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  • Shows how a common subject cxan become abstract by radically changing the perspective.
    Photo showing how the Milky Way galaxy can be colored like a sunset when it is near the horizon
    Cannabis plant positioned at the base of the Milky Way.
    Photo of lightning over the ocean that illustrates the raw power of nature
    Photo of lightning over the ocean that illustrates the raw power of nature
    Photo of lightning over the ocean that illustrates the raw power of nature
    Photo showing the Neowise Comet that will not return for more than 7,000 years.
    Photo showing the Neowise Comet that will not return for more than 7,000 years.
    Photo that illustrates howe the earth's rotation affects the night sky
    The bright lights of the Ahwahnee Hotel shine bright enough to be mistaken for a wildfire in a drought-stricken valley.
  • The Milky Way Galaxy above the Big Sur coastline with a waterfall spilling into a turquoise cove.
    Photo that shows the Big Sur coastline above the fog line.
    Aerial drone photo of vineyards and fields along River Road winding south through the Salinas Valley by the light of a full moon with the city lights of Gonzales and Soledad in the distance.
    Aerial photo after sunset of the City of Marina and all its city lights with the Fort Ord Dunes, Monterey Bay and Monterey Peninsula in the background.
    A single person walks alone on an expansive beach at sunset.
    A waterfall spills into a pond lit up from below the water at night.
    Streaks of red, green and white light softly illuminate a vineyard at night.
    Great markeing photo for religious retreats to Big Sur.
    Great markeing photo for California State Parks tourism.
    Great markeing photo for Big Sur tourism.
    Purple colored sky and water after the sun has gone down.
    Purple grapes surrounded by green leaves.
  • Dreamy autumn-colored photo of a black oak forest in Northern California.
    Silky white water rushing off of orange and red rocks with a light blue wave in the background.
    Dusk light glows off the ocean and rocks and wet sand.
    Sunrise reflected off the ocean.
    Abstract aerial drone photo looking directly down at colorful swirling patterns in the brackish water and foliage of a salt marsh.
    Abstract aerial drone photo looking directly down at colorful swirling patterns in the brackish water and foliage of a salt marsh.
    Abstract aerial drone photo looking directly down at colorful swirling patterns in the brackish water and foliage of a salt marsh.
    Aerial drone photo of auntumn colored vineyard rows set against the Salinas River at sunset.
    Aerial drone photo of auntumn colored vineyard rows set against Pinnacles National Park with puffy clouds acattered across a blue sky.
    Aerial drone photo of expansive vineyards rows of autumn colors at the foothills of the Gabilan Mountains.
    Backlit silhouette of a farmer in a vineyard at night that looks like the Scheid Vineyards logo.
    Cannabis lit up at night by the streaking headlamps of the farmers.
  • Friends having a crab feast at the beach at sunset.
    Photo of a sailboat inside a wine glass at sunset.
    A network of blue waterways winds through a green and brown landscape.
    Aerial drone photo of cannabis garden.
    Cannabis garden at night positioned below the Milky Way Galaxy
    Statue of Ganesha below black oak trees at night with a vortex of stars overhead.
    Surreal fantasy character inside a cannabis bud.
    Extreme close-up of cannabis flower with surreal character inside.
    Green vineyard rows below an orange twilight sky.
    Green vineyard rows on a summer afternoon
    Green vineyard rows below an orange twilight sky.
  • Multiple exposure of a surfer bathed in sunset light racing across a crashing wave.
    Green anole lizard poses for a portrait on a tropical leaf.
    Dolphins crisscross just below the ocean surface with sunlight shimmering off their gray bodies.
    Shadowy figures armed with lightsabers facing off on coastal rocks.
    Sci fi star wars warrior connecting with a glowing orb.
    Alien lights spinning around the natural Pinnacles landscape.
    The Milky Way spans the night sky above vineyards with the distant lights from Highway 101.
    Long exposure of car lights going around a roundabout with a library in the background.
    Long exposure of car lights trace the path of a highway through a vineyard landscape at dusk.
    Hawaiian sunset over turquoise and white water rushing onto black lava rocks.
    Aerial photo of a woman walking alone on the beach next to an emerald-colored ocean.
    Abstract aerial drone photo looking directly down at colorful swirling patterns in the brackish water and foliage of a salt marsh with animal footprints in the mud.
  • Abstract aerial drone photo looking directly down at colorful swirling patterns in the brackish water and foliage of a salt marsh.
    Green vineyard rows below an orange twilight sky.
    Bright yellow, orange and red leaves in a vineyard landscape with a clearing storm over the Salinas Valley
    Silhouette of a shipwreck on a Monterey Bay beach just past sunset.
    Red canyons walls dressed with bright green foliage with a long white waterfall and river, blue sky, and fluffy clouds.
    Silhouette oak at sunset.
    Super dreamy autumn-colored photo of a black oak forest in Northern California.
    White water rushes up the beach with waves breaking on a sandstone monument just past sunset.
    Cows drinking from a trough at sunset with the Pacific Ocean and Pt. Sur Lighthouse in the background.
    Looking down on a beach and over the Monterey Bay at the city lights of Monterey with orange and blue clouds.
    White water waves rushing through lava rock tide pools with an orange and purple dusk sky.
    The edge of foamy blue surf staggers along beach after dusk with silhouetted sand dunes and Monterey lights in the background.
  • Colorfully lit surf rushes up the beach at twilight with a colorful sky over Monterey and silhouetted sand dunes.
    Big Sur coastline at night with streaking headlights along Highway 1.
    Surf rushes up the beach with a colorful sunset over the Monterey Peninsula and silhouetted sand dunes.

Preview of New Color Work

Steve Zmak has several portfolios in the works and photographs being considered can be previewed here.

Spectral Nature is a continuation of Zmak’s interpretation of the natural world through California scenery and western landscapes, but in color. Locations include Yosemite, Big Sur, Central California, Kauai, Alaska, Montana, and more. Zmak never gets tired of sunsets, the stars or lightning. What photographer does?!

The California Wine Culture is a collection of wine and vineyard photography post A Year in the Vineyard (2009), and includes locations throughout California: all of Monterey County (not just the Santa Lucia Highlands), Paso Robles, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara valley, Cienega Valley, Santa Barbara County, Napa, Sonoma, and more. Zmak is also looking into trips to Oregon’s vineyards.

Miscellaneous Color is just as it sounds: a deposit of color photography. Who knows what portfolio will emerge.