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Letting Nature Pamper Me with Snapshots of Mount Shasta by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting while taking in views across grassy meadow with a backdrop of an evergreen forest and some nearby hillsides. This picturesque setting is looking to the southeast with majestic ridges and peaks of the Mount Shasta standing tall in the distance. With this image, I chose to zoom in with a focal length to have the nearby hillside in Mount Shasta fill the image from edge to edge with just a little bit of blue skies above to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

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Letting Nature Pamper Me with Snapshots of Big Cypress National Preserve by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around and exploring the area around the Oasis Visitor Center in Big Cypress National Preserve, I captured this image of an American Alligator hanging out on top of large rocks along the Tamiami Canal. This setting extends to the southeast with the alligator more of less centered in the image.

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The River Runs By Me, Away from the Mountains (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at bridge crossing around the Maligne Lake and River with a view looking to the southeast. The setting is using the river flowing by as a leading line into the image with the more distant ridges and peaks of the Queen Elizabeth Ranges as a backdrop. I decided to keep a leveled-on view with the more distant shoreline as I felt blue and with clouds complemented the earth-tones present in the lower portion of the image. A balance, if you will. The rest was later making adjustments with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

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It Isn't Hard to Imagine a Beautiful Place in Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Chimney Rock Trail with a view looking to the southeast while on a morning hike in Capitol Reef National Park.

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High Adventure in Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While taking in views along the Chimney Rock Trail with a view to the southeast across the Utah high desert in Capitol Reef National Park. My thoughts on composing this image was to take advantage of some nearby shrubbery and old trees and have that as a look beyond to the varied landscape present in this part of the national park. Angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward would, in my mind, create more of a sweeping view looking across it. That would in turn raise the horizon higher into the image and perhaps create more of a sense of grandeur in the image captured.

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Get Yourself to Jasper National Park! by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views across the lake waters of Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. With this image, I decided to zoom in with the focal length, while still including a little bit of framing from the nearby shoreline, and balance that with the more distant shoreline and the ridges in peaks of the Western Queen Elizabeth Ranges. Using the PeakVisor app on my iPhone, I was able to identity the peaks as Leah Peak, Samson Peak, Mount Paul, and Mount Warren.

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It Isn't Hard to Imagine a Beautiful Place in Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Chimney Rock Trail with a view looking to the southeast while on a morning hike in Capitol Reef National Park.

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High Adventure in Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While taking in views along the Chimney Rock Trail with a view to the southeast across the Utah high desert in Capitol Reef National Park. My thoughts on composing this image was to take advantage of some nearby shrubbery and old trees and have that as a look beyond to the varied landscape present in this part of the national park. Angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward would, in my mind, create more of a sweeping view looking across it. That would in turn raise the horizon higher into the image and perhaps create more of a sense of grandeur in the image captured.