David Wilson’s Photography Blog – MindscapeFX

Beauty on the Redwood Highway, US 101

September 13, 2019

Humboldt County, California Late night cars paint their strokes of light onto the dark canvas ...

Eel River Stargazer

September 5, 2019

Humboldt County, California Photographing beneath the stars on the South Fork Eel River. ...

Reflections at Richardson Grove

August 19, 2019

Humboldt County, California. My brother Seth and I watch the world go by one summer night on the ...

Redwood Highway Commute

August 1, 2019

Humboldt County, California Folks were going places late one night in Humboldt County, ...

Perceptions of Time

July 24, 2019

Humboldt County coast, California The rugged northern California coast is battered by a constant ...

Eel River Overlook

July 12, 2019

Humboldt County, California The Eel River glides between Redwood-covered hillsides under the ...

The Survivor

July 4, 2019

Ancient Pear Tree in Humboldt County An old, stunted pear tree abides in its nightly vigil ...

Avenue of the Giants Guardians

July 2, 2019

Humboldt County, California The full moon rose over the redwood forests of the Eel River valley, ...

Vista Point, Humboldt County

June 20, 2019

Humboldt County, California I am not a huge traveler, but I’ve seen the marked exits up and down ...

South Fork Bridge

June 2, 2019

Northwest Pacific Railroad Humboldt County, California Built in 1910, this old railroad bridge ...

Eel River Overlook

July 12, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California The Eel River glides between Redwood-covered hillsides under the night sky. I was there with a former student and her friend and we played with our cameras while we stood in awe of the night. There was even a shooting ...

Musings at the Moonstone Cave

April 23, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California We stood in the mouth of the cavern, looking out through a great broken crack in the blackness into the night as if through a window into another world. It fired our imaginations, conjuring mysteries in the night. ...

A Bit of Whimsy

March 12, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California It’s not for everyone to take the world seriously all of the time, though some people probably need to, at least a little bit. But I don’t think I’m one of them. I surmise folks like that need people like me to keep ...

The Survivor

July 4, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX 2 Comments

Ancient Pear Tree in Humboldt County An old, stunted pear tree abides in its nightly vigil beneath the Milky Way. The tree lives in Southern Humboldt County, California, but the far ridge line is in Mendocino County. The gnarled old pear tree ...

Milky Way over South Fork Eel River

January 31, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California The word “photography” literally means “light painting,” and there is something about taking that idea and actually adding my own strokes of light that appeals to me. Nighttime gives me the opportunity to make images ...

Avenue of the Giants Guardians

July 2, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX 2 Comments

Humboldt County, California The full moon rose over the redwood forests of the Eel River valley, bathing the hillsides in its stark light. It flashed through the redwood tree branches beside me as I drove along the Avenue of the Giants, snaking ...