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This is one of the first sights that greets you after you enter Jasper National Park from the east entrance. Roche Miette is to the south (on your left) and Pyramid Mountain is directly in front of you. At this location there is a pullout and you have a very good chance of seeing a herd of bighorn sheep.
Shot taken from a roadside pullout at Arches National Park in Utah. It's always fun to have unexpected photos appear when they are totally unplanned! It seems that with sunset, the window of best light is sometimes only a few minutes, so I was fortunate that there was a roadside pullout available when this moment happened!
We love taking road trips, so naturally my Google Map is starred with many scenic routes. Million Dollar Highway is among one of them, it's dubbed as a road that every road tripper must traverse on at least once.
The day of our unplanned three-hour detour (see Last Post), Million Dollar Highway was not in my mind.
We were just focusing on driving from Melrose (Black Canyon at the Gunnison) to Durango on Highway 550 South, then on Highway 160 East to Alamosa, hoping to reach Great Sand Dune National Park during the golden hour.
What awaited us was a drive that made our jaws drop and eyes wide-open - the views between Ouray and Silverton, high in the mountain and through the deep Uncompahgre Gorge (dubbed Million Dollar Highway) were INCREDIBLE!
Back in the days mining was a big operation there, Silverton was an mining town (hence the name), and there were still a few remnants of mining operations on the hillsides. These mines were the reason why they spent a million dollars in the 1920s to build this road.
This photo was taken at the pullout for Idarado Mine.
I wish I had taken more photos along that highway, but I didn't because we were pressed for time.
Weather forecast calls for rain for the rest of the year. A bit of frost caught the light on this maple leaf.
In need of a boost, I purchased Flickr's Priime filters for Adobe Lightroom. This is a gentle Scotland warm filter to which I then added a touch of haze.
But fun to view all of them. And then to adjust to my liking.
Fun morning. Suddenly remembered the little pullout live-view screen.
Cliff Swallows will make a home under the eaves of any building, even an outhouse like this one in Lamar valleys Hutching Post pullout.
Sunrise, North Cascades, Washington
I am spending the weekend up in the northern part of Washington, to hike in the North Cascades. Yesterday morning I was driving along the North Cascades Highway to the trailhead in the early morning. The dark gradually began to lift as the day awakened. I could see fog covering the mountains in the higher elevations so I wasn’t sure if there would be a sunrise to see.
But as I drove over a bridge I caught a glimpse of color in the sky. It disappeared as I wound through a series of curves in the road but as I came to a straight section, the sky was suddenly awash with the hues of dawn.
I whispered a reverential “wow” of astonishment to myself as the splendorous scene unfolded in front of me. And then I really got lucky - just a few minutes later a roadside pullout appeared so I was able to park and get out of my car to watch the rest of the sunrise and take a few photos. Surprisingly, only one other person stopped to see this glorious sunrise so I was nearly alone with the morning as it blanketed the mountains with its warmth and light.
At Gore Valley Overlook off Trough Rd (aka Colorado Road 1), overlooking Colorado River and Southern Pacific Railroad.
Below was taken from a posted sign at the pullout, it left me with one question:
Why still name the canyon and mountain range after Gore knowing of his destruction? 😡😡😡
"Gore's Expedition
This was a wild and desolate country in 1854 when an Anglo-Irish baronet by the name of Sir St. George Gore arrived on a hunting expedition. Guided by mountain man Jim Bridger, Gore's party of twenty-eight men reached the Grand River (today's Colorado River) in the fall and spent several days hunting. Then Bridger led the party west across the Park mountain range along a path used by Utes and Arapahos. Settlers later gave his name to the canyon and the mountain range south of here - places that baronet never saw. In his three years in the West, Gore and his party slaughtered 2000 buffalo, 1600 elk and deer, and 100 bears - a destruction that shocked and angered Indians and whites alike."
Thank you for your visit!
As you come into the east entrance of Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier National Park, you will find an immediate pullout with this view . . . and while it has been photographed many times, it has never truly been photographed until we each take our own shots . . . and it does not matter what time of day it is, we simply must snap it . . .
This is Atchafalaya Basin, our nation's largest river swamp, containing almost one million acres of America's most significant bottomland hardwoods, swamps, bayous and backwater lakes. It is bound by natural ridges formed by levee building along active and abandoned courses of the Mississippi River.
This image was taken from I-10, there's no place to pull off the highway to admire this scenery. I wish the state of Louisiana would build a scenic pullout so people can stop and admire this beautiful basin!
I have wanted to capture this place for the longest time but could never pull it off from inside a SUV. Today I was riding in a van, high enough for me to attempt some drive-by shootings.
The composition is a bit not right (reflection got cut off, too much sky), but I can't point the camera down further as there's a guardrail in place.
Next time if I happen to pass by this area, I will shoot in High Burst mode, perhaps I can get a couple more better framed photos.
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The situation in Ukraine is horrible with so many innocent lives lost. We may have to pay a higher gas price, but let's view it as our donation to the Ukrainians.
#UkraineStrong🇺🇦
The Oxbow Bend pullout is just one mile east of Jackson Lake Junction on the US Highway 26/89/191. It is on the way to Yellowstone, and is a great stop if you are just touring Grand Teton as well. An oxbow bend in a river is formed when the river meanders, or curves sharply, due to erosion of the bank from water flow. After a long period of time, the meander becomes very curved, and the water course widens and gets shallower. The slow-moving water provides habitat for fish including suckers and trout that are food for river otters, ospreys, bald eagles, American white pelicans and common mergansers. You can look for swimming beavers and muskrats, and even the moose that browse on willows at the water's edge. Elk occasionally graze in the open aspen groves uphill to the east.
Our drive along Big Sur was one of the best we have ever taken. In this instance, we had stopped to taken in the coastline at a pullout when a group of pelicans glided into the scene.
A view looking north of a small section of the Lamar Valley, taken near Soda Butte.
"Located in the northeastern corner of the park, the Lamar Valley, along the Lamar River, in is often called America’s Serengeti for its large and easy-to-see populations of large animals.
Among its most famous inhabitants are the Junction Butte and Lamar Canyon wolf packs; wolf enthusiasts gather with spotting scopes most days hoping to see these impressive canines in action. In addition to wolves, other animals roaming the Lamar include large herds of bison, pronghorn, badgers, grizzly bears, bald eagles, osprey, deer, and coyotes. Many pullouts line the road, so keep your eyes peeled and park in the nearest one if you see any active wildlife." yellowstonepark.com
I've seen all the listed critters here. My favorite spot in the Park for seeing them. The landscapes here aren't bad either.
Enjoy a wonderful Wednesday!
You can find this spot, also known as Valley View, along Northside Drive near the western end of the valley, as you approach the valley exits. There'll be a pullout on your left with a dozen or so parking spots. Like as not, there will also be a raven pair hanging around - I see one nearly every time I'm there. (Ravens, by the way, mate for life.)
Due to all the Ravens, I was limited with my composition. Not only that, but the crew I was with doesn't take photos for a living, and they were hungry for dinner after all the hiking.
Note to self.. Go alone next time! =)
El Capitan, the world's tallest granite monolith, on the left,(which you can find in my fisheye version sitting in the archives) and Bridalveil Falls on the right.
Anyways about the photo, it's not HDR!! I tried to save a horrible exposure with tons of dodging & burning. Hope you like it!~
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One of the more famous lookout points in Glacier National Park. Similar to the one I've posted before but just a tad wider and more up the hill. I flirted around with different vantage points but settled in this area as it had the better view of the small island and I felt safer not traveling down among the pines. If you click on the image for more details you can see cars on the Going to the Sun Road in the distance.
Jackson Glacier is the 7th largest remaining glacier in GNP. (There are only 25 remaining glaciers in the park compared to 150 in 1850). This was taken on easy pullout view on the Going to the Sun Road. We almost didn't stop at this overlook because we thought it wouldn't be worth the view. How wrong can I be? The trees seem to open up just enough to frame the dying giant. I will forever be happy to say that I was there to witness them before they disappear. It seems nothing stays for long in the world we live in. Get out there before it's too late.
View of the Alaska Range, including Mount Foraker (17,400 ft/5304 m), Mount Hunter/Begguya (14,573 ft/4442 m), and Denali (20,310 feet/6190 m), from Talkeetna, Alaska
Having not had the opportunity to see Denali (the tallest peak in North America) on my previous trip to Alaska, it was high on my wish list for this trip. Unfortunately our helicopter flightseeing tour was canceled due to fog, so my hopes rested on a trip up to the town of Talkeetna. After two days of clouds and snow, the weather was not looking promising; as we drove out of Anchorage, the sky remained gray and occasionally spitting icy flakes.
For much of the drive through miles of snow-covered boreal forest, past small communities and long stretches of nothing but snow and trees (and the occasional moose, which thrilled both my daughter and I), the forest blocked the view toward the mountains. As we turned off the highway toward Talkeetna however, the trees began to thin out and I could catch an occasional glimpse of the the Alaska Range, and what I thought was a hint of blue sky. My hopes rose - perhaps there would be a chance to see Denali after all.
Then the road turned and suddenly, ahead of me I could see it, the glorious Alaska Range, bathed in brilliant sunshine, laying just underneath a thick layer of clouds! My next thought was to hope that the clouds would not descend again before I reached the overlook pullout above Talkeetna. Luck was on my side however, as Denali and the other majestic peaks remained in clear view not only from the overlook but long enough to marvel at an unobstructed view from down in the town. (The snowy foreground here is actually the Talkeetna river, frozen and covered with deep snow.)
It was an absolutely breathtaking sight to witness, and I stood there with a mixture of awe and reverence as the view and the moment soaked deeply into my soul. It is a memory that I will carry with me for a long time.
Island in the Sky, also known as Between the Rivers, is the most visited and easily reached area of Canyonlands, being close to the town of Moab and Arches National Park. It is the highest section of the national park, at an average elevation of 6,100 feet
Island in the Sky is a sheer-walled mesa that constitutes the northern part of Canyonlands National Park. A scenic drive follows the rim of the mesa, with pullouts at vistas where you get amazing views out over the surrounding country, including rugged canyons that have been carved by the Colorado and Green rivers.
The Island in the Sky mesa rests on sheer sandstone cliffs over 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain. Every overlook offers a different perspective on Canyonlands spectacular landscape.
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
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There is a pullout along Going to the Sun Road about 2.5 miles northeast of Lake McDonald Lodge which brings you to Sacred Dancing Cascade.
It's a roadside cascade that only takes a few minutes to walk to get from the large pullout to the footbridge. The Sacred Dancing Cascades in Glacier National Park are very scenic as you watch the turquoise-colored water cascading down the water-carved rocks.
We had passed by this earlier in the day but decided to stop on the way back to the cabin during the evening which worked out great so I didn't have to worry about any tourists getting in the picture.
The NT401 all-rail rolls west into Northtown Yard with 3 SD60Ms back in July 1997 in Minneapolis, MN. We're in the second full year of BNSF here so this empty taconite train might have actually been going by the alpha UMADALL symbol, but it still looks pretty much BN here between the ore power and the SD9 on the Pullout Job. The only real clue it is after the merger are the newly delivered BNSF ore cars on the head end with the circle logo. The logo plates on those particular taconite cars didn't last too long.
In 2017, I re-took the same shot that I had taken at this wayside on the Sawbill Trail in 1980 (the previous photo in my photostream). My, but the trees in the foreground have grown!
The Sawbill Trail (County Road 2) runs for about 23 miles into the Superior National Forest from Highway 61 in Tofte, Minnesota to Sawbill Lake, a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) entry point.
Among the roads that it intersects are the Honeymoon Trail (USFS 164) and "The 600" (USFS 166), both of which are premier fall color routes (as is the Sawbill itself).
It also intersects with "The Grade" (USFS 170) and runs with it for a short distance before "The Grade" splits off at the site of a former CCC Work Camp.
I posted a lot of wildlife photos from this remarkable winter safari to Yellowstone at the time of the trip circa 2010, so I'm pretty much repeating myself a decade later. However, this image did get processed with my latest software, not too shabby for ISO 12800 on a Canon 7D. Our tour stayed two nights I think in West Yellowstone before moving to Old Faithful and then to Mammoth Hot Springs. Both mornings we entered the park pre-dawn, and on both mornings we saw wolves along the Madison. They were watching a small herd of elk - in fact, it was clear one had fallen near the pullout - just a pile of fur pretty much.
This waterfall is an easy visit from Medford on the way to Crater Lake on Highway 62. From 62, take Crowfoot Road about a mile in and you will find a pullout on the left hand side shortly after you cross the bridge over the Big Butte Creek. You can see the falls from the pullout, and a 45 second walk down the embankment takes you to the waterfall. There are lots of opportunities for different angles, and the best time for photography is in the fall or spring when water flow is heavier and no one is swimming or walking on the falls. Enjoy!
This is a shot of me on hospital reef taken by Flickr friend and photographer David Frey. He was kind enough to send me this photo that he had taken of me sprawled out on the reef in the most stable configuration I could come up with. I wish he had told me my hat looked like the top of a spent condom. I'm never going to wear that hat again. LOL :)
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting David, and was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend a whole day shooting with him. I didn't bother him with a barrage of questions while we were shooting like I wanted to, I just watched him with a keen eye and absorbed whatever he did that was different than what I do, and of course what follows is some curious self analysis. :) You can learn a lot just from being around another photographer especially one as gifted as David.
In an effort to get out of the social shell in which I have been trapped, as a result of working 20 years on the graveyard shift. I have started making a conscience effort to interact on a more personal level with other Flickr friends and it has been a rewarding experience both socially and spiritually. I have a better outlook on the world and in people in general and have even found myself quoting some of the terminology and verbiage learned from my friends here. Today as I was sitting in traffic on my way to work. I started drifting off eyelids heavy, I was imagining a world that was populated by only Flickr members, and what a wonderful world it was. I dreamed that the planet had been repopulated with only Flickr members and there was a beautiful absence of powerlines. Everybody greeted each other with cheerful comments and salutations and there wasn't a single "No Trespassing" sign to be seen. The sunrise and sunsets last 4 hours and there was a charging station at every parking lot. All extinct animals and current habitants walked freely through every town and amongst it's folk. There was a pullout on the correct side of the road at every spectacular viewpoint and there were birds of every size and color winging around in wondrous puffy clouds and......................Honk Honk, Move it buddy!!!!!!! Ah crap, I'm still here stuck in traffic. Sadness :(
To see the photo I was shooting at this moment click here.
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St. Lawrence & Hudson SD40-2 5648 leads six other EMDs out of Northtown Yard with the CPBN Transfer heading back to St. Paul Yard back in Feb. 2001.
IIRC this transfer came in with the Bandit, Soo 6035, and the STLH 5648 trailing and picked up the other 4 engines in Northtown's Departure Yard. Made for an unusual CP 7-pack as the transfer headed under St. Anthony Parkway.
The early 2000s date points to a change from BN to BNSF for the lettering of the Pullout SD9s at Northtown. Eventually the SD9s would be finally replaced by SD40-2s.
Trompe Loeil - Belasco Modern Cottage (outside)
Trompe Loeil - Belasco kitchen
:Cheeky Pea: Campbell Lake Cottage
:Cheeky Pea: Autumn Pullout Sofa
hive // autumnal plant . chestnut
hive // newly planted oak tree
hive // hanging devil's ivy plant . dark
hive // cinderella pumpkin
Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Drapes
Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Paintings
Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Pear Bowl
I just thought of you
and what you said
laid out on the pullout
did you forget
you said you wouldn't forget
look at that green out through the screen
after a quick rain came
so fast that there wasn't time to roll up the window
and pull the clothes down off the line
but I don't care it was so dry
the grass is happy and I think so am I
'cause I'm through thinking about you
and for now I'm out at the hideout
far enough outside of town
you can come out, you can come out
when there is no one around .
my new place seen at :
A tip from Douglas H about a NTWGAL with some standard cabs brought me back from Fridley to St. Anthony Parkway to await their departure off the 603. With a re-crewed U-MADALL clearing the 35th Avenue plant, the Galesburg got a route and started to pull. As they came into view, a pullout job promptly appeared as well with a cut of cars from the bowl. Then a CP came around the corner with a route onto the Pioneer Extension. Some great timing that worked out well even with no control of focal length.
Along the Sunshine Coast Hwy north of Sechelt, are numerous possibilities for wonderful photography. The sunlight was shining through an overcast sky when this sight presented itself. We stopped at a most convenient and rather large pullout that allowed me to grab most of my gear. After setting up my tripod and scanning about, the very white trees across the pond were literally shining as their reflections also shone in the dead still water.
However, when I got back to the car which was mere yards away, my left foot slipped ever so slightly. When I looked down it was evident there was only gravel below. Upon further inspection, I noted that the fellow with the rather large dog in the area had not cleaned up after his dogs deposit. Good thing for the water to clean up after myself. Along with a second pair of shoes and multiple bags to encase the shoes in order to later, give them a more thurow cleaning when we returns to our accommodations.
The sun sets behiind Spirit Mountain ( on left), Beartooth Mountain (left center), Bears Tooth (center); Thunder Mountain (right center) and Mount Rearguard (right). This photo over Rock Creek Canyon was taken from a pullout on The Beartooth Highway. The pullout, from which the photo was taken, is located in Wyoming while the peaks in the photo lie in Montana.
"Snake River Overlook"
After taking in the morning sunrise from the Moulton Barns on Mormon Row, we decided to race up to the Snake River Overlook pullout just off the highway. This is the vantage point where Ansel Adams took one of his most famous photographs of the Grand Tetons back in 1942. You can see how the tree growth has covered his vantage point considerably over the years. In fact, you can barely see the river from here anymore. This capture almost looks like it would be an afternoon shot but it was taken around 8am.
As always, thanks for viewing and commenting on my photography when you see fit. I hope you enjoy the images I’m sharing with you and a little of the narrative that goes along with them.
Mike D.
Happy Fence Friday
Capture taken at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from the north rim. This view shows the cars at a pullout on the south rim with the overlook (and fence). The canyon is around 2,800 feet deep, with near vertical walls that width is not a lot.
The views from the north rim allow better sighting of the Gunnison River below as well.
Up the highway, a small pullout offers a place to rest in your car. If you leave it, you can meaner a short distance down to the waters edge of a small lake. While there, one can launch a canoe, look out from the waters edge, or if you are a contortionist, have a seat on a delimitated bench.
When leaving Banff, the sun was touching the top of a mountain with warm light that was penetrating the low flying cloud. A pullout allowed a most advantageous angle while a rolled down window provided a bit of a tripod.
This is the view of the Beartooth Plateau Ridge and Moon Creek Valley as seen fromm the Beartooth Highway. Rock Creek Canyon lies between Moon Creek Valley and the Highway. The pullout, from which the photo was taken, is located in Wyoming while most of the peaks in the photo lie in Montana. The features in the photo are from left to right; Spirit Mountain, Thunder Mountain, and the flanks of Mount Reargaurd on the Hellroaring Plateau. The rocks exposed here are part of an Archean metamorphic-igneous complex. They range in age between 3.6 and 2.7 billion years. These old rocks represent a time when Wyoming was a separate microcontinent called the Wyoming Craton which existed 500 million years before the North American Continent formed. The current topography was carved by glaciers that covered the plateaus and flowed down valleys.
A shot from the 'Going To The Sun Road' in Glacier National Park, MT. What I love about this scene os how it truly gives the viewer a sense of scale by having the cars along the pullout.
Have a GREAT weekend!!
Beautiful moss covered forest with impressive falls tucked into the side of a rock cliff. Accessibility 3/10. The Begbie road highway stops and a barely one lane winding steep falling off the cliff dirt road - more like a potted earthen logging road - continues for about 3 km. We prayed all the way along the 3 km stretch that we would not encounter a returning car since there are no pullouts and quite a few visitors. Once at the parking lot there is a steep decline into a beautiful moss forest floor. Worth the effort and the two inches of dust caked onto my car.
While there I bought my adobe chainsaw and removed several logs that were obstructing the falls and also i cut down the viewing platform - the people on the viewing platform ended up at the bottom of the falls - collateral casualties for a great clean shot.
For once, a small herd of Rocky Mountain Goats was actually at the Goats and Glaciers pullout in Jasper. I guess they finally got the memo.
Semi-useless trivia... Mountain Goats actually aren't goats at all. They are from a family of animals that includes antelope and gazelles.
Also, they are the best mountain climbers. When it comes to climbing abilities, the Mountain Goats are far superior to their Rocky Mountain neighbors, the Bighorn Sheep (who are very impressive in their own right). If you can spot Mountain Goats with binoculars, high up on near vertical mountain faces, you will wonder how they got there... and how they will get down!
This is probably the best shot I got of this kid, since the youngsters typically stay very close to their nanny's side.
Travelling the highways just outside of Nelson, BC we came across this opening. There was a minor bridge and a pullout so a stop was opportunistic. We were looking back at the area from where we had travelled and at a most favorable moment.
WC 7531, 6617, and 6626 move the daily WC Transfer out of the T-Yard at BNSF's Northtown Yard back in July 2001. Four trains are moving here at the east end of Northtown. You have a BNSF Pullout Job with an SD9, next to the WC trio of SD45s, shoving back after being way up by the University Avenue bridge. There is also in the distance a CP grain train heading for Superior and another BNSF yard job pulling East.
We are getting near the end of both the WC and my time in the Twin Cities, as CN would take over the WC in October, and I would move up north out of the Twin Cities in September. I would eventually end up chasing WC 7531 on a couple of all-rail moves out of Superior, but I didn't see much of the 6600s after the CN takeover.
This moose was wading in deep pond water and dunking for aquatic plants just inside the Waterton Park boundary. I spotted it through some trees and parked - there was a convenient pullout - and climbed a small hill to shoot over the tops of tall grasses. (Or were they sedges? Rushes? Too long ago; I can't remember.) I do remember that car after car paid at the gate and drove past. Not one car stopped. I guess they didn't notice the moose. Being aware of the wildlife around us takes practice.
Even at 11 a.m. the light was warm, the fall foliage stunning. There was no way to change shooting position or close in, and the moose wasn't moving, so essentially all the frames I shot look like this, with slight variations. I posted one eleven years ago, but this is a different frame, and the recent processing is better.
Photographed in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
'Shrooms of some sort. Very tiny under the conifers. Seeing these reminded me of the pullout LCD preview panel on the rented D750. Seems to work fairly well, and meant avoiding a belly shot on wet cedar and dirt.
Thanks for looking, for your faves, and for your comments.
(Rented camera while mine is cleaned.)
This Arctic Tern was captured in flight at Potter Marsh. I had stopped at one of the pullouts off the Seward Highway to observe the terns and gulls who's nests were close by in the high marsh grass. Specifically I wanted to get a few of these birds in flight, but they are very quick fliers, and it isn't easy.
I find that very often a few of them will light onto a nearby sign or rock and give me a nice profile. The last time I was there someone had attached a branch to the sign so if they perched there it would look more natural than just the bird on the top of a sign. That made me smile.
Taken 28 May 2019 at Potter Marsh, Alaska.