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Nature's Color Burst

An intense specularly colored rainbow moves across the highlighted valley of the Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, CA

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Color Photography Contest

2026

Honorable Mentions

Landscapes

Non Professional

Nature's Color Burst

An intense specularly colored rainbow moves across the highlighted valley of the Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, CA

About Artist

Gerald Shonkwiler

I am a retired Architect living in San Diego, California. I've been fortunate to parlay my compositional, scale, textural and lighting visual experiences from my Architectural designs into my photography pursuits. Luckily, those attributes have allowed my work to be published nationally and internationally along with several exhibitions in galleries in different states. As an afficionado of the great Renaissance polymath, Leonardo di Vinci, I try to follow his mantra of, "Sapere Vedere" that somewhat translates to, "To know how to see" when pursuing my photography.

Gerald Shonkwiler

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Architecture, Architecture, Landscapes, Landscapes, Minimalism, Minimalism, Nature, People, People, Still Life, Street, Travel

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