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A Winter's Day in the Backyard.
Natural History - Wildlife - Two mature bucks appear completely comfortable in a deep December snow. Taken in my back yard, Alta Sierra, CA.
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From Alta Sierra
In the Quiet of Winter
Backyard Series - Taken in Alta Sierra California during a December snowfall, a mature buck and a doe relax in an open patch of forest. While the buck rests, surrounded by several inches of accumulated snow, the doe alertly listens for any sound that pierces the solemn quiet.
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Winter Search
Natural History – Wildlife Folder:- A lone buck searches for a doe - seen in the distant trees - on the morning after a December snow. Available in Fine Art Backyard Series with both 'Summer Repose" and "A Winter's Day in the Backyard"
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Summer Repose - Grass Valley, CA
Backyard Series - Two does languish in a sea of delicious spring grasses. This scene represents the summer version of "Winter Search." The pair side-by-side tell silent stories from the lives of a local mule deer herd.
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From Landscapes
Morning mists on The Emigrant Gap
Landscape Folder - After a winter storm, fingers of mist linger among the California foothills leading to The Emigrant Gap - the pioneer gateway to the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Cruisin - Nevada State Highway 95
Nevada State Highway 95 north to Las Vegas. This two lane highway offers hundreds of miles of desolately beautiful desert landscapes.
Sandstone, Snow and Light - Nevada-California Boundary
Snow capped Boundary Peak , which literally marks the boundary between California and Nevada, frames these fascinating sandstone cliffs just outside Benton Hot Springs, CA on a lonely stretch of state highway 120 near Benton Crossing Road. Truly in the middle-of-nowhere with a stark beauty that captures that solitary spirit.
Streaming Light and Mountain Calm - Aeolain Butte, Lee Vining,CA
View of Aeolain Butte from west shore of Mono Lake.
Heavenly Rays - Bridgeport, CA
Bridgeport, CA is a beautiful small town between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and Nevada's Great Desert Basin. Here, the rays of the sun burst through the clouds to highlight the pastoral beauty of the middle ground community.
The Guardian - Lake Tahoe, CA
Natural History - Landscape Folder - Desolation Wilderness's Granite Lake lies in the foreground beneath this ancient Juniper while Lake Tahoe can be seen in the distance.
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From Landscapes
Photo samples from WIldlife Gallery
Salute to the Sun
Three turkey vultures warm and dry their wings in the morning sun.
From Front Yard Spring
Trio
Natural History – Wildlife Folder: - Three fawns, all still sporting their freshman spots, form groups that create collective comfort
From Wildlife
Tree Hobbits
A pair of raccoon kits seek to hide in an apple tree.
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From Wildlife
Late for the Meeting
Greeting Card Photo-Art: Robin Series - Robins gather at our front yard fountain seemingly intent on some mutual priority.
From Photo-Art
Time Out
Greeting Card Photo-Art: Slumbering squirrel nestles safely in the notch of a tree
From Photo-Art
Mourning Dove Camouflage
Photo-To-Art Series - a lone dove stands motionless for many minutes to defer interest from a neighboring cat. The 'Evolve Series' visually expresses the dove's effort in disappearing from a threat.
Petals & Wings
Greeting Card Photo-Art: A hummingbird lifts its wings to fly from resting beneath a front yard rose
From Photo-Art
Angled Rays of Sunlight Illuminate a Tournament Rose
Flora Folder - our many leveled garden creates fascinating sunlight that lands on roses in enlightening angles
Peace Rose After Morning Rain.
Natural History - Flora Folder: droplets from the morning rain adorn these Peace Rose petals like rounded diamonds playing with light.
Unfolding Rose of Peace
Natural History - Flora Folder: the elegant unfolding of the petals of a Peace rose.
Garden Lillies in Afternoon Light
Natural History - Flora Folder: every Easter we purchase lilies that we plant in our front yard and they florish in the Sierra foothills. The pungent droplets of liquid forming on the lilly's pistil proves a compelling attraction for bees and butterflies.
The Rocky Mountains from Ron's 'Window Seat View.'
Window Seat Folder - Above the Rocky Mountains near Denver, CO - This is one of many photos from Ron's 'Window Seat' gallery which reveal the Intriguing patterns the earth offers from 35,000 feet altitudes.
San Juan River Optical Illusion = relief inversion
WIndow Seat View - taken from 35,000 feet, reveals "relief inversion" where concave images look convex when the angles of the sun's shadows fool our senses making canyons look like mountains. For a better understanding of this process visit Nutopia's excellent video explanation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrC4vDcWmxk.
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From Ron's "Window Seat"
Above Nevada - mountain drainage patterns near Las Vegas NV
Ron's Window Seat reveals many beautiful natural patterns in the earth's three dimensional canvas and limitless color palete.
From Ron's "Window Seat"
Teed Off .
Commercial Photography Folder - Alta Sierra Country Club, 17th hole
From Golf & Country Clubs
Foursome on the 18th, Alta Sierra Country Club
Commercial Photography Folder - a closeup of the third photo in the Folder
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2nd hole, Alta Sierra Country Club
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Four on the Ninth
Commercial Folder - Country club - Alta Sierra Country Club
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