy tessellated dome in B&W infrared. (532K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Trunks, San Antonio Botanical Garden ~ 2013

Shining white trees backlight shadowed foliage and charcoal black twisting tree trunks in B&W infrared. (838K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snowy Steps at Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Footprints intricately texture dark grey icy slush and pale ash snow on the bridge over Minnehaha Creek under grey skies in B&W infrared. (1.1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Icy Stairs at Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis MN ~ 2013

Almost monochrome, this delicate and intricate composition juxtaposes deep brown trees, brush, and stonework with the palest blue-white snow. (1.1M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Frozen Azure Cascades, Minnehaha Falls MN ~ 2013

Curtains of beautifully textured pale white, turquoise, and azure icicles sheath Minnehaha Falls (545K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Hanger 1 Girderwork, Moffett Field CA ~ 2014

It's all triangles and tetrahedrons in this almost-fractal composition of grey steel and soft cobalt sky. (910K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Hanger 1 & Storm Clouds, Moffett Field CA ~ 2014

A dark and cold storm is moving in, behind an interlocking mesh of flat grey steel girders. (870K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Starred Hanger 1, Moffett Field CA ~ 2014

Stormy indigo skies are the backdrop for the silvery pewter skeleton of Hanger 1. (725K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"



Works posted on February 1, 2019




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Snowy Moon, Rehoboth MA ~ 2013

A pale blue moon shines faintly through grey snow clouds over dark woods, painted in shades of charcoal grey and black. (610K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Rehoboth Woods Sunset, MA ~ 2013

Salmon clouds in a pale sky cast pink and blue tints on dark and icy ponds in the blue-grey and brown woods. (762K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Thunderhead over the Pacific, Daly City CA ~ 2012

A rare thunderstorm offshore in Northern California hides the sun behind deep blue and grey clouds. The golden light of sunset falls in rays to a slate sea. (300K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Grasses above Chicago River, IL ~ 2012

Orange and russet grasses overhang the turquoise green waters of the Chicago River. (539K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Green Water Breaking over Little Falls Dam, MN ~ 2012

Dark jade water breaks over the lip of the dam, seemingly frozen like crystal clear glass before crashing into cream foam below. (381K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Tiffany Dome and Chandelier, Chicago IL ~ 2012

A multihued Zodiacal dome, in myriad colors from pale green to deep indigo, is the backdrop for the golden-yellow sun chandelier. (1.4M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Under "The Bean" Chicago, IL ~ 2012

A funhouse reflection in pale blues, browns and greys, looking up at the polished metal of the "Bean" sculpture. Can you find all the me's? There are at least twenty. (Hint: look for tripod legs, a white hat, and black clothes. (444K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Hallway, Chicago IL ~ 2012

Earth tones, from sandy yellow to rich chocolate, dominate this scene. But... it's not a real hallway! It's a miniature in the Art Institute, smaller than what you see on your screen. (389K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Amusement Riders, Navy Pier, Chicago IL ~ 2012

Intense reds, blues and whites saturate this dynamic scene of park-goers. (692K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Amusement Ride, Navy Pier, Chicago IL ~ 2012

Amusement rides create an intricate pattern of overlapping geometries in poster-bright blues, whites, and reds. (714K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Ferris Wheel, Navy Pier, Chicago IL ~ 2012

The brilliant whites and softer greys of the wheel contrast with a deep sapphire sky. (655K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Slabs and Rapids, Taylors Falls, St Croix MN ~2011

White, cream, and brown foam boils up from charcoal rapids, beneath overhanging dark grey slabs. (412K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Centennial Fountain, Chicago ~ 2012

Crystal bright rivulets and cascades, frozen in time, sparkle against a black background. (530K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Swirling Rapids, Taylors Falls, St Croix MN ~2011

White and coffee-colored foam breaks from the blue-black rapids, in twisted lines reminiscent of lightning. (726K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Snow Clouds, Minneapolis MN ~ 2012

Pearly pink-white clouds, delicately iridescent in a pale blue sky, signal the arrival of flurries. (528K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Frozen Mississippi, MN ~ 2012

The icy Mississippi reflects a dusky blue sky at sunset, while the last rays of the sun redly illuminate the plume of the powerplant smokestack. The landscape is painted in soft purples, magentas and reds. (583K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Eucalyptus Trunks, Tilden Park CA ~ 2012

Delicate and pale browns, slate-blues, and mauves contrast with near-black, blue-brown bark (427K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


Panoramics
These two panoramics are exquisitely detailed. You can click the thumbnail for the usual large JPEG, but to fully appreciate it you really ought to click the "really large JPEG" link and pan across the image in your browser. You'll be entranced.

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San Francisco Bay ~ 2012

A sweeping view from the Oakland hills portrays San Francisco and the North Bay in dusky shades of blue. Fog hangs offshore beyond the Golden Gate Bridge. (205K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 1.0M)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 16", 44" x 16", 72" x 24", 96" x 24"


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Seated Santa, San Carlos CA ~ 2008

Santa welcomes you beneath an arch of cold-blue icicles in a yard well-decked with red and green ornaments.(440K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 920K)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 20", 72" x 24"


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White Poinsettia House, San Carlos CA ~ 2008

Warm white walls and lights are sparkling with starry red and green poinsettias and wreaths. (762K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Ornaments and Icicles, San Carlos CA ~ 2008

Crimsons, golds, emerald greens, and icy blue-whites frame this festive window. (665K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Tropical Santa, San Carlos CA ~ 2008

Santa relaxes in his cherry-red hammock under a vivid green palm, suspended over a sea of indigo lights, all bathed in a warm glow. (656K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Penguin Greetings, San Carlos CA ~ 2008

Black and white penguins and a cheery snowman greet passersby, against the backdrop of warm tan and salmon-pink light. (650K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Stems in the Snow, Minneapolis MN ~ 2012

Frozen stems criss-cross in shades of tan against light grey snow. (630K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Reflected Rocks, Ordway Japanese Garden, St Paul MN ~ 2008

Rocks, in muted blue-grey and copper tones, sit in a cool and dark green pool. (582K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Fronds under Dome, Como Park Conservatory MN ~ 2008

Deep green fronds catch the sun beneath a domed blue and white sky. (746K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Roses, Como Park Conservatory MN ~ 2008

Intensely red roses are highlighted against the softer greens of the leaves and the greys and earth tones of the stonework. (667K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Basilique Notre-Dame, Montreal ~ 2009

B&W infrared enhances the variegated stonework of the Basilique. The late sun highlights the stars of her halo and casts the building into strong relief. (431K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"




Works posted on January 1, 2019




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Boat, Seagull and Lighthouse, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

The nightly marine layer of clouds and fog starts to move in, reflecting the grays and subtle greens of the Pacific. (442K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Stagnaro Seafood, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

That fish has no reason to look so cheerful. A scene in bright neon oranges, yellows, blues and violets. (631K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Pilings at the Pier, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

Creosote, tar and barnacles fight for supremacy under the pier. Yellows, oranges, and blacks, with accents of deep green and sky blue. (589K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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The Old Mission, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

The Mission shows its age, weathered and peeling yellow-orange walls and red tiles, in a deep blue lightly-clouded sky. (665K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Barnacles and Mussels, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Ca ~ 2011

Tans,greys, and deep dusky blues characterize this rock face, festooned with barnacles and mussels.(622K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24", 54" x 44"


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Tree Trunk & Lichens, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Ca ~ 2011

Soft monochromes dominate in this photograph of pale green and brown lichens colonizing the cut end of a fallen tree (566K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lichen on Tree Rings, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Ca ~ 2011

A companion to the preceding photograph. Tan lichen blooms flare out from the heart of the trunk, across sweeping blue-grey arcs of the tree rings. (772K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lake Wissota Maples, MN ~ 2011

I get asked if I artificially kicked up the saturation on this photograph. Nope, that's what it looked like. An exceptionally clear day with a deep blue sky and brilliant green, orange, and yellow maples. (1.2M JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Dickens Christmas Fair Tavern, CA ~ 2011

A warm holiday scene, in coppers and golds, accented with emerald glass bottles and fir tree branches (668K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Carolling, San Jose CA ~ 2011

Sheet music in soothing tones of tan and brown. (442K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Merry-go-round Giraffe, Dickens Fair ~ 2011

Such sad and soulful eyes. A scene in orange, tan and brown, almost monochrome. (442K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"


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Sunset and the Crab Fleet, Daly City CA ~ 2011

Outside the Golden Gate, the white lights of the crab boats dot a dark blue-violet sea under rainbow sky. (553K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Crab Fleet at Dusk, Daly City CA ~ 2011

The lights of the crab fleet sparkle on an indigo ocean, under a salmon and violet sky. (528K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Xmas Porch, San Carlos CA ~ 2011

Blue, violet, magenta, green and red lights festively outline this front porch. (820K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Yosemite Drive, San Carlos CA ~ 2011

Shrubbery in green, magenta blue and particolored lights, surrounded by a red picket fence. (611K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Flippers, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

Seals frolic off the Santa Cruz Pier in subtle hues of sea-green and grey. (528K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Seal Huddle, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

Seals cluster off the Santa Cruz Pier in subtle hues of sea-green and grey. I don't know why they do this, but they seem to be having a good time. (648K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Apartments, Santa Cruz CA ~ 2012

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Bay Bridge and Old Pier, S.F. CA ~ 2012

This rotting pier, all browns, grays and rusting steel, seems cousin to the foundations supporting the Bay Bridge. Set in the crystal blue Bay under a deep blue sky. (684K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Bay Bridge and Pier Warehouses

The underside of the Bay Bridge and nearby warehouses loom in dark shades of charcoal- and blue-gray, against a bright blue cloud-streaked sky. (558K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Bay Bridge and Moon, S.F. CA ~ 2012

The moon hangs amid cirrus clouds, strung through the cables of the Bay Bridge. All sky blues and aluminum grays. (755K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Pier 14, S.F. Waterfront CA ~ 2012

Steel and concrete glow under a turquoise sky in hues of gold, silver and blue, illuminated by the late afternoon sun. (471K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"

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Indigo Sunset, Daly City CA ~ 2012

The incandescent reds, oranges and yellows of sunset are sandwiched by deep blue clouds above a wine-dark sea. (266K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Sunset Glory at 35,000 ft ~ 2012

Pastel hues span the spectrum in this delicately tinted scene. (448K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"

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Nacelle at Sunset ~ 2012

Polished aluminum reflects the fiery glow of the setting sun and the dusky blue-violet sky. (547K JPEG)

Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17"




Works posted on May 5, 2017



This lovely series of infrared photographs was made in July of 2015 at the Como Park Conservatory and Ordway Japanese Garden in St. Paul, Minnesota.

You may order individual 17" by 22" prints in the usual fashion, but I am also making this entire portfolio available as a limited-edition, numbered boxed set of 11" by 14" prints for $2,000. No individual prints in the 11" by 14" size will be sold, and the boxed portfolio is limited to 20 sets.


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Shadowed Pond, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Palms, Como Park Conservatory

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Shaded_Shrine, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Stream, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Anthers, Como Park Conservatory

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Peggy, Como Park Conservatory

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Memorial_Bench, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lotus Pond and Lawn, Como Park Conservatory

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Curved_Maples, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lotus under Glass, Como Park Conservatory

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Maple over Firs, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Lotuses, Como Park Conservatory

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Fir Branches, Ordway Japanese Garden

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"


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Palms under Dome, Como Park Conservatory

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Ultrachrome print sizes: 11" x 14", 22" x 17", 32" x 24"




Works posted on July 16, 2016



Dye Transfer Prints

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



more from "Jewels of Kilauea"



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Cobalt and Golden Shard, Volcanoes Park HI ~ 2002

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)

Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 10" high (image area)



Unnatural Beauty



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Trojan Nuclear Plant Cooling Tower, OR ~ 1992

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. Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area) (184K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 10" high (image area)




Works posted on May 15, 2012



Dye Transfer Prints



more from "Jewels of Kilauea" & "Hawai'i"



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Tortoise Shell Pahoehoe and Ferns, HI ~ 2002

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)

Image area: 10" x 7"


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Sealing Wax Palm, HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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O'helo Sprouting from Pahoehoe, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2002

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)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Competing Ferns, May '73 Lava Flow HI ~ 2002

A cluster of ferns in greens, reds, oranges, yellows, and browns springs forth from a crevice in the charcoal black pahoehoe from the May 1973 lava flow. (414K JPEG)

Image area: 10" x 7.5"


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Teak Roots, Foster Botanical Garden HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 7.5" x 9.5"


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Heliconia, Foster Botanical Garden HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 9.5" x 7.5"


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Kahili Wild Ginger, Kilauea Iki Trail HI ~ 2002

A wild ginger stalk blossoms in sunny yellow with crimson tongues, amid the jade and emerald tones of tropical ferns. (303K JPEG)

Image area: 8" x 9.5"



Comet Halley ~ 1986



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Comet Halley Against Milky Way ~ 1986

Comet Halley glows in cool cyan, set against the backdrop of the Milky Way in the Sagittarius-Scorpio region of the sky. The Milky Way provides a stunning backdrop in smoky blues and browns, sparkling with the fiery nebulae and blue white diamondlike star clusters. The Galactic cente is shrouded in dust, near the upper left corner. (459K JPEG)

Image area: 11" x 9"
Image area: 18" x 15"


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Comet Halley ~ 1986

Comet Halley displays yellowish dust and blue ion tails that emerge from the turquoise coma. Faint red hydrogen nebulae color the star-dappled background of the Milky Way. (479K JPEG)

Image area: 11" x 9"
Image area: 18" x 15"



Aurora Borealis ~ 1986



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Green and Pink Curtains, Havre MT ~ 1986

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

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Auroral Streamers at Havre MT ~ 1986

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)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Mantle and Streamers over Havre MT ~ 1986

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)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Green Auroral Curtain, Havre MT ~ 1986

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

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Auroral Flames, Havre MT ~ 1986

Aurora flares to the sky like some ghostly fire, shaded with oranges, reds, and nacreous whites fringed with green. (193KJPEG)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Green Auroral Band, Havre MT ~ 1986

An intense emerald and azure band of aurora is fringed with violets and reds in a starry sky. (197K JPEG)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Rayed Auroral Band, Havre MT ~ 1986

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

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Auroral Band behind Phone Lines, Havre MT ~ 1986

A delicate curtain of light in oranges and pale soft greens hangs in a starry sky over the deep brown fields of Montana. (118K JPEG)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Auroral Ribbon Behind Clouds, Havre MT ~ 1986

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)

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Auroral Streamers Through Clouds, Havre MT ~ 1986

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

Image area: 10" x 8"


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Auroral Glow & Stratus Clouds, Havre MT ~ 1986

Auroral glow fills the sky with light, luminescent with pinks, yellows, and the most delicate greens, mixed with sweeping streaks of clouds. (197K JPEG)

Image area: 9.5" x 8"



Geology



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Petrified Forest Ravine, AZ ~ 1978

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Canyon de Chelly Plateau at Sunset ~ 1978

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)

Image area: 19" x 13"


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Lehmann Caves Stalactites & Stalagmites, Great Basin National Park ~ 1988

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 6.5"


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Mt. Adams from Windy Ridge, Mt. St. Helens WA ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 6"


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Shattered Tree Trunks at Mt. St. Helens WA ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 8"


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Spirit Lake and Mt. St. Helens WA ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 6.5"


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Promontory, Painted Desert National Park AZ ~ 1978

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)

Image area: 18" x 15"



Various and Sundry



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Acacia and Streetlamp, Campbell CA ~ 1975

Mercury streetlamps make the naturally vivid greens of the acacia tree fluoresce with eye-popping emeralds, jades, and incandescent yellows. (426 JPEG)

Image area: 14" x 9.5"


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Mossy Granite Outcrop, N. Ontario Canada ~ 1980

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. (414 JPEG)

Image area: 15" x 10.5"


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Ft. Peck Dam Spillway, MT ~ 1980

After dusk the dam's spillway catches the twilight sky, picking up tones of purples, pinks, and blues in a marbled pattern. (229K JPEG)

Image area: 15.5" x 18.5"


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Interstate Bridges on Columbia River, OR ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 8.5"


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Interstate Bridges, Portland OR ~ 1990

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

Image area: 19" x 6.5"


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Stand of Stripped Trees, Mt. St. Helens WA ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 7"


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Mud and Horsetails, N. Ontario Canada ~1980

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)

Image area: 12.5" x 10"


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Aspens in First Snow, Great Basin National Park ~ 1988

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)

Image area: 19" x 14.5"


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Century Plants in Bloom, AZ ~ 1978

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

Image area: 18.5" x 14"


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Lake Shasta and Mount Lassen, CA ~ 1991

An extraordinarily clear day at Lake Shasta, when the water levels were extraordinarily low, revealed glowing orange, brown, and tan bands on the banks of the reservoir. The water reflected a near-indigo sky in contrast with dusty cyan light near the horizon, whose color suffuses Mount Lassen in the distance. Green forest completes the pallete of rich colors in this photograph. (422K JPEG)

Image area: 19" x 14.5"


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Swordplant Against Cemetary Wall, Mission Dolores, S.F. CA ~ 1992

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Smiley Seal, Steinhart Aquarium, S.F. ~ 1980

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"




Works posted on March 30, 2012



Dye Transfer Prints



Hawai'i ~ 2000



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Traveller's Tree, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Taro, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu HI ~ 2000

Deep hues of viridian, emerald, yellow, and jade pattern the leaves of the taro plant, providing a brilliant contrast with the scarlet stalks that carry them. (254K JPEG)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Devastation Trail Cinders and Brush, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Hapu'u Fronds, Volcanoes National Park HI ~ 2000

Huge hapu'u fronds display their intense greens, yellows, and browns in the tropical rainforest, accented by one pink wild rose. (459K JPEG)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Fern in September '82 Lava Flow, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Talipot Palm, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 13.5" x 19"


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Lava Tube and Ashes, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 12"


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Seared Ohi'a and Koa Trees, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Black and White Ashes, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 18" x 15"


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Pahoehoe Slabs and Burnt Sedge, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 14.5"


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Forest Fire Aftermath, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Polygonium and Deadwood, Devastation Trail HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Islets in Puhi Bay, HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Ohi'a Grove, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Lichen and Scorched Trees on Pahoehoe, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 10.5"


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Red Spatter Cone, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Hapu'u Forest, Volcanoes National Park HI ~ 2000

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

Image area: 15" x 18"


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Tree Trunks and Lava Tree Molds, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 18.5" x 15"


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Great Southwest Rift, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Rainbow over Mauna Ulu Flow, HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 10.5"


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Ohi'a Grove After Fire, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Polygonium and Wildflowers, Devastation Trail HI ~ 2000

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

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Fern Rain Forest, Volcanoes National Park HI ~ 2000

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

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Steaming Bluffs, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Infrared Telescope, Mauna Kea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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IRTF Dome, Mauna Kea HI ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 14.5" x 19"






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Cross-Bedded Sandstone Slabs and Shale, Toadstool Park NB ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Bonneville Salt Flats after Rainstorm, UT ~ 1982

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Pitted Rocks with Algae, Pescadero State Beach CA ~ 1988

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Nasturtiums, Daly City CA ~ 1992

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)

Image area: 18" x 15"


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Blue Mesa, Painted Desert National Park AZ ~ 1978

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Kelp Forest, Monterey Bay Aquarium CA ~ 1990

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Chemical Plant at Night, Kalama WA ~1992

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Fissured Cross-Bedded Sandstone Cliff, AZ ~ 1978

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)

Image area: 19" x 14.5"


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Pear Tree, Daly City CA ~ 1992

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Empire State Building, NYC ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 15" x 18.5"


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Beckman Auditorium Columns, Pasadena CA ~ 1972

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)

Image area: 15" x 18.5"


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Lake District at Night, Oakland CA ~ 1994

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. (193K JPEG)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Chicago Skyline and Trains ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Redwood Bipole, Humboldt Redwoods CA ~ 1992

Two neighboring redwoods produce an interlocking pattern of branches and shadows resembling lines of magnetic force. Tree trunks are rendered in deep forest greens and brilliant warm browns. They stand supporting and surrounded by hot yellow and green, and cool azure and blue foliage. (332K JPEG)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Malachite and Azurite Block, American Museum of Natural History NYC ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Barosaurus, American Museum of Natural History NYC ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Olympic Stadium, Montreal Canada ~ 2001

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Weismann Art Museum, St. Paul MN ~ 1999

The Cubist-inspired facets of the Weismann Museum break up reflections of the sunset-lit clouds and sky into dappled panels of pale blues, dusky purples, burnt oranges and near-blacks. (381K JPEG)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Clouds Approaching Ptown, Cape Cod MA ~ 2004

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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San Rafael Swell Strata, Utah ~ 1980

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"



(more) Christmas in California



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Xmas Rose Garden, Daly City CA ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Garden with Xmas Lights, Daly City CA ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 19" x 13.5"


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Eaves with Wreaths, Daly City CA ~ 1999

Light dominates this composition,as festoons of yellow-white lights make the pale pinks and delicate greens on this house glow with an internal luminescence. Fiery red lights and intense red and forest green wreaths create colorful counterpoints to the pastel paint. (393K JPEG)

Image area: 18" x 14"


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Window Lights, San Jose CA ~1999

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)

Image area: 19" x 12"


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Crimson Christmas Lights, Pacifica CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Drinking Deer & Waving Santa, Daly City CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 14.5"


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Nine Apartments, S.F. CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 13.5"


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Red, White and Blue Xmas, Daly City CA ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Light-wrapped Oak and Traditional Lights, San Jose CA ~ 1999

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Holiday Floods and Frosty, Daly City CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 13.5" x 19"


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A Candy Cane Lane, Broadmoor CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 13.5" x 19"


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Curtain of Lights, Daly City CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 18.5" x 9"


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A Wild West Christmas, Broadmoor CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 12"


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Christmas Greenery, Daly City CA ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 13"




Works posted on February 28, 2012



Dye Transfer Prints



Baja, Mexico, ~ 1991



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Blooming Century Plant, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

The clear dawn light created a rich and deep blue sky along with the brilliant yellows and greens of the blossoming agave. (221K JPEG)

Image area: 13" x 19"


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Painted Brick Wall, El Triunfo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Scarlet Spiny Cactus, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Broken Adobe Wall, El Triunfo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 13" x 11"


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Black Sand Rivulets, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Palm Frond, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 6.5" x 10"


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Shrine by Hwy 1, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

Red memorial flowers accent this whitewashed saguaro turned into a shrine, against the deep blue desert sky. (193K JPEG)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Lobster Carapace, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 18" x 15"


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Hibiscus Blossom, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 11" x 7"


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Stones on Sand, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Boojum Trunk, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Lobster Tail, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Crystalline Ice Plant, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Basket Weave Cholla, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Crab and Snail Shells, Cabo Pulmo, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Saguaros, Boojums and Rocks, Baja Mexico ~ 1991

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"



Christmas in California



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Rainbow Diversity Christmas, S.F. ~ 2000

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

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Blue Xmas, Daly City CA ~ 1996

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Bougainvillea, Daly City CA ~ 2001

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

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Red, Yellow, Blue, Green Windows, San Jose CA ~ 1999

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

Image area: 19" x 13.5"


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Picket Fences, Daly City ~ 2000

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

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Xmas Spirit, Daly City ~ 1998

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Reindeer Crossing, Broadmoor ~ 1998

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Two Cats, Palo Alto ~ 2002

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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A Visit from Santa ~ 2000

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Modern Xmas Trees, San Jose ~ 2002

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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House of Lights, Daly City ~ 1996

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)

Image area: 19" x 13.5"


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Stairs to Christmas, Daly City ~ 2002

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"





Works posted on June 16, 2011




Digital Prints


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Puddles on Sculpted Stone ~ 2011

At first glance it's hard to tell the size of this subject. It could be anything from a close-up to an American Southwest aerial photo. Hint: look for the snail a bit down and right from center. A satisfyingly-intricate composition in tans and greys. (410K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Pines at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011

A JPEG doesn't do this photograph justice; you can practically fall into it. It has so many textures, so many details and colors at all scales. Click here to see part of the photograph at 100% screen magnification, like looking at a small section of a 50" by 60" print. (535K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Oakland Shipyards across Bay ~ 2011

On this lovely day by the SF Bay, the sun broken through scattered clouds to send beams down on the cranes of the Oakland shipyards. The grey-green waters play beautifully against the cerulean sky. (310K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Mussels, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011

Another photo where the JPEG doesn't do it justice; there is so much texture and so many details in the print. The cobalts and indigos, by the way, are not tricks of lighting; those are these mussels' natural colors. Click here to see part of the photograph at 100% screen magnification; this is like looking at a small section of a 50" by 60" print. (375K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Driftwood Trunk, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011

A strikingly animate piece of wood. Makes me think of whale or elephant bones, done up in tans, golds, and greys. (355K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Hotel Roof in Snow, Boston ~ 2011

Nearly, but not quite, a monochrome scene, as a thin layer of snow dusts the roof and ductwork of a downtown Boston hotel. The photograph is mostly light greys, with accents in blues and browns (270K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


Panoramics
This panoramic is exquisitely detailed. You can click the thumbnail for the usual large JPEG, but to fully appreciate it you really ought to click the "really large JPEG" link and pan across the image in your browser. You'll be entranced.

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Seals Rolling in Surf, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011

The title sums it up. I love the jade light coming through the breaking wave. (254K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 860K)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 24", 72" x 36"


Dye Transfer Prints


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Topiary Sea Serpent, Calgary ~ 2005

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)

Image area: 14" x 19"


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Sun Setting under Blue Arcs, Herring Cove Beach MA ~ 2004

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Contrail and Cloud Arcs, Herring Cove Beach MA ~ 2004

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Lake Louise Shoreline, Canada ~ 2005

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)

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Marconi Transmitter, Cape Cod ~ 2004

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"




Works posted on May 25, 2011



Dye Transfer Prints


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Fence at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod MA ~ 2004

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Cumulus Clouds over Cirrus Mountain, Alberta, Canada ~ 2005

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)

Image area: 19" x 15"


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Stormy Weather at Drumheller Badlands, Alberta, Canada ~ 2005

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)

Image area: 19" x 14"


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Cumulus Rising Behind Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada ~ 2005

Icy clouds sweep over an icy landscape, dappled in shades of ice (of course!) blue and the palest of browns. (205K JPEG)

Image area: 19" x 15"




Works posted on April 17, 2011



Digital Prints


Color

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Palm, Allan Gardens Conservatory, Toronto ~ 2010

The steamy windows of the conservatory soften the light and give this photograph a slightly other-worldy quality. The subtle shades of green, tan, and blue create a simple elegance for me. (242K JPEG)

Print size: 17" x 22"


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Minneopa Falls Lace, MN ~ 2010

I made the next two photographs in the Minnesota countryside. The Land of 1000 Lakes, indeed! The prints have gorgeous fine detail that fascinates and engrosses me. What the camera sees that the eye cannot. I've yet to tire of looking at them. (436K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Ripples in Stream, MN ~ 2010

Sunlight beams, split by trees and scattered by the water, combine with reflected patches of sky to create this fractally-intricate pattern of brilliant oranges, greens and blues on the stream's surface.(432K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Grasses in Liquid Sky, St. Paul MN ~ 2008

More "water magic," as the placid reflecting pond mirrors an altered cloud-spotted sky in delicate shades of blue, contrasting with the sharp red and green blades of grass.(299K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Moon Bow and Blue Moon, San Jose CA ~ 2009

I photographed the moon bow just about midnight, New Year's Eve; it was the second full moon of the month, hence the "blue moon" title. It's not B&W; the colors are very muted. The large circumlunar ring, arcing behind the palm trees, holds just the most delicate hues.(88K JPEG)

Print size: 17" x 22"


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Empire State Building Tower, NYC ~ 2010

The art deco styling of the Empire State Building inspired my interpretation of this oft-photographed edifice. My motto: "Always look up." Or maybe it should be, "Look to the light." Both work for me.(146K JPEG)

Print size: 17" x 22"


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Jazz Dinner, Redwood City CA ~ 2009

I love "Jazz Dinner" because it is so atypical of my work, with its muted tones and colors in brown and yellows, not to mention the very shallow depth of field. Not the way photographs usually come to me, but it worked oh so well for me this time. (183K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Sugar & Cream, Ben & Jerry's, VT ~ 2010

This photo has a faintly unreal quality, but I assure you the light and color are entirely natural. My goal was to photograph and print it as I saw it, and I succeeded admirably. Anyway, it was impossible to resist Ben & Jerry's humor. (273K JPEG)

Print size: 17" x 22"


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Reflections in Montreal Center, Canada ~ 2009

The colors in both of these photographs of the Montreal Center are real. The building is paneled in tinted sheets of glass that both transmit and reflect brilliant polychrome. It's fun making completely realistic photographs that look so unbelievable. (357K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Stairway in Montreal Centre ~ 2009

Not Photoshop, not artistic artifice. Real-life brilliance and polychromaticity with startling electric oranges and yellows, greens, magentas, and blues(287K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Mall of America Roof, MN ~ 2008

It's hard for me to resist such powerful metallic geometry, especially when it's enhanced by the contrast with blue sky and soft, gauzy clouds.(352K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Apollo-Soyuz in Floodlights, Cape Canaveral ~ 1975

I made this photo in 1975; it took me 3 years to figure out how to print it. It was worth the effort. The cold, blue floodlight beams span the sky while illuminating the rocket to near-blinding whiteness. (93K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Columbia at Dusk, Cape Canaveral ~ 1981

These next two photographs are from the very first space shuttle mission back in 1981. Columbia, I'm afraid, is no more. It was the shuttle that burnt up on reentry.

Here, the shuttle glows a cold, brilliant white in the light of the floodlights, set against a spectacular backdrop of dusky blue sky and fiery red clouds.(164K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24", 54" by 44"


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Floodlit Columbia (STS 1), Cape Canaveral ~ 1981

Illuminated by floodlights at night, Columbia glows like a futuristic Taj Mahal. Almost ghostly pale in its brilliance, in contrast to the dark reds, blues and greens of the launch pad. Blue-white floodlight beams fan out diagonally to illuminate the shuttle and fill the sky with delicate blue spreading rays of light. (148K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Trojan Plant Cooling Tower, WA ~ 1978

The Trojan nuclear plant photograph is one of my favorites, with its wonderful cumulus-cloud steam plume. Previously, I could only print its rich oranges and blues as a dye transfer. Here is its debut, 30 years later, as an entirely successful digital print. (153K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Weathered Sulfur Vent, Volcano National Park HI ~ 2002

"Weathered Sulfur Vent" is from the Jewels of Kilauea project. This is the first chance I've had to print it the way I want, bringing out all the rich and subtle variations of sulfur reds and yellows (it looked terrible as a chromogenic print). (562K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Bar Lounge, S.F. ~ 2011

This very traditional "Bar" sign casts a rich neon glow over the surrounding buildings and trees.The blue accents are almost startling, in contrast to the deep reds.(324K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Bryant Park, NYC ~ 2010

Seen from the Empire State Building, Bryant Park shines out with electric emerald brilliance amidst the warm incandescent and sodium vapor street lighting. (294K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Statues, Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. ~ 2011

Elaborate mantles and statuary crown the golden columns of the Palace, in these three night views of the nearly-restored edifice.(333K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Beneath the Columns, Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. ~ 2011

Earth tones appropriately dominate in this view of the intricate interplay of light and shadow under the main dome of the Palace. (339K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Pillars and Blue Pool, Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. ~ 2011

Golden sodium vapor lamps and blue mercury vapor lamps create colorful contrast in the columns and pool surrounding the Palace. (309K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Blue Forest, San Carlos, CA ~ 2009

The next six photographs constitute the latest additions to my ongoing "Christmas in California" project. I think they make for an interestingly diverse group. (209K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Xmas Oranges, San Carlos, CA ~ 2009

So very, very Californian-- orange and green Xmas lights twine through oranges and their green leaves, in this brightly-glowing composition. (347K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Xmas Fence, Redwood City CA ~ 2010

Warm pinks and oranges suffuse the sidewalk, fence and house in this light-draped spectacle. (343K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Xmas Corner Market, S.F. ~ 2011

A late December night in San Francisco's Mission District is enlivened by a light-wound fireplug and stoplight. (319K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Light-Wrapped Trees, S.F. ~ 2011

The trees were decorated for Xmas, but the way the warm-white lights bring out the dark, soft browns and greens of the tree trunks and branches makes me think more of the coming spring than the holidays.(368K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Marina Christmas, S.F. ~ 2011

Rainbow strings of lights festively adorn this Marina home, with its white-light Xmas tree, set against midnight's dusky browns and greens (279K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"



Black & White

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Alcoa Building, Pittsburgh ~ 1972

I photographed the Alcoa building in Pittsburgh in 1972. It made a gorgeous silver gelatin print. I was too new at printing to realize that was an entirely fortuitous combination of film and print paper tonal characteristics. After that paper was discontinued, I could never again make an acceptable-looking print. Last year I realized that digital printing would let me recreate the characteristic curve I needed. It took a third of a century, but once again it's lovely. (239K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Palace of Fine Arts, SF ~ 2011

San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts is aglow with light during this final stage of its restoration. This digital photograph captures the classic appearance of the pavilion in the classic tones you'd expect to see from traditional B&W sheet film-- a traditional look befitting this elegant edifice. (222K JPEG)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 32" by 24"


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Buena Vista Park Path, MN ~ 2009

Yup, these next three photos are digital infrared. What I love about this photograph is the way intricately detailed patterns get mirrored in the sky and clouds and trees and lawn. It has a delicate quality not usually associated with IR photography. (352K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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James Hill House, St. Paul MN ~ 2008

Storm's a'comin', and the grainy, gothic quality of this photograph fits the magnificent mansion that belonged to one of the midwest's great robber barons. (239K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


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Weismann Museum, St.Paul MN ~ 2009

It's mid-day, not midnight, at the Weismann, but infrared photography created an intensity and glow that give it the look of urban fantasy, a faerie castle that's both intruiging and ominous. (232K JPEG)

Print size: 14" x 11", 22" x 17"


Panoramics
Each of these panoramics is exquisitely detailed. You can click the thumbnails for the usual large JPEG, but to fully appreciate them, you really ought to click the "really large JPEG" links and pan across the images in your browser. You'll be entranced.

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Dam #1 Falls, Mississippi River ~ 2009

Ice-blue water spills over Dam #1, breaking into intricate foam, creamy with shades of golden-brown and pale-blue. (90K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 852K)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 20", 72" x 24"


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Dam and Locks #1, Mississippi River ~ 2009

B&W infrared captures the full sweep of the lock and dam across the Mississippi.(77K JPEG) (really large JPEG - 496K)

Print sizes: 14" x 11", 22" x 17", 36" x 20", 44" x 20", 72" x 24"

Dye Transfer Prints

There's a bit of a theme this time, water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states.

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Behind Frozen Minnehaha Falls, MN ~ 2005

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

Image area: 15" x 19"


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Niagara Falls ~ 2003

An aetherial falls seems to be suspended between sprays of mist and clouds, in delicate shades of cyan. (114K JPEG)

Image area: 17.5" x 15"


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Breaking Wake, Cape Cod MA ~ 2004

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)

Image area: 19" x 13.5"

  
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