Monterey Car Week Cometh
It is that time of year again, with the rumble of engines and smell of race fuel filling the air, the automotive extravaganza known as Monterey Car Week is almost…
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Monterey Car Week Cometh
Stock Photography
The APK Photography Image Bank contains a deep library of travel, nature and landscape stock photo images. My travel photography in particular strives to show a complete story with photos of landmarks, cultural events, food, and scenery.
Harbor seal mothers and their playful pups
On the sheltered beaches of Monterey, Carmel, and Point Lobos, one can catch a lovely glimpse into the lives of harbor seals. This time of year, the cute harbor seal…
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Harbor seal mothers and their playful pups
Salinas Valley, winter into spring
"February in Salinas is likely to be damp and cold and full of miseries. The heaviest rains fall then, and if the river is going to rise, it rises then."…
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Salinas Valley, winter into spring
Still Life: Tulips in Blue Vase
Fresh and delicate signs of spring, captured in the tradition of still life imagery. Fading flowers in a second-hand blue vase, shot in the diffuse light of my kitchen window,…
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Still Life: Tulips in Blue Vase
Monterey Bay Morning
From a recent Saturday morning in Monterey - went whale watching on a particularly windy, bright day. Only two whales were spotted, and due to the pitching rise and fall…
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Monterey Bay Morning
Orchidaceae, oh my!
..., originally uploaded by A.p.K. With an estimated 20,000+ individual flowering species, the Orchid family of plants is considered one of the most diverse and highly evolved forms of life…
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Orchidaceae, oh my!
Road-trippin’
Big Sur bound, originally uploaded by A.p.K. Having long believed that the journey is the destination, I am as much a fan of the act of traveling, as I am…
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Road-trippin’
just another day in paradise
just another day in paradise, originally uploaded by A.p.K. Living in Monterey is pretty much like living inside a postcard. Every sunset has the potential to make the evening magical,…
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just another day in paradise
Ravishing ranunculus
Ravishing ranunculus, originally uploaded by A.p.K. The colors that emerge in nature are sometimes so startlingly brilliant, it can be impossible to look away. These beauties grow in my garden,…
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Ravishing ranunculus
California Drought & Wildfires
Lake Shasta, 07.14.08, originally uploaded by A.p.K. In California, where drought is a seasonal cycle as well as a condition that often affects the landscape for years at a time,…
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California Drought & Wildfires
scenes from the edge of a continent
Misty Big Sur morning, with a glimpse of Bixby Bridge and the Pacific Coast Highway through the fog of coastal California (because this landscape will always be a part of…
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scenes from the edge of a continent
Abstract rain, night
Glittering raindrops fall during an evening storm, caught in the golden light of a streetlamp Glittering raindrops fall across a windshield during an evening storm, illuminated by a street light.…
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Abstract rain, night