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Wildlife Yes, these are pups, of the Northern Elephant Seal variety, hauled out on Drakes Beach just southeast of the Point Reyes lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/48d0689c-6f27-4d6f-bc6e-a4c22856a092/IMGP48049a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife This beautiful California Valley Coyote couldn't smell me because I was up-wind, but it was super curious and very focused as I moved through it's territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/95b33c5f-e543-4b71-a9a5-b23f17e13e72/IMGP3084a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife This 1-ton being, which humans call a Northern Elephant Seal, is sleeping like a baby on Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/82b7097e-7713-4b16-985b-8537e72cd7e5/IMGP44678a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife It's a foggy late summer morning in Point Reyes Station, California and this Gray Fox has found a warm metal roof to take a siesta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/e44fe841-b13c-41b4-b6e6-5213358b0411/_IGP9680a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife Hairy Woodpeckers do not readily show themselves, but she did. And I was better for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/8bd076d9-55e7-4293-8bc2-303aa913982a/IMGP35331a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife If you see one of these magnificent American Bison nearby, you are probably in Yellowstone National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/e25094d6-3f0c-4a31-b18c-14952d5af2da/_IGP8598aa_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife The Pacifica Americas flyway is a wonder to behold, especially when the cooler winds from the north messes with a perfect V-Formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/e4e391ce-a763-4217-a89a-e7d68402a05b/IMGP35050a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife This Least Chipmunk & I were both as still as we could be. I blinked first & within a moment of taking this image, this 20 cm long wild animal vanished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/090720b1-a9bc-4e0e-ae4a-06ca97133ea2/IMGP31328a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife Shorebirds feeding in the rough surf at Limantour Beach on the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/c3a122ec-057d-4aef-b061-40ea42c8efdc/IMGP31277a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife These two jostling juvenile Northern Elephant Seals are on Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1ac17af8-bcd8-4c9a-b507-6713b73dfe2e/IMGP31116a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife Wild places have wild animals. Each day is a matter of survival & this flock of shorebirds is on patrol for food late on a winter afternoon at Point Reyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/0ea9a47b-9fca-4524-8401-bf7ed239357e/IMGP31220a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife A Northern Elephant Seal pup takes a snooze on Drake's Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/7c49e2cd-17e5-4042-a848-6fb82d42601d/IMGP31168a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife These Plovers seemingly have an aversion to getting their legs wet. But wet feet seem to be OK and necessary to do their dance with the surf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/9dbd7c7b-2712-46bb-8a75-3ea89e3b1b5a/IMGP31199a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife This 3,000-pound bull Northern Elephant Seal seemed huge on land but in the ocean it is a lithe swimmer who can average speeds of 5-10 km/hr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/a56a5467-de5a-4082-b438-41ed0f7d53ae/IMGP31098a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife The shelves that line the Pacific Ocean's eastern shore are special intertidal zones that sometimes share their magic during low tides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/99605308-3026-490d-835e-a9f1d9648212/IMGP28835a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife Look at the body language of this coyote! After less than 20 minutes of focused hunting, it was successful in catching an appetizer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/aec1eec0-87ae-4a5d-9ed8-b4495809f3bf/IMGP25613a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife Watching something like a butterfly stop for a long moment to feast is like watching time stop. For a moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/382d3433-301b-4e97-bb57-4ce51dba6f85/IMGP11806a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife Elephant Seals own Drake's Beach located within the Point Reyes National Seashore. The beach is often closed so check in with the Ranger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/0270828d-bbc9-4560-ad33-127db3074b75/IMGP48144a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife A drought has challenged the lives of the Tule Elk on Tomales Peninsula. While it is unlikely that they will survive, we can be sure that we will all lose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3fe77b41-1ae9-4a36-b936-0793737379b8/_IGP9626a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife In a brief moment in time, a harbor seal and a human paddle out of Blakely Harbor on Bainbridge Island, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/19d6047e-1ae0-4487-91f0-9bbb6c57946e/IMGP16036a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife This fellow ended its life and made a piece of art. Good timing. RIP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/6d5fb7fd-9cb6-4777-8d8a-926aa04c1942/IMGP26185a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife If you look closely, there is a wild animal who seems to be sleeping, although maybe, she is stalking you in a very clever manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/51682878-0678-47b0-8aae-7e8b80f7a5ac/IMGP31293a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife A two-ton elephant seal on Drake's Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore sleeps hauled out on the shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/45c2a0dd-3fd2-4a32-b87d-d1f64f6a8440/IMGP31246a.jpg Portfolio - Wildlife A Northern Elephant Seal pup rests on Drake's beach at Point Reyes National Seashore. https://www.davidyusemphotoart.com/portfolio/landscape monthly 0.5 2021-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3d255bb4-ab5a-494c-93a5-59b7c6dad41e/_IGP8529a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Around mile 700 of a nearly 800 mile sports car rally, the welcoming deciduous forests of the Pacific Northwest were intoxicating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f9c8d2db-3576-4024-87fa-346a6668d9e3/IMGP11806b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Morning light on Drakes Beach during winter is rare. Even more rare is seeing a haul-out of Elephant Seals that are almost silent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/c05911b0-a933-4206-84cb-c518243268bc/IMGP11247a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Hiking the high elevation passes in the Canadian Rockies can seem other-worldly, as cloud formations, the sun & rock collaborate to make magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/81cbf170-5304-4535-b770-6b26874e7452/_IGP9666a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape The Olympic National Forest located just south of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park, looks tranquil and still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/08efdc92-a3f2-4bbd-b066-e2548639a012/IMGP10813a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape This is where the Druid Peak Pack formed when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1996. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/a9b413f4-fff5-405a-bac3-2d91011d9239/IMGP4128a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape A low gentle tide on Drakes Bay in the Pt. Reyes National Seashore encourages a raccoon to visit the intertidal zone for a brief moment in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/df03eb7a-6fa8-4e48-bf46-465779b8e134/IMGP11243a%7ESquarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Mt. Hardisty is the peak northeast of Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, and on this day it was basked in high altitude sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/266f53b8-dc1e-48bc-a3e6-fbad668b1175/IMGP11259a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape The Immense landscape of the Canadian Rockies dwarfs humans walking over a stream of snowmelt from the quickly melting glaciers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3890aec0-d95c-42eb-92aa-2a90812c65f1/IMGP12138b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Spring and the Teton Range means changeable weather, dramatic cloud formations and lots of places to lose yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/0cb1e2a5-723a-45a7-83fd-98b6c02bf752/IMGP28565a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape The Athabasca River flows out of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and travels north, eventually into the Arctic Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/162c23df-d95b-48e6-a531-d915da38d2e1/IMGP28485a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape The east side of the Rockies are a special transition zone where the vast prairie grasslands meet the longest mountain range in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/dd26e846-214b-4134-a46e-f14fdb6e9497/IMGP28752a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Listening for wolves in the Mt. Washburn area of Yellowstone National Park yields no wolves but an outrageous sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1933b496-7b2e-4c7e-a8ed-4fb228b33339/IMGP39327a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Sometimes all it takes is getting out of bed and opening your eyes, which is what happened with this shot at a cabin on the Campbell River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/568b4bb8-f629-4d76-ad0a-6fee6ed18bab/IMGP19076a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Looking east at first light in late November 2015, provides an unneeded reminder that California is on fire, as are many places in our beloved Western U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/c0f57d0d-e92b-4edf-81bc-ac3b51bcc167/_IGP9872a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape From the vantage of Bainbridge Island, WA, an early winter storm blows through the Olympic National Park, leaving Alpenglow in its wake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f6a21986-4217-4db5-9794-f9e18d7f44e4/IMGP28547a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape The barren talus slopes of peaks in Jasper National Park brings surprises at every turn. If you ever find yourself lost in the wild, stop & turn around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3de7dc98-3a80-4fbf-b31a-3ebc2e20ec05/IMGP11530a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Nearly 100 miles into a 500-mile road rally, sunrise occurs in the clear skies of the Sierra Nevada foothills...my kind of day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/6eb41132-e273-4c4e-9630-0eefbff75384/_IGP9656a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape On a cold winter day, a fly fisherman casts a fly into the Hoh River on the Olympic Peninsula. The fisherman and his line are frozen in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1b2410cd-e3be-499e-8f04-6c1ec3bf1abf/_IGP8495aa_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape This image may be disorienting and may require an explanation: everything is moving - the subjects (man and train) and the photographer (me). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/8d85c2da-f75f-46d0-9ed6-a428cb5182f1/_IGP9889a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape The Pacific Northwest does not give up the light as readily as a location closer to the equator, but when it does, it does in a spectacular form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/c0b7f7f3-0eb0-42da-911f-f208aa3e3f1a/IMGP35124a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Travel north from the Idaho's Teton Valley during spring and be prepared for winter's last gasp, yielding a new crop of snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/982348e0-b00c-4fd2-8eab-853a90efa70f/IMGP16931a.jpg Portfolio - Landscape Big wall climbers make their way up the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. https://www.davidyusemphotoart.com/portfolio/abstract monthly 0.5 2021-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/74f75a48-526b-42a1-a6e9-6354955e2aff/IMGP19076a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Looking east at first light in late November 2015 provides an unneeded reminder that California is on fire, as are many places in our beloved Western U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/a27c15e5-f06d-43fe-a8c7-a9166225cd51/IMGP35124a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Travel north from the Teton Valley in Idaho during Spring and be prepared for Winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3475ea4d-b9ea-4e19-89d3-35a280e201dd/IMGP34127a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract How do you keep a fast car planted on the road? Play with the air. It may work. Or not. Either way, the sculpted metal on these vintage race cars is all business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/abaa817d-1093-49b4-851b-003669dc3168/IMGP30616a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Living on the Pacific Coast often yields intense sunsets which, when they're captured, take on a beauty that cannot be anticipated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/13f796f0-6214-4dac-a86c-5bb4f78a51c9/IMGP28547a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract The barren talus slopes of peaks in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada bring surprises at every turn you make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f26a0fcc-91a5-4de3-857e-7b84f9ad1496/IMGP32212a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Early morning can be magical, especially when a few Porsche 911s are pointed north on CA-1, located on the Northern California coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1e4eef8f-291d-49f3-ade6-7d60b775e008/IMGP31293a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract A 2-ton elephant seal on Drake's Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore sleeps hauled out on the shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f4d98b0a-e118-41f1-897e-2e589591a3f3/IMGP26185a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract If you look closely, there is a wild animal who seems to be sleeping, although maybe, she is stalking you in a very clever manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/ee5060f3-6759-402f-a095-db2800937823/IMGP25764a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract During a quick break from a road rally in Northern California, the early AM light on Mt. Tam just north of the Golden Gate made 2 of the 911s seem unearthly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3850ae0a-cc7d-4853-861d-5d3c6ca0ea1f/IMGP25611a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Watching something like a Swallowtail Tiger butterfly stop for a long moment to feast is like watching time stop. For just a moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/2915f7d8-ef6b-4cdf-957b-b83d6575a88f/IMGP23072a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Water. Almost everywhere is water. The mighty Pacific Ocean twice daily fulfills it's incoming and outgoing tidal chores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/cd515c40-10aa-4901-9ec8-4872dcc349ab/IMGP36425a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract When a forest of ferns gives up lots of green, and, in fact, the only colors that can be seen are different shades of green, go green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/2b769edf-6183-4ad9-995e-e0db68155bde/IMGP23035a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Wake up early. Pick a spot on the map. Find a painted surface on the inter-tidal zone that is both unanticipated & will be never seen again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/ca286391-a96e-416d-97e6-94f8c1b7e415/IMGP19042a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Leaving San Rafael, CA for a ~600 mile road rally in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. An early start is required (and desired) when traveling over Sonora Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/2c307ae6-7784-4eff-9842-660f302eb051/IMGP17516a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Rennsport Reunion 2018 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey CA was an aural and visual candy store for all things associated with Porsche motorsport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1eaeeadb-1786-4669-9f77-1a99fd289426/IMGP16054a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract What is this?! I have no idea! But I do know where it is located. Plan well and you too can see this (sometimes) buried treasure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/42cdac98-a8cc-48ec-8f6d-c0824e196054/IMGP16036a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract This fellow ended it's life and made a piece of art. Good timing. RIP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/c099c771-b9da-4988-bda7-69793ddc67d5/IMGP15991a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract When a king low tide appears near Drake's Estero on the Point Reyes National Seashore, get ready to see a unique world appear before your eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/d2dc222f-0113-44a9-bacd-ee343b58d4a1/_IGP9968a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Christmas 2020 on Bainbridge Island, WA was anything but normal. It felt as if the light of civilization was vanishing due to distrust & lies & the pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/80868ba3-c9c5-4f4f-9acf-4765f07cc605/_IGP9889a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract The Pacific Northwest does not give up the light as readily as a location closer to the equator, but when it does, it does in a spectacular form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/b347a17c-2453-4d73-a298-7e4b02dbb329/_IGP9626a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract In a brief moment in time, a harbor seal and a human paddle out of Blakely Harbor on Bainbridge Island, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f151dd6b-3fcc-417b-a30a-ccc841b6b2d3/IMGP15650b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Less is more. Remove weight. Gain quickness. And speed. And, if it needs to be said, a bit more nimbleness through the twisties. Go drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/267000a0-319a-4292-8b9a-bc3947117c27/IMGP34113a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Historic race cars that are regularly driven in vintage races on the track in competition are living works of mechanical art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/e2bcb2a9-268c-4848-be57-7c14aff8c903/IMGP28173a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract A clean metallic surface yields an almost 3-dimensional reflection of the Pacific Ocean & sky while rapidly moving (yes, this is rolling art). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/438b4ede-33c5-43fc-9b8f-650aeb0dd2a5/_IGP9601aa_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract There is something to be said for a reverse commute, especially if it includes a ferry ride from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/4b9a6171-930f-4a2f-b685-9b3c3fbd079d/_IGP8495a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Traveling in opposite directions at 75 MPH yields a blurry speck of a moment in time to think about how much humans have altered the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/a70ec735-9e33-4f79-a1ef-c7fdf02f9d2e/_IGP8529a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract Around mile 700 of a nearly 800 mile sports car rally, the welcoming deciduous forests of the Pacific Northwest were intoxicating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/b50689b4-cdbd-4206-9009-ccfab4de7010/_IGP9666a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract The Olympic National Forest located just south of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park, looks tranquil and still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/0a674df9-7c4f-4f3b-84c3-92233b1274ac/IMGP3084a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract This one ton being, which humans call a Northern Elephant Seal, is sleeping like a baby in the Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/8fd605ac-aa21-4918-be99-9225b7bda673/IMGP15779a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract The processing of this image removed much of the shape of these 911s, but if I stare at it for a few moments, my eye begins to fill back in what is missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/34227e5c-b240-4682-b241-d593cb22c245/IMGP15828b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract After more than 8 hours wondering among the metallic eye candy at the PCA's Werk's Reunion in Monterey CA, I find parked under a tree, a survivor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/edcdbec2-00de-44e2-a7d3-7fe961e31a45/IMGP19055a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract The heat signature of the 3.6 liter flat 6 engine of a Porsche 993. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/434fcea9-29e5-4ac3-92d9-d9a0372e0ff7/IMGP19058b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract This 993 Carrera is on the first leg of a 600-mile rally from the San Francisco Bay area to the Eastern Sierra Nevada and back, in one glorious day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/a34727e3-f3b2-46b6-8742-6095d37fd4bd/IMGP15713a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract My simplest homage to the marque. My 2010 Carrara White Carrera 4S (997.2). Less is more. Form over function. Win on Sunday. Drive to work on Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/fb68ea2d-07e5-4ea9-8cef-460f295f6697/_IGP9878a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Abstract The Pacific Northwest reveals itself in subtle manners, if the light is right and you are lucky enough to have your eyes open. https://www.davidyusemphotoart.com/portfolio/automotive monthly 0.5 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/5cff1daf-2460-4800-b745-bad5230b5296/IMGP19078a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive The 993 is the last of the air-cooled 911s and is a contender for finest air-cooled automobile ever manufactured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f5b53e71-8e6e-4793-bca3-2c6c0070dcb4/IMGP11530a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Nearly 100 miles into a 500-mile road rally, sunrise occurs in the clear skies of the Sierra Nevada foothills...my kind of day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/e51968ed-7f66-4612-885d-488fc1091b2d/IMGP27391b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Call it June Gloom. Fog add a dimension to road rallying that lends itself to both photography & paying close attention to the rapidly changing conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/cd90bb59-79e5-4522-9778-e99f78ef8935/IMGP19055a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive The heat signature of the 3.6 liter flat 6 engine of a Porsche 993. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f41b4eaf-6550-4531-b155-e9ffe963fc8d/IMGP15650b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Less is more. Remove weight. Gain quickness. And speed. And if it needs to be said, a bit more nimbleness through the twisties. Go drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1aba97db-2602-4a38-a1f0-59088d4fab06/IMGP15558a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive There are many small joys in life, including the way tunnels amplify the sound of an automobile engine, especially a Flat-6 of a Porsche 911. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/cfb3c339-d6a3-44cb-824b-ebc6b4c1e8bb/IMGP15641a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive There are ho hum vintage and classic vehicles, and then there is the Porsche 356 Cabriolet: top down motoring at its finest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/94105a9c-7085-432e-a6c5-e63fc5914f2b/_IGP8831aa_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Dusk on the Redwood Highway (U.S. 101) in Humboldt County after more than 12 hours of driving a rally with a few other Porsche 911s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/0b8de21a-73e0-4c8d-a7dc-951fa91b5f99/IMGP15669a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Looks like someone is planning to rally during the night! Go Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/afb6c8c4-ffc6-42ff-8abf-07a550c5ec27/IMGP15779a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive The processing of this image removed much of the shape of these 911s, but if I stare at it for a few moments, my eye begins to fill back in what is missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/6f5f8160-adf6-4a69-ab6d-7d45b902e758/IMGP15802aa_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive The business end of a handful of Porsche 911s at a little get-together at the PCA Werk's Reunion in Monterey, CA. In one basic shape. And many flavors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/35329a39-a5c4-4bd0-bd3b-a63d087398a4/IMGP15828b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive After more than 8 hours wondering among the metallic eye candy at the PCA's Werk's Reunion in Monterey CA, I find parked under a tree, a survivor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/4029beb8-e237-4b95-82fd-501c3666d894/IMGP32214a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Following a Carrera GTS in darkness before the golden hour of what will be a very long and wonderful day rallying up (and down!) the NorCal coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/62bfaec4-bdc1-4a67-a018-57a439893318/IMGP15833a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Late in the day at the CSRG Charity Challenge Vintage Car Races at Sonoma Raceway and the adrenalin that was pumping for the day ran out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/614ced68-8436-42a5-bbe0-b25023f095db/IMGP19042a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Leaving San Rafael, CA for an ~600 mile road rally in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, an early start is required and desired when traveling over Sonora Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/af359565-3c11-4615-ae9f-f0641f6cae3f/IMGP19047b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive This modified 993 is participating in a 600-mile road rally throughout the Central Sierra Nevada and eastern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/956601f0-c6ce-405a-af17-b9c30ea33c2c/IMGP19058b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive This 993 Carrera is on the first leg of a 600-mile rally from the San Francisco Bay area to the Eastern Sierra Nevada and back in one glorious day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/c531b4da-24a6-409d-b57d-493f22cc9fe8/_IGP9948a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive At the most unexpected of times, a work of art may drive by: it is best to keep your eyes open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/fba74140-1bb0-4725-ac73-0fcae80ebcc2/IMGP25764a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive During a quick break from a road rally in Northern California, the early AM light on Mt. Tam just north of the Golden Gate made 2 of the 911s seem unearthly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/4151ed0f-6d8e-4abc-91ef-a313d080489d/IMGP16993a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Sonora Pass over the Sierra Nevada in California is a rally car destination which can only be described as mentally & physically challenging to traverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/2122121b-4c87-40b9-9d0a-8c1c796bf048/IMGP19579a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive A 911 is a 911 is a 911, right? WRONG! The 991 evolution further defines function over form but oh my, that form is as gorgeous a 911 as was ever crafted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/4100e018-7ea4-43be-991c-f54c9c59b7f3/IMGP30616a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Living on the Pacific Coast often yields intense sunsets which, when they're captured, take on a beauty that cannot be anticipated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/ddc05209-7918-4ffb-9508-9e8339cb617a/IMGP27411a_Squarespace.JPG Portfolio - Automotive A parade of 911s travel in unison at speed up CA-1 on the Northern California coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/1a2a1995-238c-4861-9456-fc4e80027641/IMGP28173a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive A clean metallic surface yields an almost 3-dimensional reflection of the Pacific Ocean & sky while rapidly moving (yes, this is rolling art). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3cb188c3-4a66-467e-a706-ee98f7390ab6/IMGP32207a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Picking up the rear in a train of three 997s, my fellow travelers are silhouetted in front of me in the pre-dawn darkness, lit only by the moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/449e115c-c6e4-4ad9-b9a0-d28001b24ece/IMGP32210b_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Topping a hill, the Porsche Carrera GTS continues north on CA-1 along the Marin - Sonoma Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/69fc7259-6160-4422-b818-29f04b1485f5/IMGP32252a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Two wide body Porsche Carreras (997.2) prepare for a day of road rallying on California's north coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/6e762ade-5a81-416f-b132-71ff09f5f464/IMGP32212a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Early morning can be magical, especially when a few Porsche 911s are pointed north on CA-1 on the Northern California coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/a71c4e93-383a-49be-aa8e-4b2f92b55a35/IMGP32262a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive The pre-dawn natural light of the full moon illuminate two Porsche Carreras (997.2) traveling north on CA-1 on NorCal's Marin - Sonoma coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/f76efeb5-2ad2-4c95-94fe-15b7e53b20e4/IMGP34113a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Historic race cars that are regularly driven in vintage races on the track in competition are living works of mechanical art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/3dba38f7-5f7b-4e18-a9e2-58bd7d7a131e/_IGP8591a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive There is a special garage in Arcata, CA which houses Alfa Romeos and Porsches of many stripes.Magic hides behind those headlights... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/900b6f2f-201f-4dfe-84e9-e021bf24f059/IMGP34127a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive How do you keep a fast car planted on the road? Play with the air. It may work. Or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/04f64c67-3351-4d1d-ab5f-ee46b0c458ad/IMGP34136a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Leaving pit row for the start grid and practice, an open seater joins the fray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/95c3239e-5568-454d-b2d5-e5b30e01910a/IMGP17516a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Rennsport Reunion 2018 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey CA was an aural and visual candy store for all things associated with Porsche motorsport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/06450c5c-7005-4b8b-98fa-66c958efb184/_IGP8749aa_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive A Porsche car rally heads north on CA-1 bound for Arcata, CA from the SF Bay Area in a 300-mile excursion on one of the finest driving roads on the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/45d9d282-6a4a-4484-99fa-e7aa38a62560/_IGP8792bb_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive The 2012 Porsche Carrera GTS is a special beast and is one of the all-around best iterations of the 911. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/2c3db943-2856-42f6-b3a2-251610ae2342/P1000493a+Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive Every so often, timing & luck coincide & an image that should just have been left for the mind's eye is memorialized in freezing a brief moment in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6085e3b958f28819c31208af/44dab9c6-e1a9-4768-aad7-e0f0c1b2925f/IMGP15713a_Squarespace.jpg Portfolio - Automotive My simplest homage to the marque. My 2010 Carrara White Carrera 4S (997.2). Less is more. Form over function. Win on Sunday drive to work on Monday.