Raindrops with Roses
I took this picture in June, just as the sky was clearing up after several days of light drizzle. These drops were on a vetch tendril; the whole thing was about the size of my thumbnail. Each raindrop was acting as a lens, showing an inverted image of the scene behind. About fifteen minutes after the sun came out, the drops were almost all gone. The rose bushes are some of the old cultivated types that have gone wild on the Mendocino Headlands.
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Montgomery Woods
Montgomery Woods is a redwood grove near Comptche. Further up the creek is one of the the tallest trees in the world, at over 367 feet high. I took this picture on a cloudy afternoon in early spring.
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Moon Over Russian Gulch
On October 25, 2007, I went to the headlands north of Russian gulch to see the sun go down. It was a pretty sunset but nothing special; I couldn’t find any reason to use up pixels. As I turned and started back to the car though, I saw the full moon rising over the bridge. I took a lot of pictures, and I like this one the best because at this point the moon and the sunset glow was the same brightness, and the whole scene was evenly lit. I used a thirty second exposure, which is why the clouds and the waves breaking over the rocks are blurred. Also cars were driving over the bridge, you can see the stripe of headlights across the top.
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Raindrops with Roses
I took this picture in June, at the end of several days of light drizzle. A very light rain will cover everything with big drops, while a heavier rain will knock the drops off as they form. Each raindrop can act as a lens, showing an inverted image of whatever is on the other side. To show roses through the drops, I had to find grass stems that were at just the right angle to the rose bushes. These roses are old cultivated varieties that have gone wild on the Mendocino Headlands.
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Raindrops with Roses
I took this picture in June, just after the sky had cleared up after several days of light drizzle. A very light rain will cover everything with big drops, while a heavier rain will knock the drops off as they form. Each raindrop can act as a lens, showing an inverted image of whatever is on the other side. To show roses through the drops, I had to find grass stems that were at just the right angle to the rose bushes. These ones remind me of old fashioned glass paperweights. The roses are old cultivated varieties that have gone wild on the Mendocino Headlands.
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Spotted Owl
Out walking one evening in the forest east of Mendocino, I was going down into a gulch when this owl flew up and landed right above me. It seemed curious and totally unafraid of me, and for a while it flew from tree to tree following me as I walked. A few days later I came back to the same spot, this time with my camera, and started making mouse squeak sounds. Immediately the owl flew in and landed above me, and it was very cooperative in letting me take pictures. When I wanted it to sit on a different branch, I would hide behind a tree and squeak, and it would fly to where it could see me again.
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