What a year! Covid-19 managed it to reduce the amount of taking new pictures to a few ones. I was only able to take some pictures on a short trip to Oregon and Washington in summer, to Sequoia NP in California and to add a few pictures in the Bay Area. San Francisco is always … More My best pictures of 2020
This visit was special for me. Just one week before the shelter-in-place restrictions became effective in Bay Area I made a day trip to this wonderful beach north of San Francisco. The tides were by +2.5 ft just before sunset and I was able to enjoy the beach just by myself! In times of increasing … More Bowling Ball Beach
This park is located about 7 miles south from Carmel on Highway 1 and extends about 4 miles right next to the highway along the coastline. Many people traveling on on the famous Hwy 1 just pass it while heading to more known areas like Big Sur area or Point Lobos. Such as me in … More Garrapata State Park
I still love to shoot pictures of San Francisco skyline in the winter season the most. The position of the sun while sunrise or sunset is the best from most of the usual places to go for that. This time I added some new pictures from Yerba Buena Island, Grizzly Peak Road and Mt. Tamalpais. … More San Francisco in winter season II
A place that I always passed on my way heading south towards Big Sur and others. I was always wondering why there were so many cars parking on the street at the entry. So I gave this park a couple of hours and its diversity surprised me a lot. You can explore the park in … More Point Lobos SNR
This year I was trying to photograph the Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park. Each year — if you’re lucky — for a few days in late February, the Horsetail Falls located on the eastern edge of famous El Capitan, look like floating lava in the last rays of sun. This occurs only, when three events come … More First time visiting Fire Falls
I think the best season for photographing the skyline of San Francisco is in the winter months. The sunset and the sunrise can be seen very close to the skyline of the inner city from the most common viewpoints such as Marin Headlands or Yerba Buena Island. Another big advantage in comparison especially to the … More San Francisco in winter season
Bellingham. Located between Vancouver and Seattle. Sometimes you don’t expect anything. Due to rainy weather conditions I was staying one night in Bellingham and read in the internet they have this small waterfall park. So I gave it a try and I was really surprised about its beautiful bridge across this lovely waterfall. From the … More Whatcom Falls Park
A day trip along Yosemite Glacier Point Road. After a long summer with usually hazy air conditions mostly because of smoke from wildfires I had a day of clear air conditions and used it for a day trip. The hike to Taft Point on that road is worth a short 2.4 mile round trip hike … More Yosemite Glacier Point Road
Very complicated conditions on this short trip from 08/20 – 08/24/2018. Everywhere in and around Seattle was heavy smoke because the wildfires. This smoke was everywhere the next days, even in North Oregon. With just 3 days of photography the only possibility was to shoot waterfalls and mystique coastline under cloudy skies. But northwest USA … More Oregon/Washington 2018
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