Central California Landscape, Nature, Wildlife, Black and White, and Inspirational Photography

Slideshow of my Nature, Landscape, Wildlife, Black and White, and Inspirational pictures.

Pictures of Lake Yosemite, Merced NWR and Eastern Sierra

Central Valley California, Yosemite and the Sierra; Landscape, Nature, Wildlife, Black & White and Inspirational pictures for Fine Art Prints.

Welcome to the Images in the Backcountry website! My name is Mike Matenkosky and I’m a Central Valley California photographer specializing in fine art landscape, nature, wildlife, black & white and inspirational photography. From the smallest bird to the largest mountain; I love it all, but my passion is landscape photography. I just love seeing what God has created!

I encourage you to spend some time browsing my online galleries and I hope you find that perfect photograph for your home or office. If you’re looking for something that you don’t see here, visit my nature photography blog. I post all of my new pictures here first, and some of those images never get posted to my online nature gallery. So I encourage you to subscribe to my blog with updates and new pictures via e-mail.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me and I’ll be happy to help you!

Landscape

Landscape Gallery

My landscape gallery contains pictures of scenic landscape of Merced, Los Banos, Lake Yosemite, Yosemite National Park and other locations throught the Central Valley and eastern Sierra.

Nature

Nature Gallery

My nature gallery contains pictures of various nature subjects such as macros, flowers, waterfalls and other nature objects.

Wildlife

Wildlife Gallery

The wildlife gallery, has a variety of wildlife pictures from Tule Elk or Mule Deer to Hummingbirds or a Nuttall’s Woodpecker at the Merced NWR, San Luis NWR or my backyard.

Black and White

Black and White Gallery

In my black and white gallery, is a mix of landscape and nature pictures in both black & white and sepia-toned images throughout the Central Valley of California.

Inspirational

Inspirational Gallery

In my inspirational nature gallery, you will find Bible verses overlaid on selected nature and landscape pictures. You can always find a picture from one of my galleries and I can add your favorite Bible verse to it at no extra charge.

Coffee Table Book

'Along the Road' by Mike Matenkosky

Along the Road is my first 120 page, hardcover book containing various landscape, nature, wildlife and black & white photographs.
Order one today!