Mountains

In and around the mountains of California, Utah and Arizona.

Down the Road
I find this scene rather symbolic of everything that is interesting and challenging about landscape photography.. constantly wondering what is down the road and around the bend. Often the answer is nothing... occasionally, it's something wonderful.
Down the Road
Temple of the Virgin
Dawn light catches the bright red-hued peaks at Temple of the Virgin in Zion National Park.
Temple the Virgin Zion Utah Dawn
Lone Pine Peak and Boulders
Granite boulders in the foreground frame Lone Pine Peak and Mt. Whitney in the Eastern Sierra on a winter morning.
Lone Pine Peak and Boulders
Morning Glow
Early morning sun on granite rocks in the Alabama Hills.
Morning Glow
Mt. Whitney-Winter
The peak of Mt. Whitney, captured on a cold winter day.
Mt.Whitney Winter
Cedars, Pines and Snow
Fresh snow on the cedars and pines of Mount San Jacinto.
Cedars Pines and Snow San Jacinto Winter Abstract California Mountains
Snow Drift
Fresh snow on the cedars and pines of Mount San Jacinto.
Snow Drift San Jacinto Winter Abstract California Mountains
Cold Blue
A manzanita bush toppled by heavy snow in the San Jacinto Mountains, creates an abstract composition.
Cold Blue
Frozen Pond and Cat Tails
Dry cat tails protruding from the ice of a frozen pond in the San Jacinto Mountains on a cold January morning.
Frozen Pond and Cat Tails
Sierra Twilight
Lone Pine Peak and Mt. Whitney in the pre-dawn twilight on a January morning, framed by one of the most interesting of the many unique granite formations in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine.
Sierra Twilight Lone Pine Eastern Sierra Mt. Whitney Sierra Mountains
Electric Yellow
A bolt of yellow sky illuminated at sunset and framed by granite boulders in the San Jacinto Mountains, near Idyllwild.
Electric Yellow
Sierra Winter's Morning
Passing clouds and fresh snow on the peaks of the eastern Sierra, captured in golden morning light.
Sierra Winter's Morning
Hole in the Wall
These beautifully textured granite rocks create endless interesting compositions in the Lone Pine area.
Hole the Wall
Alabama Hills Winter
A winter sky and the peaks of the eastern Sierra range framed by granite formations in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine.
Alabama Hills Winter
Big Sky, Owens Valley
A beautiful winter sky as seen over the Owens Valley, with the Sierra Range on the left and the White Mountains on the right.
Big Sky Owens Valley
Cold Light
Cold dawn light on some rock formations, looking toward the eastern edge of the Sierra Mountains.
Cold Light
Lone Pine Dawn
Dawn light graces the craggy heights of Lone Pine Peak.
Lone Pine Dawn
Cactus and Clouds
A tiny cactus clings to the hard, dry ground east of the Sierras.
Cactus and Clouds
Lone Pine Peak #2
Lone Pine Peak framed by huge granite boulders, just west of the town of Lone Pine. Mt. Whitney is at the far right, in the distance.
Lone Pine Peak
Looking Through
These beautifully textured granite rocks create endless interesting compositions in the Lone Pine area.
Looking Through
Eastern Sierra-Winter
The odd and interesting granite rocks of the Alabama Hills lit by soft winter light and the peaks of the eastern Sierras.
Eastern Sierra Winter
Dawn's Kiss
A viewer commented that these interesting granite rocks appeared as two figures kissing. Ever since, I can't see it any other way.
Dawn's Kiss
Horses and Winter Field, Eastern Sierra
I found these horses grazing contentedly in a field on a cold winter's day in the Eastern Sierra, while the stormy sky put on a constantly changing show of light and tone.
Horses and Winter Field California Sierras Mountains
Alien Landscape
Strange granite formations in the Alabama Hills look almost like another planet in spots.
Alien Landscape
Alabama Hills Twilight
Strangely textured granite formations under the pink and blue sky of a Sierra winter's dawn.
Alabama Hills Twilight
Mt. Whitney #2
The peak of Mt. Whitney, captured on a cold winter day.
Mt.Whitney
First Rays
Early morning sun on granite rocks in the Alabama Hills.
First Rays
Clearing Storm, San Jacinto Mountains
Sunlight reflects off the broken clouds and mist of a clearing storm, while the trees at 6000' are covered with fresh snow, right near where I live on Mt. San Jacinto.
Clearing Storm