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California Oak n Hill Chaparral

Spectacular fine art photography from California's Coastal Oak hills, valleys, and Santa Monica Mountains. The California chaparral is one the most under photographed ecosystems in the state.

The Santa Monica Mountains run east to west from southeast Ventura County they run east into Los Angeles County rising above the City of Angeles, then widen to meet the curve of the Santa Monica Bay, reaching their highest peaks facing the open ocean. The land is beautiful and diverse. The rugged coastline has many sandy beaches and rocky shores. Dense chaparral and fragrent sages cover the canyon walls. Wildflowers cover burn areas in a carpet of color in the springtime. Inland, lone valley oaks accentuate the grassy hillsides. In 1978 Congress established the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area as part of the National Park System.
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  • Pacifc View - Santa Monica Mountains.  

I was very late to the trail head this time so I removed everything out of the camera bag except a camera body and one lens then went for a run up the mountain. I found this scene only a half mile up the trail. Finding a clearing in the chapparel isn't that easy, let alone finding a foreground subject that isn't part of another subject.

This is pretty close to Los Angeles so it's funny that I say my session ended w/ gunfire down below at the road. I heard 6 rounds being fired off and then another 6 more.  It turns out they were being fired out of moving vehicle 500 ft below and a half a mile away.  Hopefully they were not shooting at me, I'm thinking it might of been teens from Malibu shooting at coyotes for target practice.  I guess it's cultural.

    Pacifc View - Santa Monica Mountains. I was very late to the trail head this time so I removed everything out of the camera bag except a camera body and one lens then went for a run up the mountain. I found this scene only a half mile up the trail. Finding a clearing in the chapparel isn't that easy, let alone finding a foreground subject that isn't part of another subject. This is pretty close to Los Angeles so it's funny that I say my session ended w/ gunfire down below at the road. I heard 6 rounds being fired off and then another 6 more. It turns out they were being fired out of moving vehicle 500 ft below and a half a mile away. Hopefully they were not shooting at me, I'm thinking it might of been teens from Malibu shooting at coyotes for target practice. I guess it's cultural.

  • Central California Coast
San Luis Obispo County

Coast Live Oak can grow up to 25 feet tall and grow in moist areas.

    Central California Coast San Luis Obispo County Coast Live Oak can grow up to 25 feet tall and grow in moist areas.

  • Rolled Poppies 
Central California

    Rolled Poppies Central California

  • Fall color in Los Angeles.

    Fall color in Los Angeles.

  • Live Forever - Malibu, California

    Live Forever - Malibu, California

  • California's Unknown Sea

Ok, I'm kidding about an unknown sea in California. There isn't one. These are just some rocks in a grassland and nothing more. The atmosphere just gave it a mysterious feel and a view I hadn't seen before or anything similar at the least.. . . 

Rendition #2 

Grasslands in the Central California

    California's Unknown Sea Ok, I'm kidding about an unknown sea in California. There isn't one. These are just some rocks in a grassland and nothing more. The atmosphere just gave it a mysterious feel and a view I hadn't seen before or anything similar at the least.. . . Rendition #2 Grasslands in the Central California

  • Whithering Autumn in Socal
Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County

    Whithering Autumn in Socal Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County

  • The Grotto  Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California

    The Grotto Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California

  • The Land of Lupine
An endless display of wildflowers in California's Central Valley

    The Land of Lupine An endless display of wildflowers in California's Central Valley

  • Inland Crawl

A lone oak bearing signs of life with a small set of spring leaves while coastal fog hits a speed bump and slowly crawls inland.

Santa Monica Mountains, California

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    Inland Crawl A lone oak bearing signs of life with a small set of spring leaves while coastal fog hits a speed bump and slowly crawls inland. Santa Monica Mountains, California Explore new areas with Steve Sieren and learn to see in a different way ScenicPhotoWorkshops.com Sign up today.

  • Boney Mountain

    Boney Mountain

  • Central California Coast
San Luis Obispo County

Coast Live Oak can grow up to 25 feet tall and grow in moist areas.

    Central California Coast San Luis Obispo County Coast Live Oak can grow up to 25 feet tall and grow in moist areas.

  • Beatiful Trash, CA

    Beatiful Trash, CA

  • Blooming whipple yucca in Piru Creek, Southern California

    Blooming whipple yucca in Piru Creek, Southern California

  • Great Plains of California

    Great Plains of California

  • Old Sycamore Tree
Santa Monica Mountains

    Old Sycamore Tree Santa Monica Mountains

  • A lone crag in the Angeles National Forest, California

    A lone crag in the Angeles National Forest, California

  • Moonset Santa Monica Mountains
Fall Color 2008
Near Malibu and Calabasas, California

    Moonset Santa Monica Mountains Fall Color 2008 Near Malibu and Calabasas, California

  • Plugs
Santa Monica Mountains - Los Angeles, CA. I say plugs because its like a head w/ a few hairs sticking out

    Plugs Santa Monica Mountains - Los Angeles, CA. I say plugs because its like a head w/ a few hairs sticking out

  • Life Below
Bear Mountain, California

    Life Below Bear Mountain, California

  • Red bud and the invasive scotch broom growing in Zuma Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

    Red bud and the invasive scotch broom growing in Zuma Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

  • Bouquette Falls  Angeles National Forest Near Santa Clarita, California

Velvia 35mm Film

    Bouquette Falls Angeles National Forest Near Santa Clarita, California Velvia 35mm Film

  • Lit up coast live oak in Los Osos Oaks State Reserve

    Lit up coast live oak in Los Osos Oaks State Reserve

  • The Edge of Light
Central California

    The Edge of Light Central California

  • Storm Cloud on the Carizzo Plain

    Storm Cloud on the Carizzo Plain

  • Bobcat in Placerita Canyon, Santa Clarita, California

    Bobcat in Placerita Canyon, Santa Clarita, California

  • Vasquez Rocks where the juniper woodlands meet the Western edge of the Mojave Desert.  Aqua Dulce, California.

    Vasquez Rocks where the juniper woodlands meet the Western edge of the Mojave Desert. Aqua Dulce, California.

  • Zuma Canyon

    Zuma Canyon

  • Zuma Canyon Waterfall

    Zuma Canyon Waterfall

  • Tri Peaks - Boney Mountain Wilderness

    Tri Peaks - Boney Mountain Wilderness

  • Sycamore tree sourrounded by boulders in fall / autumn in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles.

    Sycamore tree sourrounded by boulders in fall / autumn in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles.

  • Irish Hills, Central Coast California

    Irish Hills, Central Coast California

  • Boney Mountain Oak & Poppies

Santa Monica Mountains

    Boney Mountain Oak & Poppies Santa Monica Mountains

  • Hanging moss from coast live oak at Los Osos Oaks State Preserve in Los Osos in the Central Coast of California.

    Hanging moss from coast live oak at Los Osos Oaks State Preserve in Los Osos in the Central Coast of California.

  • Full Moon setting in Earth's Shadow, Tri Peaks - Boney Mountain Wilderness

    Full Moon setting in Earth's Shadow, Tri Peaks - Boney Mountain Wilderness

  • Parasitic dodder and wildflowers growing in the Simi Valley Hills / Santa Susana Mountain Range, part of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.

    Parasitic dodder and wildflowers growing in the Simi Valley Hills / Santa Susana Mountain Range, part of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.

  • Lichen at Dawn
Central California

    Lichen at Dawn Central California

  • California's Unknown Sea

Ok, I'm kidding about an unknown sea in California. There isn't one. These are just some rocks in a grassland and nothing more. The atmosphere just gave it a mysterious feel and a view I hadn't seen before or anything similar at the least.. . . 

Rendition #2 

Grasslands in the Central California

    California's Unknown Sea Ok, I'm kidding about an unknown sea in California. There isn't one. These are just some rocks in a grassland and nothing more. The atmosphere just gave it a mysterious feel and a view I hadn't seen before or anything similar at the least.. . . Rendition #2 Grasslands in the Central California

  • Wild monkey flower and live oak in Thousand Oaks, Calfornia.

    Wild monkey flower and live oak in Thousand Oaks, Calfornia.

  • Angeles National Forest - San Gabriel Mounains

    Angeles National Forest - San Gabriel Mounains

  • Bent Oak Sunset

Santa Monica Mountains

    Bent Oak Sunset Santa Monica Mountains

  • Whipple yucca blooming in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California

    Whipple yucca blooming in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California

  • Whipple yucca blooming in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California

    Whipple yucca blooming in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California

  • Whipple yucca bloom in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California

    Whipple yucca bloom in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California

  • Blooming whipple yucca in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California.

    Blooming whipple yucca in the Santa Clara River Valley, Southern California.

  • Fall Color near Los Angeles, in the Santa Monica Mountains

    Fall Color near Los Angeles, in the Santa Monica Mountains

  • Wildflowers in Grimes Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains, Southern California 2012

    Wildflowers in Grimes Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains, Southern California 2012

  • Blooming whipple yucca in Piru Creek, Southern California

    Blooming whipple yucca in Piru Creek, Southern California

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