I particularly enjoy Storms<\/a>, Sunsets and Sunrises<\/a>, Nocturnes<\/a> (dawn<\/a>, dusk and twilight<\/a>), and wild animals<\/a>. I try to capture those magical visions and bring them back for you. When fortune is with me, the images closely resemble some of the heart-stopping beauty I’ve seen.<\/p>\n No amount of words could ever describe the emotional thrill of some spectacular phenomena I\u2019ve seen — so I have to try to capture it so I can remember the delight I felt when I was there.<\/p>\n Many of my images support the definition that “good luck” is when preparation meets opportunity: Meteor Over Point Lobos,<\/i><\/b><\/a> <\/i><\/b>Condor Kiss<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Mother Nature’s Valentine (Heart)<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Eye Light<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Big Sur Dawn<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Welcome My Children<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Point Lobos Blue-Green Flash<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Big Sur Turbulence<\/i><\/b><\/a>, <\/i><\/b>Vivid Vision<\/i><\/b><\/a>, Spider Waterskiing (not kidding but as it is the only image ever made of that phenomena – not shown here), and <\/i><\/b>Half Dome Snow Smoke<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n I did not exactly plan any of those moments, but thank goodness I was prepared for them. They help make up for the exquisite moments when I didn’t have a camera. Like the spectacular Carmel Sunset in Fall 2008 which was so far beyond 1,000 words . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “I try to bring back pro-tographs of the magical majesty of our world’s most beautiful wild scenery, of nature’s own unspeakably magnificent fine art.”I am always grateful, almost never take for granted, that I have been given a gifted life that allows me to see a lot of spectacular natural beauty. I often experience breathtakingly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1368"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3056,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1368\/revisions\/3056"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringlandscapes.com\/blogimg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}