return to home page
Digital Camera Close-Up Slideshows Page
Digital Camera Close-Up Thumbnail Gallery
Wildflower Species Latin Name Index Table

Close-Up Slideshows Image Description Table

The following table provides a listings of descriptions for each of the six slideshows on the Digital Camera Close-Up Slideshows page. Within each table listing are by alphanumeric order of the slide name. Dimensions are in pixels of width by height of the larger post processed file available for stock photography usage. Email me for commercial requests. The web images were directly downsized from those files.

Coastal Region Wildflowers close-up Slideshow 1
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers close-up Slideshow 2
Southern California Wildflowers close-up slideshow 3
Autumn Leaf close-up Slideshow 4
Seashore close-up Slideshow 5
Miscelaneous close-up Slideshow 6


Coastal Region Wildflowers close-up Slideshow 1
Slide # Description Dimensions
2bmonkeys_pb.jpg Two bush monkeyflowers, mimulus aurantiacus, and paintbrush, Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County 2600x1800
2_ladys_slipper.jpg A rare orchid species, California lady's-slipper, cypripedium californicum, Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 2500x2100
2mission_bells.jpg Shade loving mission bells, fritillaria lanceolata, with one about to open, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 1600x2200
2mtd_fairy_lantern.jpg Two Mount Diablo fairy lanterns, calochortus pulchellus, Mitchell Canyon Trail, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County (flash) 2800x2000
2pussy_ears.jpg Pussy ears aka hairy star tulip, calochortus tolmiei, Chimney Rock Trail, Point Reyes NS, Marin County 1800x1200
3_rhododendron.jpg Three groups of rhododendron flowers, California rose-bay, rhododendron macrophyllum, South Fork of the Smith River canyon, Six Rivers NF, Del Norte County (flash) 3000x1800
3_thimbleberry.jpg 3 thimbleberry flowers, rubus parviflorus, that produce a tasty red rasberry-like berry in the fall, SF Smith River canyon, Six Rivers NF, Del Norte County (flash) 2500x2100
3yel_creamcups.jpg Yellow variation of cream cup, platystemon californicus, Point St. George, Del Norte County 2200x1000
baby_blue_eyes1.jpg Baby blue eyes, nemophila menziesii, Calero CP, Santa Clara County 2000x1900
babystars_poppy.jpg Baby stars, linanthus bicolor, and California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, Sunol RW, Alameda County 2000x1600
backlit_poppy.jpg Sun backlit California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, against shadows, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County 1800x2200
bldheart_limb1.jpg Bleeding heart, dicentra formosa, hanging on a curving stem limb, Cloverdale Ranches Peninsula Open Space Trust, San Mateo County (flash) 2000x2200
blue-eyed_grass.jpg Blue-eyed grass, sisyrinchium bellum, in front of California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, JD Grant CP, Santa Clara County 2000x2000
cbuttercup_poppy.jpg California buttercup, ranunculus californica, in front of a California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, JD Grant CP, Santa Clara County 2400x2000
chinese_house.jpg Top view of a purple Chinese houses, collinsia heterophyla, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County (flash) 1800x1600
chinese_houses1.jpg Chinese houses, collinsia heterophyla, Pinnacles NM, Monterey County (flash) 2000x1600
clintonia_curv.jpg Beneath redwoods in Mill Creek canyon, red clintonia, clintonia andrewsiana, Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP, Del Norte County (flash) 2500x2000
crcolumbine_blw.jpg Crimson columbine, aquilegia formosa, against sky from below, Golden Gate NRA, Marin County (flash) 1800x2600
cream_poppies.jpg Two flowers on a rare cream-hued California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, Diablo Range, Merced County 2200x1700
cream_poppy_cen.jpg Pollen rich corolla center on a rare cream-hued California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, Diablo Range, Merced County 1400x1200
creamcup_hopper.jpg Baby grasshopper atop cream cup, platystemon californicus, and a birds-eye gilia, gilia tricolor, Sunol RW, Alameda County 2600x1500
cviolet_redmaids.jpg Johnny-jump-up, viola pedunculata, above red maid, calandrinia ciliata, Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 1300x2000
cviolets_inlove.jpg Two johnny-jump ups aka California violets, viola pedunculata, Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 2200x2000
dm_foam_nivea.jpg Douglass's meadow foam, limnanthes douglassii ssp nivea, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 2200x1000
douglas_iris1.jpg Beautiful form of large Douglas iris, iris douglasiana, Mt. Tamalpais SP, Marin County (flash) 1800x2000
forgetmenot.jpg Nice pattern of forget-me-not, myosotis sylvatica, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 1400x2200
foxglove6.jpg A naturalized alien species from Europe, foxglove, digitalis purpurea, above Trinidad Head bay, Humboldt County 1600x3000
fr_paintbrush.jpg Franciscan paintbrush, castilleja franciscana, Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 2000x2000
fringe_cups_stem.jpg Sun back lit fringe cups, tellima grandiflora, above Pescadero Creek, San Mateo County 1600x1800
fringecups_web.jpg Sun back lit fringe cups, tellima grandiflora, apparently visited by Miss Spider, Cloverdale Ranches Peninsula Open Space Trust, San Mateo County 1200x1200
giant_trillium3.jpg The tall central tower of giant trillium, trillium chloropetalum, atop its large mottled green leaves with bug bites out of both, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County (flash) 2200x2000
gmule_ears_cen.jpg Opening whorl of central disc flower of gray mule ears, wyethia helinoides, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County (flash) 1400x1400
goldfield_checker.jpg Goldfield, lasthenia chrysotoma, and checker bloom, sidalcea malvaefora, Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 1600x2200
hounds_tongue.jpg Western hound's tongue, cynoglossum grande, Heritage Grove CP, San Mateo County (flash) 1200x1200
inside_cpoppy.jpg Center of California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, JD Grant CP, Santa Clara County 2400x2200
ladybug_tidytip.jpg In the cool dewy morning, found this ladybird beetle sleeping in the center of a tidy tip, layia platyglossa, Russian Ridge OSR, San Mateo County 2400x2200
lupine_poppy2.jpg Bicolor lupine, lupinus bicolor, with stem splitting through petals of a California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, as a background, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 2200x1800
meadow_foam.jpg Meadow foam, limnanthes douglasii, Calero CP, Santa Clara County 2000x1900
mont_mariposa.jpg Monterey mariposa, calochortus uniflorus, Point Lobos SR, Monterey County 1800x1500
poppy_johnju.jpg Curling up California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, and johnny-jump-up, viola pedunculata, Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 2000x1200
primrose_sand_2.jpg Beach evening primrose, camissonia cheiranifolia, on shore sand dunes Pescadero SB, San Mateo County 1200x1000
queens_cup.jpg queen's cup, clintonia uniflora, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 2800x2100
red_clintonia3.jpg Beneath redwoods in Steep Ravine, red clintonia, clintonia andrewsiana, Mt. Tamalpais SP, Marin County (flash) 1600x2800
redwood_sorrel.jpg A redwood sorrel, oxalis oregana, flower beside its distinctively shaped leaf above a sword fern frond, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 2600x1800
rhododendron_anth.jpg Close-up of rhododendron flowers, California rose-bay, rhododendron macrophyllum, SF Smith River canyon, Six Rivers NF, Del Norte County (flash) 3000x1800
rpea_rclover.jpg Sun backlit red pea, lathyrus circeum, and rose clover, trifolium hirtum, both European exotics brought here by settlers that have long become naturalized, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 2000x2800
ruffled_paintbrush.jpg Top view of corral red hued Indian paintbrush, castilleja affinis, with ruffles, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County (flash) 1600x1800
scarlet_pimpernell1.jpg Beautiful salmon orange color of scarlet pimpernell, anagallis arvensis, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 2400x1800
seaside_daisy.jpg Seaside daisy, erigeron glaucus, surrounded by ray flowers, Point Lobos SR, Monterey County 2200x2200
seaside_daisy_cr.jpg Inner disk flowers of seaside daisy, erigeron glaucus, surrounded by ray flowers, Point Lobos SR, Monterey County 1400x1400
spike_paintbrush.jpg Elegant spiked head of an emerging woolly paintbrush, castilleja foliolosa, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County (flash) 1600x2200
spiraea_rock.jpg Mountain spiraea, spiraea densiflora, against rock, Minaret Creek area of Ansel Adams W, Madera County 2200x2800
star_flower.jpg Shade forest resident star flower, trientalis latifolia, along Troop 80 Trail, Mt. Tamalpais SP, Marin County (flash) 2200x1400
star_solomons_seal1.jpg Patterns of dense star solomon's seal, smilacina stellata, in warm late afternoon light, Heritage Grove CP, San Mateo County 2800x2200
tattered_sidalcea.jpg Two sidalcea, sidalcea malvaeflora, with tattered petals, Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 1700x2000
thistle_in_sky.jpg Red thistle, cirsium proteanum, up in sky, JD Grant CP, Santa Clara County 2000x2000
two_gilia.jpg Birds-eye gilia, gilia tricolor, Pacheco SP, Santa Clara County 2200x1200
twoeyed_violet2b.jpg Two-eyed violet, viola oceollata, flower and bud atop leaf, resident of a shady coastal forest, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County (flash) 1400x1800
twoeyed_violet3.jpg Two-eyed violet, viola oceollata, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County (flash) 1800x1400
washington_lily.jpg Very fragrant Washington lily, lilium washingtonianum, along the Eel River, Humboldt Redwoods SP, Humboldt County 2200x1900
western_azalea.jpg A close-up group of intensely fragrant western azalea, rhododendron occidentale, flowers, Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 2400x2000
white_lilies10.jpg An exotic onion common along rural roads in coastal Calfornia, threecorner leek, allium triquetrum, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 2600x1800
winecup_clarkia.jpg Winecup clarkia, clarkia purpurea, up in sky, Sunol RW, Alameda County 2000x1800
witches_teeth.jpg Witches teeth, lotus formosissimus, Point Lobos SR, Monterey County 1600x2000
woodland_star.jpg Woodland star, lithophragma affinis, Mitchell Canyon Trail, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County (flash) 1500x2100
wtrillium2.jpg A striking western trillium, trillium ovatum, amid decaying brown redwood leaves and green redwood sorrel plants, Butano SP, San Mateo County (flash) 2200x2000
wtrillium6.jpg A white flowered color version of western trillium, trillium ovatum, above Pescadero Creek, San Mateo County (flash) 1200x1200
wtrillium7.jpg A reddish flowered color version of western trillium, trillium ovatum, after refreshing April showers, Heritage Grove CP, San Mateo County (flash) 2000x2000

Sierra Nevada Wildflowers close-up Slideshow 2
Slide # Description Dimensions
10red_anthers.jpg As yet unknown head of small 5 white petal flowers each with 10 red anthers and star-shaped green sepals, Stanislaus NF, Calaveras County 1400x1600
2_cinquefoil.jpg Alpine drummond's cinquefoild, potentilla drummondii, below Mount Mendel in Kings Canyon NP, Fresno County 1200x2000
2explorers_gentian.jpg Glorious deep blue petals of explorer's gentian, gentiana calycosa, have small greenish dots, Desolation W, El Dorado County 1400x1400
2gold_nuggets.jpg Two gold nuggets, calochortus luteus, and gray beetles, Stanislaus NF, Calaveras County (flash) 1400x2000
2indian_pink.jpg Highly saturated red-hued species, Indian pink, silene californica, with level petals, Stanislaus NF, Tuolumne County 1135x2000
2sneezeweed.jpg Two Bigelow's sneezeweed, helenium bigelovii, with the lower amusingly under the petal skirt of the higher. John Muir W, Fresno County 2200x2000
2_tiger_lilies.jpg Two wonderfully fragrant tiger lilies, lilium kelleyanum, up in the sky near Mono Creek, John Muir W, Fresno County 2300x2300
3evening_snow.jpg Three evening snow, linanthus dichotomus, flowers that only open after sunset for pollenation by moths, Tuolumne River canyon in Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County (flash) 2200x2400
3indian_pink.jpg Three inensely red Indian pink, silene californica, with drooping petals, Tuolumne River canyon in Stanislaus NF, Tuolumne County 1000x1600
3pur_fairy_lanterns.jpg Nodding flowers of purple fairy lanterns, aka purple globelily, calochortus amoenus, with a seed at left, under shady trees in the Kaweah River canyon of Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1800x2600
3pussy_paws_wgru.jpg Three pussy paw flowers, calyptridium umbellatum, atop thunderstorm wet granite sand, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 1600x2000
4fawn_lilies.jpg Sierra fawn lily, erythronium purpurascens, shady forest wildflower appearing right after melting snows, South Yuba drainage in Tahoe NF, Nevada County 1000x1600
4linanthus.jpg Mustang clover, linanthus montanus, in the Kings Canyon area of Sequoia NF, Fresno County (flash) 1600x1800
4monkeyflowers.jpg Resident of wet seeps, common monkeyflower, mimulus guttatus, BLM lands of Merced River canyon, Merced County 1400x1600
4t_monkeys.jpg Resident of alpine talus seeps, large monkeyflower, mimulus tilingii, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo County 2200x2800
7linanthus.jpg Highly variable hues of false baby stars, linanthus parviflorus, in the Kaweah River canyon of Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x1800
7scarlet_monk.jpg Large and sticky scarlet monkeyflower, mimulus cardinalis, Pine Creek canyon in Inyo NF, Inyo County 1800x1400
9snowplants.jpg The amazing snow plant, sarcodes sanguinea, a red saprophyte just risen from yellow pine forest litter, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 1340x2000
alpine_gold_sunf.jpg Alpine gold, hulsea algida, against granite boulder, below Mount Mendel in Kings Canyon NP, Fresno County 2000x2200
asters.jpg A dense cluster of asters, aster ?, growing on dry volcanic soils in Mokelumne Wilderness, Alpine County 1800x2200
bb_bleeding_heart.jpg Bleeding heart, dicentra formosa, along the banks of the Merced River in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite NP, Mariposa County (flash) 1400x1800
bbee_senecio.jpg A bumble bee atop arrow-leaf senecio, senecio triangularis, near Mono Creek, John Muir W, Fresno County 2300x2300
bee_fly_2flax.jpg Bee hovering next to blue flax, linum perennem, with fly, Mokelumne W, El Dorado County 1400x1600
bush_poppy.jpg Resident of dry slopes, a yellow 4-petaled bush poppy, dendromecon rigida, Clavey River canyon in Stanislaus NF, Tuolumne County 1800x1800
cal_fuschia_gran.jpg California fuschia, zauschneria californica, against granite beside the Tule River, Sequoia NF, Tulare County (flash) 1960x2800
columbine_hues.jpg Hybrid hues of Coville's columbine, aquilegia pubescens, and crimson columbine, aquilegia formosa, Rock Creek area of Inyo NF, Inyo County 1300x2200
columbine_pool.jpg A petal from crimson columbine, aquilegia formosa, fallen into a stream pool. Note starlike shadows from other columbine flowers above. Kirkwood Meadows in El Dorado NF, Alpine County 1000x1600
cone_flower.jpg Coneflower, rudbeckia californica, up in sky, near SR88 in El Dorado NF, El Dorado County 1600x1600
corral_paintbrush.jpg Corral-hued Applegate's paintbrush, castilleja applegatei, below Elephant's Back in Mokelumne W, El Dorado County (flash) 1600x1200
coulters_daisy.jpg Brightening a sandy small stream channel, Coulter's daisy, erigeron coulteri, Mokelumne Wilderness, Alpine County 2000x2000
coyote_mint.jpg Strong smelling coyote mint, monardella odoratissima, growing on dry sunny slopes of the SF Kaweah River canyon in Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x1800
firew_columb.jpg Fireweed, epilobium angustifolium, with crimson columbine, aquilegia formosa, near Mono Creek, John Muir W, Fresno County (flash) 2200x2300
fivespot.jpg Low to ground forest beauty, fivespot, nemophila maculata, El Dorado NF, El Dorado County 1400x1600
fivespot_mass.jpg Dense mass of fivespot, nemophila maculata, El Dorado NF, El Dorado County 2200x2800
footh_pretty_face.jpg An umbel of foothill pretty face, tritelia ixiodes ssp. scabra, with blue anthers, Stanislaus NF, Calaveras County (flash) 2000x2000
fringepod_sun.jpg Dewy backlit fringepod, thysanocarpus curvipes, near SF Merced River, Mariposa County 2300x1800
gilia_kaweah.jpg Glowing bright purple in the sun, dense heads of an unknown gilia in the SF Kaweah River canyon, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 2000x2600
grand_collomia.jpg Unusual creamy orange hued head of grand collomia, collomia grandiflora, in Mineral King Valley of Sequoia NP, Tulare County 2000x2000
grass_spikes.jpg Grass spikes up in sky, at an Upper Truckee River meadow in El Dorado NF, El Dorado County 2000x2400
harlequin_lupine.jpg The most colorful lupine species, harlequin lupine, lupinus stiversii, with yellow banner and pink wing petals that turn orange after pollenation, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 2000x2200
Indian_warrior.jpg Indian warrior, pedicularis densiflora, BLM lands near Merced River, Mariposa County 2400x1600
l_tiger_lily.jpg A tiger lily, lilium kelleyanum, up in the sky near Mono Creek, John Muir W, Fresno County 1100x1100
lem_paintbrush.jpg Family of Lemmon's paintbrush, castilleja lemmonii, John Muir W, Fresno County 2200x2000
leop_lily_sky.jpg Small leopard lily aka alpine lily, lilium parvum, up in the sky, along Ward Creek in El Dorado NF, El Dorado County 1800x2800
lh_steershead.jpg Appropriately named little wildflower, longhorn steershead, dicentra_uniflora, in the South Yuba River drainage of Tahoe NF, Nevada County (flash) 1200x1000
ll_paintbrush.jpg Flame-like narrow red sepals of long-leaved paintbrush, castilleja linariifolia, Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 2200x2800
madia_blues.jpg Common madia, madia elegans, above child's blue-eyed mary, collinsia childii, in the Kaweah River canyon of Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 2400x1800
madia_petals.jpg Common madia, madia elegans, with well separated petals in Kaweah River canyon of Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 1400x1400
mer_shooting_star.jpg A flamboyantly shaped shooting star, dodecatheon jeffreyi, near South Fork Merced River, Mariposa County 1600x1700
mtn_heather.jpg Mountain heather aka red heather, phyllodoce breweri, blooming soon after snow melts. Growing against granite in the Cliff Creek basin of Sequoia NP, Tulare County 2000x2000
mtn_lungwort.jpg Pink buds turning blue mountain lungwort aka fringed lungwort, mertensia ciliata, with bee along White Chief Creek, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x2000
mtn_sorrel_gran.jpg Mountain sorrel, oxyria digyna, against granite, below Mount Mendel in Kings Canyon NP, Fresno County 2200x2800
new_snow_plant.jpg Newly emerging out of giant sequoia forest litter, snow plant, sarcodes sanguinea, along Redwood Creek in Kings Canyon NP, Tulare County (flash) 2800x2200
pac_dogwood_flwr.jpg Center close up view of yellow pollen sprinkling large white sepals of Pacific dogwood, cornus nuttallii, Yosemite Valley in Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 1600x1600
paintbrush_gr.jpg Applegate's paintbrush, castilleja applegatei, against SR120 highway cut granite, Yosemite NP Tuolumne County 1700x2000
pink_montia.jpg Pink stem and leaved variation of miner's lettuce, montia perfoliata, growing out of a granite wall crack, Sequoia NP, Tulare County (reflector) 1600x2000
purple_jewel.jpg Unusual purple leaves of Farnsworth's jewelflower, streptanthus farnsworthianus, on a rocky outcrop in the Kaweah River canyon of Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 2400x1600
pussy_paws_rusty.jpg Pussy paws, calyptridium umbellatum, Kings Canyon NP, Fresno County 2200x2500
rangers_buttons.jpg Very common umbel of ranger's buttons, sphenosciadium capitallatum, with three visiting black bees, Desolation W, El Dorado County 2000x1600
rayless_daisy.jpg Rayless daisy, erigeron aphanactis, on sagebrush moraine above Parker Creek in Inyo NF, Mono County 1700x2400
red_butterballs.jpg Butterballs, eriogonum oxalifolium, cushion plant once pollinated changes from yellow to red in Evolution Creek area of Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County 1200x2800
redbud_branch.jpg Shadowed western redbud, cercis occidentalis, branch against blue sky, BLM lands near Merced River in Mariposa County (flash) 1600x2400
rein_orchid_b.jpg Sierra rein orchid, plantanthera leucostachys, against granite, John Muir W, Fresno County 1600x1400
rock_sphlox.jpg Spreading phlox, phlox diffusa, with bug eaten petals, lichen on granite, and a dry black oak leaf, Tuolumne River canyon in Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County (flash fill) 2200x2800
roundtooth_ookow.jpg Atop long stems that bob in breeze, roundtooth ookow, dichelostemma multiflorum, El Dorado NF, El Dorado County (flash) 2000x2200
sandwort.jpg A dense patch of few inch high Nuttall's sandwort, minuartia nuttallii, growing on alpine granite sands in the Cliff Creek basin of Sequoia NP, Tulare County 2000x2400
sheltons_violet1.jpg Shelton's violet, viola sheltonii, beside its palmate leaf below giant sequoia along Redwood Creek in Kings Canyon NP, Tulare County (flash) 1600x1600
shooting_star_cc.jpg Shooting star, dodecatheon jeffreyi, in morning sunlight along Crescent Creek, Sequoia NP, 2800x2000
silverleaf_lotus.jpg Pea family ground creeper, silverleaf lotus, lotus argophyllus, atop volcanic stone, El Dorado NF, El Dorado County )flash) 1400x1000
spice_bush.jpg Ancient flowering plant species of spice bush, calycanthus occidentalis, along spring stream in Kings Canyon in Sequoia NF, Fresno County (flash) 1000x1600
spiky_paintbrush.jpg Spiky flowers of great red paintbrush, castillegia miniata, in seep above Mono Creek, John Muir W, Fresno County 2300x1800
spiraea_rock.jpg Mountain spiraea, spiraea densiflora, against rock, Minaret Creek area of Ansel Adams W, Madera County 2200x2800
swamp_onion_sky.jpg Swamp onion, allium validum, up in the sky at Martin Meadow in El Dorado NF, Amador County 1600x2200
w_wallflower.jpg Orange-hued ball of western wallflower, erysimum capitatum, El Dorado NF, El Dorado County 1600x1600
white_rue.jpg An unknown dainty white flower long Crescent Creek, Sequoia NP, Tulare County (reflector) 1800x2000
wild_geranium.jpg Wild geranium, geranium richardsonii, a wet meadow resident in Mineral King Valley of Sequoia NP, Tulare County (reflector) 1400x1400
wind_poppy_2be.jpg Two black beetles enjoying a wind poppy, stylomecon heterophylla, under shady trees in the Kaweah River canyon of Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 1000x1600
wsf_2montanus.jpg Two pretty mustang clover, linanthus montanus, below an orange-hued wooly sunflower, eriophyllum linatum, near Crescent Creek, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 2000x1400

Southern California Wildflowers close-up Slideshow 3
Slide # Description Dimensions
2big_coreopsis.jpg Two Bigelow's coreopsis, coreopsis bigelovii, flowers, Carrizo Plain NM, San Luis Obispo County (flash) 2800x1800
2blazing_star.jpg Orange-hued species of blazing star, mentzelia pectinata, Caliente Range in Carrizo Plain NM, San Luis Obispo County 2200x1400
2desert_candles.jpg Desert candles, caulanthus inflatus, up in sky, Temblor Range in Carrizo Plain NM,San Luis Obispo County 1800x1600
2golden_girls.jpg Two rayless golden girls, chaenactis grabriuscula, Cottonwood Wash at Joshua Tree NP, Riverside County 1700x900
Arizona_lupine.jpg One Arizona lupine, lupinus arizonicus, spike against the shadowed bank of a wash in the Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County 1700x3000
az_lupine_dawn.jpg Dawn silhouettes of Arizona lupine, lupinus arizonicus, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2000x1600
backlit_tidy_tips.jpg Back lit dewy tidy tip, layia platyglossa, Carrizo Plain NM, San Luis Obispo County 2000x1800
barrel_cac.jpg Looking down on the top of a blooming barrel cactus, ferocactus cylindraceus, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2300x2000
beavertail.jpg Blooming beavertail cactus, opuntia basilaris, up against blue sky, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2600x2200
beavertail_cu.jpg Closeup of a blooming beavertail cactus, opuntia basilaris, flower, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 1200x1200
bee_poppies.jpg Honeybee flying towards California poppy, eschscholtzia californica, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County 2000x1600
big_monkeyflwr.jpg Bigelow monkeyflower, mimulus bigelovii, atop a sandy Cottonwood Wash, Joshua Tree NP, Riverside County 1900x2500
blazing_star2.jpg Center corolla view of a large sand blazing star, mentzelia involucrata, Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County 850x850
bottle_brush_sky.jpg Bottle brush, camissonia boothii, flowers, also called bottle washer, and its red buds up against the sky, Pinto Mountains, Riverside County 2800x2000
brittlebush_bud.jpg Brittlebush flower, encelia farinosa, and just out of bud flower, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2090x1480
can_bells_gran.jpg Canterbury bells, phacelia campanularia, growing up against granite, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County 2200x2800
cant_bells_sky1.jpg Canterbury bells, phacelia campanularia, up in sky, Cottonwood Wash canyon in Joshua Tree NP, Riverside County (flash) 2800x2200
chuparosa_sky.jpg Raging red chuparosa bush, justicia californica, flowers up against the blue sky in Henderson Canyon of Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2600x2000
cryptantha.jpg Patterns of cryptantha near Amboy Crater in San Bernadino County 1400x1700
desert_5spot_cen.jpg Closeup of the lovely corolla center of a desert fivespot, malvastrum rotundifolium, Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County 1000x1000
desert_chicory.jpg Perpendicular view of desert chicory, rafinesquia neomexicana, along Kelbaker Road in San Bernadino County 1800x1800
desert_dandelion_sh.jpg White outer corolla version of desert dandelion, malacothrix glabrata, Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County 2000x2000
desert_dandelion_sp.jpg Pale yellow corolla version of desert dandelion, malacothrix glabrata, Sheephole Pass, Riverside County 2200x2100
desert_lily_sv.jpg Large flowers of desert lily, hesperocallis undulata, with many buds against magenta sand verbena, near Amboy Crater in San Bernadino County 2500x2200
desert_senna.jpg Up against blue sky, the large drooping green seed pods and fragrant yellow flowers of desert senna, casia armata, a much branched shrub, Cadiz Valley, Riverside County 1800x2000
desert_star_pm.jpg Belly flowers of desert star, monoptilion belloides, and purple mat, nama dimissum, along Kelbaker Road in San Bernadino County 2500x2000
desertgold_sky.jpg Fragrant desertgold sunflowers, geraea canescens, up in partly cloudy blue sky near Amboy Crater in San Bernadino County 2800x2200
desgold_sverbena.jpg A desertgold sunflower, geraea canescens, with still spreading petals beside a sand verbena, abronia villosa, umbel on a Pinto Mountains bajada San Bernadino County 2300x1300
dune_ep_2sb.jpg Two sand verbena, abronia villosa, flowers beside its common also fragrant companion, a large dune evening primrose, oenothera deltoids, Pinto Mountains bajada, Riverside County 2800x1900
e_primrose_sand.jpg Petals of fallen dune evening primrose, oenthera deltoides, on sand, (flash) Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 1200x1600
evening_snow_pmat.jpg Purple mat, nama dimissum, with a white evening snow, linanthus dichotomus, flower that only opens at sunset, Cottonwood Wash at Joshua Tree NP, Riverside County (flash) 2100x1500
fishhook_cac.jpg Looking down on a little blooming fishhook cactus, mammillaria dioica, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2000x2200
five_spot3_sky.jpg Uncommon favorite of wildflower seekers, here up against the blue sky, the lovely desert fivespot, malvastrum rotundifolium, near Amboy Crater, San Bernadino County 2600x2200
fly_b_blue_eyes.jpg Fly on baby blue eyes, nemophila menziesii, (flash) Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County 2200x2200
fremont_pincushion.jpg Pretty white rayless sunflowers of Fremont pincushion, chaenactis fremontii, against an out of focus purple mat background, Eagle Mountains in Joshua Tree NP, Riverside County 2200x1700
ghost_flower.jpg Ghost flower, mohavea confertiflora, (flash) Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 1500x1440
globemallow_sky.jpg Beautitiful apricot hues of globemallow, sphaeralcea ambigua, also called apricot mallow, against the blue sky in the Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County 1900x2900
goldfield_stems.jpg Goldfields, lasthenia californica, up in sky, Carrizo Plain NM, San Luis Obispo County 2800x2000
ground_pink.jpg Ground pink, linanthus dianthiflorus,about San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County 2600x1900
langloisia2.jpg Wonderful uncommon belly flower of rocky soils, spotted langloisia, langlosia punctata, Pinto Mountains, Riverside County 2100x1200
lavender_bee1.jpg A honey bee gatherning fragrant pollen of desert lavender bush, hyptis emoryi, up in cloudy blue skies, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 1000x1900
lavender_bee2.jpg A honey bee flying away after visiting flowers of a desert lavender bush, psorothamus schotti, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 1600x1800
lemmons_mustard.jpg Dewy Lemmon's mustard, guillenia lemmonii, up in foggy sky, Carrizo Plain NM, San Luis Obispo County 1200x1600
lupine_lupine.jpg Bentham lupine, lupinus benthamii, Gorman Hills, Los Angeles County 1600x1600
nar_goldenbush.jpg Close-up of narrowleaf goldenbush, ericameria linearifolia, from within a large bush that often densely cover hillsides, Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County 2500x1800
ocotillo2.jpg A waxy vermillion Crayola-like bloom of a tall ocotillo, fouquieria splendens, against the deep blue Colorado Desert sky in the Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County (60% crop) 1900x2800
ourlordscandle.jpg Our Lord's Candle, yucca whipplei, in an ultimate spring wildflower field in hills of the San Jacinto River basin, Riverside County 1900x2900
owls_clover_gf.jpg Purple owls clover, castilleja exserta, down inside a goldfield jungle, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County 2200x2400
phacelia_distans.jpg Blue phacelia aka common phacelia, phacelia distans, against granite rock, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 2400x2200
phacelia_tri.jpg Dark blue purple flowers of a notch-leaf phacelia, phacelia crenulata, that favor hot rocky sites, Chuckwalla Valley, Riverside County 2400x2800
poppy_explosion.jpg Explosion of California poppies with birds-eye gilia, California coreopsis, goldfields, baby blues-eyes, popcorn flower, and ground pink, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County (flash) 1600x1400
poppy_wonder.jpg California poppies in mini-wonderland of with baby blues-eyes, California coreopsis, goldfields, birds-eye gilia, popcorn flower, and ground pink, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County (flash) 3000x2200
princess_th_sageb.jpg Little Princess thistle sage, salvia carduacea, riding a pink lupine horsey, Santa Barbara County 1600x2000
red_monkeyflwr.jpg Two flowers of a red bush-monkeyflower, mimulus puniceus, with tiny striped bug, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County (flash) 2300x1500
rlf5_lowmix3.jpg Dense jungle of baby blues-eyes, California poppies, California coreopsis, goldfields, birds-eye gilia, popcorn flower, and ground pink, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County (flash) 2300x1950
rlf5_lowmix4.jpg Dense jungle of baby blues-eyes, California poppies, California coreopsis, goldfields, birds-eye gilia, popcorn flower, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County (flash) 1300x1200
rose_pea2.jpg Pea familiy species that favors dry sandy washes, astragalus crotalariae, against partly cloudy blue sky on a Pinto Mountains bajada, Riverside County 1400x1300
sand_verbena1.jpg A strongly fragrant sand verbena, abronia villosa, plant with buds at left against shadows near Amboy Crater, San Bernadino County 2800x2200
spanish_needles.jpg Top view of Spanish needles, palafoxia arida, flowers near Amboy Crater, San Bernadino County 2000x1700
sv_dep_bep2.jpg Sand loving magenta hued sand verbena, abronia villosa, large white hued dune evening primrose, oenothera deltoids, and smaller white brown-eyed evening primrose, camissonia claviformia, Pinto Mountains bajada, Riverside County 1500x1300
tansy_phacelia_av.jpg tansy-leafed phacelia aka lacy phacelia, phacelia tanacetifolia, up in blue sky, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County 2800x2400
th_sage_cloud.jpg Thistle sage, salvia carduacea, Anza-Borrego SP, San Diego County 1600x2000
wal_eriophyllum.jpg Belly flowers prefering sandy stony soils, Wallace's eriophyllum, eriophyllum wallacei, and purple mat, nama dimissum, along Kelbaker Road, San Bernadino County 1900x2800
wishbone_bush.jpg A purple-red hued species of nightshade against blue sky, wishbone bush, mirabilis californica, San Jacinto River Valley hills, Riverside County (flash) 2400x1800

Autumn Leaf close-up Slideshow 4
Slide # Description Dimensions
2_leaves_wet.jpg Two fallen autumn quaking aspen leaves on partially wet stream smoothed rock, Toyabe NF, Mono County 2000x2800
2leaf_ice.jpg Two frosty autumn quaking aspen leaves in sunrise light, Toyabe NF, Mono County 1660x2240
2maple_water.jpg Autumn bigleaf maple aka broad-leaf m., acer macrophyllum, leaves in stream, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x2000
4red_p_dogwood.jpg Branch of deep red autumn leaves of Pacific dogwood, (flash) Tulare County 2200x2800
aspen_on_water.jpg Freshly fallen autumn quaking aspen leaves floating atop a stream pool, Toyabe NF, Mono County 2800x2000
b_oak_leaves.jpg Group of colorful leaves on low to ground young black oak, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 2100x2800
bl_maple_lvs4.jpg Autumn leaves of bigleaf maple and Pacific dogwood atop Merced River pool, Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 2400x2800
black_oak_lvs.jpg Branch of multi-hued autumn black oak leaves, Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 2400x2000
blackoak_leaf.jpg Uncommon multi-hued autumn black oak leaf, Stanislaus NF, Calaveras County 1760x2000
cloak_catkins.jpg Canyon live oak male flowers on catkins, (flash) Mariposa County 1800x2400
corn_lily_lvs.jpg New leaves of corn lily, veratrum californicum, (flash) Tahoe NF, Nevada County 2800x1600
dense_a_willow.jpg Dense turf patch of back lit arctic willow, salix arctica, in late summer color, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 2200x2800
dingle_ball.jpg Currant fruit and its autumn red-hued leaf, Tulare County 1600x1200
dogwood_bush.jpg Multi-hued autumn leaf colors of young Pacific dogwood, cornus nuttallii, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x2200
fallen_leaves.jpg Just fallen autumn colors of quaking aspen leaves, Toyabe NF, Mono County 2800x2200
graupel_leaf.jpg Graupel snow atop orange-hued fall quaking aspen leaf, BLM lands, Mono County 2600x2200
ice_leaves_w.jpg Fallen aspen leaves in hollow drained ice, BLM lands, Mono County 2200x2700
leaf_granite.jpg Fallen autumn quaking aspen leaf on dry stream smoothed rock, Toyabe NF, Mono County 2800x2200
leaves_ice.jpg Branch of frosty autumn quaking aspen leaves in sunrise light, Toyabe NF, Mono County 2200x2800
leaves_on_water1.jpg Autumn fallen bigleaf maple, white alder, and Pacific dogwood leaves on Merced River pool, Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 2100x2800
lvs_underwater.jpg Freshly fallen autumn quaking aspen leaves under a stream flow in sunshine, Toyabe NF, Mono County 2000x1600
maple_leaf_water.jpg Water tension at points at lower left of a fallen floating bigleaf maple leaf, Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x2000
monkshood.jpg Fall yellow-hued willow leaf atop multi-hued monkshood plant leaf, dried incense cedar and yellow pine needles, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 2800x1800
ora_w_grape_leaf.jpg Back lit autumn color of California wild grape leaf, vitis californica, Sequoia NF, Tulare County 2038x2200
peach_dogwd_lf.jpg Rain wet fallen autumn peach-hued Pacific dogwood leaf atop lichen coated rock, Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 2800x1200
rasberry_leaves6.jpg Autum leaf color of western rasberry, rubus leucodermis, Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 2200x2000
red_fireweed_lvs.jpg Late summer red color of fireweed leaves, Inyo NF, Inyo County 1950x2200
red_hairs_oak.jpg News leaves of black oak have velvety red hairs on top side that disappear after a few days, Saratoga Gap OSP, Santa Clara County 1600x1800
red_heart_leaf.jpg Freshly fallen autumn heart shaped red-hued quaking aspen leaf atop stream debris, (flash) Toyabe NF, Mono County 2200x2800
red_w_grape_leaf.jpg Autumn color of California wild grape leaf, vitis californica, in sunshine, Sequoia NF, Tulare County 2200x2400
rg_dogwood_lvs.jpg Mix of red and green autumn color on branch of Pacific dogwood, (flash) Tulare County 1600x2000
rose_dogwood.jpg Beautifully rich rose autumn leaf hues of Pacific dogwood atop dried giant sequoia scale leaves, Tulare County 1600x1200
wet_log_leaves.jpg Severely tattered fallen quaking aspen leaves atop wet log in stream, Toyabe NF, Mono County 1980x1860
willow_rain.jpg Fallen autumn willow leaves wet from over night rains, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 2200x2800
wine_currant_leaf.jpg Fall color of wine-hued currant leaf, (flash) Tulare County 1600x1700
yellow_leaves.jpg Yellow branch of common giant sequoia understory shrub, Tulare County 1700x2000

Seashore close-up Slideshow 5
Slide # Description Dimensions
4stones.jpg Four tidal tumbled smooth wet stones on sandstone, Monterey County 2800x2200
5barnacles.jpg Five barnacles on sandstone, Monterey County 2800x2200
5finger_fern.jpg Two-eyed pattern of five-finger ferns, adiantum aleuticum, South Fork of the Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 2600x2100
7barnacles_red.jpg Seven barnacles on red sedimentary sandstone, Monterey County 2600x1600
abalone_a.jpg Abalone shell iridescence circular center. San Mateo County 2400x1900
abalone_b.jpg Abalone shell iridescence. San Mateo County 2800x1600
algae_puddle.jpg Algae strands in shallow depression with seawater atop granite boulder, Monterey County 2800x2200
banana_slug_U.jpg The way a banana slug makes a 180 degree U-turn, atop a cow parsnip leaf beside the Coastal Trail, Del Norte Redwoods SP, Del Norte County (flash) 2100x2600
bleached_seawd.jpg Wet bleached seaweed on grainy sand. San Mateo County 2400x2000
blue_glass_st.jpg Gem-like blue glass surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2800x1900
bubbles_pebbles.jpg Constructive wavelength interference of sunlight on surf foam bubble thin film atop magnified pebbles, San Mateo County 1464x1470
butter-red_st1.jpg Butter yellow, red and white surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2800x2300
carmel_stones.jpg Colorful eroded out and tidal smoothed volcanic conglomerate stones underwater at shore, Monterey County 2800x2200
ceramic_eyes.jpg Tidal smoothed pebbles in small wave wet depressions of ceramic looking polished sandstone, Monterey County 2800x2200
cows_egg_st.jpg Yellow & red egg shaped and red & white surf polished wet stones against colorful dark sands, northern California stony Pacific beach 1800x2800
face_bucky.jpg A so ugly face with buck teeth in sandstone, Monterey County 2800x2200
fat_van_st.jpg The fat psychedelic van surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2550x2000
froggy_st.jpg Frog colored surf polished stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 1700x1800
green_anemone_g.jpg This incredible anemone really did look neon green it's not the only one. San Mateo County 1200x1600
hole_shells.jpg A little cavity in the sedimentary shore strata with barnacles, a snail, pebbles, bits of shell, seaweed, and other debris, Monterey County 2200x2200
jupiter_st.jpg Nearly buried red yellow white polished stone with a bubble against colorful dark sands seconds after surf washed, northern California stony Pacific beach 1900x1800
lemon_st.jpg Egg shaped lemon colored surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2200x2900
moldy_orange_st.jpg Half buried in colorful sand, a moldy orange like surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2400x2200
ngreen_anemone_a1.jpg Crop out of another image of same green anemone. San Mateo County
ngreen_anemone_b2.jpg Another crop from same green anemone. San Mateo County
ocean_st.jpg Surf polished wet stone like looking into the blue-green sea, northern California stony Pacific beach 1700x1300
peb_bubbles_c1.jpg Constructive wavelength interference of sunlight on surf foam bubble thin film atop pebbles, San Mateo County 2200x2200
peb_bubbles_c2.jpg Crop out of previous image peb_bubbles_c1. San Mateo County
peb_bubbles_d.jpg Constructive wavelength interference of sunlight on surf foam bubble thin film atop pebbles, San Mateo County 2200x2200
pink_st.jpg A pink surf polished wet stone amid several red stones, northern California stony Pacific beach 2900x1900
purple_anemone.jpg This anemone had unusual purple and cyan colors. San Mateo County 1600x2000
red_bull_st.jpg Red and yellow quartz surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2100x2700
red_dome1_st.jpg nearly buried brilliant red dome shaped polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2700x2200
red_dome2_st.jpg Cropped image of brilliant red dome shaped polished wet stone beside colorful sand, northern California stony Pacific beach 1750x1450
red_pebbles_a.jpg Red sandstone and pebbles, San Mateo County 2000x1600
red_sandstone2_pb.jpg Red sandstone on ocean bluff, Santa Cruz County 2100x2800
red_seaweed.jpg Dried red-hued seaweed and beach pebbles, San Mateo County 1600x2000
red_spot_jupiter.jpg The Giant Red Spot of Jupiter above shore of volcanic cobbles, Monterey County 2800x2200
red-blk_qua_st.jpg Red and black streaks in white quartz surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 1900x1600
red-wine_st.jpg Half buried red and wine colored surf polished wet stones embedded in colorful sands, northern California stony Pacific beach 2400x1900
sky1_st.jpg A light cyan-blue sky colored surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2100x1700
sky2_st.jpg A light cyan-blue sky colored surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 1900x2000
stone_cliffs.jpg Tidal tumbled smooth volcanic stones against sedimentary strata, Monterey County 2800x2200
stone_sands_st.jpg Several surf polished wet stones atop colorful dark sands, northern California stony Pacific beach 2900x2100
sun_egg_st.jpg Egg shaped firy red and yellow wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2400x1900
tafoni_a.jpg Tafoni sandstone hole formations on coastal bluff, San Mateo County 2400x2200
the_orange_st.jpg An orange-like surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2900x2300
tiger_st.jpg A balloon shaped tiger striped polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2500x1600
turquoise_st.jpg Turquoise colored surf polished wet stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2400x1900
two_eyes.jpg Sedimentary rock pattern of two eyes and face with barnacles & snails, Monterey County 2800x2100
wavy_stones_a.jpg Shallow tidal flow atop pebbles, stones, and algae, San Mateo County 2800x2200
wet_beach_stones1.jpg Just swept by the surf, wet sand, pebbles, and stones, San Mateo County 2100x2200
yellow_strata_st.jpg A stratified yellow surf polished stone, northern California stony Pacific beach 2000x2600

Miscelaneous close-up Slideshow 6
Slide # Description Dimensions
2_strawberries.jpg Close up of beach strawberry, fragaria chiloensis, Ano Nuevo SR, San Mateo County 1500x1500
2silver_butterfly.jpg Two mating silvery blue butterflies, glaucopsyche lygdamus , Russian Ridge OSP, San Mateo County 1200x1600
3_strawberries.jpg Three berries on beach strawberry, fragaria chiloensis, atop wind smoothed sand, Ano Nuevo SR, San Mateo County 1750x2000
alien_invasion.jpg A truly unworldly colony of insect digesting California pitcher plants, aka cobra lily, darlingtonia californica, up against a serpentine rock spring seep, Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 2400x2100
allig_lizard_hd.jpg Lethargic alligator lizard, gerrhonotus multicarinatus, too chilly to move, Pacheco SP, Merced County 1800x2800
baby_db_rattler.jpg Sunning 10 inch baby northern Pacific rattlesnake, crotalus oreganus subsp. oreganus, Mt. Diablo SP, Contra Costa County 1000x3000
baby_gopher_snake.jpg A baby gopher snake, pituophis catenifer, about 12 inches long blending in to dried moss and lichen atop granite, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne County 2000x2600
banana_slug_face.jpg Head on view of banana slug coming down steep slope, San Mateo County (flash) 2100x2800
bristlec_swirls.jpg Circular swirls of several hundred years worth of weathered annual ring growth on a bristlecone pine root, White Mountains of Inyo NF, Inyo County 1930x2200
dancer_root.jpg Smooth weathered annual ring growth of about 400 years on a bristlecone pine root, White Mountains of Inyo NF, Inyo County 2000x2800
deer_fern.jpg Elegant fronds of a deer fern, belechnum spicant, below redwoods, along the Boy Scout Tree Trail, Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP, Del Norte County (flash) 2100x3000
deer_fern_curv.jpg Two curving elegant fronds of a deer fern, belechnum spicant, below redwoods, Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP, Del Norte County (flash) 2100x2700
fence_swift.jpg Blue hues below the pattern of scales on a western fence swift, sceloporus occidentalis, lizard warming in foggy sunshine atop a log, Point Lobos SR, Monterey County 1400x2000
frosty_grass.jpg Frosty grass on the shores of Mono Lake in Inyo NF, Mono County 1600x1200
grappletail_dgfly.jpg A male grappletail dragonfly, octogomphus specularis, camoflaged atop similar patterned granite rock along Fall Creek, Henry Cowell Redwoods SP, Santa Cruz County 2000x2400
hair_wood4.jpg This is amazing natural weathering with the Bart Simpson hairdoo is on an ancient bristlecon pine snag. White Mountains of Inyo NF, Inyo County 1600x2200
jerus_cricket.jpg Jeruselum cricket aka potato bug aka cootie, stenopelmatidae, Mono County (flash) 1200x1800
kingsnake1.jpg Full length view of mountain kingsnake, lampropeltis zonata, in Kings Canyon of Sequoia NF, Fresno County (flash fill) 1600x2800
kingsnake2.jpg Closer crop view of same mountain kingsnake, lampropeltis zonata, in Kings Canyon of Sequoia NF, Fresno County (flash fill) 1400x1400
lady_bugs_log.jpg Swarming ladybird beetles, hippodamia convergens, atop a log in the fall prior to hibernating under leaf matter for the winter. Beside the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River in Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1600x1200
lichen_bark1.jpg Cyan-hued foliose lichen and intense orange, and yellow-green crustose lichens on the bark of a coast live oak tree, San Luis WR, Merced County (flash) 1400x1800
lichen_curves.jpg Cyan-hued foliose liche and orange, and yellow-green crustose lichens on the cracked barkless trunk of a coast live oak tree, San Luis WR, Merced County (flash) 2200x2800
lichen_lettuce.jpg A minature world of moss, lichens, and miner's lettuce, montia perfoliata, on the side of a coast live oak trunk, San Luis WR, Merced County (flash) 2200x2800
lit_alligator_liz.jpg Sunning 10 inch young alligator lizard, gerrhonotus multicarinatus, eyeing me with mistrust, Mt Diablo SP, Contra Costa County (flash) 1400x2800
madrone_bark1.jpg Peeling outer red bark atop smooth inner layers of Pacific madrone, arbutus menziesii, Long Ridge OSP, San Mateo County (flash) 2400x2000
marmot_begger.jpg This begging yellow-bellied marmot, marmota flaviventris, wanted to be my friend after sampling my inadvertant washed cooking pot scraps, Mineral King in Sequoia NP, Tulare County 1400x2000
merced_ferns.jpg Ferns, moss, lichen on metamorphic rock, Mariposa County 2000x2800
morel.jpg Narrow-headed morel, morella angusticeps, beside Redwood Creek in Kings Canyon NP, Tulare County (flash fill) 2600x1600
moss_icicles.jpg Icicles against snowy moss and lichen covered granite, Yosemite NP, Mariposa County 2100x2600
mushroom_moss.jpg Rising on a bed of moss, an inedible mushroom, Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 2000x2000
pac_treefrog.jpg Amazing natural camoflage of a 1.5 inch long Pacific treefrog, pseudacris regilla, using its suction toes against a lichen adorned granite boulder, Tahoe NF, Nevada County (flash) 2400x1600
petals_mud.jpg Fallen pink petals of red storksbill, erodium cicutarium, on damp from sping rains cracked stream mud, Carrizo Plain NM, San Luis Obispo County 2200x2800
pitcher_head.jpg Side head closeup patterns of a backlit California pitcher plant aka cobra lily, darlingtonia californica, Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 1300x1100
pitcher_tall.jpg Side view of the unworldly California pitcher plant, aka cobra lily, darlingtonia californica, that digests trapped insects inside its hollow body with bacteria, Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 1600x3000
pitcher_tops.jpg Top view of a colony of the unworldly insect digesting California pitcher plants, aka cobra lily, darlingtonia californica, Smith River canyon, Del Norte County 2700x1600
poak_ls_branch.jpg Rain wet poison oak and branch against lichen spotted limestone rock, Tuolumne County 1600x1800
rainbow_sh_fungi.jpg Rainbow shelf fungus, polyporus vesicolor, atop a green foliose lichen and moss of a valley oak trunk, JD Grant CP, Santa Clara County (flash) 2200x2800
red_beetle.jpg A red beetle with a bent wing atop a thimbleberry leaf, Steep Ravine Trail, Mt. Tamalpais SP, Marin County (flash) 1600x1800
red_chert_fern.jpg Fern, lichen and moss on red chert, Alameda County (flash) 2600x2200
red_chert_moss2.jpg Lichen and moss on red chert, Alameda County (flash) 1600x1600
red_chert_po4.jpg Poison oak leaves against red chert rock, Alameda County 1840x2200 pixels
sequoia_cone.jpg A rain soaked lichen covered giant sequoia cone amid autumn leaves, dry scale leaves, and sugar pine cone seeds, (flash) 2200x2800
squirrel_cones.jpg A gray squirrel's dining table atop a burned giant sequoia log with sequoia pine cones and red Pacific dogwood fruits and white petals, Sequoia NP, Tulare County (flash) 2000x2200
sword_fern_nfr.jpg Bizarre insect-like look of emerging unwinding frond of California sword fern, polystichum californicum, Heritage Grove CP, San Mateo County (flash) 2800x1600

   David Senesac

   email: info@davidsenesac.com

return to top of page
return to home page