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Mountain Beauty While Walking the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while walking and taking in views across dune ridges and flats at the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park. With this image, I decided to focus on the contrast of shades and tones with the brighter colors present in the nearby sands, with that of the darker tones present on the ridges and peaks of Tucki Mountain and the Panamint Range.

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Smith Mountain and Distant Views of the Northwest Mojave Ranges (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Dantes View Trail with a view looking to the south in Death Valley National Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the ridge I was on as a leading line into the image and then down the mountainside to the basin and valley below. While I did want to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to bring out more of a sweeping view, I was also limited by how much because of the sun's position in the sky and minimizing any artifacts across the camera lens.

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Free Time and Being Outside Are Wondrous (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking along the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes with a view looking to the south at Tucki Mountain and other peaks along the ridgeline of the Panamint Range. This is in Death Valley National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a contrast between the light colored sands and the darker earth-tones of the mountainside. I felt that had a element for a composition, and then I just needed to move around and align myself to include interesting things in the foreground with plant-life and the sand dune ridges. The rest was metering to not blow any highlights, given the sun's position in the skies above.

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Chimney Rock and a Backdrop with Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While hiking the Chimney Rock Trail with a view looking to the south to the namesake formation in Capitol Reef National Park. I used the high ground around the Goosenecks as a backdrop for the eroded sandstone formation.

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Mountain Views Around Abbott Lake (Blue Ridge Parkway) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Abbott Lake area with a view looking to the south to the peak of Sharp Top Mountain as a distant backdrop. This is along the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Peaks of Otter-Apple Orchard Area.

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Keeping My Heart and Mind Open for Things Not Yet Imagined! by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: I captured this image with a view extending to the south while walking along a shoreline on White Horse Key in Ten Thousand Islands area of Florida. I chose to use the shoreline with the waves coming in as a leading line into the image with the mangroves on one side of the image and blue waters leading off to the Gulf of Mexico on the other side. The blue skies and clouds would be that color contrast the earth-tones on the island portion, while complementing the waters on the right.

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Free Time and Being Outside Are Wondrous (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking along the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes with a view looking to the south at Tucki Mountain and other peaks along the ridgeline of the Panamint Range. This is in Death Valley National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a contrast between the light colored sands and the darker earth-tones of the mountainside. I felt that had a element for a composition, and then I just needed to move around and align myself to include interesting things in the foreground with plant-life and the sand dune ridges. The rest was metering to not blow any highlights, given the sun's position in the skies above.

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Chimney Rock and a Backdrop with Capitol Reef National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While hiking the Chimney Rock Trail with a view looking to the south to the namesake formation in Capitol Reef National Park. I used the high ground around the Goosenecks as a backdrop for the eroded sandstone formation.