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Whirlpool Mountain and Other Peaks and Ridges of the Hooker Icefield (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout area along Alberta Highway 93A with a view looking to the south-southwest Whirlpool Mountain. This is in Jasper National Park.

Getting My Steps in Outside (Lassen Volcanic National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While hiking along the Cinder Cone Trail with a view looking to the south-southwest. This is in Lassen Volcanic National Park. My thought on composing this image had been to zoom in with the focal length and have this mountainside fill the image from edge to edge. I wanted the viewer to seemingly be emerged in this national park setting. The rest of the image composition was aligning myself with the lone evergreen pine tree to my front and having that curve of the hiking trail leading up the mountain across the image somewhat balance the tree.

Mistaya River and a Mountain Backdrop with Mount Sarbach and the Canadian Rockies (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: This whole day was magical with the mountains all around...what an amazing view at pretty much any turn! This is at Mistaya Canyon with a view to the South and West. For this image, I loved the river flowing through the glacial valley...nature in action over the eons of time. I know many talk about their piece of heaven being this city or tropical beach. This setting in the mountains is it for me, whether Alberta, Montana, Alaska, Colorado...any place there's big, huge, magnificent mountains!

Whirlpool Mountain and Other Peaks and Ridges of the Hooker Icefield (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout area along Alberta Highway 93A with a view looking to the south-southwest Whirlpool Mountain. This is in Jasper National Park.

Evergreens and the Maligne River (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south-southwest while taking in views of this forested setting in Maligne Canyon as the namesake river flows by. This is in Jasper National Park.

The Mistaya River Flowing into a Canyon (Icefields Parkway) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: An overlook at Mistaya Canyon. I wanted to capture an image of the river as it flowed to the canyon. With the mountains as a backdrop, I felt it added to the view, leading one down stream to rapids near where I was standing.