California

Rubicon Estate, Napa Valley, California, USA

A brightly painted door and red ivy leaves contrast stonework in an old wall at Rubicon Estate in St. Helena, California. This Napa Valley winery property, now owned by film director Francis Ford Coppola, was once known as Inglenook, one of the first wineries in Napa Valley.

Vineyard Mist

Dense fog ebbs and flows through the autumn-hued rows of cabernet sauvignon grapes at Sterling Vineyards in Napa Valley, California.

Clos Pegase Caves

Racks of barrels line the tunnels in the caves at Clos Pegase winery in Napa Valley, California.

'Vine Garden' - Sonoma, California, USA

Ivy vines and leaves against a stucco wall at Chateau St. Jean winery Sonoma, California. Black and white.

Perspectives

A large hot air balloon prepares to lift off as another balloon rises high in the clear, blue sky behind.

Balloon Closeup 1

This close-up shows the colorful graphics of a hot air balloon.

Balloon Closeup 2

Close-up of the colorful graphics on a hot air balloon.

Balloon Closeup 3

Close-up showing the colorful, triangular graphic shapes of an inflated hot air balloon.

Green Grids

Potted plants form neat rows in this aerial photograph of the Home Depot nursery in Vacaville, California.

'Tending the Nursery' - Vacaville, California, USA

A worker prepares equipment on a tractor trailer in a Home Depot nursery in Vacaville, California. Aerial photograph made from a hot air balloon.

'Failed' - Visalia, California, USA

An aerial photo shows barrels knocked over in a training ring for horses. Black and white.

Clos Pegase, Napa Valley, California

'Racetrack No. 1' - Death Valley, California

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 2

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 8

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 10

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 5

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Solstice

A triangular rock sits atop the cracked mud of a dry lakebed in Death Valley National Park, California.

Racetrack No. 4

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 6

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 3

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Racetrack No. 7

Rocks in a dry lake playa create tracks as they slide through wet mud.

Death Valley, California

Badwater South

Badwater, Death Valley, California - infrequent rain fills this basin and minerals in the soil form crystals separated by cracks.

Badwater

Badwater, Death Valley, California - infrequent rain fills this basin and minerals in the soil form crystals separated by cracks.

Salt Polygons

Badwater, Death Valley, California - the last rays of sunset light up distant clouds over desert salt flats. Periodic rains cover these basins, and minerals in the soil form beautiful white crystals separated by polygonal cracks.

'Badwater Sunset' - Death Valley, California

Badwater, Death Valley, California - infrequent rain fills this basin and minerals in the soil form crystals separated by cracks.

Old Vines at Ridge

Sonoma, California - the vineyards behind the Ridge winery contain very old zinfandel vines.

Mustard and Cherry

Bright yellow mustard plants, planted as "cover crop" to replenish the soil in between grape growing seasons, form a beautiful backdrop to a cherry tree, flamboyant in pink blooms.

Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California

Spring brings cherry and mustard blooms between old zinfandel vines in Sonoma, California.

'Sonoma Vineyard' - California, USA

Old zinfandel vines wait dormant in yellow mustard.

Yucca Bloom

Close-up of a flowering yucca plant in the California desert.

Yucca and Sandstone

A yucca plant stands in front of a shaded sandstone wall in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Cholla Sunset

Joshua Tree National Park, California - the setting sun backlights cholla cacti in the California desert.

Teddy Bear Cholla

A cholla cactus catches the rim-lighting from the low California sun. These cacti are called Teddy Bear due to their thick concentration of needles, making them look soft and fluffy.

Rising Bear

Joshua Tree National Park, California - a tall teddy bear cholla cactus catches the rays from a sunset in Southern California.

Joshua vista

Sunset casts glowing rays across cacti and low shrubs in the California desert.

'Cholla Blanket' - Joshua Tree National Park, California

Joshua Tree National Park, California - a patch of teddy bear cholla cactus is backlit by the rays from a sunset in Southern California.

Teddy Bear Patch

Joshua Tree National Park, California - after sunset, soft light bathes a patch of teddy bear cholla cacti, while a jack rabbit pauses between forages in the scrub.

Backlit Cholla

Joshua Tree National Park, California - after sunset, teddy bear cholla cacti are fringed with soft light.

Teddy Bear Vista

Joshua Tree National Park, California - after sunset, teddy bear cholla cacti are bathed with soft light. The teddy bear cholla appear soft and fluffy but their needles are among the most painful and sticky of all cacti.

Teddy Bear Family

Joshua Tree National Park, California - backlit by the sun already set, a group of teddy bear cholla cactus stands out from a group in the cholla patch in Joshua Tree National Park.

Spines

A close up photo of cactus spines in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Joshua

The stall spiky form of a joshua tree stands against the clear blue sky.

Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree National Park, California - reaching into the clear blue sky, a joshua tree cactus stands defiant against the elements.

Joshua Landscape

Joshua Tree National Park, California - the midday sun blasts down on the hills and foliage of the California desert.

Joshua Landscape

Joshua Tree National Park, California - the midday sun blasts down on the hills and foliage of the California desert.