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Animals Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Bay Area California Spring

New Camera: First Snaps of Cows and the Green East Bay Hills

Sunset over rolling green hills and cattle in the Briones Valley, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California Purchase Prints or License Usage: ID# 220117ra_BA3-0310h. I Got a New Camera! Here are some of my First Snaps of Cows and Green East Bay Hills. There seems to be a popular…

Gary CrabbeMay 13, 2022

Bay Area California Spring

When Things Change in the Blink of an Eye

Photo: Green hills in spring, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaPurchase Prints or License Usage. Image ID# - 200420sa_BA3-0264 When Things Change in the Blink of an Eye... Well, here we remain: Stuck in a Pandemic-closed society. Here in California's Bay Area -- the first area in the nation…

Gary CrabbeMay 7, 2020

California Photos Seasons Spring Water

The Rivers be Raging

Picture: Water rushing over boulders in the Merced River (Detail), Yosemite National Park, California California's long, cold, wet season has finally given way to the heat that typically accompanies late Spring and the start of Summer. With the sun now beating down relentlessly on the Sierra snowpack, ranked between 150…

Gary CrabbeJune 19, 2011

California Digital Photo Business Photos Spring Sunset

Classic California Hills in Color

Picture: Sunset along the green hills of Bolinas Ridge in Spring, Mount Tamalpais State Park, Marin County, California Two things caused me to post this image today. First, I've been following a discussion about the 'history' of (over)saturated color landscape photography on David Leland Hyde's weblog. The second factor is…

Gary CrabbeMay 12, 2011

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

California Photos plants Spring Statues & Monuments Trees

The Right Light

Picture: Sunrise light on black, wrought-iron fence gate, Carneros region, Napa Valley, California In following with a discussion that was taking place on twitter, I responded with a quote: "A boring or ordinary subject in great light will always make a better photo than a great subject in boring or…

Gary CrabbeDecember 10, 2009

California Mountains Photos Spring

Photo: Rugged hills near Santa Barbara

Picture: Overlooking the rugged hills of the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California Now that I've uploaded images for my book project, I'm getting the chance to go back through some of the new material I created over this last year. One location that impressed me more than many…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 24, 2008

California flowers Photos Seasons Spring Travel

Photo: California Spring Wildflowers

Picture: Lupine and Owl's clover bloom in spring oak tree woodlands in the Los Padres National Forest, California This was how my most recent trip started. I want to thank my good friend Michael Routh for bringing me to this location. If you want to see this great display for…

Gary CrabbeApril 24, 2008

California Coast Mountains Photos Seasons Spring Travel

Photo: Spring on the Big Sur Coast

Picture: Lupines at sunset on green grass hilltop along the Big Sur Coast, Monterey County, California This beautiful image belies the economic troubles happening several thousand feet below. In relation to my last post, "The Price of Your Passions", this serene scene could be considered quite costly by some if…

Gary CrabbeApril 18, 2008

California Photos Spring Trees Uncategorized vineyards

It’s like a peep-show around here; San Luis Obispo

Picture: Oak trees in vineyard on a foggy spring morning, near Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California The sneak peeks at new galleries keep coming. This time I'd like to present San Luis Obispo County's Wine Country Region. This is more coverage that had stemmed from my shoots while…

Gary CrabbeNovember 25, 2007

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photos Spring Travel vineyards Weather

Photo & Keywords: Rainbow over vineyard

Picture: Rainbow during a spring rain storm over wine vineyard and oak tree, near Booneville, Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California For those of you familiar with the saying that rainbows herald the ending of a storm, this rainbow also signifies another type of closing. If you've been following this weblog,…

Gary CrabbeAugust 25, 2007

California Mountains National Parks Photos Spring Travel Water Weather

Photo: Light at the end of the Tunnel

Picture: Storm light on Bridalveil Fall, from Tunnel View, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California See a much larger version of this image. This photo was taken this last spring from the most famous, most photographed vantage point in Yosemite Valley, called Tunnel View. The title is meaningful for me,…

Gary CrabbeJune 11, 2007

California National Parks Outdoors Photos Spring Travel Trees Weather Winter

Photo: Snow on trees in Yosemite Valley

Picture: Fresh snow on oak trees in Yosemite Valley, following a spring storm, Yosemite National Park, California This weekend I spent our holiday working on a family project, namely our backyard. The weather here was warm and wonderful, with a cool evening breeze. Then today as I'm going through various…

Gary CrabbeMay 29, 2007

California Mountains Photos Spring Travel Water

Photo: Sunset at Fallen Leaf Lake

Picture: Sunset light on Angora Peaks above Fallen Leaf Lake, South Lake Tahoe Basin, California This was the scene last weekend, a short walk from our family campsite at Fallen Leaf Lake. I hadn't been to this campground in many years. The first time was spent camping with friends after…

Gary CrabbeMay 18, 2007

California National Parks Photos Spring Travel Trees

New Photo of the Month – May 2007

Picture: Sunlit pine trees in forest on a Spring morning, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Well, silly me... I'd been so focused on other projects, trips, family, I realized I hadn't updated my Photo of the Month for the last (gulp) two months. That's now changed and brought back…

Gary CrabbeMay 2, 2007

California Mountains National Parks Photos rocks Spring Travel Weather

Photo: Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

Picture: Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls in Spring, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Normally I like to have a reason for posting a particular image, or something fun or relevant about the image. But not this time... I will say that because of the spray coming off Lower Yosemite…

Gary CrabbeApril 19, 2007

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