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Ralph Cooksey-Talbott

@cookseytalbott

I am a photographic artist, student of Ansel, in Northern Ca. I like the natural world and do a lot of rocks, landforms and trees… I am into public art and creating and facilitating street level art outreach programs.

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Eagles View Trail…

From one of my monthly photowalks in Sunol RP.

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08.03.2026 18:51 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Eagles View Trail…

From one of my monthly photowalks in Sunol RP.

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08.03.2026 18:48 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
White flowers in a field.

White flowers in a field.

Airline Highway Lace…

Some where south of Pinnacles I found these flowers…

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05.03.2026 18:14 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
A lush green pond with a symmetrical composition.

A lush green pond with a symmetrical composition.

McCorkle Cowpond…

A beautiful little spot in the confluence of several steep ravines.

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04.03.2026 21:36 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Green hills with cows…

Green hills with cows…

Dry Creek…

I went to the top of an off trail hill and got a wonderful view of Dry Creek and the cows…

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25.02.2026 01:51 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Camino Cielo to Calaveras…

It was a clear day when I drifted by this small rocky meadow…

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24.02.2026 07:39 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Briones Ravine

A deep ravine with a hidden rushing stream in the bottom. The path traversed the wall climbing steadily…

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16.02.2026 03:55 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for the nice mention!

15.02.2026 07:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Briones Draw…

Some nice floral accents with wispy clouds…

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14.02.2026 21:36 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Path through overhanging oaks…

Path through overhanging oaks…

Alameda Creek Trail

This casual trail winds along the creekbed in Briones park.

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13.02.2026 05:25 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Bitterwater Super Bloom

I like driving down California route 25, the airline highway. Lots of hills and when you are lucky some super blooms.
I think we will be lucky this year…

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11.02.2026 19:48 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Oak ravine

Nice place, I come here every green season. Little creek and hawks cruising for burgers…

10.02.2026 22:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cows and an oak tree

Cows and an oak tree

I found a good use for AI…

I used it to write shell scripts to make Image Magik to do my rote image processing.

In this case convert a full res tif into a 2350px jpg.

I used Claude and it has helped my workflow greatly, now I actually have an organized collection of jpg’s on my phone :)

03.02.2026 22:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Stretched canvas print of trees and hills.

Stretched canvas print of trees and hills.

Here’s the finished version of the last print I showed, ready to hang!

13.01.2026 01:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Stretched canvas print

Stretched canvas print

Here’s the finished ready to hang print, it came out well!!!

13.01.2026 01:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I get to pick up the stretched print today, I will deliver it mid-week and hopefully we can see the result!

12.01.2026 16:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is a nice sized Vertorama, 32x64 which will yield a finished 28x60 gallery wrapped canvas.

08.01.2026 01:44 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

I used handheld open flash to illuminate the foreground area, it really brought out the texture and spikes on the rocks.

That stuff is made to hurt!

29.11.2025 20:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks! DV is a great place for night skies!!!

25.11.2025 01:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Devils Golf Course…

Several am in the morning 99 degrees, balmy breeze short shorts and some staunch boots, this stuff was made to hurt…

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22.11.2025 17:23 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Titus Canyon Starbow

The little man went to Titus Canyon and found a world of desert goodness…

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17.11.2025 01:43 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
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This is a 48” version of that image. I drove for 4+ hours to get to the lost coast and arrived in a rainstorm. I had a really excellent rain coat, hat, plastic bags and compressed air so I was able to function, it was great! I stayed out in the rain for over an hour and got some good shots.

10.11.2025 03:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cliff in Big Sur with bright red ice plant and fog.

Cliff in Big Sur with bright red ice plant and fog.

Big Sur…
A magical place where the water struggles against the rock and the bright colored succulents run wild.

Water always wins but it’s a long game.

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09.11.2025 16:46 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Thanks David!

09.11.2025 16:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mattole Rain…

Rain on mattole beach at the mouth of the Mattole River…

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09.11.2025 08:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Artist’s Palette…

An interesting formation in Death Valley. Best photographed without direct sun, the contrast hits up the colors…

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07.11.2025 20:18 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lost Coast - Mattole Beach

A well weathered cattle station at the end of Lighthouse Road.

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22.10.2025 21:51 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Bean Hollow Rock Wall…

A nice 4x10’ section of rock from Bean Hollow…

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09.10.2025 21:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Point Lobos…

A windswept forest of trees covered in bright red lichens lead to this spectacular view of the point…

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28.09.2025 15:58 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kite Hill Rock

It’s a stiff climb up here but the view is worth it, folks are often here flying kites…

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27.09.2025 19:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1