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  • Trinidad head and beach as seen from Elk Head.
    Trinidad Head from Elk Head.jpg
  • El Capitan, Half Dome, and Cloud's Rest by moonlight from the tunnel entrance
    Yosemite-Clouds Rest-Moonrise1.jpg
  • Cuyamaca Mountain from Mt. Helix.  After the big snow of 2011.
    So-Cal-Cuyamaca_hdr.jpg
  • Rain clouds over the White Mountains and Crowley Lake.  California.  USA.
    White-Mountains_5739.jpg
  • Mammoth Mountain from the shores of Lake Mary.  Mammoth Lakes.  California.  USA.
    Mammoth-Mountain_5756.jpg
  • Black Sands Beach on the Lost Coast of Humboldt County.  California.  USA.
    Black-Sands-Beach-Humbolt_6383.jpg
  • Trinidad Beach at Trinidad State Park.  California.  USA
    Trinidad-Beach.jpg
  • The Palisades Range above Big Pine Creek.  Big Pine Creek.  California.  USA.
    Palisade-Range_5385.jpg
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Landing-Sequence #2
    mqualls-20171226_0990.jpg
  • Snowy Egret and catch!  Third image in a sequence of four.
    Snowy-Egret-with-Catch_3181.jpg
  • Leaves (of the spiny kind).
    Leaves_1730.jpg
  • A panorama of the Minarets and Ritter Range as seen from the Minarets Vista at early morning.
    Minarets-Pano-2.jpg
  • Yosemite Falls in winter taken from the trail to Vernal Falls.
    Yosemite-Falls-Winter.jpg
  • Looking into the throat of a white iris.
    Thoat-of-a-Tulip_5230.jpg
  • Great Blue Heron male bringing nest building material to the mate in the Eucalyptus tree.  Lake Murray, CA.  USA.
    Blue-Heron-with-gift_9230.jpg
  • Yosemite Valley Mule Deer in Winter
    mqualls-20171128_0135.jpg
  • Half Dome Yosemite Valley after a Snow
    mqualls-20171127_0059.jpg
  • Fall Foliage Colors in the Bishop Creek Drainage
    South Bishop Creek Drainage_1741.jpg
  • Snowy Egret - Hunting.  Image #1 in a sequence of four.  Just before the grab!
    Snowy-Egret-with-Catch_3174.jpg
  • Bufflehead Duck patrolling.
    Bufflehead_2981.jpg
  • Pied Billed Grebe Preening
    Pied-Billed-Grebe_2458.jpg
  • Young Pied Billed Grebe fluffing down
    Pied-Billed-Grebe_2132.jpg
  • Glacier Creek Inlet on the shores of Tioga Lake.  Yosemite.
    Tioga-Lake-Glacier-Creek-Inlet_0345.jpg
  • The Sierra Crest just south of Lone Pine.  Is Mt. Whitney in this image?
    Whitney-Portals7_tonemapped-hdr.jpg
  • Blooming cactus along the trail up Pine Creek canyon.
    PineCreekCactus_9964.jpg
  • Selective Focus and a Pink Spider Geranium
    Pink-Spider-Geranium_9834.jpg
  • A Turkey Vulture - coincidentally in the same tree chosen by the Great Blue Herons for nesting.  Lake Murray, San Diego.  USA
    Turkey-Vulture_8218.jpg
  • Sheet web, a leaf, ice plant, and rain drops
    Mt-Helix-Sheet-Web_101.jpg
  • A daisy bloom and early morning dew drops
    Daisy-Drops_101.jpg
  • Harbor seal at La Jolla Children's Pool.
    La-Jolla-Harbor-Seal_0837.jpg
  • Great Blue Heron after landing in its Eucalyptus tree.  At Lake Murray
    Blue Heron-in tree_9176.jpg
  • Great Blue Heron on the shore of Lake Murray  Waiting to fish - as its nest is in the Eucalyptus tree above.
    Blue Heron-Lake Murray_9390.jpg
  • A bee caught in a web.  Hollow of a pepper tree.  Mt. Helix, CA.  USA
    Bee-Caught_6671.jpg
  • Anna's Hummingbird perched on a Grevillea spike.
    mqualls-0526_3957.jpg
  • Yosemite Falls Reflection from Swinging Bridge
    mqualls-20171128_0111.jpg
  • First Snow and Ice on the Yosemite Valley Canyon Wall
    mqualls-20171127_0058.jpg
  • Great Egret (Ardea alba) After Fishing - Perched in Eucalyptus tree
    mqualls-20180104_1933.jpg
  • A Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Mid-Leap in Search of a Fish
    mqualls-20171227_1338.jpg
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Fishing-Sequence #2
    mqualls-20171226_1170.jpg
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Landing-Sequence #3
    mqualls-20171226_0991.jpg
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Landing-Sequence #1
    mqualls-20171226_0989.jpg
  • The meadow from the valley floor
    Valley-Meadow.jpg
  • Ice Out on Tioga Lake in Yosemite National Park.
    Ice-Out-Reflections.jpg
  • Snowy Egret waiting on the bank of Lake Murray.
    Snowy-Egret_2518.jpg
  • Snowy Egret at the moment of a catch!  Image #2 in a sequence of four.
    Snowy-Egret-with-Catch_3175.jpg
  • Greeb on the prowl.
    Grebe_2989.jpg
  • Douglas Squirrel (Chickaree) at Big Pine Creek
    Douglas-Squirrel_1081.jpg
  • A panorama of Lake George after a shower.  Three separate HDR images were merged with Photoshop CS5 for each segment of the panorama.  A total of four segments were merged with Photoshop Photomerge.
    Lake-George-Pano1_HDR.jpg
  • The Mono Craters at morning twilight.  Taken from the Tioga Pass Road at 9000'.
    Mono-Craters-Lee-Vining-Canyon-Sunri...jpg
  • Succulent in Bloom
    Succulent_9890.jpg
  • A succulent, bought at the La Mesa Farmer's Market.  Beautiful shadings!
    Succulent_9862.jpg
  • A sea stack offshore north of Klamath at the Redwood Creek outlet.
    Klamath-Beach-Sea-Stack_6535.jpg
  • Laurel Mountain at the end of Convict Lake.
    Convict Lake-Laurel Mountain_101.jpg
  • Green Backed Heron prowling the shore of Lake Murray, CA.  USA.
    Green Backed Heron_9566.jpg
  • Mt Dana from the Saddlebag Lake road.  The start of Lee Vining Creek is below in the valley.  Outside Yosemite, NP.  USA
    Mt Dana.jpg
  • Snowy Egret Waiting - on the shores of Lake after a 6' rise.  San Diego, CA.   USA
    Snowy Egret-Lake Murray_7767.jpg
  • A Snowy Egret in the golden light of morning prowling the shore after the lake (Lake Murray) has risen 6 feet - this after the last rain.
    Snowy Egret-Lake Murray_8125.jpg
  • A Green Backed Heron on the shores of Lake Murray.  Agitated - he's keeping his eye on me.  The lake has risen 6 feet in the last rain - and there's not a lot of shoreline.
    Green Backed Heron-Lake Murray_7960.jpg
  • Great Blue Heron flying back to the nest in a Eucalyptus tree showing nest building behavior.  Lake Murray, San Diego, CA.  USA.
    Blue Heron with twig_9278.jpg
  • McGee pass and a field of Arnica blossoms.  At 5:45AM in June, at the end of the road, and down the trail.  Scouted the day before.
    Mike-Qualls_McGee-Pass.jpg
  • Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley
    mqualls-20171127_0078.jpg
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Fishing-Sequence #1
    mqualls-20171226_1163.jpg
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Landing-Sequence #4
    mqualls-20171226_0996.jpg
  • Pounce-Snowy Egret_1.jpg
  • Lake Sabrina Basin and Fall Colors
    Sabrina Lake Basin_1743.jpg
  • Snowy Egret and catch!  Third image in a sequence of four.
    Snowy-Egret-with-Catch_3177.jpg
  • Pied Billed Grebe catching the sun
    Pied-Billed-Grebe_2456.jpg
  • Immature Pied Billed Grebe spreading wings to dry and/or stretch.
    Pied-Billed-Grebe_2456.jpg
  • Confrontation between Coots
    Coot Confrontation1.jpg
  • Osprey - back to the nest with prey
    Osprey_2252.jpg
  • Coot-Breaking the surface on its way to breakfast.
    Diving Coot1.jpg
  • Snowy Egret at Shoreline displaying-captured in early morning shadow.
    Snowy-Egret_2234.jpg
  • North Peak and Mt. Conness seen in an arm of Greenstone Lake, 20 Lakes Basin.
    Conness-North Peak-Pano2.jpg
  • Blue Jay confrontation - or, it's a chick wanting to be fed.
    Jay-Confrontation_1008.jpg
  • North Lake and its inlet as seen from the hillside trail.
    North-Lake-Inlet-Pano1.jpg
  • North Lake from the outlet in the morning.
    North-Lake-Pano1.jpg
  • North Lake and its inlet from the lakeside trail on the side of the moraine.  An afternoon image.
    North-Lake-Inlet-Morning-Pano1.jpg
  • Epiphelium - stamen and pistules.
    Epiphelium_9973.jpg
  • Ornamental Artichoke in Bloom
    Ornamental Artichoke_9955a.jpg
  • Annas Hummingbird at our lemon tree.
    Humming-Bird_7118.jpg
  • Twilight at Sunset.  Looking west toward the lights of La Mesa, the coast, the Sea World tower, and of course a new moon.
    La-Mesa-Sunset_6635.jpg
  • Geranium blooms - one old, one new
    Geranium-Past-and-Present_101.jpg
  • A cactus bloom
    Cactus-Bloom_101.jpg
  • Green Backed Heron in flight, Lake Murray, CA.  USA.
    Green Backed Heron-Flight_9527.jpg
  • More nest building activity, with the male bringing branches to the nest.  Lake Murray.  San Diego, CA.  USA.
    Blue Heron with branch_9142.jpg
  • Halfdome reflected in the Merced River at sunset.  Yosemite, NP.  USA
    Half Dome-Merced.jpg
  • Mt Dana reflected in a roadside tarn within Yosemite National Park.
    Mt Dana Reflection.jpg
  • Evening - Mt. May as seen in Tioga Lake.  Yosemite, CA.  USA
    Tioga Lake-Mt May_5869-.jpg
  • As the sun is going down - Tenaya Lake and Mt. Conness as seen from the knoll below Olmstead point.  Yosemite, CA.  USA
    Tenaya Conness-Yosemite_5845.jpg
  • Snowy Egret-Hunting.  First image in a  sequence of four.  Once caught, the prey has to be handled carefully.
    Snowy-Egret-with-Catch_2526.jpg
  • Osprey on takeoff with prey -  after the "big splash".
    Osprey_2244.jpg
  • Turkey Vulture and Breakfast - or, why they're at the lake.
    Turkey-Vulture-Catch_2059.jpg
  • The Mono Craters and the beginning of Lee Vining Canyon.  Taken from the Tioga Pass Road at 9000'.
    Mono-Craters-Lee-Vining-Canyon_0194.jpg
  • A web amongst the iceplant.
    Web_7350.jpg
  • Ice out on Tioga Lake.  Taken from the Tioga Pass road.
    Tioga-Lake_5839.jpg
  • The moonrise over Halfdome.
    Half-Dome-Moonrise.jpg
  • Vernal Falls taken from the bridge in winter.
    Vernal-Falls-Winter.jpg
  • Gone to seed!
    Gone-to-Seed_101.jpg
  • Bridalveil Falls as seen from the Valley floor.  Yosemite, NP.  USA
    Bridal Veil Falls.jpg
  • Base of Vernal Falls from the Mist Trail.  Yosemite, NP.  USA
    Base Vernal Falls.jpg
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