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Back in July of this year, I wrote an article for the National Parks Traveler about the geometry of nature (www.nationalparkstraveler.org/…/photography-nationa…). I think most people, consciously or subconsciously, "see" geometry in the subjects of their photos. They detect the straight lines or arcs or circles of nature, as well as the abstractions. Now, whether they compose it well in their viewfinder is another issue, which I'm always harping about. To get a good image, you need to observe the scene around you and try to achieve a nice composition rather than just a grab shot, as I've seen so many people do on my travels. I'll probably continue harping on that until the end of my days, because I think anybody can achieve a lovely, brag-worthy image if they just take a little time to compose the shot.
This image was captured from an oversized pullout on the road up to the summit of Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone National Park. I'd actually photographed from the same area during my very short stay in August of 2018 as I was moving from Texas to central Washington.
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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
While at a roadside pullout along Indian Service Rte 5 with a view looking to the north-northwest across the northern New Mexico high desert setting. Off in the distance is the volcanic pipe, or diatreme, of Ford Butte. Given the mostly overcast skies that afternoon, I decided to zoom in and focus on the butte itself. I pulled back a little on the focal length to include some of the nearby foreground to add an interest to the image while including some skies to use as a backdrop. The rest was metering to best bring out the colors present on this somewhat overcast day.
There is a small pullout on the side of the road where there is a white bridge. I took this when it was snowing really hard. If you look at the water you can see the long exposure.
While at a roadside pullout along Tioga Road with a view looking to the south to ridges and peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains in this part of the Inyo National Forest. Tioga Peak is the prominent peak off in the distance.
While at a roadside pullout along U.S. Route 64 with view looking to the west-southwest to ridges and peaks present with the Brazos Cliffs in the Tusas Mountains. What I wanted to capture with this image was a zoomed in view to those cliffs, but include some foreground interest along the mountainside, leading up to them. The rest was balancing the overcast skies above which would be a color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
At a roadside pullout along U.S. Route 64 with a view looking to the southeast to the monadnock and volcanic neck formation of Shiprock. In composing the image, I wanted to center Shiprock in the image and have a balanced, leveled-on view with the horizon. While doing some post-processing work with DxO PhotoLab 7, I decided to create a panoramic feel with a wide angle view after doing some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
This is in the pullout where I took the previous picture. There were several ravens hanging out, looking for handouts. They didn't get any from us, and this one seems to have a problem with that. He is not a happy bird.
This is the cub of the grizzly sow 'Raspberry' in the previous picture. Mom and cub were having a lazy breakfast around sun up.
Nine mile pullout, Yellowstone National Park, east entrance road.
While at a roadside pullout along Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1A, or Icefields Parkway, with a view looking down the road to the southeast. Given the very light traffic that morning, I was able to stand in the middle of the road and line up the image to have a balance on both sides of the road, as well as centering the ridges and peaks off in the distance with the image center. The rest was metering the image to get a proper exposure to not blow any of the highlights in the upper portion of the image, where the sun was starting to shine on the mountain peaks, while still being able to pull out the colors, without a color cast, in the lower portion of the image with the woods and forest.
I've been to this location probably five times over the past 14 years and never tire of this mountain view! Based on the PeakVisor app on my iPhone, I was able to identify Mount Brussels (or Brussels Peak) and Mount Christie of the Hooker Icefield range.
Hello Flickr friends, I hope everyone is doing well. This is a Pano of the Grand Teton I took on our trip to Jackson Hole. Shortly after we arrived, a little past noon, I took off in my rental car to do some scouting while taking in the beautiful scenery for the first time. As it was the middle of the day, I set my photography expectations low and was intent on figuring the sunrise vs sunset locations so I would at least have a chance at a decent photo in the coming days. One of the first places I stopped was a pullout on HWY 26 called Glacier Overlook. Even though the light was harsh to say the least, clouds were beginning to build so I decided I would take a few shots considering I had just arrived & was dying to try my new Nikon 80-400 lens. I fired off a number of hand held shots zooming in and out, testing the lens at all focal lengths, as I was leaving I took this 5 shot sequence and headed to the next location. As I expected, the mid day sun was too much for the color rendition of this photo even though I really liked the simple strait on composition. I enjoy color photography the most, but while waiting for lightroom to stitch the pano together I thought maybe this shot would look good in black and white. I rarely choose to edit in black & white and while editing this photo I realized just how hard it is to edit black & white photos. The editing process gave me a new found respect for all the black & white photographers out there. As hard as it was, I enjoyed editing this shot and I think I'm going to mix in more black and white edits in the future. By the way, this pano was just as hard on my computer as well. The final photograph is 15K by 9k pixels, lol. Zooming in like crazy is one of my favorite things to do on huge files like this one.
If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read my post, I truly appreciate it.
In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout around the Ryan Mountain Trailhead with a view looking to the northwest across this open desert plain with Joshua Trees.
While at a roadside pullout at Forrest Gump Point with a new looking to the southwest down the road with a backdrop of the sandstone buttes and formations present in the Monument Valley. This is along U.S. Route 163 not far from Halchita, Utah. My thought on composing this image was to have a view looking down the road and center myself with the stripe leading off into the distance. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR, camera slightly downward and create more of a sweeping view, bringing the horizon higher into the image. I wanted the image to have a panoramic, wide angle view, so I knew that I would cut off some of the foreground to my front.
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One of the most scenic of the many overlook pullout along the Badlands Loop (US Hwy 240) offering views of a group of mounds with bands of yellow, orange & beige rock.
Inspiration Point is a large pullout on Stevens Canyon Road in Glacier National Park offering spectacular views. At sunrise, the sun briefly broke through the misty cloud cover to cast a beam of light on the Tatoosh Range in the distance.
In spite of the complete, or nearly complete absence of snow visible in the couple of other photos in this album from a late March day trip to Yellowstone, at some higher elevations there was still appreciable snow pack. This fox, that appeared to me to be quite large for its species, though it's also got a very full winter coat that might give that impression, was along the roadside where the bridge at Lower Barronette ski pullout crosses Soda Butte Creek. It posed briefly for the very small assemblage of photographers, then changed direction and disappeared back into the thick forest along the creek.
A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views at a roadside pullout along the main park road in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park. My thought in composing this image was to zoom in with the full length and center the ridges and peaks of Grinnell Point in the image. I also wanted to expose this image so that I didn't lose any of the details present in the overcast skies that somewhat hid the peaks and mountains. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 7 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
It's time for me to hit the road again on a photographic road trip. I'm heading back up to Canada and will be visiting four different national parks on this trip. I can't wait to see what it looks like in the summer! The last time I visited was in April 2016, still a snowy season for the Canadian Rockies and the majority of trails were still closed and covered in snow.
I'll be traveling via the Icefields Parkway, an incredible highway through some incredible mountain scenery. There's a place along the way between Banff and Jasper National Parks called The Big Bend. There's a wide pullout there to park your vehicle, which is what I did back when I captured this shot in 2016. It provides an amazing view of the highway and the mountains, including Cirrus Mountain. Oh, Canada! Can't wait!
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A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views across a Mojave Desert setting while at a roadside pullout along California State Route 127. What drew me into the setting was the flat openness of the desert setting with the sagebrush and other desert plant-life present. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to create more of a sweeping view across that, and leading up to the more distant ridges and peaks of the Avawatz Mountains.
While at a roadside pullout along the main park road (and Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway). The view is to the southwest with the road winding on the other side of the ridge. Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center is a little right of center in the image. This location is in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
We drove out to the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve to take in the bison and wildlife. Near the visitors center we came across a group of barn swallows making their home in the eaves of the building. We had fun trying to capture these little guys. They are so active and don't stay still for very long. I got lucky with this guy while he was taking a break.
The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is operated by a nature conservancy with a mission to bring back the ecosystem into this beautiful area. The bison were introduced and now have grown to a population of near 3,000. You will definitely see a lot of bison, but you can also see a lot of birds like this little one. We also found a pullout with flowers that were attracting butterflies. This is a great location to shoot wildlife.
While at a roadside pullout along Alberta Highway 93A near Leach Lake. This is in Jasper National Park. My thought on composing this image was to get down low, but capture a view above the grassy meadow to my front. I wanted to have that look through the tall grasses and then beyond to the forest of evergreen trees on the other side of the meadow. The rest was just aligning my Nikon SLR camera to capture that image and find a focus point with a closed down aperture to bring most of this setting into focus.
While at a roadside pullout along the Going-to-the-Sun Road not far from the Rising Sun boat dock. This is in Glacier National Park with a view looking to the southwest to ridges and peaks of the Central Lewis Range with Little Chief Mountain, Mahtotopa Mountain, and Dusty Star Mountain (based on the PeakVisor app on my iPhone). My thought on composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length, centering them in the image. I included some foreground interest as I felt that help to add a sense of scale. 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.
Some People Dream in Abstract Thoughts Like an Expressionist's Painting
While other are bizarre, almost seemingly surreal
Mine have been both, and sometimes in red
But right now, I only dream wonderment for what stands in front
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This was at a roadside pullout along the main park road with a view looking to the north-northwest to a group of black bears (momma bear and three cubs) who happened to be crossing this asphalt road. I captured quite a few images at this location, but this is one of the few that I really liked of the group because the momma bear happened to be looking in my general direction while her cub continued on.
Bobcat Lane on Brush Mountain
Further down the gravel road I live on, after the "End State Maintenance" sign and it reduces to a single lane of wheel tracks.
"The Brush Mountain Wilderness is an area protected by Act of Congress (Eastern Wilderness Act) to maintain its present, natural condition. As part of the wilderness system, it helps to preserve a variety of natural life forms and contributes to a diversity of plant and animal gene pools. The wilderness is adjacent to Brush Mountain East Wilderness.
Although it is located next to the suburbs of Blacksburg, Virginia, Brush Mountain is unexpectedly secluded. The area looks out to the northwest across Craig Creek to the slopes of Sinking Creek Mountain.
The area is part of the Craig Creek Cluster.
The wilderness lies north of and in close proximity to Blacksburg, Virginia. It extends for about 8 miles along the northwest slope of Brush Mountain, bounded to the east by a power line, to the northwest by Craig Creek and private property, and to the southeast by Forest road 188.1 along the crest of the mountain. There are no trails in the area.
Good access is gained from Craig Creek Rd. (Va 621) which follows Craig Creek with several pullouts for parking. Access roads are shown on National Geographic-Trails Illustrated Map #787 (Blacksburg-New River Valley)." (Wikipedia).
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While in Yellowstone, we got to see this lovely great horned owl.
As we were driving down the road, a small group of people had pulled over to look at a black bear. The bear was digging out under a tree, possibly getting its den ready for winter.
Since the area was 'tight' due to the landscape, we decide to go further down the road to a larger pullout. We were able to see the bear well from there, although from a slightly greater distance.
As we pulled into the pullout, a woman that was there asked if we new "what king of bird that is" and pointed to the owl, sitting in a tree, slightly below the level of the road. After telling her what she was looking at, I quickly and quietly got my tripod set up, and began taking pictures. In typical Yellowstone weather fashion, it began to snow, then get sunny, and snow on and off for the next half hour as we watched this bird patiently sit and hunt.
After a half hour of not finding any lunch, the owl decided to leave for better hunting grounds.
Yellowstone National Park.
While at a roadside pullout along the Akamina Parkway in Waterton Lakes National Park. The view is looking to the northeast and across a mountainside with the ridges coming off Ruby Ridge and the Clark Range.
Visitors take pictures and walk on the lava flows associated with Mauna Ulu.The beginning of Mauna Uluʻs 1969 eruption began with a 2-3 mile fissure that opened near this flow. This fissure eruption covered the portion of the Chain of Craters Road. Today, a popular pullout on the road allows visitors to explore the flows.
Feeling a little twisted and bent out of shape from the workweek? Never fear, the weekend is right around the corner (unless, of course, you have to work this weekend - in which case, try to weather through it) ):
This little tree - a bristlecone pine, I think - and it's deep red-orange sandstone perch just off of the Zion-Mount Carmel Road in this national park, is rather famous. I've seen it in a number of images on Flickr. I saw it for the first time as I was returning to the Zion tunnel, after a photo op stop at Checkerboard Mesa. I would have missed this tree completely had I not turned my head at just the right time to look out over the landscape. This tree and sandstone knob called out to me and I found a pullout at which to park, then walked back along the road and out into the landscape to photograph different perspectives. Trees speak to me and this one was particularly verbose (grin).
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While at a roadside pullout along the Northside Dr with a view looking up and to the north to the peak of El Capitan. My thinking in composing this image was to have that portion of the peak stand out as a contrast to the blue skies above. When I later zoomed in to look at the details, I was able to notice equipment and a climber coming down the cliff-face of El Capitan.
A setting looking to the east while taking in views of Otter Creek and a bridge crossing. This is at a roadside pullout along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
taken at the same roadside pullout as the previous images -- just looking south back down the road, instead of west out to the ocean...
Has given the waves their melody
The caption used is from a poem by W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems
A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across a grassy meadow with ridges and peaks of the Western Great Smoky Mountains (Scott Mountain and Pinkroot Ridge) as a distant backdrop. This was at a roadside pullout along Sparks Lane in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The look I wanted to capture with this image was the grassy meadow and the way certain grasses were bending with the wind blowing that morning. I chose to keep the horizon more or less leveled-on. The rest was metering the image to not blow any of the highlights in the skies above that were kind of partly cloudy and overcast that morning.
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in pursuit of a cow Elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) in Lamar Valley of Yellowstone. This event unfolded between the Yes and Midpoint pullouts just east of the Yellowstone Institute.
It feels like forever since I've been on Flickr. I returned a couple of weeks ago from a nine-day, 2000-mile road trip into four national parks in the Canadian Rockies, and since then, I've been editing photos and writing articles for the National Parks Traveler (www.nationalparkstraveler.org).
I can't find enough superlatives for the landscapes of the Canadian Rockies. Those mountains are in your face, and even on a rainy, cold, September day, the scenery is splendid. And believe me, visiting in September will provide a mixed bag of weather for the photographer.
This view was just off the road between Jasper townsite and the Columbia Icefield (closer to the icefield). There's a large pullout probably a mile or two before encountering the turnoff to the Beauty Creek Hostel. It was a frosty morning (about 27 degrees Fahrenheit) and the sun was just beginning to bathe the mountains while leaving the Athabasca River scenery still in blue shadow.
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From a roadside pullout along I-10 with a view looking to the west-southwest. My thought on composing this image was quite simple: don't include any of the interstate highway in the foreground. The rest was just attempting to find a location that I could capture a view looking across the hillsides leading up to the mountain ridges and peaks. I had to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly upward to minimize that highway in the foreground. That intern brought more of the skies and clouds to fill the image up. I used the ClearView Plus tool in DxO PhotoLab 5 to remove some of the haze present. There is one raven or vulture that was caught in the image in the upper right portion. I cropped some of the foreground and skies to bring out a wide-angle, panoramic feel to the final image.
While at a roadside pullout off an exit from Interstate-5 around the Spicer City area with a view looking to the northwest under several transmission lines. My thought on composing this image was to have a look standing under those electric lines but also have those towers and lines converge off in the distance. While blue skies above, I liked how there were clouds off in the distance that helped to "break up" and add some contrasts in the skies.
I captured this image at a roadside pullout along the Loop Road in Big Cypress National Preserve. The view extends to the east across a sawgrass prairie with different trees interspaced here and there and some bald cypress present further beyond the prairie and marsh. I kept the horizon, more or less centered across the image, using the blue skies and clouds as a color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
As a side note, if you look carefully at the image, you will notice two aircraft flying high over this part of the national preserve. Even at that far off and with a wide angle view, my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera was able to bring in some details present.
The definition of "tarn" is "small mountain lake." This particularly beautiful tarn seems to be unnamed but it certainly deserves to have one. You've probably driven past it at one time or another, it isn't clearly visible from East Entrance Road. There's a little pullout and that's where you should stop and stretch and take in the incomparable little view.
Per the prior photo, I'm calling this beautiful little bowl of water "Goldeneye Pond."
Yellowstone National Park,
While taking in views of Otter Creek at a roadside pullout along the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is at the Lower Otter Creek Overlook and looking downstream and to the south. My thought on composing this image was to capture a look as the water flowed by while using the forest of trees and blue skies as a backdrop for this national park service site setting.
in Sacramento, CA
The story: It was summer early in the morning. It had been a while since I explored eastern Sacramento County's two lane roads on a quest for some oak tree photos. The pre-sunrise shots on the way there were good however it was a scramble to find the next right spot. Finally it was apparant that the sun was coming up fast and I had to find a tree soon. I spotted one not far from the road with a pullout to park in (sort of). The fence was easy to jump after tossing the gear over first. A gopro timelapse was started just in time to catch some interesting light. Soon the right moment came for this deliberate shot on the Canon 6D... During that moment a truck drove by and stopped in the middle of the road gawking at me. I was worried that they were concerned of me taking photos of their fancy oak tree without permission, I was thinking of what I would explain then they drove off. I guess being paranoid is part of the deal when the right tree is on the wrong side of the fence. It was worth it.
Here's the timelapse youtube
This is a composite of two images edited in photomatix. I hope you enjoy.
The island of Kauai is called the "Garden Island" for a damn good reason. A road side pullout overlooked one of the gorgeous lush valleys full of farmers fields and more importantly a breathtaking view.
In early March 2009, I spent 6 days in Jackson Hole, always getting up well before sunrise to get out and be in position for the incredible sunrise shots.
Sunsets are no less spectacular. You can drive the length of the valley north out of Jackson, WY (USA) and you'll constantly be in awe of the views.
Once the sun goes down as you see here the temp quickly drops below zero. The next morning I drove out for shooting the sunrise at the Snake River Pullout and it was 15 below zero but it quickly warms to around 15 degrees above in about 2 hours.
Part of the fun is getting out, putting on the snow shoes or x-county skis and heading out in any direction you want...no grizzlys to worry about but you could run into a moose in those willows so I keep my distance from them but also keep an eye out for the meandering moose.
I'll be headed back to Jackson Hole, WY in late June to early July 2013 for shooting the wildflowers throughout the valley and mountains. If you're there around the same time..hope to meet up and hit a few sites for some nice shots.
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At a roadside pullout off of Interstate 5 in central California with a view looking to the south-southeast under multiple transmission lines from towers above. I have seen multiple images on 500px and Flickr and have tried different ways to compose and line up images I’ve captured over the years. One time I was able to include the sun and make a note of solar power and man-made power in the caption. Here I just went with being underneath the transmission lines and attempting to balance the look with the different lines and towers as they seemingly converged to a distant horizon.
While at a roadside pullout along Nevada SR 487 with a view looking to the west to ridges and peaks located in Great Basin National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a look across the Nevada high desert leading up to the mountains. The blues of the skies above and blue-greens along the ridges and spurs would be a color contrast to earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.