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California Photos Spring Travel vineyards

Photo: Sonoma Vineyards in Spring

Picture: Rows of grape vines in vineyard in Spring, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California. It's a bit premature for this year's harvest, but a glass of wine is definitely in order. Today, I got my full collection of Sonoma Wine Country images fully archived and have started to send them…

Gary CrabbeMarch 22, 2007

California Environment Mountains National Parks Travel Water

Photo: A sign of climate change in Yosemite?

Picture: Non-existant Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California This is a postcard photo you don't see too often. It's of a completely dry Yosemite Falls. There should be a dramatic white plume of cascading water, but the year when this photo (2001) was taken, the falls ran totally…

Gary CrabbeMarch 19, 2007

California Mountains National Parks Photos Sunset Travel

Photo: My ‘replacement’ memory, Yosemite Valley

Picture: Sunset light on Sentinel Rock above Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California This is the photo that I try to keep in mind following my "diapers" incident. If you'd like to see where this will eventually appear on my web site, feel free to go check out my online…

Gary CrabbeMarch 14, 2007

California Environment Mountains National Parks Photos Rants and Raves Sunset Travel

The Beauty and the Horror

Picture: Sunset light on Half Dome above Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California This picture makes me so angry. Well, it's not really the picture that makes me angry, but rather the memory that it evokes. Now I think you'd all agree that Yosemite Valley is one of…

Gary CrabbeMarch 13, 2007

Animals California Environment Photos Uncategorized

Photo: Death of a Family

Picture: Dead fish on the shores of the Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, near Brawley, California My buddy and I had pulled off along the side of the road at the edge of the Salton Sea to take some photos of the shoreline. As I walked out toward the water, intrigued…

Gary CrabbeMarch 5, 2007

Animals California Environment Photos Sunset Water

Photo: A safe haven for the birds

Picture: Birds at sunset along the shore of the Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, near Brawley, California This is near the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Preserve at the southern end of the Salton Sea. Looks like there's a need for a little more help to protect all the pretty birds.

Gary CrabbeMarch 4, 2007

California Deserts Mountains National Parks Photos Sunrise Travel

Photo: The Desert Besieged at sunrise

Picture: Tourist information sign at sunrise from Keys View, Joshua Tree National Park, California This shot was taken last month on my first morning in Joshua Tree National Park. It was 11 degrees, the wind was blowing, my ski-liner gloves were missing two fingertips, and I'd had about 5 hours…

Gary CrabbeMarch 1, 2007

California Deserts National Parks People Photos Sports & Recreation Travel

Photo: Spiderman, Spiderman; Does whatever a spider can…

Picture: Ninja rock climber on granite, Joshua Tree National Park, California This is the photo I *was* going to post yesterday,Â before theÂ point whenÂ I realized my weblog was "gone down", "taking a nap", "momentarily offline", "on a break", "in seclusion", or any other manner of describing something currently unavailable. I like…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 27, 2007

California Deserts National Parks Photos Travel

Photo: Perfect Fit – Balanced between a rock and a hard place

Picture: Granite boulder balanced in wedge rock, Joshua Tree National Park, California This week IÂ finished imaging all of the shots from my trip to the Palm Springs region. You'll remember a couple posts back with the footsteps in the sand dune, I mentioned I was about half way done. Well,…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 24, 2007

California Mountains National Parks Photos Reflections Summer Travel Water

Photo: Mountain Sunset Reflection in Yosemite

Picture: Alpenglow at sunset on Mount Dana, reflected in alpine tarn at Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park, California It's going to be a number of months until this scene can be seen just like this. At just shy of 10,000 feet in elevation, Tioga Pass should be deep in snow,…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 20, 2007

California Deserts Mountains Photos Roads Sunrise Travel

Photo: The Long Road to Higher Education

Picture: School bus on road through the desert at sunrise, near Ocotillo Wells, San Diego County, California On my recent trip to Southern California last month, I had one of those moments of sheer clarity; a true, "Thank God" moment. It was about 6:03 AM on a Monday morning as…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 17, 2007

California Deserts Photos Sunrise Travel

Photo: Footprints on a sand dune

Picture: Footsteps along the ridge of a sand dune at sunrise, Algodones Dunes, Imperial Valley, near Brawley, California. I have that feeling again, as I sit here at my desk, neck deep in production. This is one of 300 images taken over a five day shoot around my attendence of…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 13, 2007

California Coast Photos Travel

New Photo of the Month; February 2007

Picture: Coastal rocks and fog along the bluffs at Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, Central Coast, California. We're having such a mild winter here in the Bay Area, that aside from the mild chill in the air, we could be considered "seasonless". One of the great things about the climate…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 3, 2007

California Deserts Photos Travel

“Say Hello to my Little Mule”

Picture: Toyota 4-Runner on the sand dunes at the Imperial Sand Dunes State Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area, near Brawley, Imperial County, California Who forgot the rake? One thing about taking pictures: Sometimes you see something after you took the photo that you wish you could have changed. Sometimes, maybe…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 18, 2007

California Deserts People Photos Travel

Is there a photographers conference nearby?

Photo: Self portrait at Font Point in Anza Borego State Park, near Borego Springs, California This was taken tonight. I am in Southern California for the North American Nature Photographers Assoc. Annual Conference in Palm Springs that starts tomorrow. Frankly, I'm not looking forward to leaving a place like this…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 16, 2007

Animals California National Parks Photos Winter

New Photo of the Month – January 2007

Well it happened today, I wrote 2006; ugh. At least now it's outta my system. Now for the first POM of 2007: Â Picture: Coyote in snow covered meadow in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. My 5 year old daughter chose this for her Christmas card to her Grandma. I…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 8, 2007

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