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A Wide-Angle, Panoramic View of Cholla Cactus (Pinnacles National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Cholla Cactus Garden with a view to the south across an open area filled with the namesake cactus. As the skies were overcast, and I felt didn't really add much to the image, I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to create more of a sweeping view and minimize those skies. I would use the backdrop of the more distant mountainside as the darker shades seemed to highlight the brighter hues of the cactus plants.

An Epic Reunion With Myself and Mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at Red Rock Canyon area in Waterton Lakes National Park with a view looking to the south to ridges and peaks of the Clark Range with Mount Blakiston and Mount Hawkins.

Feeling Life's Energy While Exploring Waterton Lakes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest to a nearby creek with some rapids from s set of small waterfalls. This is at a roadside pullout along the Akamina Parkway in Waterton Lakes National Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the creek and the water is flowing by as a leading line into the image and forest. I wanted to balance both sides of the grassy meadow and have the forest just above the waterfalls which I placed more or less centered in the image. For post-processing, I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete color setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 6 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.

Taking One Day at a Time in Great Basin National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south-southwest while taking in views across a grassy meadow to a more distant forest and ridges along the Baker Creek Loop. This is in Great Basin National Park.

A Wide-Angle, Panoramic View of Cholla Cactus (Pinnacles National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Cholla Cactus Garden with a view to the south across an open area filled with the namesake cactus. As the skies were overcast, and I felt didn't really add much to the image, I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to create more of a sweeping view and minimize those skies. I would use the backdrop of the more distant mountainside as the darker shades seemed to highlight the brighter hues of the cactus plants.

An Epic Reunion With Myself and Mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at Red Rock Canyon area in Waterton Lakes National Park with a view looking to the south to ridges and peaks of the Clark Range with Mount Blakiston and Mount Hawkins.