Sandia Mountains and Clouds, 2019
The road to the Sandia Tram winds up the Sandia Foothills outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Road to Sandia Tram and Storm Clouds (B&W Panorama #1), Cibola National Forest, NM (16″x68″)
Road to Sandia Tram and Storm Clouds (B&W Panorama #1), Cibola National Forest, NM (16″x53″)
Sandias and Winter Storm Clouds, 2019
A lone juniper stands on a grassy slope in front of the Sandia Mountains in the high desert outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Juniper, Storm Clouds, Sandia Mountains (B&W Panorama #6), Cibola National Forest, NM (16″x38″)
Winter Sunset and Cottonwoods
Last rays of sunlight poke through winter clouds over cottonwoods near the Rio Grande River outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winter Sunset, Clouds, and Cottonwoods, Albuquerque, NM (16″x44″)
Panoramas of Sandia Mountains and Winter Storm Clouds
A few black and white panoramas of winter storm clouds over the Sandia Mountains on New Year’s Eve, 2018.
Winter Storm Clouds and Snow over Sandias (B&W Panorama #4, NYE 2018), Cibola National Forest, NM (16″x35″)
Winter Storm Clouds and Snow over Sandias (B&W Panorama #1, NYE 2018), Cibola National Forest, NM (16″x63″)
Sandia Mountains and Winter Storm
Snow, clouds, and fog from a winter storm over the Sandia Mountains, taken from Forest Service Road 333.
Winter Storm Clouds over Sandias (Single Frame), Cibola National Forest, NM (12″x18″)
Sandia Mountains and Winter Clouds
After a winter storm dropped a few inches of snow on the Sandia foothills, I stopped along Forest Service Road 333 to photograph this panorama of the light from the setting sun on the clearing storm clouds and Sandia Mountains.
Sun and Clouds after Winter Storm, Cibola National Forest, NM (16″x46″)
Nepali Pine Forest at Sunrise
After coring lakes in the Himalayan foothills, we stayed at a town in the pines on a ridge top. I got up around sunrise and walked along the cliffside highway to take a few photographs of the light through the trees.
Sunrise through the Pines, far Western Nepal, (15″x48″)
Sandstone Bluffs and Clouds at Escalante
Here are a few panoramas of the striations in the sandstone plateaus and bluffs in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Striations and Sky, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (16″x48″)
Juniper Skeleton and Sandstone, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (16″x60″)
Texture and Space at Escalante, Part V
More from the Harris Wash and Zebra slot canyon area in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Knife of Light in Slot Canyon, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Receding Sandsone Pillars, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Wave of Sandstone and Clouds, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (16″x61″)
Texture and Space at Escalante, Part IV
Here are a few more landscapes and texture-focused, single-frame photographs from the Harris Wash and Zebra slot canyon area in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Blueberry Landscape, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Cracks in Striations, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Pockmark in Striations (1), Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Half Moon in Striations, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Texture and Space at Escalante, Part III
More of the texture and form series I am putting together from Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Crack and Lichen (1), Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Dripping Stone, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Pockmarked Rock and Lichen, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Texture and Space at Escalante, Part II
Here are a few more texture- and form-focused photographs of the sandstone walls at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Gravelly Undulations, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Sliver of Light, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Blueberries, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Texture and Space at Escalante
The eroded rock faces and dark slot canyons at Grand Staircase Escalante allowed me to focus in on the light, shadow, space, and texture of the rock and sky.
Looking out of the Orifice, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (16″x48″)
Eroded Divots in Sandstone, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
Seeping Stains, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT (12″x18″)
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