"Time Gone By"

"Time Gone By"

Wonderful blue-haired covered dried pods left over from die back

Green Gulch Farm
Muir Beach
California
D300
28mm Nikon lens

"Vege Starts"

"Vege Starts"

Green Gulch Farm
Muir Beach
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Maple Leaf"

"Maple Leaf"

Tamalpais Valley
California
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon Lens

"Water on Hairy Leaf"

"Water on Hairy Leaf"

I love how you can see the fine hairs on the leaf and how they grab the water droplets

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Bracket Fungus"

"Bracket Fungus"

Orange bracket fungus on downed tree near top of Cataract Falls

Marin County
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon Lens

"Dew on Succulent"

"Dew on Succulent"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Web of Life"

"Web of Life"

Dead leaves hanging from a spiders web 

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"End of a Cycle"

"End of a Cycle"

The flowering top of a plant that has died back

Muir Beach
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Sage"

"Sage"

Close up of a sage plant and all its hairy leaves

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Dead Nettle"

"Dead Nettle"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Good Eats"

"Good Eats"

Veggie starts at the Green Gulch Farm

Muir Beach
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Droplet"

"Droplet"

A dew droplet hangs off the end of a cut Ficus stem

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Orange Lichen"

"Orange Lichen"

Orange lichen at the bottom of a boulder

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Lichen Trails"

"Lichen Trails"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

Sunset through nettle Muir Beach California D300 55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

Sunset through nettle

Muir Beach
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Waiting for Launch"

"Waiting for Launch"

Dandelion waiting to disperse its seeds

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

 

" A Universe of Green"

" A Universe of Green"

A spider web full of dew droplets magnifies the grass into what appear to be separate worlds hanging in space

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

I love this image which is taken from a different angle from the last one. It shows the droplets with a much more magnified view Tamalpais Valley California D3000 55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 

I love this image which is taken from a different angle from the last one. It shows the droplets with a much more magnified view

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 

"Eye of the Beholder"

"Eye of the Beholder"

Lens reflection shows clearly in the dew giving the impression of an eye looking out from within the droplets 

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

Tamalpais Valley California D300 55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Thorn of Sweetness"

"Thorn of Sweetness"

A blackberry bush thorn from close up

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Waterfall Fern"

"Waterfall Fern"

One of my most favorite photos, is also one of the simplist. A fern leaf, near the top of Cascade Falls, sticks out from the darkness of the forest

Cascade Falls
Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

A water soaked branch hangs down off of a tree Cascade Falls Mt. Tamalpais California D3000 18mm-55mm Nikon lens  

A water soaked branch hangs down off of a tree

Cascade Falls
Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

 

"Moss"

"Moss"

A moss covered log near the top of Cascade Falls

Cascade Falls
Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Here I Stand"

"Here I Stand"

A lone mushroom rises above a moss covered log

Cascade Falls
Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Worlds in a Leaf"

"Worlds in a Leaf"

Perfect spheres of dew in a leaf reflect the light from a sunrise

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2h
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 

"Sweet Darkness"

"Sweet Darkness"

Close up of a blackberry which is covered in pollen

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens

"Amber"

"Amber"

On a hot summer's day sap soaks out of a pine tree and slowly drips down its trunk 

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens

" Deadly Sweetness"

" Deadly Sweetness"

Sap twists together along the trunk of a pine tree, a bee is trapped in the top right corner

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens

"Succulents in the Headlands"

"Succulents in the Headlands"

Succulents on the trail from Tennessee Valley Beach up to Hill 88

Marin Headlands
California
D300
28mm Nikon lens

"Mushroom Hotel"

"Mushroom Hotel"

Laurel Dell Trail
Mt.Tamalpais
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Here there be Woodpeckers"

"Here there be Woodpeckers"

Woodpecker tree on forest trail near Gualala

Gualala
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Cliffside Succulent"

"Cliffside Succulent"

Succulent on edge of cliff at Sea Ranch

Sea Ranch
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

Dew Speckled Leaves"

Dew Speckled Leaves"

Globes of dew settled on leaves

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikor 2.8 lens

"Tart Treat"

"Tart Treat"

Berry bush beside trail at Sea Ranch

Sea Ranch
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Bracket Fungi"

"Bracket Fungi"

Beautiful blue bracket fungi growing up an old branch at the side of a trail at Sea Ranch

 

Sea Ranch
California
300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Bracket Fungi"

"Bracket Fungi"

Close up of Bracket Fungi

Sea Ranch
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Hanging On"

"Hanging On"

A plant grow out from the cliffside at the entrance to the tunnel leading to the lighthouse in the Marin Headlands

Marin Headlands
California
2H
28mm Nikon lens 

"Seaweed"

"Seaweed"

Close up of some seaweed at Muir Beach

Muir Beach
California
300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens

"Earth on a Leaf"

"Earth on a Leaf"

The reflection makes the dew look like the Earth

Tamalpais Valley
California
2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens

"Seaweed"

"Seaweed"

Blacksand Beach
Marin Headlands
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens
 

"Eroded Stump"

"Eroded Stump"

Wolf Ridge Trail
Marin Headlands
California
D3000
18mm- 55mm Nikon lens
 

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"Time Gone By"
"Vege Starts"
"Maple Leaf"
"Water on Hairy Leaf"
"Bracket Fungus"
"Dew on Succulent"
"Web of Life"
"End of a Cycle"
"Sage"
"Dead Nettle"
"Good Eats"
"Droplet"
"Orange Lichen"
"Lichen Trails"
Sunset through nettle Muir Beach California D300 55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
"Waiting for Launch"
" A Universe of Green"
I love this image which is taken from a different angle from the last one. It shows the droplets with a much more magnified view Tamalpais Valley California D3000 55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 
"Eye of the Beholder"
Tamalpais Valley California D300 55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
"Thorn of Sweetness"
"Waterfall Fern"
A water soaked branch hangs down off of a tree Cascade Falls Mt. Tamalpais California D3000 18mm-55mm Nikon lens  
"Moss"
"Here I Stand"
"Worlds in a Leaf"
"Sweet Darkness"
"Amber"
" Deadly Sweetness"
"Succulents in the Headlands"
"Mushroom Hotel"
"Here there be Woodpeckers"
"Cliffside Succulent"
Dew Speckled Leaves"
"Tart Treat"
"Bracket Fungi"
"Bracket Fungi"
"Hanging On"
"Seaweed"
"Earth on a Leaf"
"Seaweed"
"Eroded Stump"

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