Ralph Cooksey-Talbott

Reflecting Pond… Part of a lazy drift down Mines road to San Jose. Spring is always so good!!! #panophotos #vertorama #photography

Coal Canyon Cutoff… This trail knocks a few hundred feet of vertical off on the McGuire trailhead… it’s really sketchy and treacherous once it goes into the ravines. #photography #panophotos #panorama

McGuire Peaks… Eagles view trail winds through hillside forest on the north side of Sunol by Welch creek. A pleasant walk under cover on a single track trail… all good! #panophotos #panorama #photography

Uvas Falls… A short walk up a mild hill, this is a very accessible waterfall. I somehow think reservations are required… #photography #panophoto #vertorama #bw

Kite Hill Rock… At the midpoint on kite hill in Garin is this orange lichen encrusted rock formation. You get an interesting view of the kites from the field several hundred feet below flying on the hill’s anabatic lift. #panophotos #vertorama #photograhy

Round Valley… The sound is something special…

Basin Falls… This is in the Uvas canyon waterfall sequence. Good stuff with only a short walk. Basin falls is in one of the side ravines… #vertorama #panophotos #photography

Eagles View Oak… At the top of the cliff in Sunol is a wonderful bench, you could sit for hours and watch the world go by from a safe distance… #panophotos #vertorama #bw #photography

Cataracts Sequence… This a steep canyon and it is best, and most treacherous, when it’s very wet… Experienced campers have a beach towel in their kit to cover the car seat :) #panophotos #vertorama #photography

Big Meadow Oak… The cows have it all going on here… this is their normal hang. #photography #panophotos #vertorama

Eagles View Trail… From one of my monthly photowalks in Sunol RP. #panophotos #vertorama #photography

Eagles View Trail… From one of my monthly photowalks in Sunol RP. #panophotos #vertorama #photography

Airline Highway Lace… Some where south of Pinnacles I found these flowers… #panophotos #photography #vertorama

McCorkle Cowpond… A beautiful little spot in the confluence of several steep ravines. #photography

Dry Creek… I went to the top of an off trail hill and got a wonderful view of Dry Creek and the cows… #photography #panophotos #panorama

Camino Cielo to Calaveras… It was a clear day when I drifted by this small rocky meadow… #photography

Briones Ravine A deep ravine with a hidden rushing stream in the bottom. The path traversed the wall climbing steadily… #photography #panophotos #panorama

Briones Draw… Some nice floral accents with wispy clouds… #photography

Alameda Creek Trail This casual trail winds along the creekbed in Briones park. #panophotos #panorama #vertorama #photography

Bitterwater Super Bloom I like driving down California route 25, the airline highway. Lots of hills and when you are lucky some super blooms. I think we will be lucky this year… #panophotos #panorama #photography

Oak ravine Nice place, I come here every green season. Little creek and hawks cruising for burgers…

I found a good use for AI… I used it to write shell scripts to make Image Magik to do my rote image processing. In this case convert a full res tif into a 2350px jpg. I used Claude and it has helped my workflow greatly, now I actually have an organized collection of jpg’s on my phone :)

Here’s the finished version of the last print I showed, ready to hang!

This is a nice sized Vertorama, 32x64 which will yield a finished 28x60 gallery wrapped canvas.

Devils Golf Course… Several am in the morning 99 degrees, balmy breeze short shorts and some staunch boots, this stuff was made to hurt… #photography #panophotos #vertorama #bw #bnw

Titus Canyon Starbow The little man went to Titus Canyon and found a world of desert goodness… #photography #panophotos #panorama #night #starbow

Big Sur… A magical place where the water struggles against the rock and the bright colored succulents run wild. Water always wins but it’s a long game. #panophotos #vertorama #panorama #photography

Mattole Rain… Rain on mattole beach at the mouth of the Mattole River… #panophotos #panorama #photography

Artist’s Palette… An interesting formation in Death Valley. Best photographed without direct sun, the contrast hits up the colors… #photography #panophotos #panorama

Lost Coast - Mattole Beach A well weathered cattle station at the end of Lighthouse Road. #photography #panophotos #panorama #prints

Bean Hollow Rock Wall… A nice 4x10’ section of rock from Bean Hollow… #photography

Point Lobos… A windswept forest of trees covered in bright red lichens lead to this spectacular view of the point… #photography #panophotos #panorama

Kite Hill Rock It’s a stiff climb up here but the view is worth it, folks are often here flying kites… #photography #panophotos #vertorama #panorama

Pigeon Point Light A nice bit of June gloom on the coast… #photography

Bean Hollow Birds… There are some good rocks at Bean Hollow, the birds are happy! #photography #panophotos #panorama #vertorama

Leffingwell Point Rays… Zoom in and have a look, there’s a lot to unpack in this insanely high res image… #photography #panophotos #panorama #vertorama

Eagles View… A wonderful trail winding through the high meadows in Sunol. #photography #panophotos #vertorama #panorama

Little Yosemite Sycamore… This is at the foot of one of the few functioning waterfalls in the east bay. Nicely isolated, these trees are usually dense in our watercourses… #photography

Transilluminated Oak with mistletoe… All the older oaks carry their symbiot mistletoe. Lots of schmooping spots!!! #photography #prints

Solitary Oak… I pass this tree on a cow trail heading up to one of the high wind swept ridges in Sunol. It hailed hard a few minutes after I took this… #photography

Flag Hill Meadow… About halfway up the back side is a huge meadow full of oaks bounded by a cliff. Sweet! #photography

Vargas Plateau Oak… One of my fave ravines in the green season, and the one tree perfectly illuminated? Who could ask for more! #photography

Pastoral Hillside… Some of my friends enjoying lunch… #photography

The Fisherman… I rarely have people in my pictures, I am not a street photographer. It seemed appropriate in this case :) #photography

Pacheco State Park… There were some good blooms this year… #photography

Oak Logic… Nothing like a good Oak tree… #photography

Mattole Beach on the Lost Coast The mighty Mattole River rolls down to the sea at the end of lighthouse rd… #photography

Big Basin Beach… Everybody was there and we had a great time! #photography