Personal Favorites

Personal favorites — a curated selection of photographs by Danil Zanozin from across landscapes, the John Muir Trail, Death Valley, the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim, and personal work.

Black and white photo of Yosemite Falls in full March flow pouring over granite, Yosemite National Park.Photograph by Danil Zanozin (DSC5401)Stacked plates of salt crust leading toward a magenta sunset over Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park.The Grand Canyon at blue hour from Mojave Point, last light on the red buttes fading into cool twilight.Wide view from Desert View, last light catching the far rim beneath a purple sky.Six-second twilight exposure of Banner Peak over Thousand Island Lake with pink afterglow on the summit.A field of lupine in bloom below Cathedral Peak, Yosemite National Park.Sunrise light catching steam from the fumaroles of Bumpass Hell, framed by mountain hemlock, Lassen Volcanic National Park.Sunrise rays through a granite window on the Mount Whitney Trail, looking east over the Owens Valley.Sunrise light on Tresidder Peak seen from the summit of Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park.
Early-morning light streaming through the sea cave at El Matador Beach, god rays catching in the fog above a low-tide shoreline.Telescope Peak above Badwater Basin at late blue hour, salt formations visible beneath standing water, Death Valley.The Grand Canyon seen from Pima Point, a shaft of sunlight on red buttes above the distant Colorado River.Layered ridgelines of the Grand Canyon fading into morning haze, with O'Neill Butte seen from Hopi Point at sunrise.Towering afternoon clouds over the Kearsarge basin with distant lakes far below, from near Kearsarge Pass.Cathedral Peak reflected in still water at sunset under textured cloud, Yosemite National Park.Star trails circling above Half Dome over the dry bed of Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park.Creek running over granite slabs in the Big Arroyo beneath a deep blue star-lit sky, Sequoia National Park.The Vernal Fall footbridge seen from a rock below it, the Merced River filling the foreground, Yosemite National Park.