Clifford Beshers

  • The high peaks above Bishop Creek, sharp as razors.

    A sharp uprising of snow-covered rises into the clouds above rising foothills.

  • Band of mountains, wedge of light.

    A long line of mountains lies below a dark, sloping cloud.

  • Pine Creek canyon looking bright with late spring snow.

    Snowy mountain peaks rise from a mountain valley.

  • Cottonwood trees have great silhouettes.

    A tree without leaves stands starkly in silhouette against a mountain backdrop.

  • In the low-lying areas, where the cold flows down from the high Sierra, the green tint of spring comes slowly.

    A line of cottonwood trees in a pasture has just the slightest hint of green buds.

  • Mt Tom, shrouded in clouds, looks much smaller than it actually is. Clear skies will reveal its true majesty.

    A low cloud layer obscures a snow covered mountain.

  • Haze can mean fire, but I’m not sure what caused this. It’s nice to have the photographic affect without the danger.

    A large, snow-covered mountain seems washed out because of haze, while nearby trees at ground level show sharply in silhouette.

  • Another pastel sunset.

    Wispy clouds lit up pink at sunset on a soft blue sky.

  • Despite the lack of greenery in Pleasant Valley, the cows find something to graze on.

    Cows graze in long dry grass in front of cottonwood trees still bare from winter.

  • Cottonwood in Pleasant Valley, still not awake to spring like its siblings elsewhere. Cold air flows directly down this river valley from the high Sierra, so I think the plants green later here.

    A cottonwod without leaves stands alone amidst tall, pale grasses in a river valley, with no green of spring visible.

  • Oil has come to a fork in the road.

    Tar on a crack in an asphalt road forms a tee at a corner.

  • Sage to snow in just a few miles.

    A large triangular mountain covered in snow rises from a sage filled valley.

  • Soft sunset lighting up the Sierra Wave.

    Pink clouds on a soft blue sky at sunset.

  • Round Valley, waiting for spring.

    A wooden fence, a large pasture, and snow covered mountains behind.

  • Mt Tom on a ice spring day.

    A large, snow-covered triangular mountain lies under lots of fuffly white clouds and blue sky.

  • I visited the big Cottonwood down by the pond, but the pond was dry.

    A large tree in silhouette with large mountains in the background.

  • Mt Tom, lost in the mist.

    A triangular mountain is shrouded in cloud.

  • I can’t even imagine how you’d get this sorting bug.

  • Often this land presents as layered, horizontal zones of vegetation, geology, snow, clouds, and sky.

    Low brown hills in the foreground, granite mountains with snow, a layer of fluffy white clouds, then dark clouds above.

  • This was really quite the cloud banok ver the Whites. I took a lot of photos and found it hard to narrow down the list.

    Huge cumulonimbus clouds over a wide mountain range.

  • Round Valley pasture under a low ceiling. The cows were lowing, too.

    I’ll see myself out.

    A barbed wire fence borders drab winter grass in a pasture, low-lying clouds above.

  • Another view of this fine set of spring clouds over the White Mountains.

  • From above the Tungsten Hills, looking over the Owens Valley to the White Mountains.

    The viewer is high on a hillside, foothills dark below, then wide valley and mountains in the distance.

  • An Owens Valley road leads to the White Mountains, where spring rains hover.

    An asphalt road patched with tar, power poles on the side, recedes towards a wide mountain range.

  • A lone cottonwood tree waits for spring.

    A tree with no leaves stands alone in a pasture below a snow covered mountains and low clouds.

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