Sunset in Big Bend | 15 March 2016 | Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States | Nikon D810 | 36 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Lightroom 13
White Sands at Sunset | 13 August 2023 | White Sands National Park, New Mexico, United States Location | Nikon Z8 | 45 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Lightroom 13
El Capitan | 15 August 2023 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, United States | Nikon Z8 | 45 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Lightroom 13
Golden Hour in Big Bend | 15 March 2016 | Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States | Nikon D810 | 36 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Lightroom 13
This was a tough image to create. From the bluff, 14 mm wasn't quite wide enough to capture the entire bend, so I took two photos at 14 mm and stitched them together. The curvature of the river isn't quite true, but the view still looks realistic.Date: 10 August 2018Location: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 7
Date: 8 August 2018Location: Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
Date: 6 August 2018Location: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 7
I took this photo of Palo Duro Canyon looking south from the visitor center overlook. The last of the day's light was shining on the eastern edge of the canyon, which is the second longest in the U.S.Date: 29 March 2017Location: Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
Our one night in Sedona, we got there late in the afternoon. The desk manager at trhe hotel recommended that we drive out southwest of town to get a good view of Cathedral Rock at sunset. Since I was running out of light, I didn't have much time to explore the views, but I think this photo came out well.Date: 15 March 2020Location: Sedona, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
On our second day at Grand Canyon, we had a guide help with views and light. Later in the afternoon, we stopped at Lipan Point. Two of the points of interest there are Apollo Temple, visible at top center, and the Unkar Creek rapids, at the base of a massive rock wall between the two bends in the river.Date: 17 March 2020Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
Date: 10 August 2018Location: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
On our last day at Grand Canyon, we went back to Mather's Point one last time to look out at the canyon. The skies at mid-morning were a mix of snow clouds to the north and sunlight on the South Rim.I noticed that the peak of Isis Temple was passing in and out of sunlight and waited to take this shot when the peak was highlighted.Distances in the canyon are deceptive. In this case, Isis Temple sits about five miles away from where I took the photo.Date: 18 March 2020Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
I was hesitant to take a flight around Denali, mainly because such flights tend to be a bit expensive for what you see. I have to say that thinking doesn't apply here. We took a flight with Talkeetna Air and enjoyed every minute of it. I was flying in the right-hand seat, next to the pilot, which is challenged by the propeller being in much of the view, not to mention the reflections off the cockpit glass. Nevertheless, I was able to capture this photo of Denali from about 12,000 feet. | 29 June 2022 | Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States | Nikon D850 | 45 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12
Date: 7 August 2018Location: Custer State Park, South Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
Mount Hood from Trillium Lake | Date: 12 July 2024 | Location: Mount Hood National Forest, Clackamas County, Oregon, United States | Nikon Z8 | Original Resolution: 45 MP | Processed from RAW in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13
Date: 15 March 2016Location: Big Bend National ParkOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 7
The old wireless receiving station of RCA Marconi station KPH sits on the G Ranch property of Point Reyes National Seashore. The station is famous for both its art deco building and its driveway, lined in Monterey cypress. We had stopped by earlier in the day for a tour and then came back, hoping for good light in the trees. We were a bit late for golden hour but still had decent lighting for a long exposure at dusk.Date: 28 J anuary 2017Location: Point Reyes National Seashore, California, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Photoshop
Date: 16 March 2017Location: Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
We were driving through Badlands National Park when this afternoon thundershower crossed the prairie north of us. In spite of some thunder, we saw no cloud-to-ground lightning.Date: 6 August 2018Location: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
We pulled into Panorama Point in Badlands National Park about the time that an afternoon thundershower skirted the edge of the park. This view is looking northeast from the trail out to the point.Date: 6 August 2018Location: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 7
Date: 6 August 2018Location: Badlands National ParkOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed in high-dynamic range from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 7
On our second day at the Grand Canyon, our guide took us to Moran Point for sunset. I lined up this shot of the sun setting over Coronado Butte and closed down the aperture to get a sun star effect.
Date: 17 March 2020Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
Date: 6 August 2018Location: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
We were walking the Tower Trail around the base of Devil's Tower when we came to this view, which was relatively free of trees. Note the condor soaring on the wind currents near the top.Date: 8 August 2018Location: Devil's Tower National MonumentOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Clasic CC 7
Our last day at Grand Canyon, I went out to photograph the morning light at Yavapai Point. I noticed this cloud formation, which I believe is stratocumulus lenticularis, growing over the north rim. I photographed it with the line of Bright Angel Canyon leading out to it.Date: 18 March 2020Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
We were hiking back from the Lighthouse in Palo Duro Canyon when I spotted the sunlight highlighting the base of this hoodoo.Date: 15 March 2017Location: Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, United StatesOriginal resolution: 20 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
I went out for sunrise at Yavapai Point at the Grand Canyon. The skies to the east were a disappointment because of clouds, but about an hour after sunrise, sunlight began lighting up the canyon to the northwest of the point.In capturing this photo, I wanted to make sure that the cumulus cloud was centered over the canyon.Date: 18 March 2020Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9
Our cruise ship spent the Fourth of July in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Once we arrived at the end of the Tarr Inlet, the ship did a slow rotation so that all sides could see the various glaciers. I decided that I liked this photo of the Margerie Glacier best in black-and-white.As best I can tell, that's Mount Tlinget with the cirrus clouds forming above it as the winds pass over the peak.Date: 4 July 2022Location: Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United StatesOriginal resolution: 45 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12
Carousel Mountain gets its name from the large rock formations that circle the central peak, like cars on a carousel. I photographed it looking east from the Sotol Vista Overlook at sunset. The light was redder than usual because of a fire to the west of the overlook.Date: 15 March 2016Location: Big Bend National Park, Texas, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 7
This photo of the badlands terrain at Norbeck Pass in Badlands National Park had a surprising range of contast given that it was photographed well into the day. I used a polarizing filter to increase the contrast.Date: 6 August 2018Location: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United StatesOriginal resolution: 36 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
A stand of saguaro cacti are backlit by a setting sun. | 11 May 2013 | Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona, United States | Nikon D300S | 12 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
Date: 11 May 2013Location: Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona, United StatesOriginal resolution: 12 MPProcessing: Processed from RAW using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
The Tooth of Time | 10 August 2023 | Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexicoi, United States | Nikon Z8 | 45 MP | Processed from RAW using Adobe Lightroom 13
