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Autumn Tundra and Snowcapped Peaks of the Alaska Range (Denali National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens

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No Matter How Many Times I Have Stopped Here, I Never Tire of the View (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1A, or Icefields Parkway, with a view looking down the road to the southeast. Given the very light traffic that morning, I was able to stand in the middle of the road and line up the image to have a balance on both sides of the road, as well as centering the ridges and peaks off in the distance with the image center. The rest was metering the image to get a proper exposure to not blow any of the highlights in the upper portion of the image, where the sun was starting to shine on the mountain peaks, while still being able to pull out the colors, without a color cast, in the lower portion of the image with the woods and forest. I've been to this location probably five times over the past 14 years and never tire of this mountain view! Based on the PeakVisor app on my iPhone, I was able to identify Mount Brussels (or Brussels Peak) and Mount Christie of the Hooker Icefield range.

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Outings in the Bisti Badlands by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while taking in views across eroded and adobe formations present in this part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area.

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Tree Spokes on a Wheel in the Sky (Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking up to the skies above with nearby coast redwoods coming together. This was while walking the Prairie Creek Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. My thinking in composing this image was to take advantage of a wide angle view and have the trees come together as if spokes on some unseen wheel. Metering was a little more involved as the tree crowns were caught in morning sunlight while the main column of the tree was still in shadows. I was able to determine an exposure to not below any highlights while later being able to pull the more shadowed areas out in post production.

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No Matter How Many Times I Have Stopped Here, I Never Tire of the View (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1A, or Icefields Parkway, with a view looking down the road to the southeast. Given the very light traffic that morning, I was able to stand in the middle of the road and line up the image to have a balance on both sides of the road, as well as centering the ridges and peaks off in the distance with the image center. The rest was metering the image to get a proper exposure to not blow any of the highlights in the upper portion of the image, where the sun was starting to shine on the mountain peaks, while still being able to pull out the colors, without a color cast, in the lower portion of the image with the woods and forest. I've been to this location probably five times over the past 14 years and never tire of this mountain view! Based on the PeakVisor app on my iPhone, I was able to identify Mount Brussels (or Brussels Peak) and Mount Christie of the Hooker Icefield range.

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A 5-Star Day in Bryce Canyon National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a sweeping look across the amphitheater to my front with portions caught in sunlight while others were in shadows. That brought out more of the varied landscape with the forest and hoodoos. The rest was later making adjustments with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

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A 5-Star Day in Bryce Canyon National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while walking the Queens Garden Trail and taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a sweeping look across the amphitheater to my front with portions caught in sunlight while others were in shadows. That brought out more of the varied landscape with the forest and hoodoos. The rest was later making adjustments with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

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Taking in The Complete Setting of Snoqualmie Falls (Black & White) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A conversion to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 2 where I used a Gold Toner recipe with a slight vignette, along with some color filters to bring out the look of a slightly faded image but with some added tonal contrast.