Stonecrop / Madrone

Broadleaf Stonecrop - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Madrone (New Growth) - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Photos taken last May.

SMART Train Excursion

Northbound SMART Train - Marin County  2026

SMART: Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit. We'd been meaning to take a ride on it for a while, finally entering a date into the Google Calendar. Senior Citizens ride free! Whoa!

We took the train up to Windsor in Sonoma County (the end of the current line). Some fun views on the way up.

Wetlands, Oaks - Marin County  2026

Ferns / Moon

Ferns (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Moon, Redwoods (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Ferns seen just below a local foot bridge in the back - iPhone.

Redwoods and moon seen on a morning walk - Sony RX100.

Oak Branches / Rainbow

Oak Branches - Marin County  2026

Rainbow - Marin County  2026

Top photo taken in January, using a Sony RX100. Bottom one in March, using an iPhone.

Roy's Redwoods - Tripod Shots Using a Nikon Z7II

Burnt Redwood (Roy's Redwoods) - Marin County  2026

Redwood Grove (Roy's Redwoods) - Marin County  2026

I've been wanting to try some tripod shots using my Nikon Z7II, a high-res (45 megapixels) camera. The idea being that using a tripod one can set the ISO to the lowest setting (64) and capture some super detailed shots with relatively long exposure times.

It worked! There's a quite high amount of detail available in extreme enlargements (see below). I guess if I was going to make billboard-sized prints I'd have to use a tripod more often. But as of now I don't have any plans to make billboard-sized prints.

Burnt Redwood (crop) - Marin County  2026

Lake Lagunitas (January / February)

Trees, Cloud, Lake - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Reeds, Branches, Lake - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Top photo taken in January (iPhone).

Bottom one taken in February (Olympus).

Local Trees (March)

Buckeye (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Oak Branches (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Both photos taken on our daily morning walk, both taken with a Sony RX100.

Cloud Reflections (Lake Lagunitas - January)

Reeds, Cloud Reflections - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Grass, Cloud and Tree Reflections - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Winter photos taken with the Olympus.

Winter Trees (Lake Lagunitas) Black and White

Madrone - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Trees, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Both photos taken with an Olympus E-M1II.

Winter Ferns, Redwoods (Lake Lagunitas)

Ferns - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Redwood Branches - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Rainy weather - both photos taken with an Olympus E-M1II, top photo using a 25mm prime lens, bottom one a 14-150mm zoom.

Hornitos Views

Agricultural Equipment (Hornitos) - Mariposa County  2026

Oaks, Clouds (Hornitos) - Mariposa County  2026

Nice clouds! Photos taken with a high-res Nikon Z7II. 

Wildfire

Road, Trees, Clouds - Tuolumne County  2026

Burnt Trees, Clouds - Tuolumne County  2026

I noticed the burnt hillside in the distance while I was driving on highway 49 and managed to stop for photos where a side road joined the highway.

Almonds

Almonds - San Joaquin County  2026

Almond Trees - San Joaquin County  2026

I was driving east on highway 120 when I decided to turn down a side road at random and go off the main highway for a bit. I found this grove of almond trees, with a nice crop on the branches and a lot of almonds lying on the ground. (Maybe knocked off by the previous day's heavy rains?)

Oaks, Sunrise

Oaks, Sunrise - Marin County  2026

Oaks, Sunrise - Marin County  2026

On the way to Lake Lagunitas, stopping near the Sky Oaks entry station. 

Clouds, Lake / Trees, Lake

Clouds, Lake - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Trees, Lake - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Top photo taken with an iPhone 13 Pro. Bottom one with an Olympus E-M1II.

Tassels - Lake Lagunitas

Tassels - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Tassels, Lake, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas  2026

Photos taken last January.

Rainwater / Sun on Trees

Rainwater Pipe (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Sun on Trees (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Top taken with an iPhone, bottom with a Sony RX100.

Black Locust Trees

Blossoms, Black Locust (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

"Black locust is native to parts of the US including the Southern Appalachian and Ozark Mountains. It has been planted in all of the Lower 48 states but has been noted as invasive in as wide ranging ecosystems as pine barren, sand prairie, and black oak savannah communities, in as varied climates as the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, West Coast, and Texas. Black locust grows best in full sun and well drained soils. Where invasive, black locust forms dense clonal forests which shade out competitors and alter nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus cycling."

There are some Black Locust trees up the street next to the creek. Ever since I got the tree ID I've been wondering how they got there.

Morning Walk Sightems

Rock - Marin County  2026

Bay Trunks - Marin County  2026

Not a particularly large rock, but still large enough to be quite heavy. Mike wonders how it came to be there, right beside the trail, no other rocks in the vicinity.

Branch / Log (Black and White)

Branch, Sand - Point Reyes  2026

Log Detail - Point Reyes  2026

Nikon Z7II photos. The log in the bottom photo has been seen on the blog before.