Clifford Beshers

  • 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.

  • After all the snow photos, it’s nice to have some Sierra Wave to admire.

    A sculpted cloud hovers over mountains.

  • Fresh snow on Round Valley and the Tungsten Hills.

    A valley floor is lightly covered with snow.

  • Elderberry Canyon, Mt. Tom.

    A snow filled canyon runs from the top of a jagged mountain, partially obscured by clouds.

  • The shark’s teeth in fresh snow.

    Jagged mountain spires are covered in a dusting of snow, let by early morning light.

  • Abstract: snow, on tar, on asphalt.

    Looking down at a patch of tar on a road, snow has melted at the edges of the tar, still covering the center.

  • I’m watching Dr Who, Season 2, “The Impossible Planet,” and it seems like current events.

  • Dawn on Mt Tom after fresh snow.

    A triangular, jagged mountain, covered with snow, is lit pink with light from the rising sun.

  • California Quail are always walking around the neighborhood, so common they can go unnoticed. Fresh snow records their travels in striking detail.

    Bird tracks in snow, seen from above.

  • Round Valley after snow, the high desert below the Eastern Sierra.

    A wide angle shot of sagebrush covered in snow, a wide mountain ridge, scattered foggy clouds, and hints of blue sky.

  • It’s good to keep an eye on the bedrock as the storm rages.

    A granite mountain ridge is only partially visible through a variety of cloud banks.

  • After a snowstorm, the sun warms the valley, sending warm air upward against the cold flow from above. The normally invisible tumble of air becomes visible through the formation and disappearance of clouds. Warmth from below always wins in the end, resulting in clear skies.

    Clouds are scattered along a mountain ridge at various altitudes.

  • Shark’s teeth on Wheeler Crest looking pearly white.

    Jagged granite outcrops on a large mountain wall are covered with fresh snow.

  • California Quail walking in the fresh snow. #birds

    California Quail stand on a rock covered in snow amidst sagebrush.

  • We had a great snowstorm last weekend. I’m just now getting the big batch of photos uploaded and processed.

    Clouds playing peekaboo with Wheeler Crest.

    A dark, sloping mountain ridge is partially obscured by clouds.

  • A hawk surveys the desert scrub from the highest point available. I expect he was hungry, as the snowstorm had just ended. #birds

    A hawk sits on a large rock in the middle of sagebrush and sand.

  • Using the new telescope as a birdwatching tool.

  • First real photo taken with Seestar S50 I got for my birthday. I’ve got a lot to learn, but the tech in this scope is a big boost.

  • After the storm receded to the ridgeline, the sun came out and the valley lit up.

  • It snowed today, which brought much needed water to the land, and much needed beauty to my lens.

  • A sunflower in winter.

  • Morning shadows.

    Geometric shadows are cast on a curtain by morning sunlight.

  • I find myself listening to “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” by Taylor Swift, and finding it very timely.

  • Another fuzzy cottonwood tree in winter, a close-up this time. They are litterbugs, too, dropping limbs at their feet seemingly constantly. Never drive or ark underneath them in a windstorm.

    A tree, devoid of leaves, has a tangle of many small branches.

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