Balconies in early summer light, les Carmes, Toulouse

Weronika Dudka

The Mountains Are My Escape (Pinnacles National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Prewett Point Trail with a view looking to the northeast to rock formations and volcanic leftovers in Pinnacles National Park. With this image, I decided to zoom in with the focal length to that portion where the ridge coming off the High Peaks met with the Balconies and created that canyon in between. Off in the distance would be other hillsides and mountains, with a little bit of blue skies above to complement the setting.

Royal and St. Peter streets, French Quarter, New Orleans.

Music at Norwich

My Time in Pinnacles National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views across rolling hillside leading up to eroded formations and volcanic leftovers on the High Peaks and Balconies in this part of Pinnacles National Park. I decided to go wide angle and pull back on the focal length to capture the full breath of this national park landscape. Given the late afternoon sunlight and the way a portion of the area to my front was caught in shadows, I had to properly meter the image to not blow any of the highlights, while still being able to later, pull the more shadowed areas out and post-production with DxO PhotoLab 6.