New Work – October 2012

By October 18, 2012April 23rd, 2023New Work

I’ve been remiss about publishing my new photography and have only released two groups of images on my website in 2012. Tracy and I are about to head off for some R&R in Paris and I figured I should publish a blog post about my new photographs before we leave. (Who knows, if the food is really good we may not return.) As in May, my October collection of images includes many night photographs including some really nice ones from Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in Utah, Yosemite and Joshua Tree National Park. This year I made one good blue whale photo and participated in my first aerial mission for Lighthawk, documenting development in the desert east of San Diego. A few new images of San Diego are mixed in this release. And perhaps the most fun of all: new wave photos! Below are a few from the release but you’ll want to see all of them so please have a look: New Work – October 2012. Cheers!

Milky Way and Shooting Star over Delicate Arch, as stars cover the night sky, Arches National Park, Utah
Milky Way and Shooting Star over Delicate Arch, as stars cover the night sky.
Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA
 
Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California
Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California.
Location: California, USA
 
Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf, The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA
 
Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible, Megaptera novaeangliae, San Diego, California
Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible.
Location: San Diego, California, USA
 
The Milky Way Galaxy shines in the night sky with a Joshua Tree silhouetted in the foreground, Joshua Tree National Park, California
The Milky Way Galaxy shines in the night sky with a Joshua Tree silhouetted in the foreground.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
 
Mesa Arch and Milky Way at night, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Mesa Arch and Milky Way at night.
Location: Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
 
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
Location: San Diego, California, USA
 
The Milky Way rises above a huge wall of stone, stars fill the night sky and soar over the distant lights of campers, Joshua Tree National Park, California
The Milky Way rises above a huge wall of stone, stars fill the night sky and soar over the distant lights of campers.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
 
Blue whale 80-feet long, full body photograph of an enormous blue whale showing rostrom head to fluke tail, taken a close range with very wide lens, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California, United Kingdom
Blue whale 80-feet long, full body photograph of an enormous blue whale showing rostrom head to fluke tail, taken a close range with very wide lens.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, United Kingdom
 
Clouds and mountains, San Diego mountains near Rancho Guejito and Black Mountain, sunrise
Clouds and mountains, San Diego mountains near Rancho Guejito and Black Mountain, sunrise.
Location: San Diego, California, USA
 

About Phil Colla

I am a natural history photographer. I enjoy making compelling images in the ocean, on land, and in the air. I have maintained the Natural History Photography blog since 2005 and my searchable Natural History Photography Library since 1997. Here are some tear sheets and behind the scenes views. Thanks for looking!