August 2013

New Work

New Work – August 2013

I made a series of very short trips to photograph Yosemite National Park, Death Valley National Park, Crater Lake National Park and Mount Rainier National Park, along with a brief visit to the Alabama Hills. Here is a small sampling of the images I made over the last couple months;…

Phil CollaAugust 31, 2013

New Work

New Work – June 2013

To go straight to the good stuff and skip the verbiage: New Work June 2013. I released some really strong images in June 2013, including some from what is perhaps the most photographically productive southwest trip I've ever made. I froze my ass off during cold May weather high in…

Phil CollaAugust 30, 2013

Crater Lake Landscape Oregon Panoramas

Panoramic Photographs of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Crater Lake National Park is the most panorama-ready national park I have ever visited. The vistas are sweeping from the rim of the extinct volcano's caldera, encompassing a six-mile wide lake. I have made two short visits to Crater Lake National Park, and spent most of my time composing panoramic…

Phil CollaAugust 28, 2013

Astrophotography and Night Scapes Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier, the Milky Way galaxy, Star Trails and Climbers’ Lights at Night

On my recent trip to Mount Rainier National Park, I had one particular image in mind, and I managed to achieve something very close to what I envisioned with this photograph. Seen here is the northeast side of Mount Rainier, with star trails in the sky and climbers' lights tracing…

Phil CollaAugust 23, 2013

Astrophotography and Night Scapes Beautiful Views of San Diego San Diego

Blue Moon over San Diego City Skyline

San Diego City Skyline at Sunset with a Rare Blue Moon Tonight I was fortunate to photograph a rare "blue moon" rising at sunset over San Diego's beautiful city skyline. This view is from Harbor Island looking across San Diego Bay toward the downtown waterfront. Tonight's full moon is indeed…

Phil CollaAugust 20, 2013

Astrophotography and Night Scapes Yosemite

Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way, Half Dome and Yosemite National Park

Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way, Half Dome and Yosemite National Park I spent two evenings at Glacier Point during the peak of the 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower, hoping to capture my first photographs of meteors. I have a few landscape astrophotography images that have chance meteors recorded in them, but…

Phil CollaAugust 14, 2013

Astrophotography and Night Scapes Yosemite

Zodiacal Light, Milky Way and Jupiter over Yosemite National Park

Photographing Zodiacal Light over Yosemite National Park August 11-12 was near peak viewing for the 2013 Perseid meteor shower, and many people including myself were viewing the show from Yosemite's Glacier Point all evening long. However, because the moon was nearly new and it was late summer, I knew there…

Phil CollaAugust 13, 2013

Mount Rainier Panoramas

Mount Rainier and Reflection Lake Panorama, Sunrise

Mount Rainier is reflected in the perfectly still, calm waters of Reflection Lake, in the southern part of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This enormous panoramic photo will print up to 6' tall by 15' wide at full resolution. If you think this image would look good on the wall…

Phil CollaAugust 8, 2013