No Hot Dogs
Sun Valley, Idaho
2017

Power Pole Abstract #2
Sun Valley, Idaho
2017

It’s just a coincidence that I took this photo a week before last summer’s total solar eclipse. Or perhaps I had photographing the eclipse on my mind already.

Power Pole Abstract #1
Sun Valley, Idaho
2017

Tall Palms
Exeter, California
2017

Many plants and animals exhibit unusual, sometimes striking characteristics–their own unique adaptions to their environment,  courtesy of the evolutionary process. Growing out in the middle of fruit orchards in the Central Valley, the height of these palms trees seems a needless but showy extravaganza.

Blue Ride
Exeter, California
2017

Palm Bark
Exeter, California
2017

Bulldog
Bozeman, Montana
2017

Flowerpot
Bozeman, Montana
2017

It’s been snowing for two days now. It is not that cold out though so the pristine look of new snow will not likely last long. This has been happening a lot in recent years so I’m trying to learn to get out and photograph it (as well as ski on it) quickly before it turns to mush.

Matters of Scale
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

I am continually fascinated by the similarity of the internal structure of tree leaves to the structure of the entire tree.

Caught in the Middle
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

“Caught between a rock and a . . . “, well, you know how that saying goes. I’d like to be able to come back in a couple thousand years to see how this giant sequoia fares in its upcoming battle for space with these two granite boulders. I’m betting on the rocks moving before the tree does.