https://kovasi.photo/gallery daily 0.75 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1677530598731-O234TB9OXCEAPJD60IKH/DSC_0610+airglow+tdn+%2B0+%2B1+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Nocturne of the Oaks Intense airglow adorns the sky during a one-night break between winter storms. Having hiked into this location, usually accessible by road, I dropped my pack and scouted around for a shot. I've always liked this lone stand of oaks, and though they were illuminated by overzealous outdoor lighting, they still stood as a dark contrast against the vibrantly lit thermosphere. This fantastical snowy hillside was captured in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1677530598731-O234TB9OXCEAPJD60IKH/DSC_0610+airglow+tdn+%2B0+%2B1+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Nocturne of the Oaks Intense airglow adorns the sky during a one-night break between winter storms. Having hiked into this location, usually accessible by road, I dropped my pack and scouted around for a shot. I've always liked this lone stand of oaks, and though they were illuminated by overzealous outdoor lighting, they still stood as a dark contrast against the vibrantly lit thermosphere. This fantastical snowy hillside was captured in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1631342838571-4H7KYCG06414NZHCFOAA/image-asset.jpeg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Enchanted Forest Peering through a wooded window into the fantasy realm beyond. As I was setting up for this shot, expecting nothing special, the fog suddenly descended shrouding the hillside in a misty cloak. These spectacular lupines were captured in the coastal hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923451414-ZV6RPP3TF1RKZ6ADJGR0/DSC_4560+%2B0+1+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+1+ved1+%2B0-Edit-2+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Eluvial Lantern The setting sun casts a cloak of shadow across the barren wastes of Canyonlands National Park. Far below, the Green River slowly erodes millions of years of accumulated sediment, carving the desert into new patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1596268257695-GM87XNHBSWB4IKQTDW27/image-asset.jpeg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Rainbow Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1555827503262-C4J8JS25QFX7P3YIQ54Y/DSC_7663+1+Panorama+manual+corrections+and+blend+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Amaranthine Road When I set out, I had been seeking a wider composition with the Milky Way higher in the sky. While killing time I found that the galactic core lined up perfectly with this stretch of road. Serendipitous discoveries like this keep photography both exciting and rewarding. This photogenic stretch of road is located in Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923455363-L76RPGR1B5U8EH8LXM20/DSC_5329+1+Composite+Pano+foggy+transmerc3+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Mesa Arch Oculus (untitled) A well-known feature in the Utah desert, presented in a new light: starlight. The famous Mesa Arch competes with the Milky Way Canyonlands National Park. While most go here for sunrise, I spent my time enjoying some of the darkest skies around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018525984-I3BQ1SE20OONIEQ89NUP/DSC_3242+manual+blend_tonemapped-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Viridian Lookingglass I found this lake by looking at satellite imagery, and was intrigued by the small island. It's well off-trail in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in central Oregon. Getting this shot involved hiking a mile back and forth through dense forest in pitch black. As luck would have it the great conditions held out and there was no wind, giving me perfect reflections of the stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475153359-D174C20IAGM63J1G8E6N/DSC_7958+1+blended+%2B0+hdr+de+hdr+avg+1+color+edit+1+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Windows to Time Our galaxy bears witness as time first buries then reveals our landscape. I captured this wondrous sky on a short foray into Utah between art shows in Arizona. Snow had fallen the week before, leaving traces of white scattered throughout the towering columns of clay. Though no more was coming down, it was still in the high teens when I captured this image, and I spent the better part of the night stomping back and forth trying to keep warm. These unmistakable red hoodoos are found in Bryce Canyon National Park. This is the highest 'step' in the Grand Staircase, an expose of geological time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018473923-AL5P2NK699BN0DJL0TNR/DSC_0290+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+tc_hdr+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Secret Sunset A hidden treasure on the Oregon coast: Secret Beach. This unmarked location features a number of small islands and a beach punctuated by basalt outcroppings. The fog was rolling in as the sun went down but, just before the finale, a path cleared through the mist and illuminated the beach one last time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018469995-YQZ183YEHQOWGZQTY7RL/TOTR+and+Times+Square+Composite+crop+18k+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - NewYorkLand This is one of the most technically challenging images I've created. This is a composite of nearly 300 photos from Times Square and the top of a nearby building in downtown Manhattan. Painstakingly aligned and projected to create a seemless image that presents the city as its own little planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018469381-ODSE95PPS24385ABTDYY/DSC_0232+%2B4_fused+nat_fused+nat_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Daybreak in Swan Valley While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018474627-VHYRXL28DYMYJWQ88ISW/DSC_0272+%2B4_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Sagebrush Sunrise While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018477004-DSQ7O6MA43F3KBWDMHCI/DSC_0454+1+%2B0_hdr+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+lp1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Unknown Shores Obscured by darkness, the rugged Oregon coast hosts the Milky Way. This magical scene was as fleeting as it was stunning. Starting with a fully fogged in sunset the air cleared just as the last of the light faded, leaving just enough to catch the red glow of the fading light. Within minutes of finishing a panorama, the fog rolled back in, thick, shrouding the sky. I wound up with a shot during each of these phases, creating an interesting series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018480870-NJKW5AJRQFAJXZ80326Z/DSC_0606+redo+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Redwood Creek Hiking earlier in the day I had scouted this location. Then, as the light faded in the foggy twilight of a coastal sunset, I ran back out the trail to do some long exposures of the creek. This babbling brook is located in Limekiln State Park in Big Sur California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018488543-YQ2ICFUKW8Q1ZZMP2WUP/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+little+planet+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Duality Light and dark, Earth and sky, finite and infinite; dualities duel in this image of our planet floating in space. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1555934249818-NGVFSYFONDXYJX5AH2RD/TOTR+and+Times+Square+Composite+crop+18k+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - NewYorkLand This is one of the most technically challenging images I've created. This is a composite of nearly 300 photos from Times Square and the top of a nearby building in downtown Manhattan. Painstakingly aligned and projected to create a seemless image that presents the city as its own little planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018496940-KKPN990OVFCG9UF3H0Y8/DSC_1763+redo+10-23-17+edit+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Frozen in Retreat These natural wonders are disappearing fast. Jokulsarlon lagoon in the south of Iceland has quadrupled in size since the 1970s, due to glacial retreat caused by rising temperatures. The drifting chunks of ice provide a spectacularly unique backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018489775-KTCHHH5MY5VS0SMI5XR8/DSC_0782+4_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+de_fused+avg1_fused+avg+stereo10000+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Venice Abstract Getting weird in Venice Italy. This is the Campo Sant'Anzolo, one of many piazze found in this wonderful city. Shockingly deserted after midnight, I had the streets to myself as I took in the nighttime air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018493743-VO3LFQ9IED0AW2VGCL75/DSC_0796+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+lp1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Roadside Aurora Unable to drive while distracted by the ghostly whisps of the northern lights, we pulled our rented Fiat Panda over on a deserted stretch of road west of Reykjavík Iceland. The in car thermometer read -12C! Fighting to retain control over numb fingers, I shot this 360* panorama and then jumped back in the car and cranked the heater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018466014-V3KDTBX9FLHH33MW3TX9/DSC_0128+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+Panorama+planet+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Crystal Ball Our Earth sits majestically on a pedestal of trees in this sunrise capture from Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018623387-38C56AMSX4SCIOQZ5HYZ/DSC_9689+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Lambent Damnation These beautiful rays were imbued with a rufescent glow by the myriad of fires burning in California and Oregon. This majestic redwood forest lies along the Damnation Creek trail in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018499792-1OQMH7Y0P1YHJOLCTV23/DSC_2356+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+nat+1_fused+avg+2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - La Cova Mallorquina It took a bit of hiking and a bit of scrambling to get to the cave floor. Then a traverse along a ledge over the water. I’m surprised I didn’t lose the camera on this one; scaling the wall of the cave --hanging over the Mediterranean Sea-- to capture this view. This cathedral-like cave is located on the island of Mallorca off the coast of Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018502076-XRPDOD26WIPY178U1TXX/DSC_2395+1_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1+Panorama+lp3+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Hedgehog This picturesque lake is located in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in central Oregon. To find this unnamed vernal pool, you'll have to hike nearly 10 miles, ending up well off-trail. This was the first panorama I shot, as I discovered it right at sunset, with perfect light. A truely magical sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018501311-GE4QGT0X1XDNEFHOGYY3/DSC_2456+1_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+bw+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Shell Rock Chiaroscuro I had been watching the clouds drift around this rocky face all day. Then suddenly the light broke through and illuminated just a bit of the mountain. It only lasted a few moments, and the play of light was gone. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018509944-M9YYPLBFKG76K0BUDXIH/DSC_2579+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Deep in Fern Canyon Deep in Fern Canyon the iconic high fern-covered walls eventually become more shallow, and yield to more greenery. This is one of those places, of which there are many, where you can only get past (without getting your shoes wet) if you’re tricky. The ferns hanging from every surface make it a spectacular place to enjoy and photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018511510-98UB63I94087KSSSHB89/DSC_2660+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+Panorama+stereo+up+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Look Up Too often when hiking we forget to look around, spending the whole excursion staring at the ground and sweating. This image was captured deep in Fern Canyon, although this is not the usual picture of the steep walls of fern from which it derives its name. This verdant canopy is located in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1589137845094-GA8SY6QBAL5HHBRKR06Q/DSC_3065+-2_tonemapped+tc2_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+edit+lp1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Waterfall World This impressive network of falls looks fine during the day, but in the dark with long exposures it gives it a much softer feel. I had to sneak back into the park at night, climbing through a cave on the way, to get this shot. Though it may not look it, the myriad falls produced an impressive din. I am used to near-silence when shooting nightscapes, so it was quite disconcerting as I wouldn't have been able to hear anyone, or an animal, approaching. These artful wooden walkways snake their way through several miles of trail, and past hundreds of waterfalls, at Plitvice National Park in Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018518194-M9MGA6ZQR3Y1AG1TEO5O/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+lp1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Planet of the Ferns Ferns reaching out in all directions. This is a projection of a 360* panorama taken in a small tributary on the edge of Fern Canyon, part of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018524539-FS7AIKX1EQKCE85ICTQH/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Fern Grotto Looking through a window in the mossy slope, inwards to the majestic Fern Canyon. This rivulet is part of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018530875-2M2OS9Y5YG5DX5OTUYI9/DSC_3308+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+merc2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Crystalline Floe Delicately balanced on ice, trying to spread my weight so as not to break though, I gingerly prepare to shoot a 360* panorama on a partially frozen river... It is hard to tell the scale in this image, so for reference: some of those icicles are close to 15 feet long! With some of the best hexogonally faulted basalt to be found, Svartifoss was my favorite waterfall in southern Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018522665-U645QA83I9SFUBX4LYBD/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Fern Grotto #2 Surrounded by moss, ferns, slugs, growth, and decay. This encapsulates life in Fern Canyon, part of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1586139983020-0RUDWE17HBAOGMBGQ09Z/DSC_3421+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+de1_fused+avg+edit+sat+1+planet+1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Planetary Guardian A lone oak stands guard over the Earth in this scene captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1586140009316-W9AX8O3QNMNHL6LQR2VA/DSC_3421+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+de1_fused+avg+edit+sat+1+stereo+3+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Galactic Guardian This oak stands at the ready under the vast arch of the Milky Way. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018541768-QE3N4PJHRUVHSZ6YPE3A/DSC_3906+-2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Mountain Boardwalk We came across this stunning vista while backpacking on the Berg Lake Trail. The snow-capped mountain in the background is the majestic Mt. Robson. This was the only part of the trail with a boardwalk, sitting by itself several miles in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018543925-E0H0T4QDMBROECE857YJ/DSC_4836+1_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Mirror Mirror While driving the ring road in Iceland we found this perfect mirror on the Holtsós lagoon. I'm glad I ran down to the waters edge and started shooting quickly, as this fleeting visage only lasted a few minutes before the wind picked up and the mirror was gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018552916-56WKA6HB0ADIXOEJLBSE/DSC_5743+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+qtvr+Panorama+sky+planet-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Camping in the Sky Surrounded by mountains, a lake, mid-sunset. What better place to set up camp? Captured in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018545912-22SA0VMTPYW3L3EF6G3E/DSC_5280+sphere+%2B2+15k_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+manual+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Camping Planet Spending leisure time wisely while on a rock floating through space. Captured in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018547919-JXWA4WSC0UWS55JL7WC7/DSC_5530+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Golden Prague Overlooking the center of the city from the castle battlements. Prague is a beautful city in Czechia, and one of my favorite European cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018555466-DF8IUXHJ12CQD0N0UOS4/DSC_6066+redo+4_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Rocky Moonrays Beautiful moonrays shine over the Jumbo Rocks area of Joshua Tree National Park in this shot captured at the perfect coincidence of sunset and moonrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018560661-MH900MEGDY2NWS6WUSDX/DSC_6262+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Petrichor These epic sunrays were our reward after a morning of hiking off trail, in the rain, on a gnarly slope, through dense 10' high brush. There had been thick fog and drizzle for hours when the clouds finally parted, and the sun made it's way out from behind the mist. This trail is located in the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018564296-GT80CR18EQN5R4DJNWNQ/DSC_6770+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Harvest's End Though the harvest may be over the colors still on display, both on the ground and in the sky. This picturesque vineyard is in Napa County in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018566550-AJW9DRVH7OE5MLHZYHWY/DSC_6992+%2B0+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+stereo+10000+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Astral Vineyard This vineyard in Napa California tries in vain to absorb light from the stars. Unfortunately, light pollution is rampant near cities, to the degree that the stars themselves are nearly obscured from view behind a luminous veil of our own creation. Turn off the lights! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018495991-EET1LXEPM0IZYV52D1XQ/DSC_1763+redo+10-23-17+edit+1+oculus1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Polar Whorl Ice and stone meet at the edge of the water in this 360* panorama taken at the popular Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018574422-TG5RDSND6ZP1AHL6EHZ0/DSC_7066+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+oculus3+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Granite Frame A monolith surrounded by yet more stone. Yosemite's Half Dome takes center stage in this 'oculus' view of the famous landmark. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018571525-LT76PHSNXDN6L3X4ZYEA/DSC_7066+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - The Deep End The Diving Board is a spectacular prominence in Yosemite National Park. Perched precariously at the top of a cliff, it's quite a feat to reach this point! It's well off the beaten path and well worth the hike; one of the few places at this overcrowded national park where you can still find solitude. It also rewards the adventurous with an amazing view of Half Dome, as immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018575616-U9YY58607EB0A9BH6NGT/DSC_7148+edit+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+footprints1+oculus2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Snowed In While it probably wasn't the safest place to be the view was excellent! This was taken on a day trip from Salzburg Austria into Berchtesgaden. You have to take a boat to get to the trailhead, and the ice had only just melted enough to get that far. Most of the hike was fine, but towards the end it was on snow and ice. By the time I reached the point where this photo was taken I was sinking up to my waist. I hadn't planned on a snow hike, so was just wearing light boots and regular pants... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018582739-9O9NLKDZ27QTOSAOEBA5/DSC_7203+1+Panorama+%2B1_tonemapped+tc_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+lp2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Stars and Stones A sight to behold: Half Dome under the stars. The light pollution from California's central valley attenuates the stars only slightly, and adds a colorful haze on the horizon. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018579256-S8HFOJ3S96AU10JP6WZ4/DSC_7233+manual+blend+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Monolith Ablaze Half Dome basks under the the radiative glow of the fiery belt of our galaxy. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018596705-STASCCIF5M9F8GNQFTZY/DSC_7453+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+Panorama+oculus1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Violet Green Lupines surroud you as the world slowly fades away into Humboldt fog. This was captured during a particularly gloomy sunset in the hills of Redwood National Park in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1586139512436-QPD1SJ0C02206GALEEAP/DSC_7663+1+Panorama+manual+corrections+and+blend+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Amaranthine Road When I set out, I had been seeking a wider composition with the Milky Way higher in the sky. While killing time I found that the galactic core lined up perfectly with this stretch of road. Serendipitous discoveries like this keep photography both exciting and rewarding. This photogenic stretch of road is located in Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018603467-7Y64TOG8QXA5MQOSQSRQ/DSC_7761+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Cascade of Colors A double rainbow rides the mist at the bottom of Yosemite's Vernal Falls. Hidden here in the trees you can stay dry, but go just a bit further down the Mist Trail and you'll be soaked by the spray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018602222-1XQ1TE0CJM8PGKS20EGL/DSC_8186+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo10000+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Eagle Tree This wolf tree presides over the night, surrounded by the Milky Way. This was captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018610532-ASXTR8E9QM2TBTQ5NKKE/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Eruption The stars pour forth from Twin Rocks, a local landmark in Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312245939-B45ZJZH2IQ29UK6DJ4LZ/DSC_8530+1_hdr+de_hdr+avg+manual+blend+1+lp1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Sorcerer's Stone A magical device found amongst the rocks and pools of Moonstone Beach in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312245640-83FKP9TXEL13IPP9TG36/DSC_8530+1_hdr+de_hdr+avg+manual+blend+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Moonstone Arch The winter Milky Way displaying its full splendor over Moonstone Beach in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018610347-4IXBR3EK9MCHORE2JIZW/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo4+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Emerald Skies The most technically complex picture I'd taken up to this point. This magnificent scene required a star-tracker to shoot 90-second exposures without star trails. The Milky Way arches across the sky above Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018616466-3S30E2KRWQIXERM8TOVW/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+transequirect+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Oaken Ascension The Milky Way streams out of a large oak tree in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018615394-XDAHIVLYQTALMXXKLWB2/DSC_9145+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+lp10000+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Riomaggiore Incandescente Riomaggiore is beautiful during the day, but it really shines at night! After shooting sunset, I waited through the blue hour to capture the city at its most luminous. This is one of five small towns in Cinque Terre Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018621390-61LG2VJUGLTM4XJLMPJS/DSC_9613+blend+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+lp1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Chiocciola This is not a drone shot. Standing atop the spiral staircase at the top of Castello Doria, the whole town of Vernazza can be seen. One of the five 'lands' that make up Cinque Terre in northern Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1556018620269-BFZG4QGZU5QSNK8O79YZ/DSC_9528+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Porto di Vernazza Cinque Terre Italy is a coastal community of five small towns connected by rail, as well as a hiking trail. We started hiking at the northernmost town and wound up here in Vernazza by lunchtime. This is the view from the trail, overlooking the harbour, before before it changes from dirt to cobblestone and stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312139531-51ZJ7KYDSY4SF03XBYW3/DSC_7494+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+stereo1zoom+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Blazing Rays Some of the finest crepuscular rays I've ever seen! The last of the clearing cloud cover left a slight haze above the mountaintops giving just the right conditions for a spectacular show. These sunbeams were captured in Berchtesgaden Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312213418-B3FPC901B35G6DM1R19J/DSC_2789+%2B1.66+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+nat_fused+avg+qtvr+edit+1+milky+rainbow+1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Milky Marsset Mars sets on the eastern horizon as the Milky Way arcs across the sky in this shot from the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312214638-3CYI5Z6OPKLTYW1P2AFG/DSC_6476+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+mercator+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Les Vignes Surrounded by rolling hills of grapes in all directions. Finding the perfect location for this shot took many hours of research, catching the last rays of the sun took patience. In order to get this perspective I had to duct tape my tripod to the trellis and use a remote to actuate the camera. This shot was captured in Napa County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312219017-IEPGY2NV9FOUHVW595RA/DSC_0802+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fusedAnd2more_tonemapped+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - A Littering of Lilies These water-lilies almost look alien (or possibly like a pac-man convention) floating in the reflective black of this one of 10,000 lakes. The epic clouds --so common in Minnesota-- bring a sense of foreboding to the shot. I couldn’t locate a collective noun for lilies so I suggest everyone start using this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312221847-HTMP717RAU90ZGMUK48S/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo+planet+2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Galactic Emissions This prominent oak tree stands on a hillside in the hills of Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312223013-0OYWESS9HIGMWYKP4GGW/DSC_7725+1+Panorama+manual+blend+1+Panorama+merc1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Amethyst Skies Matching magentas with the stars above, this field of lupines holds its own. Each year, around May, the Bald Hills area of Redwood National Park in California explodes with vibrant colors as the flowers spring to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312226278-U9QQL8YNLCLDFDMRLM5O/DSC_5081_2_3_fusedAnd2more_fused+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Malign Faucet This waterfall was just one of many in the incredible Malign Canyon near Jasper in Alberta Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312226354-3IU6T7MCT6F7EVIWQNR2/DSC_8010+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Ft. Bragg Sunset This beautiful walking path traverses the cliff's edge as it meanders past the many coves and beaches of Fort Bragg in coastal Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312232775-H7AJYZA5CUV9673AFTAW/DSC_0842_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Growth A maple in the redwoods. Captured in the Owen R. Cheatham grove in the inland forests of Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312234351-0BJN2YDAHQQLYYXPHEBM/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+trans+merc+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Galactic Fireworks A wintertime image of the Milky Way complimented by the appearance of the comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312235940-FCYH4C7KW29DUGRUM0F9/DSC_0657+dark_light_mid_tonemapped+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Arcata Bottoms I was hiking in the Ma-le’l dunes and on the way back to the car I decided to run to the top of one of the easternmost dunes. I was rewarded with this fantastic view of the Arcata Bottoms with ominous clouds overhead preparing, in typical north coast fashion, to rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312237512-PBT1Z7YG2SRVVH73L28N/DSC_0774+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+1920-2.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Cats and Dogs A lone wolf tree watches over its territory. The tracks of a usurper, a mountain lion, lead off into the distance. This snowy hillside was captured in the inland hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312241837-QTMUHUQNDAX4EMJE9Z2U/DSC_8732+1_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Il Pescatore A lone fisherman prepares his bait as he readys himself for some night fishing. This was captured in Riomaggiore Italy, one of the 'five lands' of Cinque Terre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312144639-XR54CFICSGIEUARRI9HT/DSC_1563+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+blend+1+stereo+20000+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Teton Spectacular It's hard to know what to expect from the sky. Standing in the cold, listening to a nocturne of coyote calls, I was surprised to find the aurora glowing red on the northern horizon! The Milky Way rises over the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312142977-ZG8EJV9JCC1GT1C78BIW/DSC_8051+%2B0+Panorama+merc+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Starlit Cove Nature's decorations; captured on Christmas Eve in Fort Bragg California, this image shows the Milky Way erupting from the Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312147430-FZVSHLV5D6Q0D8J6WF0R/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Stellar Field Each night the stars are taken out to pasture. This sky was captured in the coastal hills of Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312146940-7YD9F3OR392YDRJUSFZB/DSC_8367+1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Valdemossa on Fire Right place, right time, wrong reason. While catching a bus back to Palma from the picturesque village of Valldemossa our bus engine ignited the insulation around it and filled the cabin with smoke. After some fast thinking from the driver we were back on the road half an hour later, richer for having witnessed the sunset from this perspective where there is nomally no place to stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312151101-7LFJXP3ZF2DQD07PJ4FZ/DSC_3734+1+Panorama+%2B2_tonemapped+avg+edit+1+oculus+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Thorny Skies Shot while watching the Perseid meteor shower, this panorama managed only to catch a few. Instead, starthistle dominates the eastern (upper) horizon of this shot captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312151639-C3YZS53MRVVJ0JO19BXU/DSC_7499+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+qtvr+Panorama+planet+smaller+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Oaken Arms There were wildfires around Northern California this summer sending their smoke to Mendocino County. Though generally a nuisance, the smoke makes for some epic sunbeams! These stretched from one horizon to the other. In order to adequately capture the scene, I had to set my tripod up in a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312157154-2V06MY4UXARJOAECALT6/DSC_0366+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg1+1+Panorama+stereo+down+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Rollie Pollie Hill A verdant pasture of goldenfields highlights this image taken in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312155815-QVOLNGH6DNTKPVM998FT/DSC_5397+%2B0_%2B2_-2CompressorAnd2moreNatural_fused_fused+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Spyrock Sunset, Fall I'll never get over this view. The inland hills of Northern California are some of the most beautiful in the world. Here, we display our fall colors in the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312159270-9VONHR21R2BIJMDT4SYE/DSC_4683+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+nat_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Spyrock Sunset, Spring The spring always brings, along with its verdant greenery, a number of rainstorms to fuel its renewal. These storms provide ample oportunity for epic sunsets from my backyard in the hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312162752-P9BJKJC2N691R6EJN4A8/DSC_5669+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Shrouded Tarn It seemed like a good idea to hike back on the far side of the lake, making our journey into a loop. It was not; there is no trail and the rocks and low brush which we had seen from afar turned out to be massive boulders and 6-ft high deer brush. Then, halfway through the scratch and scramble a surprise storm came over the mountains and started dumping rain, making our progress that much more slippery and exhausting. The moral of this story is that when it’s pouring rain you should always get your camera out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312162831-9UL6AXBF0MTAJDFNH3DL/DSC_2236+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Milky Forest Warp The forest envelopes the sky as the moon hides in the shadow of the Earth. I woke up at 4am for this shot, but with good reason. This early April morning was a full eclipse of the moon. Knowing that the coast would likely be fogged in at this time of the morning, I headed inland and up into the hills. After driving a ways out a dirt mountain road I found a likely looking spot, hopped a fence, ran through dew-covered grass, and then stood in the same place for half an hour. Although I did shoot some telephoto shots of the moon being eclipsed, the star of the show was the temporarily revealed Milky Way arching across the sky. Fortunately I started this panorama from the top down, because by the time I finished shooting the ground, clouds had rolled in and covered the whole sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312168162-KENZIYGCTSCYREA8L9KH/DSC_9610+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Reclamation The floor has sprouted a carpet of moss, matching greens with the outside forest as this abandoned building melts back into the earth near Stone Lagoon in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312167537-E2XMOQFBC72QUA5XELN3/DSC_3591+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fused+avgAnd3more_tonemapped+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Robson River Rapids We went on a three-day backpacking trip in early October in the mountains northwest of Jasper. Although it was freezing cold the scenery was well worth the hike! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312173687-3IDGK8LVCR7LSX2HMG5S/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo2+1920-2.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Cosmic Spray The stars pour forth from Twin Rocks, a local landmark in Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312172712-RH6W6HDXXDGQIQA1WI0W/DSC_5372+1-19-15+redo+16x9+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Orick Bridge Sunset If you don't look at just the right second you'll whiz past this gorgeous vista. This spectacular valley is found along the winding Redwood Highway, just north of Orick in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557312237471-7PAB24EU9QCJTLXNXV4S/DSC_6759+%2B2_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg1-Edit-Edit+Panorama+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Vibrant Heavens Bands of atmospheric airglow combined with some hydrogen-alpha emisions from deep space objects combine to create a wondrous view. This beautiful spectacle was captured over the inland hills of Mendocino County in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557366529255-FWE6NX5Y5TXH6KDVO1OL/DSC_0774+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Winter Wolf This lone pine has stood the test of time. Captured just before sunrise, it presides over a snowy meadow in this winter scene from Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606480581231-WZRXDTDJQR8QVHNLYVKB/DSC_6759+%2B2_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg1-Edit-Edit+Panorama+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Vibrant Heavens Bands of atmospheric airglow combined with some hydrogen-alpha emisions from deep space objects combine to create a wondrous view. This beautiful spectacle was captured over the inland hills of Mendocino County in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557913698918-W2CS9RYLPLZW8EF75H59/DSC_4302+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Middle Falls Though just one of the many beautiful cataracts along the Canyon Creek Trail, Middle Falls would be a destination in its own right. This scene was captured in the Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557913698510-06M6S3P57QT02OM6ZWTE/DSC_5071+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Stony Skies Still water offers a new perspective on the world, you just have to turn your head upside down. This mountainous scene was captured at Upper Canyon Creek Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284405826-HR8M19ALRFZ6B2XOS1YA/DSC_0872+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Prismatic Haze One of the most spectacular features at Yellowstone National Park, this spring is one of many hundreds of similar thermal pools. What makes the Grand Prismatic Spring stand out is its vibrant array of colors. The steam coming off the top of the pool catches some of the color from the pool below and seems to hold a rainbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284406275-R6F1BOCI8AD6CM46W86N/DSC_1190+1+Panorama+edit+%2B1_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+blend+1+merc10000+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Grand Prism When I left my camp site the skies were completely clear. Just over an hour later I had arrived and was nearly finished setting up to shoot. I had scouted the location earlier in the day and knew the galactic core was aligned near perfectly with Grand Prismatic Spring. As I took my first few images, I noticed some clouds rolling in fast. Working fast (no such thing with long exposures), I started shooting my panorama. Within minutes, nearly the whole sky was blotted out. I decided to shoot a few really long exposures for star trails, and after a white noted that the clouds were thinning a bit. I shot a second panorama of the sky, hoping that between the two, I could get a clean shot of the sky. Many, many, hours of selective masking later, I achieved just that. This magical scene was captured at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284411567-MZEDB70BEM1NJFD8C6YT/DSC_1758+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Cascade Creek This beautiful creek flows towards Grand Teton, to join with another before emptying into Jenny Lake. Having only set aside enough time for a day hike, this was as deep into the mountains as I made it. Having stopped for lunch a little below this spot, I could see that the trees opened up to meadow just a bit farther ahead. Instead of eating, I ran for it, crashing through the brush and hiking up the hillside to find a composition looking back at the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284412442-XHJGWAAKG1VVHM4M9V2W/DSC_2395+1_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1+Panorama+merc1-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Blueberry Lake A beautiful vernal pool, surrounded with big, delicious huckleberries. I had spotted what looked like a small lake with an island on satellite imagery, and knew that I had to check it out. Upon arrival, many miles on trail, and a mile or so off-trail, this is the scene I was greeted by. The timing could not have been better. After capturing this, and several other images, I proceeded to scout for a night time shot, while eating as many huckleberries as I could. This picturesque scene is found deep in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284418638-EOP04GI7B7HQC1S9YSRA/DSC_2531+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+stereo3+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Crown of Thorns This shot took both sweat and blood to produce. Suffering a leg full of thorns on the way, I was extra careful while setting up this panorama under a large cholla cactus. This spiney desert dweller was found in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284416428-WCXRM5CHUCMKAODS5QUM/DSC_3065+-2_tonemapped+tc2_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+edit+stereo1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Waterfall Walkway This impressive network of falls looks fine during the day, but in the dark with long exposures it gives it a much softer feel. I had to sneak back into the park at night, climbing through a cave on the way, to get this shot. Though it may not look it, the myriad falls produced an impressive din. I am used to near-silence when shooting nightscapes, so it was quite disconcerting as I wouldn't have been able to hear anyone, or an animal, approaching. These artful wooden walkways snake their way through several miles of trail, and past hundreds of waterfalls, at Plitvice National Park in Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284419643-GT07XUHF99252Z177SNK/DSC_3941+%2B2+1_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Scorpius Rising The impressive Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex ornaments the head of the constellation Scorpius, leading its ascention into the night sky. This old wolf tree is located in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284422835-Y1PBQBQTKQZ2O3DXZ7WR/DSC_4608+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Thor's Anvil Iceland's many landscapes are on display as you drive the ring road, perpetually bathed in amazing light, as the sun remains low on the horizon for most of the day. This lone mesa is just one of many geological wonders you'll encounter along the southern coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284424623-T9UPD8TJ4M09VRHP5I2L/DSC_4663+1+Panorama+edit+with+me+%2B0_hdr+avg+1+Panorama+stereo3+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Night Watchman Peering into the night between long exposures, searching for mythical beasts in the sky. Headlamp on, of course, only for dramatic effect. This whimsical self portrait was captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284423977-N4WOSDLLW69C6L6R0COW/DSC_4771+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Perspective The island of Vestmannaeyjar can be seen in the distance. behind the Holtsós lagoon in southern Iceland. I'm glad I ran down to the waters edge and started shooting quickly, as this fleeting visage only lasted a few minutes before the wind picked up and the mirror was gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284429543-HUFKDQ258TW18KBIEN2A/DSC_4837+dark+%2B0+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Dark Tentacles Silhoutted oak branches reach menacingly for the stars. I had wanted a shot like this for a while, and spent a lot of time scouting for the right location. These malign trees were found in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284431604-TZVLD8ADMDTI22H3B0DU/DSC_4837+dark+%2B0+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920-2.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Dark Tentacles (crop) Silhoutted oak branches reach menacingly for the stars. I had wanted a shot like this for a while, and spent a lot of time scouting for the right location. These malign trees were found in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284433760-KJXXMLCJLZ6U1IBXQJ5W/DSC_4842_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Line of Reflection While driving the ring road in Iceland we found this perfect mirror on the Holtsós lagoon. I'm glad I ran down to the waters edge and started shooting quickly, as this fleeting visage only lasted a few minutes before the wind picked up and the mirror was gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284434946-6H75NH25A69WTCTM8Y5N/DSC_7203+manual+blend+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+oculus2-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Under the Dome A more interesting projection, just one of many, from the Diving Board. The iconic Half Dome is inverted in this shot looking down the valley. This vantage point, albeit in a more traditional composition, was made famous by Ansel Adams' photograph "Monolith". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284438023-WX0X4XILDIOI3X2I29UP/DSC_7322+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Lady of the Morning Having spend a cold night sleeping rough on the edge of a cliff, I awoke to the sound of a helicopter buzzing around the valley. With little chance of returning to sleep, I figured the next best thing was to capture sunrise from this unique vantage point. Though the sun itself rises behind Half Dome the shadows that it casts on the granite faces make faces of their own. This was taken from the Diving Board in Yosemite National Park in California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284439626-3ZHN1Z0DPPU3E0HNGPHZ/DSC_7725+1+Panorama+manual+blend+1_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+stereo2+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Amethyst Arc Matching magentas with the stars above, this field of lupines holds its own. Each year, around May, the Bald Hills area of Redwood National Park in California explodes with vibrant colors as the flowers spring to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284441486-WNJ20CHUIWUXS4A5J4WA/DSC_7806+little+planet+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Sea Cliff Planet (untitled) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284441121-1NYNLT7H1CIVXL8MBAWT/DSC_7911+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Weitchpec Morning Fog (untitled) Having pursued a failed idea for sunrise, I was out in the hills early. I decided to keep driving and see what I could find. Decending into the valley, I found it full of fog and just starting to thin enough to be pierced by the first rays as they crept over the mountain. This luminous morning was captured in the inland hills of Humboldt County in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284446068-IAHZS2NTRTU3MKNZU4ZC/DSC_8194+-2_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Hideout Rumor has it that this rock shelter was once used by the bandit Black Bart, prior to holding up a stagecoach. Situated on a tributary to the Sacramento River in Northerh California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284445897-GXEUB8TCVMWZIGDL0KPA/DSC_8277+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+Panorama+rect1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Burney Falls (untitled) Once dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world" by Theodore Roosevelt, who may or may not have been on the campaign trail, Burney Falls are impressive! I had, of course, forgotten to bring my tripod head, and had to shoot this 360° panorama without it. I was able to get out on a rock, without getting wet or dropping my camera in the water, and capture the requisite 30 images to finish the pano before carefully making my way back to the shore. This cascade is found in Shasta County in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284448774-9N39OSMF295VGTEWSAJL/DSC_8626+4_hdr+de_hdr+avg+manual+blend+1+Panorama+waterbear+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Ursa Maris Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) pales in comparison with this pareidolic bear. There are a myriad of interesting things visible in the sky on a winter's night, but perhaps most notable this evening was the comet 46P/Wirtanen, dubbed the "Christmas Comet". It glows a pale blue-green, and could be seen dimly with the naked eye. These tidepools adorn the rocks at Moonstone beach in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284448572-WKYHNB6OMY0YF3OOOAMH/DSC_8766+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Fisherman's Delight A fisherman stands triumphantly on his boat as he returns to harbor. This was a case of right place right time, having been sitting on the jetty killing time until the city lights came on. This was captured in Riomaggiore, part of Cinque Terre region in Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284454409-49T24JRF209MC9RGBJV7/DSC_8869+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo3+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Riomaggiore Sunset Planet (untitled) The clouds parted on the horizon creating a hole centered on the setting sun. What a lucky break! The rays illuminate the village of Riomaggiore, one of the five towns in Cinque Terre, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284453675-LN18PFN5PZOI5VJEDQ7Z/DSC_9203+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Rockshower I generally like sweeping panoramas, but this scene demanded a closeup. This is the bottom of one of the spectacular cascades at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon. Cutting through the trees, the light fell in patches around the base of the falls, illuminating it in spectacular fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284458817-XV3VQOUCWCCDEOQBWKKL/DSC_9218+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Verdant Window Oregon is loaded with waterfalls, but perhaps the highest density are located at Silver Falls State Park. This panorama was shot looking out from a large grotto hollowed out underneath the falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284458560-J6NEFIGW4MYO6YD1B9P5/DSC_9800+1_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Children of Giants This redwood remnant sprouts the next generation; clonal saplings that will one day, with any luck, reach their ancestral height. This verdant forest scene was captured in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284463516-LV9YQXCLUWL3OTS06NOU/DSC_9950+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Terrazze e Trenini The only city of the five in Cinque Terre to reside on a hill, Corniglia still fits the mold in other ways. Its vibrantly colored buildings interlock, covering a mountain top surrounded by terraced vineyards. A system of tiny grape trains (trenino) criss cross the hillside, making the harvest that much easier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284459771-OKPJH0RIZZEUGRO92F4G/ghost+ship+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Ghost Ship A foggy evening on the Oregon coast. These islands were quickly fading into the mist, during the blue hour following the sunset. This was captured along the Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Parkway in southern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284464310-AC02GE5W80I7QY0PR7NI/DSC_0259+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Idaho Idyll While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284467828-NIWGNX73Z7J5UHF9RCDO/DSC_0282+1_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+tc_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Snake River Sunrise While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475156856-6DZVDM40EU8Q4FJP2SMM/DSC_8224+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+edit+1+Panorama+oculus1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Emerald Window The most technically complex picture I'd taken up to this point. This magnificent scene required the use of a piece of specialized equiptment called a star-tracker to shoot 90-second exposures without star trails. The Milky Way arches across the sky above Mendocino County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284467450-RIRSV9L8T8PL9M124HEW/DSC_0454+1+%2B0_hdr+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+transmerc1+1920.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Underwater Aliens This magical scene was as fleeting as it was stunning. Starting with a fully fogged in sunset the air cleared just as the last of the light faded, leaving just enough to catch the red glow of the fading light. Within minutes of finishing a panorama, the fog rolled back in, thick, shrouding the sky. I wound up with a shot during each of these phases, creating an interesting series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475226403-34545PFG02KFICNNQH0N/DSC_4846+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+1+Panorama+stereo2+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - SkekBad's Land A malevolent creature watches over the badlands. Captured in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin wilderness in New Mexico. When I took this image the tempurature was well below freezing and this location is several miles into the wilderness, with no trails. Hiking through the badlands in the pitch black is not an experience I will soon forget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1565284469563-QI1EFNDTWQG27UIWWRRS/DSC_0454+1+%2B0_hdr+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+transmerc1+1920-2.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Underwater Aliens (crop) This magical scene was as fleeting as it was stunning. Starting with a fully fogged in sunset the air cleared just as the last of the light faded, leaving just enough to catch the red glow of the fading light. Within minutes of finishing a panorama, the fog rolled back in, thick, shrouding the sky. The sky wasn't the only thing interesting though. While the panorama was shooting I was laying on the rocks watching the stars, I noticed a slight glow coming from under the water! Not wanting to disrupt the panorama (in case the fog came back), I had to just wait until the pano was finished to see what, if anything, the camera had captured. It was in there! Though the lights had started closer to shore, they had progressively moved out to sea, and by the time the camera was pointed in their direction, they were pretty far out. This mystical scene was shot on the southern Oregon coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475170442-5UVPS4D7KWMEACAVYYAK/DSC_9108+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+hdr+avg+hdr+avg1+1+Panorama+lp1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Chaos Orb A dazzling display of stars shines through thin cloud cover to illuminate Mt Lassen. The volcanic giant is flanked on its left side by a series of lava domes known as Chaos Crags, and reflected in the waters of a lake formed by a violent rockslide caused by the collapse of one of the domes. This geologic wonderland is located in the northeast corner of California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475160651-QH6S4CX8ROX8AT9SXY7E/blood+moon+collage+sharpened+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Tetrad of Blood This series of images was captured during the course of a full lunar eclipse. The coloration is caused by the same phenomenon that causes the sunset to appear red. Sunlight passes through Earth's atmosphere where the blue light is striped away, leaving only the diffuse red light to bathe the moon in an eerie glow. This one of four 'blood moon' eclipses which occured in a series known as a tetrad, was observed from Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475166393-L92SFUT21E34ZQZD2T0J/DSC_0414+%2B2_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+Panorama+rect1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Winter's Crown A magnificent lunar corona over a snowy hillside. This phenomenon is caused by moonlight diffracting through an otherwise invisible haze of tiny ice crystals. This image involved an all-nighter wearing snowshoes in the inland hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475171063-W5UETSY944ST3P06RWM7/DSC_0485+%2B0-Edit+1+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Pirate's Cove Dark and foreboding by starlight, this cove regains its scenic beauty in the light of day. This is one of three very different images taken in succession during the ebb and flow of the coastal fog along the southern Oregon coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475178287-7UFTQ79LUNOCYUSQEZ6P/DSC_0659+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+Panorama+stereo3h+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Midnight Hot Springs A beautiful creek winds idly through the desert, interupted by volcanic influence. Steam rises from twin fumaroles under the core of the Milky Way. On the left, you can see three planets aligned: Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. On the right, green atmospheric airglow can be seen. The orange light on the horizon is mostly distant light pollution, and behind the hill on the right the remnants of the setting moon. This image was captured in a brief window between moonset and sunrise in the eastern Sierras of central California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475178247-7PAFJQEG724WQHWRW3CO/DSC_1197+%2B0+hdr+de+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+1-giga+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - From the Top From the cascade of Skogafoss sprouts the arc of a seemingly permanent rainbow. What a reward for the hike to the top! This is one of many roadside attractions along the southern coast of Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475188137-TDD13VSPBMMAUU1OMGIG/DSC_1444+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Teton Milky Rainbow (untitled) From the valley east of the Tetons, a single pine protrudes from the sagebrush. The majestic Grand Teton and its sister peaks grace the horizon, dwarfed by the arc of the Milky Way above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475184733-GQIAC2S5Y702NJ1TXU7K/DSC_2133+edit+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Kneeland Sunrise (untitled) Having not slept, and spent the entire night taking image after image of the comet NEOWISE, I was exhausted and ready to go home. I was just about to start packing up when I realized that I'd be a fool not to stick around just one more hour to catch the sun rising over the bank of fog that had rolled in over night. This magnificent scene full of cows and fog was captured in the hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475194171-4WKYF4YBVH65GSN4AP9J/DSC_2505+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Ice Cave (untitled) This ice cave is yet another example of something extraordinary which is merely ordinary on the island of ice and fire: Iceland. These tunnels reside under the leading edge of glaciers, and are carved by meltwater escaping through cracks in the ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475198032-E76Y365Q0QRESI1UZK8F/DSC_2941+s++-4+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Ions and Dust A visitor from deep space putting on a show. In July of 2020 the comet NEOWISE passed the perigee of its orbit (point closest to the sun) and developed a stunning double tail. The thin blue line is known as an ion tail, while the wider white tail is composed of ice and dust. I spent several all-night imaging sessions to capture this comet. Well worth the effort, as this chunk of ice and rock won't be passing our way again for thousands of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475202442-QA7JUZRMY9K45JN76CFT/DSC_3027+1+Panorama+transmerc1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Rainbow Road (alternate version) A host of deep space oddities adorn the sky but the great comet of 2020, NEOWISE, takes center stage. Surrounded by the Milky Way, flanked on the left by Jupiter and Saturn and on the right by the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies. This artfully winding road and wonderfully dark sky are located in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475206821-NUAXX2R847R75ZHVKNRW/DSC_3732+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+1+stereo1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Dreadnought (wide crop) Deep in the Superstitions, Battleship Mountain floats on a rocky berth ready to face any foe. Even here the Milky Way is partly obscured by light pollution from the nearby city of Phoenix. Our influence, unintentionally, reaches further than we might imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475211250-PV6UTYV1XR7JH9LV9N1X/DSC_3732+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+1+stereo1+2500-2.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Dreadnought Deep in the Superstitions, Battleship Mountain floats on a rocky berth ready to face any foe. Even here the Milky Way is partly obscured by light pollution from the nearby city of Phoenix. Our influence, unintentionally, reaches further than we might imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475212217-I3EZRJCN68XM7O0OHHT4/DSC_3831+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+transmerc1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Fire and Ice A black sand beach studded with diamonds of ice. Fragments of a glacier make their way out to sea and drift back to shore. Illuminated by Iceland's perpetually setting sun, this uniquely beautiful display will not last forever. The glacier from which these "bergy bits" were berthed is rapidly retreating due to a warming climate, abruptly starting around the industrial revolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475219772-BLFYUGGXVGNR0S5CC8S8/DSC_4126+%2B0+manual+edit+1+stereo2+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Fire on the Mountain Many of the nebulae which punctuate our Milky Way galaxy shine brightly in infrared. Though these emissions are not visible to the naked eye, to a camera sensitive to those wavelengths they glow a fantastic magenta. These cosmic colors stand in stark contrast to the green springtime hillsides of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475219609-UWLIRNCHX9JPCJF0N46N/DSC_4126+%2B0+manual+edit+1+stereo3-Edit-hpr-dn-sh+manual+blend+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Valley of Jupiter One of my favorite deep space gems, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, rests at the end of a dark finger of intergallactic dust. On the other side of the dust trail, near the core of the Milky Way, the planet Jupiter glows brightly surrounded by a rainbow corona. Though I've many times seen coronae around the sun or moon, this is the first time I've seen it around a planet. The colorful ring is caused by fine ice particles in the atmosphere. This springtime scene was captured in the inland hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475224425-B4SIHKKF51V9PKVTEJRG/DSC_4473+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+composite+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Great American Eclipse Dubbed the "Great American Eclipse", on August 21 2017, a total solar eclipse passed across nearly the entire United States. This composite image was captured near Mt Jefferson in central Oregon. The main image was captured during totality, and the sequence of solar images were shot with a telephoto lens from sunrise through the duration of the eclipse. Each image appears at the location in the sky where that stage of the eclipse occured, but the center of the sequence has been enlarged for dramatic effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475234185-9X8DY5YZQW655Q1S608P/DSC_4965+1+meteor+composite+hdr+blend+lp2+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Cosmic Fireworks The Perseid meteor shower is reliably one of the best of the year. I decided to dedicate quite a bit of time to documenting the shower this times around. This composite image was made from the meteors captured in over 2000 images of the sky taken over the course of 3 nights. This stunning display was witnessed in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475236478-1ZOC4PP1GB5CKUKPIQRB/DSC_4965+1+meteor+composite+hdr+blend+stereo4+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Barrage of Color The Perseid meteor shower is reliably one of the best of the year. I decided to dedicate quite a bit of time to documenting the shower this times around. This composite image was made from the meteors captured in over 2000 images of the sky taken over the course of 3 nights. This stunning display was witnessed in Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475621548-7RTW14ME06DNXEQNGCOL/DSC_6172+1_hdr+nat_hdr+avg+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Tranquility Falls Just another stunning waterfall-filled gorge in Oregon. Typically, long exposures are created with the use of a filter to block light. However, having hiked into this location without bringing one, I decided to try another technique. I simulated the effect of a long exposure by taking nearly 100 photos and stacking them to smooth the flowing water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475239157-XMAW51HY55C8DV04Z0LE/DSC_6790+1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Corona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606475247610-FA8QBKGOZLM8OHXJ2TFA/DSC_7958+1+blended+%2B0+hdr+de+hdr+avg+1+color+edit+1+Panorama+lp2+fish+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Rockfish Bryce Canyon's ancient residents are alive and well in this rather abstract view of the national park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923447353-YS8JJV670ARZTKES1ZYJ/DSC_3242+manual+blend+%2B1_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1+1+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Teeth of the Night I found this lake by looking at satellite imagery, and was intrigued by the small island. It's well off-trail in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in central Oregon. Getting this shot involved hiking a mile back and forth through dense forest in pitch black. As luck would have it the great conditions held out and there was no wind, giving me perfect reflections of the stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923457353-PU46G9L2NPTLQXT1OPN9/DSC_6167+%2B0+hdr+avg1+manual+blend+tsh+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Glowing Rhododendron (untitled) Just before sundown, a ray of light pierced the canopy to illuminate the ancient trunk of an old-growth redwood. As the light faded and the bird-song dwindled the forest darkened, and I was left alone to hike back in the dark. This scene was captured in Redwood State and National Parks in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923460443-1G0UVKCI7THVP49A7UKO/DSC_7692+1+Panorama+1-2_hdr+tc_fused+avg+1+stereo1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Infrared Lupines (untitled) A carpet of lupines covers the hillside, while the arch of the Milky Way crosses the sky. This image was captured in the infrared spectrum, in the hills of Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923464259-N6LBCSL8GJEVYDZ2FT6L/DSC_8607+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Moonstone Reflecting Pool (untitled) A moonstone rises from a glistening pool of water; as the tide receeds, these gems are left scattered on the beach. Perhaps my favorite part of this image is the distorted reflection where the trickle of water coming into the pool disrupts the perfect mirror. This image was captured on the coast of Humboldt County California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671925385769-78C5078KAXN1L6APAZPT/DSC_6281+1+Panorama+%2B0+1-Edit-Edit+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Last Light The moment before sundown, a ray of light pierced the canopy to illuminate an old-growth redwood. This scene was captured in Redwood State and National Parks in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923465047-KH8FY6U2JAIJFDKXIOQU/DSC_8971+0+hdr+avg+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Bouquet These hills are always magical, but this spring was extraordinary. The lupines exploded to life, covering the hills in a blanket of purple. As soon as you near the area, through closed car windows, you can already catch the scent of the flowers. Standing in these fields at night, surrounded by darkness and the lupines sweet fragrance is something quite special. This incredible smell was captured in the hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671923468945-EGRMTPDF7DRLGZA7C1T9/DSC_9065+3+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+hdr+avg1-dn-icc+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Twin Rocks Blood Moon (untitled) A total lunar eclipse illuminates the landscape in an eerie light. This image was captured in the inland hills of Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1759087780155-08EOFBER5N01C3WHNMVI/DSC_9806+%2B2+1+hdr+de+hdr+avg+hdr+avg1-Edit-Edit+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - Psychedelic Symphony When I heard there was a chance of a strong aurora and immediately decided to make a journey. I knew I needed to find an epic location, and the farther north I went the better it would be. After a seven-hour drive I finally reached the rim of Crater Lake. With excitement building, I strapped on my snowshoes and trekked several miles through the snow to find the perfect spot. As night fell, the largest geomagnetic storm in twenty years lit the sky with vibrant greens, purples, and reds. The still surface of the lake mirrored the stunning aurora, creating an awe-inspiring double display. From sunset until four in the morning, I stared at the sky in awe, and pressed the shutter button as fast as I could. Spending that night alone, on the edge of a cliff, witnessing such a unique display of our planet's magnetic forces, made all my efforts completely worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1759087780439-MQTM9RNSGDJQ9V1TUEQG/DSC_0185+stereo1+2500.jpg Gallery of Fine Art Prints - The Wizard Will See You Now Above the serene expanse of the lake the sky corruscated with bands of light. The colors shifted fluidly—deep magenta and fiery red, fading swiftly through high-voltage violet to vibrant greens and calming blues. As the violent electric breath of the sun flowed through the atmosphere it wove shimmering tapestries that were mirrored perfectly in the glassy waters surrounding Wizard Island. From the rim of the crater nearly the entire surface of the lake was in view and it glowed, almost as bright as the sky, with auroral reflections. The still water also displayed the pinpoint lights of the stars, prominent among them Cassiopeia’s upside down throne below the island. The edge of the cliff was obscured by snow, twisted into bizarre shapes by the wind, and painted in vivid hues by the dueling pink and green emissions. I kept a respectful distance from the edge, wary of the deceptive stability of the cornices. 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It's well off-trail in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in central Oregon. Getting this shot involved hiking a mile back and forth through dense forest in pitch black. 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Having hiked into this location, usually accessible by road, I dropped my pack and scouted around for a shot. I've always liked this lone stand of oaks, and though they were illuminated by overzealous outdoor lighting, they still stood as a dark contrast against the vibrantly lit thermosphere. This fantastical snowy hillside was captured in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/twin-rocks-blood-moon-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671874693736-D57V2L629ZCR8NVJ3PEK/DSC_9065+3+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+hdr+avg1-dn-icc+2500.jpg gallery - Twin Rocks Blood Moon (untitled) https://kovasi.photo/store/teeth-of-the-night monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671874815442-YF1VSMP83RUZZS6LLZZJ/DSC_3242+manual+blend+%2B1_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1+1+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - Teeth of the Night https://kovasi.photo/store/moonstone-reflecting-pool-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671874794940-QHTVYDDQA2FI4NZQS71U/DSC_8607+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+2500.jpg gallery - Moonstone Reflecting Pool (untitled) https://kovasi.photo/store/mesa-arch-oculus-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671873934109-DAFYOBJR7P6G4JFD3HOU/DSC_5329+1+Composite+Pano+foggy+transmerc3+2500.jpg gallery - Mesa Arch Oculus (untitled) https://kovasi.photo/store/infrared-lupines-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671874783365-OSIRI0IVG4JN0EV9IT3W/DSC_7692+1+Panorama+1-2_hdr+tc_fused+avg+1+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - Infrared Lupines (untitled) https://kovasi.photo/store/glowing-rhododendron-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671873918198-J2KFXYIRZL18DJ1P6WQQ/DSC_6167+%2B0+hdr+avg1+manual+blend+tsh+2500.jpg gallery - Glowing Rhododendron (untitled) https://kovasi.photo/store/eluvial-lantern monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671873914694-CVZHYB6OBDP3CZ3L72TU/DSC_4560+%2B0+1+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+1+ved1+%2B0-Edit-2+2500.jpg gallery - Eluvial Lantern - Eluvial Lantern The setting sun casts a cloak of shadow across the barren wastes of Canyonlands National Park. Far below, the Green River slowly erodes millions of years of accumulated sediment, carving the desert into new patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671873914162-T3UD4NBFHH0BMH28BNC9/DSC_4560+%2B0+1+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+1+ved1+%2B0-Edit-2+2500-2.jpg gallery - Eluvial Lantern - Eluvial Lantern The setting sun casts a cloak of shadow across the barren wastes of Canyonlands National Park. Far below, the Green River slowly erodes millions of years of accumulated sediment, carving the desert into new patterns. https://kovasi.photo/store/dreadnought-wide-crop monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671874771489-LN710AB9KS2083J8TBWC/DSC_3732+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+1+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - Dreadnought (wide crop) - Dreadnought (wide crop) Deep in the Superstitions, Battleship Mountain floats on a rocky berth ready to face any foe. Even here the Milky Way is partly obscured by light pollution from the nearby city of Phoenix. Our influence, unintentionally, reaches further than we might imagine. https://kovasi.photo/store/bouquet monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1671873885256-FH5QBQT2JPKUSVUUDYYX/DSC_8971+0+hdr+avg+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+2500.jpg gallery - Bouquet https://kovasi.photo/store/last-light monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1657262877276-XADF1KP4G185E72PC6RS/DSC_6281+1+Panorama+%2B0+1-Edit-Edit+2500.jpg gallery - Last Light https://kovasi.photo/store/enchanted-forest monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1631343214968-17UIOTMBRR5U696YO1W7/DSC_8938+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+hdr+avg2-Edit-pre-orton+12in+%2821-05-07%29+1920px.jpg gallery - Enchanted Forest https://kovasi.photo/store/the-wizard-will-see-you-now monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/3ec8734b-b42f-4286-a698-e0c2654c428a/DSC_0185+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - The Wizard Will See You Now - DSC_0185 stereo1 2500.jpg https://kovasi.photo/store/chaos-orb monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477386686-WVQ1LX57JARB0CP4GEV0/DSC_9108+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+hdr+avg+hdr+avg1+1+Panorama+lp1+2500.jpg gallery - Chaos Orb - Chaos Orb (Copy) A dazzling display of stars shines through thin cloud cover to illuminate Mt Lassen. The volcanic giant is flanked on its left side by a series of lava domes known as Chaos Crags, and reflected in the waters of a lake formed by a violent rockslide caused by the collapse of one of the domes. This geologic wonderland is located in the northeast corner of California. https://kovasi.photo/store/kneeland-sunrise-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477630870-3H24TCXF156ES19IVZNZ/DSC_2133+edit+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+2500.jpg gallery - Kneeland Sunrise (untitled) - Kneeland Sunrise (untitled) Having not slept, and spent the entire night taking image after image of the comet NEOWISE, I was exhausted and ready to go home. I was just about to start packing up when I realized that I'd be a fool not to stick around just one more hour to catch the sun rising over the bank of fog that had rolled in over night. This magnificent scene full of cows and fog was captured in the hills of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/pirates-cove monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477615388-H2MNMNX4TX42D2HQYTZC/DSC_0485+%2B0-Edit+1+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - Pirate's Cove - Pirate's Cove Dark and foreboding by starlight, this cove regains its scenic beauty in the light of day. This is one of three very different images taken in succession during the ebb and flow of the coastal fog along the southern Oregon coastline. https://kovasi.photo/store/fire-on-the-mountain monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477581847-GJIFXIXU3HR77WAECDMI/DSC_4126+%2B0+manual+edit+1+stereo2+2500.jpg gallery - Fire on the Mountain - Fire on the Mountain Many of the nebulae which punctuate our Milky Way galaxy shine brightly in infrared. Though these emissions are not visible to the naked eye, to a camera sensitive to those wavelengths they glow a fantastic magenta. These cosmic colors stand in stark contrast to the green springtime hillsides of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/valley-of-jupiter monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477562782-2XR826WT5EL3TJXAFV6F/DSC_4126+%2B0+manual+edit+1+stereo3-Edit-hpr-dn-sh+manual+blend+2500.jpg gallery - Valley of Jupiter - Valley of Jupiter One of my favorite deep space gems, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, rests at the end of a dark finger of intergallactic dust. On the other side of the dust trail, near the core of the Milky Way, the planet Jupiter glows brightly surrounded by a rainbow corona. Though I've many times seen coronae around the sun or moon, this is the first time I've seen it around a planet. The colorful ring is caused by fine ice particles in the atmosphere. This springtime scene was captured in the inland hills of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/dreadnought monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477544890-06H7YDWLVX77A9C1PYL0/DSC_3732+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+nat+1+stereo1+2500-2.jpg gallery - Dreadnought - Dreadnought Deep in the Superstitions, Battleship Mountain floats on a rocky berth ready to face any foe. Even here the Milky Way is partly obscured by light pollution from the nearby city of Phoenix. Our influence, unintentionally, reaches further than we might imagine. https://kovasi.photo/store/teton-milky-rainbow-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477533644-V2AVCHHIP7PYJSE171JJ/DSC_1444+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo+2500.jpg gallery - Teton Milky Rainbow (untitled) - Teton Milky Rainbow (untitled) From the valley east of the Tetons, a single pine protrudes from the sagebrush. The majestic Grand Teton and its sister peaks grace the horizon, dwarfed by the arc of the Milky Way above. https://kovasi.photo/store/tetrad-of-blood monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477519733-00HITO876TOM1L1Y0RQL/blood+moon+collage+sharpened+2500.jpg gallery - Tetrad of Blood - Tetrad of Blood This series of images was captured during the course of a full lunar eclipse. The coloration is caused by the same phenomenon that causes the sunset to appear red. Sunlight passes through Earth's atmosphere where the blue light is striped away, leaving only the diffuse red light to bathe the moon in an eerie glow. This one of four 'blood moon' eclipses which occured in a series known as a tetrad, was observed from Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/fire-and-ice monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477441578-3I3FJ9BGGA3DKUVDDVRY/DSC_3831+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+transmerc1+2500.jpg gallery - Fire and Ice - Fire and Ice A black sand beach studded with diamonds of ice. Fragments of a glacier make their way out to sea and drift back to shore. Illuminated by Iceland's perpetually setting sun, this uniquely beautiful display will not last forever. The glacier from which these "bergy bits" were berthed is rapidly retreating due to a warming climate, abruptly starting around the industrial revolution. https://kovasi.photo/store/from-the-top monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477434768-AHRNTXAIY6ZIFN9HOLAP/DSC_1197+%2B0+hdr+de+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+1-giga+2500.jpg gallery - From the Top - From the Top From the cascade of Skogafoss sprouts the arc of a seemingly permanent rainbow. What a reward for the hike to the top! This is one of many roadside attractions along the southern coast of Iceland. https://kovasi.photo/store/ice-cave-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477425758-3TUG9JFX8C6D0L9U1Q80/DSC_2505+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+avg-Edit+2500.jpg gallery - Ice Cave (untitled) - Ice Cave (untitled) This ice cave is yet another example of something extraordinary which is merely ordinary on the island of ice and fire: Iceland. These tunnels reside under the leading edge of glaciers, and are carved by meltwater escaping through cracks in the ice. https://kovasi.photo/store/winters-crown monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477417597-W82N24WXYMHQY3BBCCGL/DSC_0414+%2B2_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+Panorama+rect1+2500.jpg gallery - Winter's Crown - Winter's Crown A magnificent lunar corona over a snowy hillside. This phenomenon is caused by moonlight diffracting through an otherwise invisible haze of tiny ice crystals. This image involved an all-nighter wearing snowshoes in the inland hills of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/midnight-hot-springs monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477413620-OZDNLC5P5G6LSC89PYNF/DSC_0659+-2+hdr+tc+hdr+tc+Panorama+stereo3h+2500.jpg gallery - Midnight Hot Springs - Midnight Hot Springs A beautiful creek winds idly through the desert, interupted by volcanic influence. Steam rises from twin fumaroles under the core of the Milky Way. On the left, you can see three planets aligned: Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. On the right, green atmospheric airglow can be seen. The orange light on the horizon is mostly distant light pollution, and behind the hill on the right the remnants of the setting moon. This image was captured in a brief window between moonset and sunrise in the eastern Sierras of central California. https://kovasi.photo/store/ions-and-dust monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477406049-Z2RZF8MVJ8LJFHW6G1C9/DSC_2941+s++-4+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+2500.jpg gallery - Ions and Dust - Ions and Dust A visitor from deep space putting on a show. In July of 2020 the comet NEOWISE passed the perigee of its orbit (point closest to the sun) and developed a stunning double tail. The thin blue line is known as an ion tail, while the wider white tail is composed of ice and dust. I spent several all-night imaging sessions to capture this comet. Well worth the effort, as this chunk of ice and rock won't be passing our way again for thousands of years. https://kovasi.photo/store/cosmic-fireworks monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477398044-6RZLN8L4UDVX3R7DAU16/DSC_4965+1+meteor+composite+hdr+blend+lp2+2500.jpg gallery - Cosmic Fireworks - Cosmic Fireworks The Perseid meteor shower is reliably one of the best of the year. I decided to dedicate quite a bit of time to documenting the shower this times around. This composite image was made from the meteors captured in over 2000 images of the sky taken over the course of 3 nights. This stunning display was witnessed in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/barrage-of-color monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477392348-QIPYFCDS9RXSJ0TX8578/DSC_4965+1+meteor+composite+hdr+blend+stereo4+2500.jpg gallery - Barrage of Color - Barrage of Color The Perseid meteor shower is reliably one of the best of the year. I decided to dedicate quite a bit of time to documenting the shower this times around. This composite image was made from the meteors captured in over 2000 images of the sky taken over the course of 3 nights. This stunning display was witnessed in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/great-american-eclipse monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477272411-0QQNGLHOW015FAXYESZE/DSC_4473+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+composite+2500.jpg gallery - Great American Eclipse - Great American Eclipse Dubbed the "Great American Eclipse", on August 21 2017, a total solar eclipse passed across nearly the entire United States. This composite image was captured near Mt Jefferson in central Oregon. The main image was captured during totality, and the sequence of solar images were shot with a telephoto lens from sunrise through the duration of the eclipse. Each image appears at the location in the sky where that stage of the eclipse occured, but the center of the sequence has been enlarged for dramatic effect. https://kovasi.photo/store/emerald-window monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477266027-D1I6XNF0S67QBK6H708R/DSC_8224+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+edit+1+Panorama+oculus1+2500.jpg gallery - Emerald Window - Emerald Window The most technically complex picture I'd taken up to this point. This magnificent scene required the use of a piece of specialized equiptment called a star-tracker to shoot 90-second exposures without star trails. The Milky Way arches across the sky above Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/corona monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477252666-4JTFEQZ91DWW50SH3W0T/DSC_6790+1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+2500.jpg gallery - Corona https://kovasi.photo/store/tranquility-falls monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477247910-S5S6CCOPXZEZTCZ46T19/DSC_6172+1_hdr+nat_hdr+avg+2500.jpg gallery - Tranquility Falls - Tranquility Falls Just another stunning waterfall-filled gorge in Oregon. Typically, long exposures are created with the use of a filter to block light. However, having hiked into this location without bringing one, I decided to try another technique. I simulated the effect of a long exposure by taking nearly 100 photos and stacking them to smooth the flowing water. https://kovasi.photo/store/skekbads-land monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477239662-9UDLRNEBED3KXOAKMJBM/DSC_4846+%2B0+hdr+tc+hdr+avg+1+Panorama+stereo2+2500.jpg gallery - SkekBad's Land - SkekBad's Land A malevolent creature watches over the badlands. Captured in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin wilderness in New Mexico. When I took this image the tempurature was well below freezing and this location is several miles into the wilderness, with no trails. Hiking through the badlands in the pitch black is not an experience I will soon forget. https://kovasi.photo/store/windows-to-time monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477233150-EFED3SO6BI4GXVS537IU/DSC_7958+1+blended+%2B0+hdr+de+hdr+avg+1+color+edit+1+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - Windows to Time - Windows to Time Our galaxy bears witness as time first buries then reveals our landscape. I captured this wondrous sky on a short foray into Utah between art shows in Arizona. Snow had fallen the week before, leaving traces of white scattered throughout the towering columns of clay. Though no more was coming down, it was still in the high teens when I captured this image, and I spent the better part of the night stomping back and forth trying to keep warm. These unmistakable red hoodoos are found in Bryce Canyon National Park. This is the highest 'step' in the Grand Staircase, an expose of geological time. https://kovasi.photo/store/rockfish monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477204339-8AIY9439V03Z8TM5NKXW/DSC_7958+1+blended+%2B0+hdr+de+hdr+avg+1+color+edit+1+Panorama+lp2+fish+2500.jpg gallery - Rockfish - Rockfish Bryce Canyon's ancient residents are alive and well in this rather abstract view of the national park. https://kovasi.photo/store/rainbow-road-alternate-version monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606477192689-YBQ9DGB9HDVP3J1EKNDO/DSC_3027+1+Panorama+transmerc1+2500.jpg gallery - Rainbow Road (alternate version) - Rainbow Road (alternate version) A host of deep space oddities adorn the sky but the great comet of 2020, NEOWISE, takes center stage. Surrounded by the Milky Way, flanked on the left by Jupiter and Saturn and on the right by the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies. This artfully winding road and wonderfully dark sky are located in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/rainbow-road monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1596267300767-PAWDYXR2S0XB5LD5NA1A/DSC_3027+1+Panorama+stereo4+2500.jpg gallery - Rainbow Road https://kovasi.photo/store/weitchpec-morning-fog-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375370690-P6SUVFRRZOO062IWZH7G/DSC_7911+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Weitchpec Morning Fog (untitled) - Weitchpec Morning Fog (untitled) Having pursued a failed idea for sunrise, I was out in the hills early. I decided to keep driving and see what I could find. Decending into the valley, I found it full of fog and just starting to thin enough to be pierced by the first rays as they crept over the mountain. This luminous morning was captured in the inland hills of Humboldt County in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/waterfall-walkway monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375364231-4PANK9WCOWHY5NZLK0XN/DSC_3065+-2_tonemapped+tc2_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+edit+stereo1+1920.jpg gallery - Waterfall Walkway - Waterfall Walkway This impressive network of falls looks fine during the day, but in the dark with long exposures it gives it a much softer feel. I had to sneak back into the park at night, climbing through a cave on the way, to get this shot. Though it may not look it, the myriad falls produced an impressive din. I am used to near-silence when shooting nightscapes, so it was quite disconcerting as I wouldn't have been able to hear anyone, or an animal, approaching. These artful wooden walkways snake their way through several miles of trail, and past hundreds of waterfalls, at Plitvice National Park in Croatia. https://kovasi.photo/store/verdant-window monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375354383-ARI9VNWOTOD9841IENPF/DSC_9218+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Verdant Window - Verdant Window Oregon is loaded with waterfalls, but perhaps the highest density are located at Silver Falls State Park. This panorama was shot looking out from a large grotto hollowed out underneath the falls. https://kovasi.photo/store/ursa-maris monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375343646-H2Q6QC8XA7JBI6ZLL9RW/DSC_8626+4_hdr+de_hdr+avg+manual+blend+1+Panorama+waterbear+1920.jpg gallery - Ursa Maris - Ursa Maris Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) pales in comparison with this pareidolic bear. There are a myriad of interesting things visible in the sky on a winter's night, but perhaps most notable this evening was the comet 46P/Wirtanen, dubbed the "Christmas Comet". It glows a pale blue-green, and could be seen dimly with the naked eye. These tidepools adorn the rocks at Moonstone beach in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/unknown-shores monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375329460-KEG9RGYM3X7OJE12JUZP/DSC_0454+1+%2B0_hdr+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+lp1+1920.jpg gallery - Unknown Shores - Oregon Island #2 This magical scene was as fleeting as it was stunning. Starting with a fully fogged in sunset the air cleared just as the last of the light faded, leaving just enough to catch the red glow of the fading light. Within minutes of finishing a panorama, the fog rolled back in, thick, shrouding the sky. I wound up with a shot during each of these phases, creating an interesting series. https://kovasi.photo/store/underwater-aliens-crop monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375286802-EOCS1XHMYQ6HCTZNG0ZX/DSC_0454+1+%2B0_hdr+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+transmerc1+1920-2.jpg gallery - Underwater Aliens (crop) - Underwater Aliens (crop) This magical scene was as fleeting as it was stunning. Starting with a fully fogged in sunset the air cleared just as the last of the light faded, leaving just enough to catch the red glow of the fading light. Within minutes of finishing a panorama, the fog rolled back in, thick, shrouding the sky. The sky wasn't the only thing interesting though. While the panorama was shooting I was laying on the rocks watching the stars, I noticed a slight glow coming from under the water! Not wanting to disrupt the panorama (in case the fog came back), I had to just wait until the pano was finished to see what, if anything, the camera had captured. It was in there! Though the lights had started closer to shore, they had progressively moved out to sea, and by the time the camera was pointed in their direction, they were pretty far out. This mystical scene was shot on the southern Oregon coast. https://kovasi.photo/store/underwater-aliens monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375279685-0A8N0XZ7Y5TM5X3FRW8M/DSC_0454+1+%2B0_hdr+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+transmerc1+1920.jpg gallery - Underwater Aliens - Underwater Aliens This magical scene was as fleeting as it was stunning. Starting with a fully fogged in sunset the air cleared just as the last of the light faded, leaving just enough to catch the red glow of the fading light. Within minutes of finishing a panorama, the fog rolled back in, thick, shrouding the sky. I wound up with a shot during each of these phases, creating an interesting series. https://kovasi.photo/store/under-the-dome monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375272722-3D506MAL0OR4OV6HL5ZJ/DSC_7203+manual+blend+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+oculus2-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Under the Dome - Under the Dome A more interesting projection, just one of many, from the Diving Board. The iconic Half Dome is inverted in this shot looking down the valley. This vantage point, albeit in a more traditional composition, was made famous by Ansel Adams' photograph "Monolith". https://kovasi.photo/store/thors-anvil monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375265480-ZT8S6MOIDZBRNYO55N3A/DSC_4608+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Thor's Anvil - Thor's Anvil Iceland's many landscapes are on display as you drive the ring road, perpetually bathed in amazing light, as the sun remains low on the horizon for most of the day. This lone mesa is just one of many geological wonders you'll encounter along the southern coast. https://kovasi.photo/store/terrazze-e-trenini monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375258227-C4IXB6DQK09PMSFJRZZ9/DSC_9950+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Terrazze e Trenini - Terrazze e Trenini The only city of the five in Cinque Terre to reside on a hill, Corniglia still fits the mold in other ways. Its vibrantly colored buildings interlock, covering a mountain top surrounded by terraced vineyards. A system of tiny grape trains (trenino) criss cross the hillside, making the harvest that much easier. https://kovasi.photo/store/snake-river-sunrise monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375241091-NBABHH3NFLDLTTZACY12/DSC_0282+1_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+tc_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Snake River Sunrise - Snake River Sunrise While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://kovasi.photo/store/sea-cliff-planet-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375231837-ZEAPPBOYIJBATNAX7VY1/DSC_7806+little+planet+1920.jpg gallery - Sea Cliff Planet (untitled) https://kovasi.photo/store/scorpius-rising monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375225579-Q41LLTOIPORP2M90W0I3/DSC_3941+%2B2+1_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Scorpius Rising - Scorpius Rising The impressive Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex ornaments the head of the constellation Scorpius, leading its ascention into the night sky. This old wolf tree is located in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/rockshower monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375220008-PG7589L6RZ55X3NMH98Y/DSC_9203+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Rockshower - Rockshower I generally like sweeping panoramas, but this scene demanded a closeup. This is the bottom of one of the spectacular cascades at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon. Cutting through the trees, the light fell in patches around the base of the falls, illuminating it in spectacular fashion. https://kovasi.photo/store/riomaggiore-sunset-planet-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375211720-LE2ZGMHMR4TVJD5RX9RI/DSC_8869+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo3+1920.jpg gallery - Riomaggiore Sunset Planet (untitled) - Riomaggiore Sunset Planet (untitled) The clouds parted on the horizon creating a hole centered on the setting sun. What a lucky break! The rays illuminate the village of Riomaggiore, one of the five towns in Cinque Terre, Italy. https://kovasi.photo/store/prismatic-haze monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375199849-LW2PYF6H1EWHSXL7EE26/DSC_0872+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Prismatic Haze - Prismatic Haze One of the most spectacular features at Yellowstone National Park, this spring is one of many hundreds of similar thermal pools. What makes the Grand Prismatic Spring stand out is its vibrant array of colors. The steam coming off the top of the pool catches some of the color from the pool below and seems to hold a rainbow. https://kovasi.photo/store/perspective monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375191037-VYXM9MADAXO3E731WUC6/DSC_4771+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Perspective - Perspective The island of Vestmannaeyjar can be seen in the distance. behind the Holtsós lagoon in southern Iceland. I'm glad I ran down to the waters edge and started shooting quickly, as this fleeting visage only lasted a few minutes before the wind picked up and the mirror was gone. https://kovasi.photo/store/night-watchman monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375384888-TEZV1OVKFTKYX923569R/DSC_4663+1+Panorama+edit+with+me+%2B0_hdr+avg+1+Panorama+stereo3+1920.jpg gallery - Night Watchman - Night Watchman Peering into the night between long exposures, searching for mythical beasts in the sky. Headlamp on, of course, only for dramatic effect. This whimsical self portrait was captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County. https://kovasi.photo/store/line-of-reflection monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375157655-LBJ7KHYNHP2SE5P9E8SS/DSC_4842_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg1+1920.jpg gallery - Line of Reflection - Line of Reflection While driving the ring road in Iceland we found this perfect mirror on the Holtsós lagoon. I'm glad I ran down to the waters edge and started shooting quickly, as this fleeting visage only lasted a few minutes before the wind picked up and the mirror was gone. https://kovasi.photo/store/lady-of-the-morning monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375138303-GO7PG1WKYLYKHC9J5F1A/DSC_7322+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Lady of the Morning - Lady of the Morning Having spend a cold night sleeping rough on the edge of a cliff, I awoke to the sound of a helicopter buzzing around the valley. With little chance of returning to sleep, I figured the next best thing was to capture sunrise from this unique vantage point. Though the sun itself rises behind Half Dome the shadows that it casts on the granite faces make faces of their own. This was taken from the Diving Board in Yosemite National Park in California. https://kovasi.photo/store/idaho-idyll monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375120988-C4V009WNSVM48HSWLHAF/DSC_0259+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Idaho Idyll - Idaho Idyll While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://kovasi.photo/store/hideout monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375107591-Z7Q10R8V0TCJQUXMO070/DSC_8194+-2_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Hideout - Hideout Rumor has it that this rock shelter was once used by the bandit Black Bart, prior to holding up a stagecoach. Situated on a tributary to the Sacramento River in Northerh California. https://kovasi.photo/store/grand-prism monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375097267-OJFGBOOU0JMAHB0B247Z/DSC_1190+1+Panorama+edit+%2B1_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+blend+1+merc10000+1920.jpg gallery - Grand Prism - Grand Prism When I left my camp site the skies were completely clear. Just over an hour later I had arrived and was nearly finished setting up to shoot. I had scouted the location earlier in the day and knew the galactic core was aligned near perfectly with Grand Prismatic Spring. As I took my first few images, I noticed some clouds rolling in fast. Working fast (no such thing with long exposures), I started shooting my panorama. Within minutes, nearly the whole sky was blotted out. I decided to shoot a few really long exposures for star trails, and after a white noted that the clouds were thinning a bit. I shot a second panorama of the sky, hoping that between the two, I could get a clean shot of the sky. Many, many, hours of selective masking later, I achieved just that. This magical scene was captured at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. https://kovasi.photo/store/ghost-ship monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375086017-HGN5VASIN9JDQ35A7VFN/ghost+ship+1920.jpg gallery - Ghost Ship - Ghost Ship A foggy evening on the Oregon coast. These islands were quickly fading into the mist, during the blue hour following the sunset. This was captured along the Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Parkway in southern Oregon. https://kovasi.photo/store/fishermans-delight monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375077207-J2X2LXKW0F6OTM3T7LMG/DSC_8766+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Fisherman's Delight - Fisherman's Delight A fisherman stands triumphantly on his boat as he returns to harbor. This was a case of right place right time, having been sitting on the jetty killing time until the city lights came on. This was captured in Riomaggiore, part of Cinque Terre region in Italy. https://kovasi.photo/store/dark-tentacles-crop monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375072368-UXDL755RIXEUMQNYF20T/DSC_4837+dark+%2B0+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920-2.jpg gallery - Dark Tentacles (crop) - Dark Tentacles Silhoutted oak branches reach menacingly for the stars. I had wanted a shot like this for a while, and spent a lot of time scouting for the right location. These malign trees were found in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/dark-tentacles monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375065439-25AMCALOJ6BUKUHBVHUR/DSC_4837+dark+%2B0+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Dark Tentacles - Dark Tentacles Silhoutted oak branches reach menacingly for the stars. I had wanted a shot like this for a while, and spent a lot of time scouting for the right location. These malign trees were found in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/crown-of-thorns monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375056993-YD6IFWYK0JTRHSA6OTEX/DSC_2531+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+stereo3+1920.jpg gallery - Crown of Thorns - Crown of Thorns This shot took both sweat and blood to produce. Suffering a leg full of thorns on the way, I was extra careful while setting up this panorama under a large cholla cactus. This spiney desert dweller was found in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/cascade-creek monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375042066-ZOZP647R9XINFZYJO8V4/DSC_1758+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Cascade Creek - Cascade Creek This beautiful creek flows towards Grand Teton, to join with another before emptying into Jenny Lake. Having only set aside enough time for a day hike, this was as deep into the mountains as I made it. Having stopped for lunch a little below this spot, I could see that the trees opened up to meadow just a bit farther ahead. Instead of eating, I ran for it, crashing through the brush and hiking up the hillside to find a composition looking back at the mountains. https://kovasi.photo/store/burney-falls-untitled monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375029877-AKCFPWCYYD7K7YN3122K/DSC_8277+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+Panorama+rect1+1920.jpg gallery - Burney Falls (untitled) - Burney Falls (untitled) Once dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world" by Theodore Roosevelt, who may or may not have been on the campaign trail, Burney Falls are impressive! I had, of course, forgotten to bring my tripod head, and had to shoot this 360° panorama without it. I was able to get out on a rock, without getting wet or dropping my camera in the water, and capture the requisite 30 images to finish the pano before carefully making my way back to the shore. This cascade is found in Shasta County in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/blueberry-lake monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375023392-FCDUC8S4CQ5X6J45WXEU/DSC_2395+1_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1+Panorama+merc1-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Blueberry Lake - Blueberry Lake A beautiful vernal pool, surrounded with big, delicious huckleberries. I had spotted what looked like a small lake with an island on satellite imagery, and knew that I had to check it out. Upon arrival, many miles on trail, and a mile or so off-trail, this is the scene I was greeted by. The timing could not have been better. After capturing this, and several other images, I proceeded to scout for a night time shot, while eating as many huckleberries as I could. This picturesque scene is found deep in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in Oregon. https://kovasi.photo/store/amethyst-arc monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1566375000740-EK4RE4ZVOJDLAEHA6XXX/DSC_7725+1+Panorama+manual+blend+1_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+stereo2+1920.jpg gallery - Amethyst Arc - Amethyst Arc Matching magentas with the stars above, this field of lupines holds its own. Each year, around May, the Bald Hills area of Redwood National Park in California explodes with vibrant colors as the flowers spring to life. https://kovasi.photo/store/viridian-lookingglass monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310949439-FLPOJW163720VFGM35KU/DSC_3242+manual+blend_tonemapped-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Viridian Lookingglass - Viridian Lookingglass I found this lake by looking at satellite imagery, and was intrigued by the small island. It's well off-trail in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in central Oregon. Getting this shot involved hiking a mile back and forth through dense forest in pitch black. As luck would have it the great conditions held out and there was no wind, giving me perfect reflections of the stars. https://kovasi.photo/store/waterfall-world monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557311013244-O4GRJQ5SNLCSDFHSQL3P/DSC_3065+-2_tonemapped+tc2_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+edit+lp1+1920.jpg gallery - Waterfall World - Waterfall World This impressive network of falls looks fine during the day, but in the dark with long exposures it gives it a much softer feel. I had to sneak back into the park at night, climbing through a cave on the way, to get this shot. Though it may not look it, the myriad falls produced an impressive din. I am used to near-silence when shooting nightscapes, so it was quite disconcerting as I wouldn't have been able to hear anyone, or an animal, approaching. These artful wooden walkways snake their way through several miles of trail, and past hundreds of waterfalls, at Plitvice National Park in Croatia. https://kovasi.photo/store/winter-wolf monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557311039809-U1TQATMDNCFYAXHSQEC8/DSC_0774+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Winter Wolf - Winter Wolf This lone pine has stood the test of time. Captured just before sunrise, it presides over a snowy meadow in this winter scene from Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/violet-green monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310925615-4UNMO64IR3X751KA5NOO/DSC_7453+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+Panorama+oculus1+1920.jpg gallery - Violet Green - Violet Green Lupines surroud you as the world slowly fades away into Humboldt fog. This was captured during a particularly gloomy sunset in the hills of Redwood National Park in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/vibrant-heavens monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1606480466601-SW84606OR6SMJ14LGRS3/DSC_6759+%2B2_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg1-Edit-Edit+Panorama+stereo1+2500.jpg gallery - Vibrant Heavens - Vibrant Heavens Bands of atmospheric airglow combined with some hydrogen-alpha emisions from deep space objects combine to create a wondrous view. This beautiful spectacle was captured over the inland hills of Mendocino County in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/venice-abstract monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310722941-J67FBVQIZUOD99L7XGSR/DSC_0782+4_tonemapped+tc_tonemapped+de_fused+avg1_fused+avg+stereo10000+1920.jpg gallery - Venice Abstract - Venice Abstract Getting weird in Venice Italy. This is the Campo Sant'Anzolo, one of many piazze found in this wonderful city. Shockingly deserted after midnight, I had the streets to myself as I took in the nighttime air. https://kovasi.photo/store/valldemossa-on-fire monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310691015-1Y9PTQAXF0949X3123AJ/DSC_8367+1+1920.jpg gallery - Valdemossa on Fire - Valdemossa on Fire Right place, right time, wrong reason. While catching a bus back to Palma from the picturesque village of Valldemossa our bus engine ignited the insulation around it and filled the cabin with smoke. After some fast thinking from the driver we were back on the road half an hour later, richer for having witnessed the sunset from this perspective where there is nomally no place to stop. https://kovasi.photo/store/thorny-skies monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310596645-E4HNI6001GLMGWKEZSGY/DSC_3734+1+Panorama+%2B2_tonemapped+avg+edit+1+oculus+1920.jpg gallery - Thorny Skies - Thorny Skies Shot while watching the Perseid meteor shower, this panorama managed only to catch a few. Instead, starthistle dominates the eastern (upper) horizon of this shot captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/the-deep-end monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310561235-DILYLGSDM897NH0SL6I9/DSC_7066+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+stereo1+1920.jpg gallery - The Deep End - The Deep End The Diving Board is a spectacular prominence in Yosemite National Park. Perched precariously at the top of a cliff, it's quite a feat to reach this point! It's well off the beaten path and well worth the hike; one of the few places at this overcrowded national park where you can still find solitude. It also rewards the adventurous with an amazing view of Half Dome, as immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://kovasi.photo/store/teton-spectacular monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310535684-MNYMGFM47UNZSYY86T4U/DSC_1563+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+blend+1+stereo+20000+1920.jpg gallery - Teton Spectacular - Teton Spectacular It's hard to know what to expect from the sky. Standing in the cold, listening to a nocturne of coyote calls, I was surprised to find the aurora glowing red on the northern horizon! The Milky Way rises over the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming. https://kovasi.photo/store/stony-skies monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557913817835-MGS4Y8LUK3BMLAN4LB4H/DSC_5071+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Stony Skies - Stony Skies Still water offers a new perspective on the world, you just have to turn your head upside down. This mountainous scene was captured at Upper Canyon Creek Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/stellar-field monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310494854-LFB89TDVNHSNUDJ8QB4B/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo+1920.jpg gallery - Stellar Field - Stellar Field Each night the stars are taken out to pasture. This sky was captured in the coastal hills of Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/stars-and-stones monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310482409-AGILET4HKSBQK5K4NUXY/DSC_7203+1+Panorama+%2B1_tonemapped+tc_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+lp2+1920.jpg gallery - Stars and Stones - Stars and Stones A sight to behold: Half Dome under the stars. The light pollution from California's central valley attenuates the stars only slightly, and adds a colorful haze on the horizon. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://kovasi.photo/store/starlit-cove monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310442922-IOSBR023T7BP5KE8P9YY/DSC_8051+%2B0+Panorama+merc+1920.jpg gallery - Starlit Cove - Starlit Cove Nature's decorations; captured on Christmas Eve in Fort Bragg California, this image shows the Milky Way erupting from the Pacific Ocean. https://kovasi.photo/store/spyrock-sunset-spring monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310384081-7AIYI61AEV3QT0NZWALE/DSC_4683+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+nat_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Spyrock Sunset, Spring - Spyrock Sunset, Spring The spring always brings, along with its verdant greenery, a number of rainstorms to fuel its renewal. These storms provide ample oportunity for epic sunsets from my backyard in the hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/spyrock-sunset-fall monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310360875-A348D5TQFJIS81FR65V3/DSC_5397+%2B0_%2B2_-2CompressorAnd2moreNatural_fused_fused+1920.jpg gallery - Spyrock Sunset, Fall - Spyrock Sunset, Fall I'll never get over this view. The inland hills of Northern California are some of the most beautiful in the world. Here, we display our fall colors in the sky. https://kovasi.photo/store/sorcerers-stone monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310344692-KGA6P512B51WLGXVARVL/DSC_8530+1_hdr+de_hdr+avg+manual+blend+1+lp1+1920.jpg gallery - Sorcerer's Stone - Sorcerer's Stone A magical device found amongst the rocks and pools of Moonstone Beach in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/snowed-in monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310318844-A4IETFNBF8Z59NILWKZM/DSC_7148+edit+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+footprints1+oculus2+1920.jpg gallery - Snowed In - Snowed In While it probably wasn't the safest place to be the view was excellent! This was taken on a day trip from Salzburg Austria into Berchtesgaden. You have to take a boat to get to the trailhead, and the ice had only just melted enough to get that far. Most of the hike was fine, but towards the end it was on snow and ice. By the time I reached the point where this photo was taken I was sinking up to my waist. I hadn't planned on a snow hike, so was just wearing light boots and regular pants... https://kovasi.photo/store/shrouded-tarn monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310287824-Z5D3KKWTX3GNZSEKP69V/DSC_5669+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat+1920.jpg gallery - Shrouded Tarn - Shrouded Tarn It seemed like a good idea to hike back on the far side of the lake, making our journey into a loop. It was not; there is no trail and the rocks and low brush which we had seen from afar turned out to be massive boulders and 6-ft high deer brush. Then, halfway through the scratch and scramble a surprise storm came over the mountains and started dumping rain, making our progress that much more slippery and exhausting. The moral of this story is that when it’s pouring rain you should always get your camera out. https://kovasi.photo/store/shell-rock-chiaroscuro monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310257890-JR5U02ZRS1Q4HFOXWS12/DSC_2456+1_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+bw+1920.jpg gallery - Shell Rock Chiaroscuro - Shell Rock Chiaroscuro I had been watching the clouds drift around this rocky face all day. Then suddenly the light broke through and illuminated just a bit of the mountain. It only lasted a few moments, and the play of light was gone. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/secret-sunset monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310192101-FULBFH9LTMBRR8AS58WN/DSC_0290+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+tc_hdr+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Secret Sunset - Secret Sunset A hidden treasure on the Oregon coast: Secret Beach. This unmarked location features a number of small islands and a beach punctuated by basalt outcroppings. The fog was rolling in as the sun went down but, just before the finale, a path cleared through the mist and illuminated the beach one last time. https://kovasi.photo/store/sagebrush-sunrise monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310172641-SJ49XH5E01HLH9LVLH0G/DSC_0272+%2B4_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Sagebrush Sunrise - Sagebrush Sunrise While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://kovasi.photo/store/rollie-pollie-hill monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310160701-AWO64VJYHCQTOBMNJK2A/DSC_0366+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg1+1+Panorama+stereo+down+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Rollie Pollie Hill - Rollie Pollie Hill A verdant pasture of goldenfields highlights this image taken in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/rocky-moonrays monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310063423-6IX9NKEJNDKMX5E3HMKJ/DSC_6066+redo+4_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Rocky Moonrays - Rocky Moonrays Beautiful moonrays shine over the Jumbo Rocks area of Joshua Tree National Park in this shot captured at the perfect coincidence of sunset and moonrise. https://kovasi.photo/store/robson-river-rapids monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310044699-ZMS10FZV77VW52LLOUO8/DSC_3591+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fused+avgAnd3more_tonemapped+1920.jpg gallery - Robson River Rapids - Robson River Rapids We went on a three-day backpacking trip in early October in the mountains northwest of Jasper. Although it was freezing cold the scenery was well worth the hike! https://kovasi.photo/store/roadside-aurora monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310029800-ZCB6FTVDRSPBU6STM0HY/DSC_0796+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+lp1+1920.jpg gallery - Roadside Aurora - Roadside Aurora Unable to drive while distracted by the ghostly whisps of the northern lights, we pulled our rented Fiat Panda over on a deserted stretch of road west of Reykjavík Iceland. The in car thermometer read -12C! Fighting to retain control over numb fingers, I shot this 360* panorama and then jumped back in the car and cranked the heater. https://kovasi.photo/store/riomaggiore-incandescente monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310021886-GQU31Y1MJ4ONRXZDOUCI/DSC_9145+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+lp10000+1920.jpg gallery - Riomaggiore Incandescente - Riomaggiore Incandescente Riomaggiore is beautiful during the day, but it really shines at night! After shooting sunset, I waited through the blue hour to capture the city at its most luminous. This is one of five small towns in Cinque Terre Italy. https://kovasi.photo/store/redwood-creek monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310013455-XPSZKAWQCHMSYCLF5OR9/DSC_0606+redo+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Redwood Creek - Redwood Creek Hiking earlier in the day I had scouted this location. Then, as the light faded in the foggy twilight of a coastal sunset, I ran back out the trail to do some long exposures of the creek. This babbling brook is located in Limekiln State Park in Big Sur California. https://kovasi.photo/store/reclamation monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557310001386-R7PUU8IB36L4FR7R1A2Y/DSC_9610+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Reclamation - Reclamation The floor has sprouted a carpet of moss, matching greens with the outside forest as this abandoned building melts back into the earth near Stone Lagoon in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/porto-di-vernazza monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309988459-DKY6JJP0MLVJYJU34ZLA/DSC_9528+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Porto di Vernazza - Porto di Vernazza Cinque Terre Italy is a coastal community of five small towns connected by rail, as well as a hiking trail. We started hiking at the northernmost town and wound up here in Vernazza by lunchtime. This is the view from the trail, overlooking the harbour, before before it changes from dirt to cobblestone and stairs. https://kovasi.photo/store/polar-whorl monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309972613-BMK28YQBG6XE8VPTE1P6/DSC_1763+redo+10-23-17+edit+1+oculus1+1920.jpg gallery - Polar Whorl - Polar Whorl Ice and stone meet at the edge of the water in this 360* panorama taken at the popular Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland. https://kovasi.photo/store/planetary-guardian monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1586139940364-8N6BZ2YMCS141PCK32BW/DSC_3421+redo+lp+1-Edit+2500.jpg gallery - Planetary Guardian - Planetary Guardian 2.0 edit https://kovasi.photo/store/planet-of-the-ferns monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309950226-809JLGOY5XWL4FGMP3YH/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+lp1+1920.jpg gallery - Planet of the Ferns - Planet of the Ferns Ferns reaching out in all directions. This is a projection of a 360* panorama taken in a small tributary on the edge of Fern Canyon, part of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/petrichor monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309779397-N5MCFF1YHY5CFKVI6Q9Z/DSC_6262+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+1920.jpg gallery - Petrichor - Petrichor These epic sunrays were our reward after a morning of hiking off trail, in the rain, on a gnarly slope, through dense 10' high brush. There had been thick fog and drizzle for hours when the clouds finally parted, and the sun made it's way out from behind the mist. This trail is located in the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon. https://kovasi.photo/store/orick-bridge-sunset monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309751252-DOPJHYAXU4PPZHH50QZ4/DSC_5372+1-19-15+redo+16x9+1920.jpg gallery - Orick Bridge Sunset - Orick Bridge Sunset If you don't look at just the right second you'll whiz past this gorgeous vista. This spectacular valley is found along the winding Redwood Highway, just north of Orick in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/oaken-ascension monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309718972-O57L9ZXQKSLQA1TU7323/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+transequirect+1920.jpg gallery - Oaken Ascension - Oaken Ascension The Milky Way streams out of a large oak tree in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/newyorkland monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309705290-Z30NV120XUVD6CZQG2LK/TOTR+and+Times+Square+Composite+crop+18k+1920.jpg gallery - NewYorkLand - NewYorkLand https://kovasi.photo/store/mountain-boardwalk monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309693011-JM0XIZ5HVFFBY4T4MZ9S/DSC_3906+-2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Mountain Boardwalk - Mountain Boardwalk We came across this stunning vista while backpacking on the Berg Lake Trail. The snow-capped mountain in the background is the majestic Mt. Robson. This was the only part of the trail with a boardwalk, sitting by itself several miles in. https://kovasi.photo/store/moonstone-arch monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309682789-5T0TA23YBHPXL8SUN5OG/DSC_8530+1_hdr+de_hdr+avg+manual+blend+1+stereo1+1920.jpg gallery - Moonstone Arch - Moonstone Arch The winter Milky Way displaying its full splendor over Moonstone Beach in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/monolith-ablaze monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309671389-TQ67UZ3O0Q8VKIQ5WE28/DSC_7233+manual+blend+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+stereo1+1920.jpg gallery - Monolith Ablaze - Monolith Ablaze Half Dome basks under the the radiative glow of the fiery belt of our galaxy. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://kovasi.photo/store/mirror-mirror monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309655716-CBWVURY5FPOVFLQY76AD/DSC_4836+1_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Mirror Mirror - Mirror Mirror While driving the ring road in Iceland we found this perfect mirror on the Holtsós lagoon. I'm glad I ran down to the waters edge and started shooting quickly, as this fleeting visage only lasted a few minutes before the wind picked up and the mirror was gone. https://kovasi.photo/store/milky-marsset monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309646631-E3DAF2DJWFVLE1HELVWX/DSC_2789+%2B1.66+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+nat_fused+avg+qtvr+edit+1+milky+rainbow+1+1920.jpg gallery - Milky Marsset - Milky Marsset Mars sets on the eastern horizon as the Milky Way arcs across the sky in this shot from the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/milky-forest-warp monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309635961-TK6I3SWONYK6CLEDCMZU/DSC_2236+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Milky Forest Warp - Milky Forest Warp The forest envelopes the sky as the moon hides in the shadow of the Earth. I woke up at 4am for this shot, but with good reason. This early April morning was a full eclipse of the moon. Knowing that the coast would likely be fogged in at this time of the morning, I headed inland and up into the hills. After driving a ways out a dirt mountain road I found a likely looking spot, hopped a fence, ran through dew-covered grass, and then stood in the same place for half an hour. Although I did shoot some telephoto shots of the moon being eclipsed, the star of the show was the temporarily revealed Milky Way arching across the sky. Fortunately I started this panorama from the top down, because by the time I finished shooting the ground, clouds had rolled in and covered the whole sky. https://kovasi.photo/store/middle-falls monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557913792267-VF8C9JNH7ACM75Y1JHUZ/DSC_4302+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Middle Falls - Middle Falls Though just one of the many beautiful cataracts along the Canyon Creek Trail, Middle Falls would be a destination in its own right. This scene was captured in the Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/malign-faucet monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309618007-DTYCVC87Z5UFFX9NN2R2/DSC_5081_2_3_fusedAnd2more_fused+1920.jpg gallery - Malign Faucet - Malign Faucet This waterfall was just one of many in the incredible Malign Canyon near Jasper in Alberta Canada https://kovasi.photo/store/look-up monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309536909-F2TOPPC4BW6VX0ZLSGSR/DSC_2660+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+Panorama+stereo+up+1920.jpg gallery - Look Up - Look Up Too often when hiking we forget to look around, spending the whole excursion staring at the ground and sweating. This image was captured deep in Fern Canyon, although this is not the usual picture of the steep walls of fern from which it derives its name. This verdant canopy is located in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/les-vignes monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309526547-S95X4XZVFC24X7162DZM/DSC_6476+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+mercator+1920.jpg gallery - Les Vignes - Les Vignes Surrounded by rolling hills of grapes in all directions. Finding the perfect location for this shot took many hours of research, catching the last rays of the sun took patience. In order to get this perspective I had to duct tape my tripod to the trellis and use a remote to actuate the camera. This shot was captured in Napa County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/lambent-damnation monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309513863-5O454JS9LU1KSV08W62G/DSC_9689+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Lambent Damnation - Lambent Damnation These beautiful rays were imbued with a rufescent glow by the myriad of fires burning in California and Oregon. This majestic redwood forest lies along the Damnation Creek trail in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/psychedelic-symphony monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/717780a9-ad73-49ed-a226-4d7f4935ee9e/DSC_9806+%2B2+1+hdr+de+hdr+avg+hdr+avg1-Edit-Edit+2500.jpg gallery - Psychedelic Symphony - DSC_9806 +2 1 hdr de hdr avg hdr avg1-Edit-Edit 2500.jpg https://kovasi.photo/store/la-cova-mallorquina monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309503123-U2H50DT6Q1OTXEIBPO81/DSC_2356+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+nat+1_fused+avg+2+1920.jpg gallery - La Cova Mallorquina - La Cova Mallorquina It took a bit of hiking and a bit of scrambling to get to the cave floor. Then a traverse along a ledge over the water. I’m surprised I didn’t lose the camera on this one; scaling the wall of the cave --hanging over the Mediterranean Sea-- to capture this view. This cathedral-like cave is located on the island of Mallorca off the coast of Spain. https://kovasi.photo/store/il-pescatore monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309491484-Q04PAO6WBG8Z8F39VAR8/DSC_8732+1_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Il Pescatore - Il Pescatore A lone fisherman prepares his bait as he readys himself for some night fishing. This was captured in Riomaggiore Italy, one of the 'five lands' of Cinque Terre. https://kovasi.photo/store/hedgehog monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309481753-ZZSD7GZU6SHR9ZTJE84T/DSC_2395+1_hdr+avg_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1+Panorama+lp3+1920.jpg gallery - Hedgehog - Hedgehog This picturesque lake is located in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness in central Oregon. To find this unnamed vernal pool, you'll have to hike nearly 10 miles, ending up well off-trail. This was the first panorama I shot, as I discovered it right at sunset, with perfect light. A truely magical sight. https://kovasi.photo/store/harvests-end monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309470845-814C4BL0RF3AF96HBNKI/DSC_6770+1_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Harvest's End - Harvest's End Though the harvest may be over the colors still on display, both on the ground and in the sky. This picturesque vineyard is in Napa County in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/growth monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309459257-N8MKZOMY8TB8C2TZM6WU/DSC_0842_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Growth - Growth A maple in the redwoods. Captured in the Owen R. Cheatham grove in the inland forests of Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/granite-frame monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309451293-S6C2OOOQQ6T5VW78LOSG/DSC_7066+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+oculus3+1920.jpg gallery - Granite Frame - Granite Frame A monolith surrounded by yet more stone. Yosemite's Half Dome takes center stage in this 'oculus' view of the famous landmark. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith". https://kovasi.photo/store/golden-prague monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309436929-R22JJAR6Q7IMBZ4U6DW9/DSC_5530+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg gallery - Golden Prague - Golden Prague Overlooking the center of the city from the castle battlements. Prague is a beautful city in Czechia, and one of my favorite European cities. https://kovasi.photo/store/galactic-guardian monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1586139915290-OBOUKI8LW04HHT20KD8D/DSC_3421+redo+stereo+2+2500.jpg gallery - Galactic Guardian - Galactic Guardian 2.0 edit https://kovasi.photo/store/galactic-fireworks monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309421084-P54GID14X61293YNB5US/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+trans+merc+1920.jpg gallery - Galactic Fireworks - Galactic Fireworks A wintertime image of the Milky Way complimented by the appearance of the comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/galactic-emissions monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309414617-TGCDS9PRDR0X9IM6CJKW/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo+planet+2+1920.jpg gallery - Galactic Emissions - Galactic Emissions This prominent oak tree stands on a hillside in the hills of Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/ft-bragg-sunset monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309401805-PQHFZVTAEQ2FV6NCTLSQ/DSC_8010+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+1+1920.jpg gallery - Ft. Bragg Sunset - Ft. Bragg Sunset This beautiful walking path traverses the cliff's edge as it meanders past the many coves and beaches of Fort Bragg in coastal Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/frozen-in-retreat monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309390811-D4IQJJYXY573AEN7BLN6/DSC_1763+redo+10-23-17+edit+1+stereo1+1920.jpg gallery - Frozen in Retreat - Frozen in Retreat These natural wonders are disappearing fast. Jokulsarlon lagoon in the south of Iceland has quadrupled in size since the 1970s, due to glacial retreat caused by rising temperatures. The drifting chunks of ice provide a spectacularly unique backdrop. https://kovasi.photo/store/fern-grotto-2 monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309383485-3Q0U00TQ2PXKUZ7X1B7T/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo2+1920.jpg gallery - Fern Grotto #2 - Fern Grotto #2 Surrounded by moss, ferns, slugs, growth, and decay. This encapsulates life in Fern Canyon, part of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/fern-grotto monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309380788-5FAFEFBSTTN10GOQWOY6/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo1+1920.jpg gallery - Fern Grotto - Fern Grotto Looking through a window in the mossy slope, inwards to the majestic Fern Canyon. This rivulet is part of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/eruption monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309366282-FJT3625QCQWVG0IUT4JL/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo2+1920.jpg gallery - Eruption - Eruption The stars pour forth from Twin Rocks, a local landmark in Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/emerald-skies monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309356746-SFFJ15A9MZ4V5YG853EJ/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo4+1920.jpg gallery - Emerald Skies - Emerald Skies The most technically complex picture I'd taken up to this point. This magnificent scene required a star-tracker to shoot 90-second exposures without star trails. The Milky Way arches across the sky above Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/eagle-tree monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309343475-P5BSUO9140ABKPVVJWRX/DSC_8186+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo10000+1920.jpg gallery - Eagle Tree - Eagle Tree This wolf tree presides over the night, surrounded by the Milky Way. This was captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/duality monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309333245-Y0ZAZJ6BZUTIINZL281O/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+little+planet+1920.jpg gallery - Duality - Duality Light and dark, Earth and sky, finite and infinite; dualities duel in this image of our planet floating in space. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/deep-in-fern-canyon monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557309062761-W9MAFUF0QGFAAR3ZEM77/DSC_2579+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat+1920.jpg gallery - Deep in Fern Canyon - Deep in Fern Canyon Deep in Fern Canyon the iconic high fern-covered walls eventually become more shallow, and yield to more greenery. This is one of those places, of which there are many, where you can only get past (without getting your shoes wet) if you’re tricky. The ferns hanging from every surface make it a spectacular place to enjoy and photograph. https://kovasi.photo/store/daybreak-in-swan-valley monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308990051-WQMGWTHVMFY9MR8L1RID/DSC_0232+%2B4_fused+nat_fused+nat_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1920.jpg gallery - Daybreak in Swan Valley - Daybreak in Swan Valley While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://kovasi.photo/store/crystalline-floe monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308981941-RFH9P21ZJTSCTHXIO49A/DSC_3308+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+merc2+1920.jpg gallery - Crystalline Floe - Crystalline Floe Delicately balanced on ice, trying to spread my weight so as not to break though, I gingerly prepare to shoot a 360* panorama on a partially frozen river... It is hard to tell the scale in this image, so for reference: some of those icicles are close to 15 feet long! With some of the best hexogonally faulted basalt to be found, Svartifoss was my favorite waterfall in southern Iceland. https://kovasi.photo/store/crystal-ball monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308941016-166G7TMM52YTNIVFDHOJ/DSC_0128+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+Panorama+planet+1920.jpg gallery - Crystal Ball - Crystal Ball Our Earth sits majestically on a pedestal of trees in this sunrise capture from Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. https://kovasi.photo/store/cosmic-spray monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308938292-NSI5ND3AZYVHGJ0SDCEA/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo2+1920-2.jpg gallery - Cosmic Spray - Cosmic Spray The stars pour forth from Twin Rocks, a local landmark in Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/store/chiocciola monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308924423-7XH9FQ97ZEHV6GVETQTB/DSC_9613+blend+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+lp1+1920.jpg gallery - Chiocciola - Chiocciola This is not a drone shot. Standing atop the spiral staircase at the top of Castello Doria, the whole town of Vernazza can be seen. One of the five 'lands' that make up Cinque Terre in northern Italy. https://kovasi.photo/store/cats-and-dogs monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308910008-WYKDCN734V7OZD3C13R9/DSC_0774+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg-Edit+1920-2.jpg gallery - Cats and Dogs - Cats and Dogs A lone wolf tree watches over its territory. The tracks of a usurper, a mountain lion, lead off into the distance. This snowy hillside was captured in the inland hills of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/cascade-of-colors monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308906898-8J7RU30QD4W1W1WF4SQX/DSC_7761+%2B0_hdr+tc_hdr+avg-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Cascade of Colors - Cascade of Colors A double rainbow rides the mist at the bottom of Yosemite's Vernal Falls. Hidden here in the trees you can stay dry, but go just a bit further down the Mist Trail and you'll be soaked by the spray. https://kovasi.photo/store/camping-planet monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308892147-G35EPHA33U2MUCBD6W5Q/DSC_5280+sphere+%2B2+15k_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+manual+1920.jpg gallery - Camping Planet - Camping Planet Spending leisure time wisely while on a rock floating through space. Captured in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/camping-in-the-sky monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308885581-L7Q80EO8FIW9ZV9UY7ZR/DSC_5743+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+qtvr+Panorama+sky+planet-Edit+1920.jpg gallery - Camping in the Sky - Camping in the Sky Surrounded by mountains, a lake, mid-sunset. What better place to set up camp? Captured in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/store/blazing-rays monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308874599-6O1S5KZ5JLRQBECT9NHT/DSC_7494+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+stereo1zoom+1920.jpg gallery - Blazing Rays - Blazing Rays Some of the finest crepuscular rays I've ever seen! The last of the clearing cloud cover left a slight haze above the mountaintops giving just the right conditions for a spectacular show. These sunbeams were captured in Berchtesgaden Germany. https://kovasi.photo/store/astral-vineyard monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308822609-3JU0LXSV2IWGLXLXBI04/DSC_6992+%2B0+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+stereo+10000+1920.jpg gallery - Astral Vineyard - Astral Vineyard This vineyard in Napa California tries in vain to absorb light from the stars. Unfortunately, light pollution is rampant near cities, to the degree that the stars themselves are nearly obscured from view behind a luminous veil of our own creation. Turn off the lights! https://kovasi.photo/store/arcata-bottoms monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308783348-BT32KSOE1ZYE1AAZWN92/DSC_0657+dark_light_mid_tonemapped+1920.jpg gallery - Arcata Bottoms - Arcata Bottoms I was hiking in the Ma-le’l dunes and on the way back to the car I decided to run to the top of one of the easternmost dunes. I was rewarded with this fantastic view of the Arcata Bottoms with ominous clouds overhead preparing, in typical north coast fashion, to rain. https://kovasi.photo/store/amethyst-skies monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308768161-GA4R88A7AVM4CCREQ9OU/DSC_7725+1+Panorama+manual+blend+1+Panorama+merc1+1920.jpg gallery - Amethyst Skies - Amethyst Skies Matching magentas with the stars above, this field of lupines holds its own. Each year, around May, the Bald Hills area of Redwood National Park in California explodes with vibrant colors as the flowers spring to life. https://kovasi.photo/store/amaranthine-road monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1631828210977-OQX149V3HXG21OXUKSOS/DSC_7663+redo+new+%2B1+hdr+de+hdr+avg+2500.jpg gallery - Amaranthine Road https://kovasi.photo/store/a-littering-of-lilies monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1557308745457-ETFC9Z3ECSZ1QR37FM0N/DSC_0802+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fusedAnd2more_tonemapped+1920.jpg gallery - A Littering of Lilies - A Littering of Lilies These water-lilies almost look alien (or possibly like a pac-man convention) floating in the reflective black of this one of 10,000 lakes. The epic clouds --so common in Minnesota-- bring a sense of foreboding to the shot. I couldn’t locate a collective noun for lilies so I suggest everyone start using this one. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning daily 0.75 2023-03-30 https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/galactic-guardian-j6cpm monthly 0.5 2022-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134829637-HI0JQS1K64X4YDPKGIIN/DSC_3421+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+de1_fused+avg+edit+sat+1+stereo+3+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Galactic Guardian, 55" x 31", grade C+ - Galactic Guardian (Copy) This oak stands at the ready under the vast arch of the Milky Way. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/galactic-guardian-xplg8 monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134829637-HI0JQS1K64X4YDPKGIIN/DSC_3421+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+de1_fused+avg+edit+sat+1+stereo+3+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Galactic Guardian, 12" x 7", new canvas - Galactic Guardian (Copy) This oak stands at the ready under the vast arch of the Milky Way. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/galactic-guardian-tjt4f monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134829637-HI0JQS1K64X4YDPKGIIN/DSC_3421+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+de1_fused+avg+edit+sat+1+stereo+3+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Galactic Guardian, 24" x 14", new canvas - Galactic Guardian (Copy) This oak stands at the ready under the vast arch of the Milky Way. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/duality-jkm6c monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134512682-35WX3ESAYAZGI9HUR9IB/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+little+planet+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Duality, 35" x 35", new canvas - Duality (Copy) Light and dark, Earth and sky, finite and infinite; dualities duel in this image of our planet floating in space. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/duality-jkm6c-ztdsg monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134512682-35WX3ESAYAZGI9HUR9IB/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+little+planet+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Duality 24" x 24", grade A - Duality (Copy) (Copy) Light and dark, Earth and sky, finite and infinite; dualities duel in this image of our planet floating in space. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/daybreak-in-swan-valley-3yl4g monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134403635-EOPLGR01R2PHP70WL6EX/DSC_0232+%2B4_fused+nat_fused+nat_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+16x9+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Daybreak in Swan Valley, 24" x 14", new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/camping-planet-t294g monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133592256-TMRDK4FE4DOJRB6JXNQ6/DSC_5280+sphere+%2B2+15k_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+manual+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Camping Planet, 24" x 24", new canvas - Camping Planet (Copy) Spending leisure time wisely while on a rock floating through space. Captured in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/camping-planet-t294g-zp9a2 monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133592256-TMRDK4FE4DOJRB6JXNQ6/DSC_5280+sphere+%2B2+15k_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+manual+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Camping Planet, 35" x 35", grade 'A' - Camping Planet (Copy) (Copy) Spending leisure time wisely while on a rock floating through space. Captured in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/workhorse monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145249584-NO9J8FUYJOBQJU549UJK/DSC_8614_5_6_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Workhorse https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/we-are-demanding-the-sun monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145242811-P9DQD0Y2BAIW37H5MS3K/4-11-12+%2852%29+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - We Are Demanding the Sun https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/waterfall-world monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574136169941-HBZ5P5U76W68ESEXJNQN/DSC_3065+-2_tonemapped+tc2_fused+avg1_fused+avg+1+edit+lp1+1x1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Waterfall World https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/valldemossa-on-fire monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574136116257-J6D1GZKYJY5TL9NAR2GK/DSC_8367+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Valldemossa on Fire - Valdemossa on Fire Right place, right time, wrong reason. While catching a bus back to Palma from the picturesque village of Valldemossa our bus engine ignited the insulation around it and filled the cabin with smoke. After some fast thinking from the driver we were back on the road half an hour later, richer for having witnessed the sunset from this perspective where there is nomally no place to stop. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/twisted-streetlight monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574136092332-V24TSZM4BGJNDPNZOY49/DSC_4339+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Twisted Streetlight 19.4mm f/.78 https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/trillium monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145225113-FDMOJ4S9FM8JL7QJHEV0/DSC_7571+%2B0_%2B2_-2+manual+dnb+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Trillium https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/tranquility monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574136022461-L88GQ9GY0AAGCZUA2GL4/DSC_6763_4_5_tonemapped+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Tranquility https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/thorny-skies monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574136011658-OMATSRPWYUL3P0FWFT74/DSC_3734+1+Panorama+%2B2_tonemapped+avg+edit+1+oculus+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Thorny Skies - Thorny Skies Shot while watching the Perseid meteor shower, this panorama managed only to catch a few. Instead, starthistle dominates the eastern (upper) horizon of this shot captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/the-deep-end monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135995062-OMQMX1NO9Q1TJB8VBP2Y/DSC_7066+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - The Deep End https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/teton-spectacular monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135898120-6ASKPLXOVFG0S67PE6OV/DSC_1563+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat_fused+avg+blend+1+stereo+20000+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Teton Spectacular - Teton Spectacular It's hard to know what to expect from the sky. Standing in the cold, listening to a nocturne of coyote calls, I was surprised to find the aurora glowing red on the northern horizon! The Milky Way rises over the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/stony-skies monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135874905-FP4VR3U8HDKJA9O6EZ50/DSC_5071+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+flip+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Stony Skies https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/stellar-field monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135862804-7U7SHQFC10MM8D36C8BT/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Stellar Field - Stellar Field Each night the stars are taken out to pasture. This sky was captured in the coastal hills of Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/spyrock-winter-milky-rainbow monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145217601-0IO7JDFNMX9DDSNTUI03/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+stereo+down+16x9+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Spyrock Winter Milky Rainbow https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/spyrock-sunset,-fall monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135827272-DSE0QWLQZHXN0KVI95Q3/DSC_5397+%2B0_%2B2_-2CompressorAnd2moreNatural_fused_fused+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Spyrock Sunset, Fall https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/snowed-in monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135811116-KR1VX75KWTC50ZUKP78T/DSC_7148+edit+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1+footprints1+oculus2+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Snowed In - Snowed In While it probably wasn't the safest place to be the view was excellent! This was taken on a day trip from Salzburg Austria into Berchtesgaden. You have to take a boat to get to the trailhead, and the ice had only just melted enough to get that far. Most of the hike was fine, but towards the end it was on snow and ice. By the time I reached the point where this photo was taken I was sinking up to my waist. I hadn't planned on a snow hike, so was just wearing light boots and regular pants... https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/shrouded-tarn monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135790339-BNO3SRRF9P55ZE8VZ3IN/DSC_5669+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat+16x9+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Shrouded Tarn https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/shell-rock-chiaroscuro monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135775406-OFLN9ZP7CQNERM95MJJT/DSC_2456+1_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+2+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Shell Rock Chiaroscuro https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/searching-the-sky monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145199702-AONH3SQ45I9QLKF2SWJV/DSC_2891+1_fused+nat_fused+avg+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Searching the Sky https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/sagebrush-sunrise monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135747991-D3RCAYK056JINBXTB0Q0/DSC_0272+%2B4_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Sagebrush Sunrise - Sagebrush Sunrise While working in the area I drove past this vantage point several mornings in a row, just after sunrise. Convinced it was worth it, when the week was over I decided to get up even earlier and catch the pre-dawn light as it crept over the mountains. To great effect! The clouds, though threatening to block the sunrise, did not disappoint and instead mirrored the contours of the land and lent a fantastic swath of color to the scene. This stunning sunrise was captured in the fertile Swan Valley in eastern Idaho. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/rusted-sunset monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145179528-ZWQB36HJS8TX18XR46B8/DSC_1555_56_57_58_60_fusedAnd2more_fusedAnd1more_fused+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Rusted Sunset https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/rocky-moonrays monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135683154-51G1N68EZPV1XWPUBMIS/DSC_6066+redo+4_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Rocky Moonrays - Rocky Moonrays Beautiful moonrays shine over the Jumbo Rocks area of Joshua Tree National Park in this shot captured at the perfect coincidence of sunset and moonrise. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/robson-river-rapids monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135648611-5I669T6WQ94KYLR29Q4Q/DSC_3591+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fused+avgAnd3more_tonemapped+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Robson River Rapids https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/riomaggiore-incandescente monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135634861-P00HHQ9ZETW4BGGVH3FX/DSC_9145+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+lp10000+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Riomaggiore Incandescente - Riomaggiore Incandescente Riomaggiore is beautiful during the day, but it really shines at night! After shooting sunset, I waited through the blue hour to capture the city at its most luminous. This is one of five small towns in Cinque Terre Italy. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/redwood-history monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135614147-O90H10HS5MU4VYFM5EMC/DSC_3241+dark_light_mid_tonemapped+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Redwood History https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/redwood-creek monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135596186-E52T4Q3LK0PNSN7EMY2A/DSC_0606+redo+%2B0_hdr+de_hdr+avg_hdr+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Redwood Creek - Redwood Creek Hiking earlier in the day I had scouted this location. Then, as the light faded in the foggy twilight of a coastal sunset, I ran back out the trail to do some long exposures of the creek. This babbling brook is located in Limekiln State Park in Big Sur California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/reclamation monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135532694-PHKEKPOCH4LYLVFHI6KX/DSC_9610+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Reclamation - Reclamation The floor has sprouted a carpet of moss, matching greens with the outside forest as this abandoned building melts back into the earth near Stone Lagoon in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/planetary-guardian monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135527979-MXW5KITZE8PBPG1N9YTA/DSC_3421+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+de1_fused+avg+edit+sat+1+planet+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Planetary Guardian - Planetary Guardian A lone oak stands guard over the Earth in this scene captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/planet-of-the-ferns monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135499200-2B04JJR8V0BD1KJUGVMV/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+lp1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Planet of the Ferns https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/otherworldly-light monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135489433-ZLX9X4MZKQ6P3R5O6QDG/DSC_3229_30_31_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Otherworldly Light https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/osprey-falls monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145171767-4IR99FW2G845HWQ5UZ44/DSC_1453+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fused_tonemappedAnd1more_fused+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Osprey Falls https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/original-milky-way-and-oaks monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145163875-6SCCZA86IOU2WNUTL1Y3/DSC_0527+%2B0+print+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Original Milky Way and Oaks https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/orick-bridge-sunset monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135446441-0E07U6642NQNZV9ZHIDA/DSC_5372+1-19-15+redo+16x9+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Orick Bridge Sunset - Orick Bridge Sunset If you don't look at just the right second you'll whiz past this gorgeous vista. This spectacular valley is found along the winding Redwood Highway, just north of Orick in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/opulence-in-reverie monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145158419-7GT9C67JYFGXBUARL97R/12-22-11+%2832%29+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Opulence in Reverie https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/oaken-ascension monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135384177-EP1UKVDLAZ04RZLPIVVW/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+transequirect+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Oaken Ascension - Oaken Ascension The Milky Way streams out of a large oak tree in Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/oaken-arms monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135366982-BL9V7MEITF4VN5QQDVX0/DSC_7499+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+qtvr+Panorama+planet+smaller+16x9+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Oaken Arms https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/no-shoes monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145148958-0HN17B33BE8NOLIPTVCL/4-29-12+%282%29+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - No Shoes https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/mountain-boardwalk monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135260188-OYAE9MY2X1UKNA7ALWHW/DSC_3906+-2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Mountain Boardwalk - Mountain Boardwalk We came across this stunning vista while backpacking on the Berg Lake Trail. The snow-capped mountain in the background is the majestic Mt. Robson. This was the only part of the trail with a boardwalk, sitting by itself several miles in. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/milky-marsset monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135247862-MT1I4HABIBUA7EKL8CHW/DSC_2789+%2B1.66+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+nat_fused+avg+qtvr+edit+1+milky+rainbow+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Milky Marsset - Milky Marsset Mars sets on the eastern horizon as the Milky Way arcs across the sky in this shot from the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/milky-forest-warp monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135232325-OAAJ778NKP337HC1ILFB/DSC_2236+Panorama+stereo1+edit+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Milky Forest Warp - Milky Forest Warp The forest envelopes the sky as the moon hides in the shadow of the Earth. I woke up at 4am for this shot, but with good reason. This early April morning was a full eclipse of the moon. Knowing that the coast would likely be fogged in at this time of the morning, I headed inland and up into the hills. After driving a ways out a dirt mountain road I found a likely looking spot, hopped a fence, ran through dew-covered grass, and then stood in the same place for half an hour. Although I did shoot some telephoto shots of the moon being eclipsed, the star of the show was the temporarily revealed Milky Way arching across the sky. Fortunately I started this panorama from the top down, because by the time I finished shooting the ground, clouds had rolled in and covered the whole sky. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/middle-road-milky-way-planet,-big-tree monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145143219-QYK9W5WBI2TH4QHQBWYG/DSC_2789+%2B1.66+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+nat_fused+avg+qtvr+edit+1+little+planet+3+1x1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Middle Road Milky Way Planet, Big Tree https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/middle-falls monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135200754-X11U1T94KITZAZ5OTQ1J/DSC_4302+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Middle Falls - Middle Falls Though just one of the many beautiful cataracts along the Canyon Creek Trail, Middle Falls would be a destination in its own right. This scene was captured in the Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/malign-faucet monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135182578-STWG4ODCL8ZGWD5DXX5W/DSC_5081_2_3_fusedAnd2more_fused+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Malign Faucet https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/low-tide monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135155163-SQDM328I4NEZL27FI3C3/DSC_2972+light_mid_tonemapped+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Low Tide, 55" x 24", grade 'B' https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/look-up monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135141687-C6YOO9HMIWL0DBWF3WAY/DSC_2660+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+Panorama+stereo+up+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Look Up - Look Up Too often when hiking we forget to look around, spending the whole excursion staring at the ground and sweating. This image was captured deep in Fern Canyon, although this is not the usual picture of the steep walls of fern from which it derives its name. This verdant canopy is located in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/logging monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135101278-GCH4SM75ANL4UGTPYZME/DSC_2660+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+Panorama+stereo+side+16x9+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Logging https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/les-vignes monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135073370-YS01P7TOQ287WLBGBTSP/DSC_6476+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+1+mercator+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Les Vignes - Les Vignes Surrounded by rolling hills of grapes in all directions. Finding the perfect location for this shot took many hours of research, catching the last rays of the sun took patience. In order to get this perspective I had to duct tape my tripod to the trellis and use a remote to actuate the camera. This shot was captured in Napa County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/le-chat-noir monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135046624-GZ1FT1VONQAT794YBG9Q/DSC_2785_1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Le Chat Noir https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/la-cova-mallorquina monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574135002223-EUGZV6E9HCY06T61A8E3/DSC_2356+%2B1_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+nat+1_fused+avg+2+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - La Cova Mallorquina https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/horseye monthly 0.5 2022-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145133764-118YTR7IUQNZKI9S2CGY/3-31-12+%288%29+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - HorsEye https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/hops-in-hand monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134942212-EA5Z32UVO9YI7XYTFZ9I/DSC_6488+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Hops in Hand https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/hero's-road monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145112033-V4CC3RWWLY20G6VPSS0S/DSC_1599_600_602_603_604_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Hero's Road https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/hermit's-library monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134890796-J3R000RW8E37Y1MYW98D/3-11-12+%2855%29+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Hermit's Library https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/happy-cows monthly 0.5 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134874077-7RDNABAE8R4T61KQ1N68/DSC_2349_50_51Natural+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Happy Cows https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/growth monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134863861-GL71RGRNUAUK7YNDQ9Y9/DSC_0842_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Growth - Growth A maple in the redwoods. Captured in the Owen R. Cheatham grove in the inland forests of Humboldt County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/golden-prague monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134847216-93YPM09XUH82SMNCF4NF/DSC_5530+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+edit+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Golden Prague - Golden Prague Overlooking the center of the city from the castle battlements. Prague is a beautful city in Czechia, and one of my favorite European cities. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/galactic-fireworks monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134803698-YOABSRZ3INJ3UGFY1R11/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+trans+merc+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Galactic Fireworks, 9” x 12”, new canvas - Galactic Fireworks A wintertime image of the Milky Way complimented by the appearance of the comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/galactic-emissions monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134695131-7MJ2LLMDE6QB0SDUXBD5/DSC_8351+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo+planet+2+16x9+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Galactic Emissions https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/ft.-bragg-sunset monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134673867-HO70F19VXLDZJJKKDIVX/DSC_8010+%2B2_tonemapped+tc_fused+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Ft. Bragg Sunset, 35" x 15", grade A - Ft. Bragg Sunset This beautiful walking path traverses the cliff's edge as it meanders past the many coves and beaches of Fort Bragg in coastal Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/four-corners-of-twin-rocks monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145104107-OLA144I8TK1JOXPEWYB1/DSC_9718+dark_light_mid_tonemapped+1+16x9+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Four Corners of Twin Rocks, 24” x 14”, new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/fenced-in monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134630101-6I9MOUK23OL8HFH1MWSZ/DSC_1676_7+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Fenced In, 24” x 14”, grade A- https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/eruption monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134621731-B4TN025QMG5ZX9UK12WK/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo2+1-3+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Eruption https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/emerald-skies monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134605246-GSA07HTF1JV05XYIJBRY/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo4+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Emerald Skies https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/efflorescent-predator monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134540382-J5IVB3YPMKOBKSAR35ES/DSC_1392+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Efflorescent Predator, 12” x 8”, grade A ab https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/eagle-tree monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134533437-373FAL43N5TG74BJ9ZPO/DSC_8186+%2B2_tonemapped+de_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+edit+1+stereo1+16x9+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Eagle Tree, 24” x 14”, grade A https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/duality monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134512682-35WX3ESAYAZGI9HUR9IB/DSC_0706+qtvr+clean+seam+little+planet+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Duality, 35" x 35", grade C+ - Duality Light and dark, Earth and sky, finite and infinite; dualities duel in this image of our planet floating in space. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/dirty-reflections monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145095237-CP83OBH61Y49ZEWGD11Q/DSC_1271_2_3_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Dirty Reflections, 24” x 17”, new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/deep-in-fern-canyon monthly 0.5 2020-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134480813-0XRVMNL6BI0S5E9FBI2S/DSC_2579+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+nat+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Deep in Fern Canyon, 15” x 24”, new canvas - Deep in Fern Canyon Deep in Fern Canyon the iconic high fern-covered walls eventually become more shallow, and yield to more greenery. This is one of those places, of which there are many, where you can only get past (without getting your shoes wet) if you’re tricky. The ferns hanging from every surface make it a spectacular place to enjoy and photograph. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/deadwood-sunset monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134420791-7PK07F1XXWG13J2V1Z14/DSC_3556_57_58_59_61_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Deadwood Sunset, 24” x 16”, new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/daybreak-in-swan-valley monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134403635-EOPLGR01R2PHP70WL6EX/DSC_0232+%2B4_fused+nat_fused+nat_tonemapped+de_fused+avg+16x9+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Daybreak in Swan Valley, 35” x 20”, new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/crystaline-floe monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134395895-QW6WK32KYQWU82TP0A3J/DSC_3308+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+merc1+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Crystaline Floe, 10" x 12", new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/crystal-ball monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574134376381-BWX8M3FMMG3BAFIMAT64/DSC_0128+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg+Panorama+planet+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Crystal Ball - Crystal Ball Our Earth sits majestically on a pedestal of trees in this sunrise capture from Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/creepy-cool monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133862629-G4XQJX7NQ9ATN4WMGZLP/DSC_5957-8+2+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Creepy Cool, 24” x 16”, grade B+ https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/cosmic-spray monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133835355-GWA8NRHBJZV3Y4XWK6YW/DSC_8224+%2B0+Panorama+stereo2+1920-2.jpg Spring Cleaning - Cosmic Spray, 24” x 24”, new canvas - Cosmic Spray The stars pour forth from Twin Rocks, a local landmark in Mendocino County California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/chiocciola monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133606840-37IL24PT5CU714NFT0RX/DSC_9613+blend+%2B2_fused+nat_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+lp1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Chiocciola - Chiocciola This is not a drone shot. Standing atop the spiral staircase at the top of Castello Doria, the whole town of Vernazza can be seen. One of the five 'lands' that make up Cinque Terre in northern Italy. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/camping-planet monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133592256-TMRDK4FE4DOJRB6JXNQ6/DSC_5280+sphere+%2B2+15k_tonemapped+tc_fused+avg_fused+avg+manual+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Camping Planet, 24" x 24", grade 'B' - Camping Planet Spending leisure time wisely while on a rock floating through space. Captured in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/camping-in-the-sky monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574133418693-I52TIRUN1112HA91M6U4/DSC_5743+%2B2_fused+nat_tonemapped+tc+qtvr+Panorama+sky+planet-Edit+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Camping in the Sky, 12" x 7", new canvas - Camping in the Sky Surrounded by mountains, a lake, mid-sunset. What better place to set up camp? Captured in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area of Northern California. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/brickwork-window monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574132826109-XYRXBMZBDHG1J57T33WH/DSC_1724+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Brickwork Window, 9” x 12”, grade B https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/bosky-hollow-#2 monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574132809807-I3KB4K8ZV5E7X2WL5K8R/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo2+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Bosky Hollow #2, 12" x 7", new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/bosky-hollow monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574132795206-S40KZ36TXLOFS1D8VPBU/DSC_3200+%2B2_tonemapped+co_fused+avg+qtvr+1+stereo1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Bosky Hollow, 24" x 24", new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/bombs-bursting-in-air monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145072892-023T58RRSKVIZLMUB69H/DSC_6886+-+hdr+%2B3_fused+nat_fused+avg+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Bombs Bursting in Air, 12" x 8", grade 'B' https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/blazing-rays monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574132717325-UKEVNBYCGOQTWPH7XR63/DSC_7494+%2B2_tonemapped+de_fused+avg_fused+avg+1+Panorama+stereo1zoom+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Blazing Rays, 12” x 7”, new canvas - Blazing Rays Some of the finest crepuscular rays I've ever seen! The last of the clearing cloud cover left a slight haze above the mountaintops giving just the right conditions for a spectacular show. These sunbeams were captured in Berchtesgaden Germany. https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/at-the-water's-edge monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145068212-WLE21SQP0MCFFXQG9CDH/DSC_3043_4_5_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - At the Water's Edge, 24" x 16", grade A https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/arcata-bay-sunset monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145059049-V3CXGTRUYVACZFB0J0UM/DSC_3609+%2B2_%2B4_0_-2_-4_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Arcata Bay Sunset, 35" x 17", new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/apex-grove monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574145051894-XXQ6UV0883L9TVM9VH8X/DSC_7192+%2B0_%2B2_-2_tonemapped+1+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - Apex Grove, 24" x 12", new canvas https://kovasi.photo/spring-cleaning/a-littering-of-lilies monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1574132642518-6OTIGEOYZ7VEF7TRX0R1/DSC_0802+%2B0_%2B2_-2_fusedAnd2more_tonemapped+1920.jpg Spring Cleaning - A Littering of Lilies, 24"x 17", grade 'A' - A Littering of Lilies These water-lilies almost look alien (or possibly like a pac-man convention) floating in the reflective black of this one of 10,000 lakes. The epic clouds --so common in Minnesota-- bring a sense of foreboding to the shot. I couldn’t locate a collective noun for lilies so I suggest everyone start using this one. https://kovasi.photo/greeting-cards daily 0.75 2020-01-11 https://kovasi.photo/greeting-cards/lam-damn-t849k-zme32 monthly 0.5 2020-01-11 https://kovasi.photo/greeting-cards/lam-damn-t849k monthly 0.5 2020-01-11 https://kovasi.photo/greeting-cards/lam-damn monthly 0.5 2020-01-11 https://kovasi.photo/gift-cards daily 0.75 2020-12-22 https://kovasi.photo/gift-cards/gift-card-24-print monthly 0.5 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1608618659551-JIYPPPC6P7Y6UPWDEKIQ/gift+card+unsplash.jpg gift cards - Gift Card - 24" Print https://kovasi.photo/gift-cards/gift-card-12-print monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1585347959340-2GRPWMMKADKNPZLNIDHO/plush-design-studio-f94JPVrDbnY-unsplash.jpg gift cards - Gift Card - 12" Print https://kovasi.photo/gift-cards/gift-card-fixed-value-25-50-100 monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5947400672af6535be4ceb27/1585349061651-C6I7UP3ZI7VIVL14PXLD/alexander-schimmeck-H_KabGs8FMw-unsplash.jpg gift cards - Gift Card - Fixed Value ($25, $50, $100)