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While at a roadside pullout along Utah Scenic Byway 12 in Fishlake National Forest. What drew me into the setting was the dandelion field that I spotted here and there going into a nearby aspen forest. I decided to use the LCD LiveView screen on my Nikon D850 SLR camera in order to get closer to the ground and use the LCD screen to focus and compose the image.
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While at a roadside pullout along the Going-to-the-Sun Road with a view looking to the north to the waters at McDonald Falls. This is in Glacier National Park. My thought on composing this image was to pull back on the focal length and capture a wider angle view of this national park landscape, including the nearby forest and more distant mountains to add to the setting.
An open road, quiet breeze, an open fjord and no one else for miles... what a great day for a drive !
Yes it's a one lane road (and most roads are, in the Faroes, outside of the towns) but notice the pullout on the right. They are frequent and very well planned.
Driving South from Anchorage on the Seward Highway 5 in the Chugach State Park we stopped at a pullout near Beluga Point for a beautiful view of Turnagain Arm.
It was obvious there was to be a change in the weather. And a change there was. Not to brighter skies as we would have liked, within a short while we were in heavy rain.
I made this shot moments after the one posted yesterday, of the little church on the prairie - three frames later on the data card, to be precise. The light, therefore, was the same... but the angle of the light was different, so the look and feel of it, notwithstanding the obviously different subject matter, in no way resembles the previous shot.
In the church shot my lens was pointing north as the sun set in the west, creating strong side lighting that accentuated the shadows and revealed the land's contours. Here, I have the same setting sun, but I'm shooting toward the southwest, which means three quarters or more of my subject is in shadow. A very different look!
Here's how I got the shot: I was driving slowly when I saw the deer. Luckily there was a pullout nearby; luckily there was no traffic on the road. None. Everyone was at home watching TV or at the bar drinking or trying to find a campsite or their B & B. When I cut the engine, and got out, the deer noticed but didn't react. When I began to approach, suddenly he was all ears. After I shot a couple of frames, he lifted a front leg and I shot again.
I use manual settings, btw; it has probably been two or three years since I shot a frame on auto-exposure. I know how much adjustment is necessary between full sunlight and shadow, but this was difficult. I didn't want to blow the highlights but did need to open up a little for the shadow detail so I gave it two stops, which turned out to be about right. Some tweaking in Photoshop was required!
The result is a lot more subtle than my shot of the little church, but I like the way it portrays the deer and the hillside grasses.
Photographed near Cadillac, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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I was heading home coming down CA Hwy 395 towards Bishop as the sun was coming up. There was a pullout where I could get a vista which included Mt. Tom. As the sun came up it highlighted that portion of the Sierra Nevada. The clouds were blowing out and the new snow catching the golden rays of a new morning. Nice moment.
The headwaters of the Deschutes River are at Little Lava Lake in the central Oregon Cascade Mountains.
As you approach Little Lava Lake while driving the Cascades Scenic Byway, numerous pullouts allow peeking at the Deschutes.
Famous for fishing and white water rafting, the Deschutes River irrigates much of central Oregon farmland.
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I photographed the Cathedral Group from the Jenny Lake Overlook pullout as the morning fog was releasing its grip on the Jenny Lake and the base of the mountains. The principal summits of the central massif, sometimes referred to as the Cathedral Group are Grand Teton (13,770 feet (4,200 m)), Mount Owen (12,928 feet (3,940 m)), Teewinot (12,325 feet (3,757 m)), It must be pointed out that these heights are not particularly world class. However, the mountains appear to be majestic mostly because they rise right from the valley floor without foothills to obstruct any part of their height.
A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views as I walked around a Medicine Lake overlook and roadside pullout in Jasper National Park. What I wanted to capture with this image was the setting of the lake with the mountains as a backdrop.
From Holbrook we continued our Navajo Nation trip at Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert. We entered through the south entrance.
This is the view of the Painted Desert looking west from the Painted Desert Inn. Pilot Rock is in the distance.
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Colorful badlands meet the Mother Road in Arizona’s high desert.Looking like pastel mounds of Neapolitan ice cream, Northern Arizona’s Painted Desert is a vast, striated badlands that extends some 150 miles from the eastern end of the Grand Canyon into Petrified Forest National Park. A geologist’s other-worldly paradise, the colorful hills, flat-topped mesas and sculptured buttes of the Painted Desert are primarily made up of the Chinle Formation, mainly river-related deposits dating back some 200 million years. Inhabited by indigenous people for thousands of years, the multi-hued sweep of pigmented rock in the arid high desert received its present name in the 1540s from the Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, who called the area El Desierto Pintado.
While much of the Painted Desert is located in remote areas of the Navajo Nation, the portion within the northern section of Petrified Forest National Park is the easiest to access. Get your bearings through the interpretive exhibits at the Painted Desert Visitor Center. If you’re short on time, the best place to see the Painted Desert is via a drive on the Main Park Road, which makes a loop from the visitor center and back out to Interstate 40. Plenty of pullouts and interpretive signage offer reasons to stop, learn, view and take that Instagram-worthy shot of the landscape. Need to get in your daily steps? The Tawa and Painted Desert Rim trails get you into the grassland ecosystem and offer wide-open views of colorful geology. Keep your eyes peeled for coyotes, jackrabbits, pronghorn, mule deer, hawks and other locals. Hiking the sunny trails in spring and late summer? Seasonal
On the Natchez Trace Parkway, as it crosses over the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, there is a small circular drive. There you can get out and walk to the edge of the waterway, just south of the lock and dam at Bay Springs Lake. At this stop there are also a couple of small ponds, that seem to be more marshes than ponds. It is one of my favorite places to stop. This particular morning brought some glorious mist and light. The scenery itself doesn't compare to some majestic mountain or seashore landscape, but the details have their own beauty and charm. It was difficult for me to decide between my favorites, so I've just uploaded all of them.
The Kea Parrot is one of New Zealand's native bird species. Because mammals were not introduced into the country until about 900 years ago, many New Zealand birds had few predators and were flightless. The Kea can fly but lays its eggs on the ground, usually above tree level. They are intelligent birds with the ability to create simple tools. With the introduction of predators (people, stoats and possums), bird populations were decimated and some species became extinct.
Keas can kill a sheep and were actively hunted by farmers. Recently they have become a protected species, but population size remains small. They mainly inhabit the South Island.
I found this Kea sitting on top of a car at a scenic pullout. Several birds were walking around on the ground, waiting for the salad bar to open as the selfie-taking tourists occasionally dropped food on the ground.
In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout looking to the southwest and across a snowy landscape with desert plant-life and rock formations having snow fall on them. This is around the Skull Rock area.
In geological realms, the Monument valley is an epic saga of ancient sandstone, siltstone and shale that was uplifted along with rest of the Colorado plateau. Now, in ultimate phases of erosion, it displays stunning buttes and towers – last remnants of the sedimentary rock layers that once covered the entire region. In realms of human history, this area has been inhabited by many: ice-age Paleo-Indians, Archaic hunter gatherers, Anasazi farmers, San Juan Band Paiutes, and more recently, the Navajo and Hollywood fantasies. Depending on who you ask among onlookers, this land evokes disgust and delight in equal measure. The first U.S. soldiers to explore the area, war torn as they were, described it as ‘desolate and repulsive’, whereas John Wayne, the yesteryear Hollywood hunk who featured in several Westerns filmed in the valley, proclaimed, “This is where God put the West.” An American quintessential icon in every sense, this valley has been awe-inspiring on the silver screen for more than three quarters of a century. It is even better in person, as I found out recently.
After a five hour drive from the nearest metropolis, we reached the valley about an hour before sunset. Under a ferocious left-handed wind that howled across Dinetah, the chilly afternoon barely inspired exploration. However, the view from the View hotel parking lot was truly tranquil and warmly welcoming, its invitation personified in the form of a narrow unpaved road that meandered into the valley lazily. The ride on this valley road was… hmmm… let’s say, quite queasy interesting! Emphasizing the treacherous nature of this unpaved and ill-maintained 'Billygoat' highway, our AWD bounced around in certain places like an unruly kid. As the sun dipped down, mesmerizing monoliths in front of us mimicked chameleons; their colors shifted from orange to salmon to red to crimson to dark-purple before fading away into tar of the night. We watched this show from a roadside pullout that overlooked a turn in the road where vehicles slowed down to almost a halt to maneuver the pothole-filled sharp hairpin turn. Rishabh, my eight year old in-house critic, did not like car light trails in the image; he thought they distracted from the grandeur. I agreed, but to his utter dismay, ignored the sage advice and included those trails (from other longer exposures) in the final cut. Why? After that wild ride, that’s my hat doffing to untamed spirit of the wild West.
I was so darned excited to be back in Yellowstone National Park! Few to no crowds and the weather was incredible that first day: snow and sun and clouds. I was loving it. And I was ready for fresh air and amazing scenery, after being cooped up for pretty much the entire day in either a plane or an airport. The plane from SeaTac was late taking off for Bozeman because they were worried about weather conditions in Bozeman, plus we had to wait for probably a good 30-45 minutes just to take off from SeaTac. I arrived a little bit on the late side in the park, which turned out to be perfect for great lighting conditions.
So, almost immediately after passing through the north entrance to the park, right above Gardiner, I pulled over into this large pullout / parking area and got out to survey the landscape set before me. The river below is, I believe, the Gardiner River.
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A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views across a nearby forest to the more distant ridges and peaks with Mount Rundle (Rundle Peaks). This is at a roadside pullout along Trans-Canada Highway 1at the Vermilion Lakes Viewpoint in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was two or two things. One was to zoom in with a focal length and have the forest and mountains fill the image from edge to edge. I wanted to have that feeling of looking ahead and having all this amazingness be the focus of the image. The second was this one prairie dog (or what appears to be) who was seemingly posing for the image to my front. I found it rather cute watching her.
The full moon silhouettes the beacon on the tip of the Golden Gate Bridge's north tower. San Francisco, California.
During the summer, from the Marin Headlands, the full moon rises directly over downtown right around sunset. So, up there I went to snap a few. And, as it turns out, so did everyone else. At the pullout that I set up at, tripods outnumbered cars, 8 to 6!
The photographers bunched up as they followed the arc of the moon through different framing opportunities, slowly creeping eastward for a while, and then running back west for the next hit. It made me think of the action of a typewriter spool - tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap ziiiiiiip!
As I'm beginning to realize, around here at least, the summer air tends to mangle the moon. In this shot, you can see the atmospheric waves rippling its edges. Kinda neat, but I'd love it to be supercrisp. Maybe next time!
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During our trip to Alaska earlier this year, we spent our first day driving along the Turnagain Arm, scouting for potential locations for future photography sessions. As soon as we began our drive, we quickly realized how futile our objective was; the area is incredibly scenic, and almost anywhere you point your camera will yield a decent composition. Once we understood this, I focused on identifying spots where I could capture the best light and incorporate the inlet into my compositions. As sunset approached, we stopped at a pullout that offered a stunning view of the mountains across the water, illuminated by the warm golden hour light. There was also a large enough pool of water to create near-perfect reflections.
A setting looking to the north-northwest while taking in views across mountain desert setting in this part of Joshua Tree National Park. This was at a roadside pullout along the main part road.
While on the main part road heading to the Many Glacier area in Glacier National Park. The view is looking to the southwest from a roadside pullout near the park entrance and then looking across the waters of Lake Sherburne. There is a distant mountain backdrop with some ridges and peaks of the Northern Lewis Range with Wynn Mountain, Allen Mountain, Grinnell Point and Mount Grinnell, and Altyn Peak, from image left to right. And composing this image, I wanted to go with a wide angle, leveled-on view with the horizon. I felt that the look across the lake waters to the distant mountains would create a layered look, from near to far.
For post-production, one thing I did have to later on work with was cutting through some of the afternoon haze from the wildfires, so that the ridges and peaks add some definition in the final image. I found the ClearView Plus tool in PhotoLab 6 did that quite well. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
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Another one of those anything can happen anywhere anytime moments....in all the times we have visited Yellowstone over the last 8 years, we have never seen a moose around the Thunderer trailhead. But there she was, standing right out in the open, grazing not far from the large pull out. Lucky for us, there was only one other person out and about that early, so we were able to enjoy her for a few minutes. Lighting was horrible, so I shot this at 1000 ISO; not near as grainy as I expected it to be at such a high ISO...gotta love my Nikons :-)
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Before winter ends, I wanted to share one more shot from Yosemite Valley in snow. This is at the Gates of the Merced pullout with its view of mighty El Capitan and Ribbon Fall above the Merced River.
My 4K YouTube video "Yosemite Winter Drive" is doing well. Here is the link if you would like to have it running on your large TV while doing housework, with or without sound.
Tucked away east of Jackson Hole is local treasure very few take the time to see. The Red Hills of the Gros Ventre Mountains are an exposed sandstone deposit that are leftover from when the region was under a shallow sea, roughly 50 million years ago. The road to the hills is engineered in such a way that immediately after coming around a small bend in the road, a dramatic view of the hills overwhelms you with a sense of natural beauty and wonder. A pullout is conveniently located at that exact location so that you can fully appreciate the view. While the view from the road is amazing, the hike up through the hills is even more rewarding. The trailhead begins on the other side of the road from the Red Hills Ranch and immerses you right away into the red and orange, sandstone landscape. After only a few hundred yards, you find yourself surrounding by the large hills at the bottom of a small canyon. Wildflowers, aspens, willows, and (some burned) evergreen all take their turns sharing the trail with you throughout your gradual ascent during the initial stretch of the trail.
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The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah about 30 miles west of Green River, Utah. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles, consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 60-40 million years ago.
If you are driving through Utah on Int. 70, be sure to stop at one of the many pullouts along the route. The scenes are amazing and there are many educational signposts to learn about these slanted formations.
Windy Point Vista's Hoodoo. Click to enlarge. Taken along the Mt Lemmon Highway at Windy Point Vista which is at nearly 7000' elevation in the Coronado National Forest. There are several other pullouts to see the many other hoodoos along the road. The highway continues to the top of 9,157' Mt Lemmon (and to the southern-most ski area in the US) in the Santa Catalina Mountains which form the northern boundary of Tucson, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. More in PhotoStream and/or Landscapes album. (Courtesy photo by Rick Williams)
I stopped at a roadside pullout the other morning to watch this Common Raven. This over friendly bird was not shy at all and seemed to enjoy being photographed.
Thanks to Wayne Kimbell (check out his photo stream) for correcting me on the the species. I originally said it was an American Crow and he corrected me stating it is a Raven #commonraven #raven
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Went out with a friend on a short outing today to see what photo opportunities were out there. The first stop was along US276 in North Carolina outside of Brevard. Just north of Looking Glass Falls on a left side pullout, there is a nice place with lots of cascades and small unnamed waterfalls.
During this time of year the Rosebay Rhododendrons bloom. We saw quite a show of full blooms everywhere. As you can see, I had great blooms as a backdrop for this photo. I wish the cascades would have been better but you take what you get.
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With the snow furies popping in and out of the Valley, I was looking for photo ops while scanning the south side. When this area popped up, I was able to catch a pullout while on South Side Drive. Several frames were taken at various focal lengths, with this one being the best for composition and story telling. What was working for this view was the snow hitting the back peaks and not the foreground yet.
Luminar 2018 was used to refine the image and conversion to monochrome. A 16X9 crop was used to take a little off of the sides and excess information from the top and bottom. This was done for fine tuning the composition and story telling.
Post: Luminar 2018 & Lightroom 5 for basic setup.
Usually I don't post two similar views in a row on Flickr, but I think I like this version of Pololu Valley a little better. The light is softer and the water movement and wider composition brings back the memory a little better. So I thought I'd show it here. Some people may like the stormier view of the last one. Feel free to say so! No HDR.
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Rule #1. When you return from a trip, try to get a good idea of which version of a scene you like the most before posting! I usually try to get 4-8 good shots with a particular composition before moving on. Each wave will be different, and the light can change in just a few seconds. I have 8 versions of this scene and they actually look quite different.
When I say "good versions", I mean that I will take a shot, look at it and delete it on the spot if I don't like it. I think I took about 12 shots at this exact location and kept 8 for review later. Now I like about 3 of them. Actually, the last one looks better in the back of my camera than it did after I finished processing it. I even repeatedly looked at the back of the camera to try to get it to look the same on my Photoshop screen!
This one looks exactly like the back of the camera. That is good enough for me! I kept the default settings for the camera's LCD screen just so you know. Also, after the shot, I often look at the photo and compare it to the scene in front of me, just to get an idea of how well it was captured. Of course, the real scene usually looks better, but not always. A dull scene may look more contrasty and interesting in the back of the camera than to your every own eyes seeing it for real. After all, the camera can not capture the same dynamic range, so it will look more contrasty in the camera.
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The Big Island has a wide variety of climate zones and geological regions. Lava flows create lots of new land and those areas are rough and new. Areas like this valley are on the older side where the volcanos are extinct and the land is being sculpted into fantastic forms. The almost 14,000-foot (4200m) Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes create rain forest upwind and barren deserts downwind. And they can exist just 4 miles apart! The beaches vary from black sand, to white, golden, red and even green. It is a photographer's paradise, but it is big and you have to do your research to find the best spots.
To get here, you must get up well before sunrise (it is not a sunset beach), drive to the tourist pullout and hike down a 400-foot trail in the dark to get here in time for sunrise. It is not a difficult hike but it is slippery and one mistake and your day is ruined! Also, this is a great place to spend the day, far away from civilization.
The map shows the exact location.
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
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Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
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Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
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Or Here:
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Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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We encountered low clouds and thick, wet snow flurries on our drive from Anchorage to Fairbanks, with no ability to see any of the scenery around us other than gray clouds everywhere. But as we approached Denali National Park, we saw small breaks in the clouds and sunlight. When we saw a pullout for what looked like a scenic view, we pulled over and decided to take a break. Some flurries were still around, but suddenly, the sun broke through, revealing distant mountains. For the first time since we began our drive, we saw light. I liked how the tree line looked against the white of the mountain and thought it would be nice if there were a bit of separation between the forest close to us and the tree line closer to the mountain's base. I needed a higher vantage point, and thankfully, there was a nearby snowbank I could scramble up, which gave me that separation.
Cape Royal, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
This image is part of my Grand Canyon set.
After visiting Cape Royal at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, we started to drive back to our campsite but following the road back to the North Rim Campground we could see an approaching storm over the canyon. We actually stopped at several pullouts on the way back, making images at each stop. This storm was fast-moving but never did reach us. The afternoon sunlight highlighted the falling rain and we stared in wonder as this storm quickly developed and dissipated.
This particular day, the first of four in the Grand Canyon, was a wild weather day. Earlier this day there was a light snow but most of the day was lovely with large, puffy clouds in the sky. Only late in the afternoon was there more drama with this quick-moving rainstorm.
As you drive Stevens Canyon Road in Mount Rainier National Park, you'll come to a hairpin curve called "The Bench" (at least, that's what it's called on the park map). Just before you start the turn (or after you come out of the turn, depending on which way you are heading), there's a nice, large-ish pullout from which you can get great shots of The Mountain. If you get there really early (this shot was captured at about 4:47 a.m.), you won't have any traffic at all.
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White Dome Geyser is a geyser located in the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. White Dome is a conspicuous cone-type geyser located only a few feet from Firehole Lake Drive, and accordingly, seen by many visitors to the park as they wait for eruptions of nearby Great Fountain Geyser. Its 12-foot-high geyserite cone is one of the largest in the park. Its eruptions are unpredictable, but generally occur with intervals ranging from 15 minutes to 3 hours. Intervals between 20 and 35 minutes are most common. Eruptions typically last 2 to 3 minutes and reach heights of about 30 feet (9.1 m), the maximum height being attained early in the eruption. As usual for cone-type geysers, the play is continuous for most of the eruption's duration, and begins and concludes with a brief steam phase intermixed with liquid spray. Although it is overshadowed in eruptive height and power by Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser is a significant feature that was used as an emblem by the old Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, now the Yellowstone Association. The thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus, important because it produces an enzyme used in polymerase chain reaction laboratory procedures central to modern molecular biology, was first isolated from Mushroom Pool, a non-eruptive hot spring a few hundred feet from White Dome Geyser. White Dome is the largest member of the "White Dome Group," a cluster of features bisected by Firehole Lake Drive that includes at least six other geysers as well as several non-eruptive springs. Gemini Geyser and Crack Geyser, across Firehole Lake Drive from White Dome, also erupt comparatively frequently, and can be observed from the parking area for White Dome, while the other members of the White Dome Group erupt only rarely, are difficult to see from the road, or both. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Dome_Geyser]
The one-way Firehole Lake Drive takes you through the woods and back to a place where hidden geysers and thermal features that can't be seen from the road, are found. Several pullouts and parking areas along your drive make it easy for you to get out of the car and take your time admiring these natural wonders. This is also where Great Fountain Geyser is located. Great Fountain Geyser is the only geyser not in the Upper Geyser Basin that is predicted at the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center. Eruptions 100 ft. high shoot out from a pool of water in a magnificent display. The road continues on and squeezes between Firehole Lake and Hot Lake before taking you back into the woods where it eventually meets back up with the main road right across the street from the Fountain Paint Pot parking lot and boardwalk. Ample parking is available at Firehole and Hot Lakes with boardwalks leading you along the banks of the steaming water. RVs, buses and trailers are not permitted on this road due to narrow sections along the way. Pick up an Old Faithful Area Trail Guide at any visitor center so you can read about all the different features and stops around Firehole Lake Drive. [Source: www.youryellowstonevacation.com/index.php?p=region&re...] Yellowstone's Firehole Lake Drive is a 3-mile, one-way side road off the Grand Loop located between the Old Faithful exit and Madison Junction. It has many geysers and hot springs visible from the road. There is also a boardwalk around the Firehole Lake itself, leading you to small geysers and springs. [Source: www.yellowstonepark.com/road-trips/firehole-lake-scenic-d...]
Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first National Park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of its most popular features. It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park]
On the Natchez Trace Parkway, as it crosses over the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, there is a small circular drive. There you can get out and walk to the edge of the waterway, just south of the lock and dam at Bay Springs Lake. At this stop there are also a couple of small ponds, that seem to be more marshes than ponds. It is one of my favorite places to stop. This particular morning brought some glorious mist and light. The scenery itself doesn't compare to some majestic mountain or seashore landscape, but the details have their own beauty and charm. It was difficult for me to decide between my favorites, so I've just uploaded all of them.
Wikipedia: Chimney Rock is a 6,420-foot summit in Capitol Reef National Park in Wayne County,
Utahsadventurefamily.com: Chimney Rock is not a hiking destination, but a road-side pullout with a trailhead. You can easily see Chimney Rock just by driving by. However, we enjoyed the 3.6 mile loop that takes you into the small canyon behind Chimney Rock. This hike is steep, which is the reason we label it as moderate. It starts out with the first third mile climbing nearly as steeply as a staircase. The overall elevation gain is 590 feet. About a half mile into the hike, the trail splits. There is a sign directing you to the right to follow Chimney Rock Loop Trail. However, you’ll see this sign again because the loop starts here. To the right, the trail climbs to the ridge.
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Oct 27-30, 2007
The Great Smoky Mountain
A very beautiful place to shoot
Cades Cove is a lush valley surrounded by mountains and one of the most popular destinations in the Great Smokies. Deer are almost always sighted in the fields, and observations of other wildlife, including bear, Wild Turkey, and fox are possible. Please use pullouts when viewing wildlife and never approach or feed animals.
A wide array of historic buildings dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries is scattered through-out the cove. These include a grist mill, a variety of barns, three churches, and a marvelous collection of log homes and outbuildings.
An 11-mile one-way loop road takes you around the cove. Traffic will be heavy during the tourist season in summer and fall and on weekends year-round.
A visitor center (open daily), restrooms, and the Cable Mill historic area are located half-way around the loop road.
Numerous trails originate in the cove, including the five-mile roundtrip trail to Abrams Falls and the short Cades Cove Nature Trail. Longer hikes to Thunderhead Mountain and Rocky Top (made famous by the popular song) also begin in the cove.
Several designated backcountry campsites (camping by permit only) are located along trails.
Only bicycle and foot traffic are allowed on the loop road from sunrise until 10:00 a.m. every Saturday and Wednesday morning from early May until late September
Only once did our snow coach venture past the Madison Junction and the warming hut located there during our stay in the West Yellowstone area of the national park. Our subject, a female Bobcat, was never seen beyond the pullout at 7-mile bridge. Casually it hunted the northern edge of the Madison River while we struggled keep up on the opposite bank, cameras and tripods in tow, in snow as deep as two feet. The ultimate capture would be a photo of this beautiful animal as it jumped form one location to the next. It gave plenty of opportunities for all of us, but it still proved to be more difficult than anticipated. We spent 3 day here focused on capturing the best images we could. Though other groups had the opportunity to photograph this cat as well in the weeks before our arrival, we felt lucky to have seen it. After our visit, the warmer weather and the possible arrival of wolves in the area seemed to convince the Bobcat to move on. Reports from friends in the area mentioned that it had not been seen since we left.
It’s a wonderful time of year here. The tourists are gone, the road is empty, and any pullout on the cliffs is a great spot for a picnic.
Another photo of the Eastern Spinebill in the pullout of it's hover. At this speed and ISO it was just enough hand held to catch it in flight.
While at a roadside pullout along Badwater Road with a view looking to the northeast. This location is in Death Valley National Park. The setting is the mountain desert landscape present along the basin area around Badwater.
Fairly often I (and probably others) "discover" something in a photo when viewed on a computer monitor that I didn't see when I took the shot. I think that's the case here. Quite sure I didn't notice the "green" on the far right or the separate golf course on the Snake's opposite bank. (My excuse is that this was taken at 9 PM and I was shooting quickly before the light disappeared.)
Anyway, seeing this reminded me of a book many years ago that manipulated photos to depict golf courses in ridiculously impossible locations... think putting out from the top of Delicate Arch, for example. I did a quick search but couldn't find the book; it's probably long out of print.
One other thought... This is the same Snake River that Ansel Adams famously photographed in Grand Teton National Park in 1942, about 300 miles from here to the northeast. The Snake's a long river... over 1000 miles!
I planned to return to this spot when we left Twin Falls in the morning as we would be driving right by the pullout off US Route 93, but it was so hazy/cloudy we couldn't even see the river as we crossed over the bridge, so we just kept on driving toward Oregon and Washington.
With the Bow River in the foreground, viewed from a roadside pullout along the Trans-Canada Hwy in the Bow Valley
Banff National Park, Alberta
22 June 1979
[© WCK-JST - Kodachrome 79-13-18]
A colorful formation in contrast to the gray cliffs that follow the Hole-in-the-Rock Road, Devil’s Garden is a unique, easily-accessible natural play park. After driving 12 miles down the graded road, there is a signed pullout for this spot designated as an “Outstanding Natural Area.”
As part of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, this desert destination features hoodoos, natural arches, and various sandstone formations—some are reminiscent, on a smaller scale, to areas such as Goblin Valley.
Devil’s Garden is a maze of sandstone formations formed by, and continuously shaped by, erosion. Nature’s hand has been at work since the Jurassic Period more than 166 million years ago. Presently, Devil’s Garden boasts hoodoos, arches, and other rock protrusions from the sandy, desert landscape.
Source: Visit Utah
This is another a member of Yellowstone's wild Wapiti Lake wolf pack. The pack had been availing itself of the high quality calories in the carcass of a bison that dropped dead near the road, by happenstance also near several large pullouts where people could park safely and set up their scopes and cameras to watch numerous animals - Wapitis, coyotes, foxes, ravens, an eagle - take turns chowing down on the late winter boon.
The Wapitis are one of the largest packs in Yellowstone. Their home territory is Hayden Valley, much farther south along the Yellowstone River than where this photo was taken. They'd been spending a lot of the winter in this area, which is the territory of a couple of other wolf packs. Somehow they avoided the territorial wars that in fact result in more wolf deaths than any other cause.
This day, the alpha wolves and most of the other adults had departed for Hayden Valley, I would guess to re-establish their dens there in anticipation of the arrival of pups in the coming few weeks. Those left behind (who may catch up, or they may use the opportunity to establish a new pack) are mostly last spring's grown pups. In any case they were full of vim and vinegar, playing gleefully with their full bellies in ample evidence.
Photo taken with a long telephoto from a safe 90-100 yards, as required by Park policy, and cropped to remove negative space. The wolves showed no sign they were at all disturbed by the presence of people. And all the people were all unable to remove the happy grins from their faces at the opportunity to watch such magnificent animals at relatively close range.
As seen from a pullout on US 395, a Great Western train proceeds south on the Lake County Railroad in April 1986. Three months earlier, Lake County, Oregon completed its purchase of the Southern Pacific branch line between Lakeview, Oregon and Alturas, California. This train is in Modoc County, California between Willow Ranch and Davis Creek. Goose Lake can be seen in the distance.
This dramatic geologic rift, near the boundary between Banff and Jasper National Parks, is traced by the Icefields Parkway.
This view, from a pullout alongside the highway, is likely one of the most photographed views in the parks. In fact, I posted a similar view on Flickr myself after snapping it in 2013. But there are some scenes that you just cannot resist photographing!
I liked the look of the contrasts and clouds best in black and white using a yellow filter in Lightroom.
During each of my visits to Alaska, I spent a couple of days in Anchorage. There's this place outside of the city, right at the fork of Route 3 and Route 1, where I'd park in a pullout and capture images of this marshy little pond with the Chugach Mountains in the background. On the day I photographed this - it was morning, I believe, regardless of what the Exif may tell you (my camera's clock was not set correctly), and the clouds were really interesting.
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