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My Very First Sunset

Picture: Red sky at sunset over hills in Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California Click the photo to see it larger at 900 pixels. Ok, I'll admit it; technically this isn't really *my* first sunset, but it was the first sunset to be seen by my new Nikon D7000…

Gary CrabbeNovember 19, 2010

Aerials Aviation California Coast Photos Roads Travel

Big Sur? No, Sir.

Picture: High above the Pacific Ocean along the steep and rugged hills of the Sonoma County coast, California

Gary CrabbeNovember 10, 2010

California Outdoors People Photos Water

The joy of the catch

Picture: Fisherman holding up a catch & release steelhead caught in the Sacramento River near the Sundial Bridge in evening light, Redding, California I love to go fishing. I don't really care if I catch a fish or not; it's the activity and relaxation that matters. Still, I love the…

Gary CrabbeOctober 26, 2010

California Coast Travel Weather

The Mendocino Coast

Picture: Seastacks, morning light, and fog along the coast near Elk, Mendocino County, California Click on the image to see it larger at 900 pixels. The morning this was taken, I woke up in Fort Bragg under such heavy coastal fog that it was actually drizzling. Those of us that…

Gary CrabbeOctober 20, 2010

California Coast rocks Sunset Water

The force of the ocean

Picture: Seagull sitting on coastal rock as waves break in the background at sunset, Jug Handle State Reserve, Mendocino County Coast, California Late last week I zipped up along the Mendocino Coast to get a few photos for an upcoming book project. I spent a wonderful morning in complete solitude…

Gary CrabbeOctober 15, 2010

California Mountains National Parks Outdoors Photos Reflections Water

Walden is where you make it

Picture: Moon setting over Boothe Lake, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, Yosemite National Park, California I just returned from a 4-day solo backpacking trip into the Yosemite high country. It was a great personal goal, being the first time I've backpacked into the wilderness since my accident last year. When…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 29, 2010

California Photos Weather

Waves of Land and Sky

Picture: Waves of land and sky; fog rolling over the Berkeley Hills as seen from a ridge in Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California (Click the image to see it larger.) Last week I made a post about how I deliberately chose to not take a photo, even though…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 20, 2010

Animals Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photos Seasons Spring Uncategorized

The perfect time to take a photo

Picture: Oak trees, cows and green grass on hills over valley in spring at sunset, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California When someone is looking at one of our photos, many photographers have heard the saying "Wow! You caught that at just the perfect moment." Sometimes though, the perfect…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 15, 2010

Animals California Photos Uncategorized

Do you believe?

Picture: Wood-carved statue of Sasquatch, a.k.a. Bigfoot in front of the Willow Creek Visitor Center, Humboldt County, California I took this image a couple years ago while doing the photography for my book, Backroads of the California Coast. Now I find myself coming back to it, as I'm now doing…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 8, 2010

California Mountains Panoramic Photos

Another Sierra Panoramic

Picture: Panorama overlooking the Emigrant Wilderness at sunset near Sonora Pass, Tuolumne County, California Click here or on the image to see the photo larger @ 1024 pixels. This is another of the images taken from my recent trip to the Sonora Pass region of the Sierra Nevada. My buddy…

Gary CrabbeAugust 24, 2010

California Mountains Photos

An Alpine Escape

Picture: Overlooking the Sierra Nevada near Sonora Pass, Tuolumne County, California This last weekend, my friend Michael Routh, a.k.a. the SmokeChaser and I made a trip up to the Sonora Pass region of the Sierra. This was the first of several trips to the region for my new book project.…

Gary CrabbeAugust 18, 2010

Books California Mountains Newsworthy People Photographers Reflections

Even More Book News – and now another

Picture: Photographer at work in the High Sierra, near Yosemite, California Today I turned in the edited manuscript and new chapter introductions for my current... no, wait... make that previous book project. I'm both proud and honored to announce that I have a brand new book project I'm now working…

Gary CrabbeAugust 9, 2010

Books California Coast Newsworthy Photos

Book News: California; Yesterday and what?

Picture: Sunrise light on cliffs above Drakes Bay, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California Many of you will recall my numerous mentions here and elsewhere about my latest upcoming book, California; Yesterday & Today, that had originally meant to be published this year. That's apparently not gonna happen now.…

Gary CrabbeJuly 16, 2010

California Photographers Photos Sunset Trees Uncategorized

Working with Galen

Galen Rowell, Berkeley Hills,

Gary CrabbeJuly 13, 2010

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Sunrise Trees

What you like, Part 2; the bigger picture

Picture: Sunrise light on the western Sierra foothills, Fresno County, California Click on the photo to see the image larger. This image follows on the heels of my last post. As I mentioned, I'm usually attracted to the larger landscape type photos, but will use my eyes like a virtual…

Gary CrabbeJune 14, 2010

Animals Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Mountains Photos

Round Valley Panorama

Picture: Sunrise light on Mount Tom and the Eastern Sierra over cattle grazing in pasture in the Round Valley, near Bishop, California Click the image to see the photo larger in a new window. This is another image that marks one of my first few attempts at a panoramic composition…

Gary CrabbeJune 3, 2010

California

My Very First Sunset

Big Sur? No, Sir.

The joy of the catch

The Mendocino Coast

The force of the ocean

Walden is where you make it

Waves of Land and Sky

The perfect time to take a photo

Do you believe?

Another Sierra Panoramic

An Alpine Escape

Even More Book News – and now another

Book News: California; Yesterday and what?

Working with Galen

What you like, Part 2; the bigger picture

Round Valley Panorama

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