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Happy Outdoors Holiday in Jasper National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at the Stutfield Glacier Viewpoint along the Icefields Parkway with a view looking to the south. This is in Jasper National Park.

A View Down Waterton Lakes and Into the United States with Glacier National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Prince of Wales Hotel with a view looking to the south across the waters of Upper Waterton Lake. This is in Waterton Lakes National Park. In composing this image, I wanted to create a sense of balance between the mountain ranges on both sides of the lake, as well as with the horizon off in the distance. The overcast skies would be a contrast to the lake waters also. As a side note, the more distant ridges and peaks are in the United States and part of Glacier National Park.

A View Down Waterton Lakes and Into the United States with Glacier National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Prince of Wales Hotel with a view looking to the south across the waters of Upper Waterton Lake. This is in Waterton Lakes National Park. In composing this image, I wanted to create a sense of balance between the mountain ranges on both sides of the lake, as well as with the horizon off in the distance. The overcast skies would be a contrast to the lake waters also. As a side note, the more distant ridges and peaks are in the United States and part of Glacier National Park.

I Found Some Sweet Moments Living Day by Day in Alaska! (Black & White, Denali National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While standing along the Park Road with a view looking to the south across Wonder Lake with the wind causing gentle ripples across its surface. Beyond that was a few ridgelines, but the ultimate for this setting was the snowcapped peaks of Denali and the Alaska Range with blue skies and wisps of clouds! I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 3 that I’d recently purchased after moving away from Capture NX2. A conversion to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 2 where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.

Denali Has a Beauty to Stir a Thirst for Adventure (Denali National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the south while walking along the shoreline at a canoe dock at Wonder Lake and taking in Denali and other snowcapped peaks of the Alaska Range.

A 5-Star Day in Denali National Park & Preserve! by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the south while walking along the shoreline at a canoe dock at Wonder Lake and taking in Denali and other snowcapped peaks of the Alaska Range.