Clifford Beshers

  • A Great Blue Heron hunting in our creek.

    A tall heron stands in a shallow creek.

  • Mt Tom, lit by the full moon.

    A triangular mountain, covered with snow, clouds on the peak, lit by the full moon.

  • Wheeler Crest was looking like a snowglobe when the winds came up after fresh snow fell.

    Snow blows off a jagged mountain ridge, lit from behind by the sun.

  • Soft over sharp, pink over black and white.

    Soft pink clouds hover over a mountain range partially covered with snow.

  • The hidden road on the lonely mountain, only visible under certain conditions.

    A road switchbacks up a steep mountain face covered in snow. Only the outline is visible.

  • Hillsides always layer better with snow on them.

    A snow covered hill fills the foreground, while jagged mountain canyons fill the background.

  • The ridge on Mt Tom that forms the side of Elderberry Canyon.

    A sharp ridge , like a flint arrowhead, stands out from a canyon on a mountain top, covered in fresh snow.

  • Some days, you can see the waves in the mountains.

    A hill with snow drops from left to right, behind, higher overlapping mountain folds drop from right to left, looking a bit like ocean waves.

  • A view of the White Mountains, through the gap in the volcanic bluff on the valley floor, 10,000’ below.

    A curved bluff below and clouds above frame a remote mountain peak.

  • Welcome rain, pooling on the granite counter top I put outside. Every little bit helps here.

    A close-up of water pooling on polished stone.

  • Mt Tom from the valley floor, which is also covered in snow, which only happens once a year or so.

    A triangular snow-covered mountain rises above a high desert valley.

  • A closeup of Elderberry Canyon, a place I never expect to visit in person, though I see it regularly.

    A curving canyon sweeps down from a jagged mountaintop, covered in snow, dotted with pine trees.

  • A Mountain Bluebird sits on a barbed wire fence. They are busy creatures, and careful, and do not pose for long.

    A blue bird sits on a strip of barbed wire with desert sage behind.

  • Storm clouds brewing. I’m betting the white one will overcome the darkness.

    A long white cloud flows away from a mountain range while a dark, stormy cloud bank hovers above.

  • Pastel puffballs.

    Small grey clouds hover in front of a large wall of blue and darker grey clouds.

  • I’m enjoying unexpected light more than ever these days.

    A wisp of fog rising from the slope above the valley catches a beam of light when the valley is otherwise in shadow.

  • A Coopers Hawk oversees Pleasant Valley, its head feathers ruffled by the wind. #birds

    A Coopers Hawk sits on a post over a grassy valley.

  • Mt Tom and Pine Creek Canyon always remind me of Carahadras when the snow comes down.

    A mountain and canyon running alongside are partially visible through a snowstorm.

  • I recently relocated my barbecue to be very near one of my hummingbird feeders. There have been some air traffic control issues.

    A hmmingbird's throat flashes purple as it hovers near a feeder.

  • Snow melting on a slope.

    Melting snow has interesting pattern develop.

  • Snow on the volcanic bubble.

    Snow on a rounded hillside is patchy with sagebrush poking through, with low-lying clouds in the background.

  • That peak is thinking something wispy from its view above the clouds.

    A tiny bit of mountain peak is visible above a cloud bank, with one thin cloud rising upward.

  • Melting snow on a roof in the Eastern Sierra.

  • Light in Round Valley, falling on fresh snow.

    A valley floor has fresh snow, lit through a hole in the overhanging clouds.

  • Fog bank formed on a thermocline, under a departing snowstorm.

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