Category: Nature
![Menzies' Wallflower at Asilomar State Beach, California](https://i0.wp.com/www.latogaphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0224-0003-0204.jpg?resize=860%2C484&ssl=1)
Menzies’ Wallflower (76 of 366)
Menzies’ Wallflower (Erysimum menziesii) is an endangered species of plant because it is found only in the declining beach sand dune habitat on the California coastline. One of the three places where it can be found is in Monterey County, Read More …
![Dogwood Reflections in Merced River](https://i2.wp.com/www.latogaphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0178-0802-E.jpg?resize=800%2C484&ssl=1)
Dogwoods Reflections in Merced River II (73 of 366)
Another variant of the winter bare Dogwoods reflecting in the Merced River within Yosemite National Park. Click through on the photo to view the full 2016 Photo a Day gallery and also view it in my Yosemite gallery where you can purchase Art Prints Read More …
![Dogwood Reflections in Merced River](https://i2.wp.com/www.latogaphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0178-0802-E.jpg?resize=800%2C484&ssl=1)
Dogwoods Reflections in Merced River (72 of 366)
Winter days with blue sky’s and harsh mid-day light is the perfect time to look for other ways to photograph the natural world, like through reflections. Here the play of light falling on winter bare trees and some green shrubs Read More …
![Oak Tree on hillside at Twilight](https://i1.wp.com/www.latogaphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/0260-01-0008-E.jpg?resize=860%2C484&ssl=1)
Loan Oak at Twilight (52 of 366)
A short 20 minute drive from Silicon Valley (heading east) is the Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve. in the foothills east of San Jose, the trail head is almost at the crest of the first set of foothills. With an Read More …
![Dreaming of Spring Wildflowers](https://i1.wp.com/www.latogaphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/0221-0385-E.jpg?resize=860%2C484&ssl=1)
Dreaming of Spring Wildflowers (28 of 366)
Curve ball…admit it, you thought I was going to stick with the snow theme… 🙂 Another photo from the archive that has me already dreaming of spring wildflowers with all the rain/snow that we’ve been having in California. Though, when Read More …
![Meandering Snow Banks](https://i2.wp.com/www.latogaphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/0019-0027.jpg?resize=860%2C484&ssl=1)
Meandering Snow Bank (27 of 366)
Personally, there is something about how a small stream up in the Sierra Nevada mountains can cut through a field of snow and create this wonderful meandering line for the eye to follow. It creates a small item of interest Read More …