I knew before I stopped here that taking pictures around noon would not be the best time to be out, but I just had to stop! I really love this area and tried my best to make something work here. As I was shooting, I thought these would look good as a black and white. As I processed them, I really liked the colors, so here they are…
Mike Matenkosky
Welcome to the Images in the Backcountry blog! 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.
I post all of my new nature pictures, random thoughts, and even my family pictures here. Some of those pictures 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 would like to purchase a photo from my blog, feel free to contact me.




