Fine Art Infrared Landscape Photography

San Francisco Bay Area Landscapes

Welcome to my home turf. The oak-dotted, grassy pelted rolling hills of the San Francisco Bay Area are some of my earliest and dearest memories. Every lone oak tree perched atop its own knoll, with gnarled, lichen-covered branches, is a quietly eccentric character in a Shakespearean landscape production.

Photographed in infrared and presented in false color or black & white, this collection of fine art landscape images calls attention to the individual personalities of some of my favorite arboreal friends, and the beauty of the wide open spaces where I meet them.

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A sprawling oak tree glitters with the first spring foliage under a moonlit night sky.
Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight
At the base of a large hill, an old blue truck is parked in front of a barn and some ancient farm equipment.
Clementine
A small, 19th-century mining cemetery sits on a steep hill, lit by a sunray against a dark sky.
Rose Hill
A simple hill scene with dramatic lighting from storm clouds and low sun. A bit of blue sky peaks through.
Daydream
I first “met” this tree in mid-winter, completely bare and full of noisy crows. I went back to visit in late spring, hoping to catch it in leaf. I was surprised
California Buckeye
Low-angled sunlight illuminates a coral-colored tree against purplish clouds.
Deer Valley
A lone oak tree atop a grassy knoll casts a long shadow, against the backdrop of the San Francisco Bay.
Alhambra Valley Coast Live Oak
A full moon rises over three red oak trees atop a diagonal rideline in late-day shadow.
Valley Ridge, Waxing Gibbous
An oak tree with fuchsia foliage lit by the late day sun stands in contrast with deeply shadowed black-and-white hills.
Springtime in the Shadows
Brilliantly backlit oak trees glow with vibrant pink and gold in the late day sun.
Golden Hour is Golden
A lone pink tree is illuminated by a ray of sun while dark storm clouds gather over a silver prairie.
Prairie Storm Rolling In
A bright yellow oak tree sits near the top of a ridge among rolling grassy hills.
A Welcome Sight
A bright red oak tree spreads its branches parallel to the steep hill on which it lives. The grass is snow white and the sky is electric blue.
Marushka
Long shadows fall across a very pink landscape of rolling hills while a single cloud floats overhead.
Strawberry Mochi
A vertical landscape image of a curving road leading from bright hills into deep shadows. Golden oak trees are illuminated against the darkness.
Detour
A white-on-white-colored scene of rolling hills spotted with trees under puffy, silvery-blue clouds
Lambswool
A group of small islands populated with pink trees emerges from hazy blue fog in a still lagoon.
Blue Lagoon Sanctuary
On a calm and misty morning, an egret wades in the shallows of Lake Merritt while gulls fly overhead and coots float nearby.
Snowy Egret
The day’s last light breaks through dark grey clouds to barely skim endless rolling hills. A few oaks dot the ridges.
Rolling Hills at Sunset
A panoramic view of San Francisco situated between Mount Tamalpais and the Diablo Range.
San Francisco is in the Mountains
A false-color infrared image shows a golden oak tree perched atop a blonde hill, shining against a deep, navy blue sky streaked with clouds.
A Friend to All
A false-color infrared image shows criss-crossing wild oat-covered hills with a narrow road leading off to a tree in the distance.
Blue Winter
A false-color infrared image shows rolling hills of pale gold beneath a dazzling pink thunderhead cloud.
Lady Thunderhead
A high-contrast black-and-white infrared image shows layers of undulating hills whose ridges are illuminated by the fading sunset light.
Last Light
A false-color infrared image shows a looming bank of pastel-colored storm clouds casting shadows over a spring green hill.
My Own Shadow
A false-color infrared image shows a monochromatic landscape of grassy hills, trees and clouds in a soft, deep burgundy hue.
Pocketful of Trees
A false-color infrared image shows vivid green Bay Area hills against purple clouds and a cyan sky.
Rolling Greens