Yosemite is a wonderful place for photography, and it’s one of those places that is filled with an intimidating and rich photographic history. I don’t even understand how Ansel Adams did it back in the day; but I have a sense of it, I suppose. So this is un-Yosemite in a way. I aimed away from Yosemite, to all the little mountains that walk up to the great park, and I embraced all the color that I felt flowing inwards.

Yosemite, California
TreyRatcliff.com

the fog you can only see through from above

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• Date Taken2011-12-29 15:14:00
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/3000
• Aperture5.6
• ISO400
• Focal Length135.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

Around the middle of the summer, the sun never goes down in Iceland. I spend the days sleeping in empty schoolhouses and the evenings lost in song and mystery.

This was taken around 3 AM when everything seems dreamy and possible. I would hike and explore all night long. About this time each evening, after going ages without seeing a human, after going ages listening to strange ambient music, everything became wonderfully strange. Sometimes I would create things like this, and I was convinced (and still am) that it was not really me.

Iceland
TreyRatcliff.com

when you realize the sun never really went down

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• Date Taken2010-06-12 00:00:00
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/45
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length28.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-2

A treetop temple silently rests with warm lights as a cool evening falls around it.

Kyoto, Japan
TreyRatcliff.com

Treetop Temple

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• Date Taken2009-09-29 03:54:08
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time8
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length19.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Austin now, but where next???

Where next…

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• Date Taken2022-07-24 01:41:18
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture11
• ISO50
• Focal Length15.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1

Because it’s very much on my mind at the moment, here’s another from Chicago. It goes on for what seems like forever… quite symmetrical too once you get out of the centre it seems.

Chicago from the Archives

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• Date Taken2010-01-05 23:56:08
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Wrapping up my short stay in Chicago shortly where I’ve been seeing family and friends for the first time in years which has been awesome. I thought about staying out in the hotel on this pier while here where they’ve been wise to point all the rooms away from the water purification plant. Definitely wouldn’t have been the most scenic hotel room view in the world!

Chicago

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• Date Taken2022-10-03 04:05:41
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/1000
• Aperture2.8
• ISO800
• Focal Length15.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Here’s another of those images I stumbled across yesterday. This one is maybe from China. I don’t actually remember taking it, so maybe it’s somewhere completely different! If you recognize it, you know where the comments are. 🙂

Unknown China

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• Date Taken2010-10-01 03:37:14
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time10
• Aperture6.7
• ISO200
• Focal Length14.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+2

I just stumbled across a few images from Asia that I don’t think I’ve shared before. It’s quite awesome when that happens, although not quite as awesome as finding some money in that jacket you haven’t worn in a while. That’s always a good excuse to go spend your newfound wealth on something super unhealthy. Mmmm… donuts…

Found Kyoto

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• Date Taken2022-06-20 00:04:19
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time30
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length19.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+2

Aiming to launch the new TreyRatcliff.com towards the end of next week… can it be achieved? I hope so! In the meantime, here’s one of the fine art images from the current site.

The New Dot Com

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• Date Taken2011-12-29 15:14:00
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/3000
• Aperture5.6
• ISO400
• Focal Length135.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

I think that it’s likely that when most people think of Ibiza they think of drinking, dancing and generally craziness. What they maybe don’t realise is that the island has some fantastically character filled coastline. Here’s a little chunk of it at sunset.

Ibiza Sunset

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• Date Taken2010-09-24 17:34:22
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/45
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length14.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1