Bay Trees, Moss, Poison Oak

Bay Trees, Moss - Marin County  2026

Bay Tree, Poison Oak - Marin County  2026

Top photo from April, the next one from May. Both taken with a Sony RX100.

Weston Light Meter

Mike, Weston Meter - Sierra Nevada  1978

Once I enlarged yesterday's image I couldn't help but notice the Weston light meter hanging around my neck. I've previously written a post on the meter, back in the early days of blogging when I tended to write more than a few sentences per post.

Yes, I still have the meter! Below, some recent photos taken with an iPhone.

Weston Meter (open) - Marin County  2026

Weston Meter (closed, with Zone System note attached) - Marin County  2026

Backpackers (1978)

Joe Grant, Joe Mundy, Mike Mundy - Sierra Nevada  1978

The same intrepid outdoorsmen that have been seen before, on the summit of Mt. Whitney.

This is my first time viewing this photograph! I happened to be looking at some 1978 contact sheets recently when I noticed that there were some snow scenes taken at the beginning of that year. For some reason I had developed the negatives and made a contact sheet but never printed any of the photos that had been taken. Too busy elsewhere, I guess.

Snow, Lake (1978)

Snow, Lake - Sierra Nevada  1978

Snow, Lake - Sierra Nevada  1978

Photos taken using a Nikon F single lens reflex.

Lake, Snow, Trees (1978)

Lake, Snow, Trees - Sierra Nevada  1978

I'm thinking that those trees are Foxtail Pines.

Snow, Lake (1978)

Snow, Lake - Sierra Nevada  1978

I've been trying to remember the exact location where we backpacked into. Eastern Sierra, but the lake must remain unidentified.

Monday Marmot Blogging (1985)

Marmot - Yosemite  1985

Looking for some food that the backpackers had foolishly left out. Alas, the backpackers had actually not left any food out.

(High altitude Yosemite backpack trip.)

Winter Backpack (1978)

Trees, Mountain, Snow - Sierra Nevada  1978

Scene from a winter backpacking trip taken in January-February, 1978. I don't think I've ever printed or scanned any of the trip photos before . . . I was going through some old contact sheets, saw that there were some winter photos, and decided to power up the Epson scanner.

Recycle Center

Recycle Center - San Rafael  2026

Taken during one of my regular trips to drop off cardboard boxes for recycling.

Contrail

Contrail - San Rafael  2026

Photo taken with my iPhone near my May Open Studios exhibit . . . same idea as an earlier 2021 photo.

Interesting: the iPhone that I have (13 Pro Max) has started to exhibit a flaw when in the "telephoto" mode, . . . a web search is showing that others have reported the issue. Easily corrected in Photoshop of course.

Contrail (Sky Defect) - San Rafael  2026

Fairfax Festival

Mike's Booth (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Last June. I did pretty well! Much better than Open Studios anyway.

Current setup is more elaborate than my first 2008 setup:

Mike at Fairfax Festival - Marin County  2008

Cains Tire

Cains Tire, Mt. Tamalpais, Crow (San Rafael) - Marin County  2026

Another photo from last May, Sunday morning near my Open Studios show.

Spider Web / Fence (Point Reyes)

Spider Web, Poison Oak - Point Reyes  2026

Fence, Rain - Point Reyes  2026

Last of the photos from my little Limantour excursion.

Monday Finch Blogging

House Finch (Female) - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Lesser Goldfinch - Lake Lagunitas  2026

I posted a photo of a male house finch back in 2021.

I posted a photo of a goldfinch in 2025. (A goldfinch as opposed to a Lesser Goldfinch.)