I got back from Death Valley last night but wanted to share a photo from Badwater Basin. This was an incredible scene to see all this water in one of the world's driest locations.

Noticed an abandoned Peter Lik gallery in Amargosa ghost town / Death Valley this morning. Odd location but I’m guessing it was used essentially as a billboard for his Las Vegas clientele.

What’s the secret to pristine sand dune photos? Go the morning after a windy day?

"The Symphony of Dawn" - I was traveling solo with my two kids so I woke up them before dawn to photograph Scripps Pier in La Jolla without tourists wandering through my frame every 20 seconds. www.rwongphoto.com/photo/the-sy...

The kids have been home for nearly two weeks now. I'm ready for a vacation.

Rather than create a year-end recap like I've done over the past decade, I'll share some recent images over the past month from San Diego, UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens & Pinnacles National Park since I'm behind on processing photos. Happy Holidays!

Some people are incredibly lame and disgusting humans. people.com/authorities-...

Here's an interesting abstract that I captured with my DJI drone. What happened here is that the camera was stuck initially, when it got unstuck the camera spun in circles.

Not really any other viable commercial options at this point. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

"Potholes" - La Jolla, California www.rwongphoto.com/photo/la-jol...

Rough Seas in La Jolla During my visit to San Diego, the surf was pounding the shoreline hard in the morning hours with massive surf flying over the cliffs. Many of the areas that were under 6 ft of water in the morning were revealed in the tide pools later in the day.

Sunset Cliffs - San Diego

I see a guy trying to catch a wave from directly underneath Scripps Pier. Seems like an accident waiting to happen?

Just because it snowed for the first time this season doesn't mean it's "winter". Winter begins on December 21st. This is still in the middle of autumn.

The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Dont be selfish. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Probably best to avoid going to National Parks during the government shutdown. Making things more difficult than they already are. www.thetravel.com/pinnacles-na...

“Owner Ellen Thomsen, who inherited the miniature steam railroad from her father, told park directors during public comment this week that after 73 years in Tilden she needs a multi-year lease to make capital improvements and plan for succession.”

Hope Valley - The moment when I realized that my camera had a rotating LCD. www.rwongphoto.com/photo/hope-v...

"October Beauty" - Photographed during my favorite month. www.rwongphoto.com/photo/octobe...

Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents - www.theverge.com/news/803257/...

Moraine Park - RMNP Moraine Park is a wide valley that was carved by glaciers ages ago which supports abundant wildlife including herds of elk in addition to a river running through. The valley is surrounded by the dramatic peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Happy Fall Equinox! While it's been hot here in the SF Bay Area, I'm looking forward to the cool mornings of Fall and colorful foliage in the coming months.

Thoughts on photographing Mariposa Grove (Yosemite)? I'm going to a wedding in Oakhurst this fall and thought I might shoot the sequoias for my upcoming photo book.

Reddit is a cesspool. Google is going down the drain with it. searchengineland.com/reddit-googl...

Make America Healthy Again. 🤡E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

Looks like @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social is crushing it on Kickstarter after just a few days. $350 left go before it reaches the goal.

My friend @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social has put several years of work into writing a book on his experience hiking the 500-mile Colorado Trail and climbing the highest 100 peaks in the Colorado Rockies. Check out his Kickstarter project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...

Hot Creek - Eastern Sierra Used my 70-200mm to zoom past the tour group who went around the fenced off area and into my frame. www.rwongphoto.com/photo/hot-cr...

Haven't been flying much lately but completed my Part 107 recurrent exam with one day left. :-)

The light is more contrasty than what I would typically shoot but I thought this overall scene looked interesting.

Garrapata State Park - Big Sur Coast

Rock Creek - Inyo National Forest www.rwongphoto.com/photo/rock-c...

Mount Morgan Sunset - Inyo National Forest - www.rwongphoto.com/photo/mount-...

Amazing abstract by @brucecouch.bsky.social

I’m thrilled to announce that my book, The Colorado Way, is launching soon on Kickstarter. This project has been years in the making. It is a personal collection of essays and photographs drawn from my 500-mile hike of the Colorado Trail and a lifetime of climbing Colorado’s 100 highest mountains.

I was featured in and interviewed by The Vancouver Sun talking about why I love Vancouver. The article was published today: vancouversun.com/news/vancouv... #vancouver

I recently went on a morning hike on the Devil's Slide Trail just south of Pacifica. This used to be Highway 1 until 2013 when it was permanently shut down due to persistent landslides. Now there is a tunnel route that bypasses this section.

The description is correct. But that’s not my photo. Get it together Google.

I’m sorry but there’s only one “Real” Richard Wong Photography and he doesn’t live in New Zealand. 🇺🇸

Cool 3d map of the solar system eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-s...

I have to admit that Photoshop's Generative Fill is really useful for removing difficult dust spots and other undesirable aspects from the image.

People are not taking climate chnage seriously in the US but this could also be your house by 2050. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

Remembering the 2020 wildfires in San Francisco: www.christophermichel.com/Travel/The-D...

When a photo tour group comes barreling down the dirt road frantically and shows up a few min before sunrise, then leaves 10 min after, is that nature photography or trophy hunting?

I feel like most photographers I encounter in the field lack basic social skills. They’ll approach you and offer unsolicited advice talking at you as opposed to a two-way conversation. Lacking in social awareness. Hard to connect with people like that.

Would be nice to acquire this for public access! www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...

Can someone explain to me what it means when the Save As TIF in Photoshop has the Alpha Channels button checked vs unchecked? #photoshop

Someone please help me understand. Most sites including the Canadian Parks site says there are four National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Isn’t Waterton Lakes also in the Canadian Rockies? That would be the 5th by my count.

Looking at a folder of images from 2 years ago and can't remember making these images. I should probably review the images after shooting them next time.