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Letting My Mind Wander As Waves Come to the Shores Along Indiana Dunes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Along the shores of Lake Michigan in Indiana Dunes National Park. This was more fo a leveled-on image captured from the lake shoreline to waves coming in and overcast skies. And yes, one seagull walking along the shoreline :-)

#Along Lakeshore #Azimuth 3 #Bird #Blue Waters #Cloudy #Day 5 #Dune Succession Trail #DxO PhotoLab 4 Edited #Great Lakes #Indiana Dunes National Park #Lake #Lake Michigan #Lake Shoreline #Lakeshore #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking North #Lower Peninsula-Heartland #Michigan Lower Peninsula #Midwest-Great Lakes Area #Mostly Cloudy #Nature #New River Gorge and Indiana Dunes National Parks #Nikon D850 #No People #North America Plains #Outside #Overcast #Project365 #Scenics - Nature

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I Love It When I Am Amongst the Mountains (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While in Death Valley National Park at Dantes View with a view looking to the northwest down and across a mountainside to the valley and basin below. Far off are views of other snowcapped mountains in the more northern part of Death Valley and outside the national park.

#Aguereberry Point #Amargosa Range #At Dantes View #Azimuth 309 #Badwater Basin #Badwater Basin True Lowpoint #Blue Skies #Chloride Cliff #Corkscrew Peak #Creosote Bush #Dantes View #Day 4 #Death Valley National Park #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Grapevine Peak #Great Basin Ranges #Intermountain West #Joshua Tree National Park and California #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking NW #Mojave Desert #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside

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I Asked God to Grant Me a Blessing and Realized It Was All Around Me in the Mountains! (Great Basin National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views across and up the mountainside leading up to Wheeler Peak. This is in Great Basin National Park while at the Mather Overlook.

#Azimuth 217 #Blue Skies #Day 6 #Doso Doyabi #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #East Central Great Basin Ranges #Forest #Forest Landscape #Great Basin National Park #Great Basin Ranges #Hillside of Trees #Intermountain West #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking SW #Mather Overlook #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Project365 #Ridge #Ridgeline #Ridges #Rolling Hillsides

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A Trail Hiked the Day Prior (Pinnacles National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across volcanic eroded formations present along the High Peaks in Pinnacles National Park. This was taking in view where the Juniper Canyon Loop meets with the High Peaks Trail, which I had hiked the day prior. My thought on composing this image was to keep more or less a balanced view with the ridge to my front and using a trail as a leading line to it.

#Azimuth 49 #Blue Skies #Blues Skies with Clouds #Central California Coast Ranges #Central and Southern California Ranges #Day 4 #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Eroded Leftovers #Forest #Forest Landscape #Gabilan Range #High Peaks #High Peaks Trail #Juniper Canyon Loop #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking NE #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Neenach Volcano #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Partly Sunny #Pinnacles

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Moon Rising Over Pyramid Peak. (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside pullout location around the park entrance with a view looking to the east to some nearby mountains with the Moon rising in the skies above. I was drawn to both of the color patterns of the layers of rocks in the mountainside, as well as the simple beauty of watching the moon rise above it.

#Amargosa Range #Azimuth 79 #Blue Skies #Creosote Bush #Day 4 #Death Valley National Park #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO Perspective #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Great Basin Ranges #Information Signs #Intermountain West #Joshua Tree National Park and California #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking East #Mojave Desert #Moon #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Project365 #Pyramid Peak #Ridge #Ridgeline #Ridges #Rock Formations

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Snow had fallen, snow on snow (Joshua Tree National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along the main park road with a view looking to the southeast across a snow covered open plain in Joshua Tree National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of that snow in the way it minimized colors, but also added shade and details across the plant-life present at this location. In the distance of the image, one can see a faint outline of Ryan Mountain. That much snow was falling that day! I felt including a portion of the mountainside, faint as it was, would help in adding a backdrop for the image captured. In the Bleak Midwinter, by Christina Rossetti

#Azimuth 102 #Central and Southern California Ranges #Creosote Bush #Day 2 #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Joshua Tree #Joshua Tree National Park and California #Joshua Tree Ranges #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Little San Bernardino Mountains #Looking SE #Mojave Desert #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Peninsular Southern California Ranges #Poems Used #Portfolio #Project365 #Ridge #Ridgeline #Ridges #Roadside Pulloff #Rock Formations

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Bow Peak and Mount Andromache (Black & White, Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: I took this image, I was mainly focusing on Bow Peak and the jagged mountains peaks off in the distance. When I later looked at the GPS coordinates and azimuth, I was able to determine that Bow Peak was the main mountain in the image center, but it is Mount Andromache off in the distance, which is on the other side of the highway and Icefields Parkway. Interesting trivia I noted working on the image later.

#Banff National Park #Black & White #Bow Lake #Bow Peak #BowCrow Peak #Canadian Rockies #Central Front Ranges #Central Main Ranges #Day 4 #Evergreen #Evergreen Trees #Frozen Over #Highway 93 #Hillside of Trees #Icefields Parkway #Lake #Looking SE #Mount Andromache #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Murchison Group #Nature #Nikon D800E #Overcast #Project365 #Snowcapped #Trees #Vicinity Simpson's Num-Ti-Jah Lodge #Wapta Icefield

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A Walk Amongst the Giants and Redwoods (Humboldt Redwoods State Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along the Avenue of the Giants (California 254) with a view looking up and to the north-northwest at nearby coast redwoods in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

#Avenue of the Giants #Azimuth 334 #Blue Skies #California and Oregon Road Trip #Coast Redwood #Day 7 #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #Evergreen Trees #Evergreens #Forest #Forest Landscape #Humboldt Redwoods State Park #Humboldt-Mendocino Coast #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking NNW #Looking Up #Looking up at Sky #Looking up at Sky through Trees #Looking up at Sky thru Trees #Looking up to Sky #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Northern California Coast Range #Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Project365 #Scenics - Nature

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A Day Spent Walking Amongst the Pinnacles (Pinnacles National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the north while taking in views across eroded volcanic formations going down the ridge I was hiking. This was while walking the High Peaks Trail in Pinnacles National Park.

#Azimuth 329.60 #Blue Skies #Blues Skies with Clouds #Central California Coast Ranges #Central and Southern California Ranges #Day 3 #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Eroded Leftovers #Forest #Forest Landscape #Gabilan Range #High Peaks #High Peaks Trail #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking North #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Neenach Volcano #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Partly Sunny #Pinnacles #Pinnacles National Park

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Far Off Places Seen in Mesa Verde National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views from the Far View Terrace Café and then across this southeastern Colorado landscape. This is in Mesa Verde National Park.

#700 Years Tour #Ancestral Puebloan #Ancestral Puebloan Archaeological Sites #Archaeological Preserve #Archaeological Sites #Azimuth 140 #Colorado Plateau #Day 6 #DxO PhotoLab 7 Edited #Far View Terrace CafŽ #Intermountain West #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking SE #Mesa Verde National Park #Nature #New Mexico and Mesa Verde National Park #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Partly Sunny #Project365 #Rocky Mountains #Scenics - Nature #SnapBridge #Southeast Colorado Plateau #Sunny #Travel #Ute Mountain Area #World Heritage Site

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There's Nothing Wrong with Downloading a Map As Long as It Takes You Outside (Denali National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While on a bus ride from the North Face Lodge along the main park road in Denali National Park & Preserve. This was a view looking to the southwest not too far from the Polychrome Overlook.

#Alaska 2019 #Alaska Range #Alaska-Yukon Ranges #Azimuth 195 #Braided River #Bus Ride from North Face Lodge #Cloudy #Day 11 #Denali National Park #Denali National Park & Preserve #Denali National Park Rd #Denali National Park and Preserve #DxO PhotoLab 3 Edited #Glacial Plain #Glacial Valley #Image Capture With Arsenal #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking SW #Mostly Cloudy #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Nikon D800E #No People #Outside #Overcast

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Center Crowfoot Mountain and other Peaks of the Wapta Icefield (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along the Icefields Parkway with a view looking to the west to Center Crowfoot Mountain. This is in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length to have the mountainside fill most of the image and a backdrop of blue skies to complete this setting in the Canadian Rockies. While there was a slight haze from the wildfires in Alberta mixed with the bright afternoon sunlight, I was able to bring out much of the details later, using the ClearView Plus tool in DxO PhotoLab 6. PeakVisor app on my iPhone identified the listing of Center Crowfoot Mountain.

#Alberta Highway 93 #Alberta and Glacier National Park #Azimuth 276 #Banff National Park #Blue Skies #Canadian Rockies #Center Crowfoot Mountain #Central Main Ranges #Day 2 #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Evergreen Trees #Evergreens #Forest #Forest Landscape #Highway 93 #Hillside of Trees #Icefields Parkway #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking West #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Project365

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Exploring the Arch Rock Nature Trail (Joshua Tree National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views across eroded rock formations present in this part of Joshua Tree National Park. This location is at the Arch Rock while walking the namesake nature trail. My thought on composing this image was to center the arch itself in the image center while pulling back little bit on the focal length to include some nearby formations and add to the setting.

#Arch #Arch Rock #Arch Rock Nature Trail #Azimuth 150 #Blue Skies #Blue Skies with Clouds #Boulders #Central and Southern California Ranges #Creosote Bush #Day 3 #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Eroded Formations #Joshua Tree #Joshua Tree National Park and California #Joshua Tree Ranges #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking SE #Mojave Desert #Natural Arch #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Partly Sunny #Peninsular Southern California Ranges

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Trees Guiding My Path Walked Along the Bristlecone Loop Trail (Bryce Canyon National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while taking in views of this bristlecone and evergreen forest along the Bristlecone Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image was to use a portrait orientation to take advantage of the tall trees to my front. The hiking trail would also be a leading line into the image. The blue skies above would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image and also highlight those tall trees caught in the glow of morning sunlight.

#Aquarius Plateau #Azimuth 167 #Blue Skies #Bristlecone Loop #Bristlecone Loop Trail #Bryce Canyon #Bryce Canyon National Park #Central Utah Plateaus #Colorado Plateau #Day 4 #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #Eastern Edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau #Evergreen #Evergreens #Forest #Forest Landscape #High Desert #Hiking Path #Hiking Trail #Intermountain West #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Layers of Rock #Lodgepole Pine #Looking South #Nature #Nature Trail

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Petroglyph at the Pipe Shrine House (Mesa Verde National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While taking in views around the Far View Sites with the Pipe Shrine House. The setting is looking to the north-northwest at a nearby wall with a spiral pattern edged into stone and then a look beyond to other parts of this Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site. The other thing that drew me into this image was the layers present, which I attempted to emphasize by capturing a look above a nearby wall to other walls in the distance.

#Ancestral Puebloan #Ancestral Puebloan Archaeological Sites #Archaeological Preserve #Archaeological Sites #Azimuth 341 #Blue Skies #Blues Skies with Clouds #Colorado Plateau #Day 5 #DxO PhotoLab 7 Edited #Far View Sites #Intermountain West #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking NNW #Mesa Verde National Park #Nature #New Mexico and Mesa Verde National Park #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Partly Cloudy #Partly Sunny #Petroglyph #Pipe Shrine House #Project365 #Rocky Mountains #Scenics - Nature #SnapBridge #Southeast Colorado Plateau

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One Day in Yosemite National Park Just Isn’t Enough! (HDR) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views across the forested Yosemite Valley at Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park. I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.

#Aurora HDR #Aurora HDR Pro #Azimuth 74 #Bridalveil Falls #California and Oregon Road Trip #Cathedral Rocks #Central Yosemite Sierra #Day 5 #Dried Up Waterfall #DxO PhotoLab 5 Edited #El Capitan #Evergreen Trees #Evergreens #Forest #Forest Landscape #HDR #Half Dome #Higher Cathedral Rock #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking ENE #Lower Cathedral Rock #Mostly Cloudy #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Nikon D850

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There's Not a Lot of Traffic in Pinnacles National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views across eroded volcanic formations along the hillside I was hiking. This was while walking the High Peaks Trail in Pinnacles National Park.

#Azimuth 74 #Blue Skies #Blues Skies with Clouds #Central California Coast Ranges #Central and Southern California Ranges #Day 3 #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Eroded Leftovers #Forest #Forest Landscape #Gabilan Range #High Peaks #High Peaks Trail #Hiking Trail #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking ENE #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance #Mountains off in Distance #Mountainside #Nature #Nature Trail #Neenach Volcano #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Pacific Ranges #Partly Sunny