Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Picture: The end of the rainbow over trees & forest in a valley near Hat Creek, Lassen County, California

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I took this image last fall after leaving the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in remote Lassen County. I saw the rainbow starting to form, and chased it down on one of [...]

Picture: Gold miners working hydraulic mining water monitors, blasting away at a hillside, Nevada County, California; circa 1866 Photo Credit: Library of Congress

That history-related book project I’ve been working on over these last many months is now, as they say, history. I am so delighted to report that as of this last weekend, my sixth [...]

Picture: Overview of the Marin County Watershed as seen from Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California

I can understand why they’re upset. Marin County is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s more affluent regions. The normal cursory thought of “Well, they can afford it” would usually draw little attention. Yet my empathy lies totally with the [...]

Picture: Interior of the Iron Door Saloon, est. 1852; the oldest continuously operating saloon in the state, Groveland, California
I admit my frustration level has been met and exceeded. For nearly a decade working with Galen Rowell, running his stock department, I dealt with clients of every level, including editors at just about every major [...]

Picture: Bidwell Mansion, Chico, California
I tended to include “No HDR” with many of my landscape images posted online. I heard too many people say, “great use of HDR” at a time when I never used any automated HDR process on my images. Not long ago, I finally experimented with a few HDR shots. The [...]

Picture: Air Force planes on display at the “Century Circle” near the main entrance gate to Edwards Air Force Base, near Mojave, California

The saying goes, “My, how time flies when you’re having fun.” Right now, my slightly modified version reads, “…or working your backside off.”
I feel kinda bad having taken a bunch of time away [...]

Photo: Fireworks burst over the city of San Francisco as seen from the Berkeley Hills, California
“Happy New Year!” – from all of me at Enlightened Images.
It’s been no secret that this has been one of my tougher years, and frankly, I’m glad to see it go. However, I’m not going to send it out on [...]

Picture: Fresh snow on tree branches in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

I just heard the weatherman on the radio say, “only three more days until Winter.” It’s so odd that last week we had the lowest, longest-lasting snowfall in the San Francisco Bay Area in many many years. Today the weather was approaching [...]

Picture: Sunrise light on black, wrought-iron fence gate, Carneros region, Napa Valley, California

In following with a discussion that was taking place on twitter, I responded with a quote:
“A boring or ordinary subject in great light will always make a better photo than a great subject in boring or ordinary light.”
One day when I was [...]

Picture: Canyon walls in evening light from Point Sublime, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Another new image gallery has been posted on to my web site. Given the title of this post, and the photo immediately above, I guess it won’t come as any surprise when I announce that this new image gallery is [...]