#looking north

Itineraries in Exploring Grand Canyon National Park by Mark Stevens

Wide Open Spaces in Grand Canyon National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the north while taking in views across eroded formations, buttes and temples present at Mather Point in Grand Canyon National Park.

My Open Letter to Nature in Photographs (Grand Canyon National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the north while walking along the Rim Trail towards Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park. I pulled in on the focal length and angled my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward in order to capture a more sweeping view across the eroded formations, temples, and buttes. Based on maps, the following points of interest can be seen with Buddha Temple,Brahma Temple,Zoroaster Temple, and the North Rim.

I'd Rather Have a Time Out for Behavior in Grand Canyon National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the north while taking in views across eroded formations, buttes and temples present while walking the Rim Trail between Mather Point and Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park.

Inspiration From What Is Grand (Grand Canyon National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Somewhere in between Yavapai Point and Mather Point while walking along the Rim Trail in Grand Canyon National Park with a view looking to north across the eroded formations, temples, canyons and buttes with the Kaibab Plateau and North Rim off in the distance. In composing this image, I felt I would better capture that wide angled expanse present from this overlook by angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

I Can't Believe...But I Do Now! (Grand Canyon National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the north while at the overlook at Mather Point in Grand Canyon National Park. I pulled in on the focal length and angled my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward in order to capture a more sweeping view across the eroded formations, temples, and buttes. One can then more easily see the deep canyons carved by the Colorado River and other tributaries flowing through the national park. The North Rim would also be easily seen looking in a straight-ahead direction.

My Guadalupe Mountains Casa (Guadalupe Mountains National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside pullout along US Hwy 62 with a view looking to the north across the mountain desert landscape present in this part of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of some high ground that I was located on and angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward, creating more of a sweeping view across the sage and wild grasses leading up to the foothills. The more distant ridges and peaks in the national park would be brought higher into the image and create more of a sense of grandeur with the image captured. For the focal length, I zoomed in a little to focus in on this one portion of the desert mountain landscape to my front. I also felt that helped to minimize any flattening of the hillsides and mountains.

Itineraries in Exploring Grand Canyon National Park by Mark Stevens