2016 was the first year I witnessed fall colors in the Sierras (and actually the first year I saw real fall color at all). The feeling of walking through Aspen forests of pure yellow with leaves falling onto my head made me feel like I was in a fantasy movie. After sitting on most of my photos from the trip and not releasing anything, I thought I’d finally post this one after seeing Alex Noriega post a nearly identical composition of this same clump of trees that he shot in 2012. Didn’t mean to “comp-stomp,” but it is pretty cool to see that I had a similar vision to a photographer who inspires me :) His post processing of the scene definitely influenced what you see here. Can’t wait to get back up to these mountains and see how everything has changed this winter.

Bishop, CA.

REDS MEADOW RESORT. Documentary shot from a family hike to Rainbow Falls.

August 2017. Taken with a Fujifilm XPro2 and 23mm f1.4 lens in Classic Chrome with a custom color balance adjustment.

The high country on the eastern side of Yosemite National Park is just a part of me, one of my favorite places on Earth. I don't think I would ever tire of visiting there. This time around I hit it a few days after a very early October snowstorm closed a lot of trails - that was such a bummer, so I just grabbed a book, camera, and some pastries and did some stomping and relaxing - it was a great time and I can't wait to get back. I took these photos in October 2011.

Eastern Sierra above Bishop Creek,

Looking up from Sabrina Lake, elevation 9,128 ft. (2,782m),

Inyo Co., California

Rock Creek,

Mono Co., California

Inyo Co., CA

Color Infrared

Mt Whitney from Whitney Portal Rd. Thanks to Lenabem for her beautiful texture used here.

Here's a link to the texture used here, #86. www.flickr.com/photos/42396059@N07/5394383629/in/photostr...

Bishop, CA.

Eastern sierra fall colors

Along the Little Lakes Valley trail at an elevation of about 10,600' (3,230), with wildflowers in abundance, including shooting stars, buttercups, pennyroyal, larkspur, and columbine, as well as whitebark, foxtail, and lodgepole pines ... and of course rocks!

Here is another one.

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One of my favorite shots from my Summer 2017 visit to California. This abandoned house sits along Highway 395 near June Lake, in the Eastern Sierra. In the background are the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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Bodie Ghost Town

aka Whitney Portal Falls

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WILD. Wild flowers at Mono Lake. Remaining shots from my Mammoth Lakes trip that didn't quite fit into previous sets or I forgot to add.

August 2017. Taken with a Fujifilm XPro2 and 23mm f1.4 lens in Classic Chrome with a custom color balance adjustment.

Beyond the rocks in the foreground is a near vertical drop of over one thousand feet. I did not venture any closer than the spot where this picture was taken.