This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
Here is a night view of Angel Island, Alcatraz and San Francisco, taken from Tiburon, California. This photo was taken a little later the same evening as the photo of Old Saint Hilary’s Church that I posted a few days ago. I left the church out of this photo and zoomed in a bit on the city.
To see a larger version of this image, go to my website.
A female hooded merganser swims in Lloyd Lake.
This is one of many photos I shot several years ago at a little lake in Golden Gate Park called Lloyd Lake. I’m a little leery of going there nowadays with my camera gear because of the crime rate.
Here are some of my favorite photos that I blogged about in 2019.
A bull tule elk feeds at sunset inside the elk enclosure at Point Reyes National Seashore.
At Point Reyes National Seashore 400-500 elk are kept locked up behind an 8-foot tall woven-wire fence to keep them away from the ranchers who live on and control 28,000 acres of park land and raise 6,000 dairy cows, beef cattle and sheep. NPS bought their ranches decades ago, but never removed them. The 28,000 acres are managed as the ranchers want, not as lands in a national park are supposed to be managed. I know of no other national park where wildlife is locked up like in a zoo for the visitors to see.
A night view of Angel Island, Alcatraz and San Francisco.
Mountains and fog at dawn in Torres del Paine National Park
A mother guanaco and her chulengo appear before sunrise in Torres del Paine National Park.
A red fox mom returns to her den with an arctic hare to feed her kits in Yellowstone National Park.
Three lionesses are on the hunt in Serengeti National Park.
A bald eagle perches on a limb in Alaska.
A male elephant walks near a wetland in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.
An African lioness surveys her domain in Serengeti National Park.
A coyote stops just before sunset as it travels across a ranch pasture in Point Reyes National Seashore.
The National Park Service purchased the ranches several decades ago, but it has never made the ranchers leave.
One bald eagle bites another at Homer, Alaska.
A coyote walks across a ranch pasture full of non-native European grasses in Point Reyes Seashore.
The National Park Service prioritizes private ranching over wildlife in Point Reyes National Seashore. This is the worst example of privatizing a national park that I am aware of. It involves 28,000 acres of national park land. If anyone knows of a worse example, please let me know.
A Night View of Angel Island, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco.
This photo was taken from Tiburon with a telephoto lens. As I look at this photo I’m wondering how far away San Francisco is. I’m guessing about 3 miles.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
This is another photo from the same spot as yesterday’s photo. It was taken moments earlier and with a wider field of view. Historic Old Saint Hilary’s Church is in the foreground. It was built in 1888. Local citizens bought the property in 1959 after the Catholic Church deconsecrated it and was about to demolish it. It is owned now by the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society and is used for weddings and other memorable events. Between the church and San Francisco are Angel Island and Alcatraz Island. The area around the church is known for its wildflowers.
Two days ago I posted a photo of San Francisco taken from the town of Tiburon. It included a part of Tiburon, Angel Island and Alcatraz. I decided to go back last night to see what the scene looked like at night. This photo focuses more on San Francisco and Alcatraz.
There is a hill in Tiburon that is a nice place to photograph San Francisco from. You not only get San Francisco, but Alcatraz Island, Angel Island and a piece of Tiburon itself.
