East of Porterville (Infrared). Oak trees, as you’ve heard me say previously, can take a remarkable range of forms: elegant, majestic, eerie, gnarly - and sometimes all of the above, as this one demonstrates. It resides among granite boulders in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada range, overlooking the valley of the South Fork of the Tule River. And it loves to bask in invisible light from a warm California sun.

Tech info: Nikon D3200 camera (modified for...
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East of Porterville (Infrared). Oak trees, as you’ve heard me say previously, can take a remarkable range of forms: elegant, majestic, eerie, gnarly - and sometimes all of the above, as this one demonstrates. It resides among granite boulders in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada range, overlooking the valley of the South Fork of the Tule River. And it loves to bask in invisible light from a warm California sun.

Tech info: Nikon D3200 camera (modified for infrared with 590nm filter), Nikon 18-140mm lens at 60mm, 1/200 sec. at f/16, ISO 200

Image ©2023 James D. Peterson
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