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The Soul Consoling Tower of Manzanar by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A solemn and respectful image that I captured of the Monument at Manzanar Cemetery with a view looking to the southwest. My thinking and composing this image was to pull back on the focal length and include the surrounding desert landscape, leading up to the the Sierra Nevada mountains as a backdrop. The monument itself would be image center and focus. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

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By highway, love, and byway (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views of ridges and peaks with Storm Mountain while at a roadside pullout along the Banff-Windermere Highway. This is in Banff National Park. The caption used is from a poem. Over the Land Is April by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Roadways Should Have Mountains Beauty for Those Driving (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside pullout along the Banff-Windermere Highway near the Castle Mountain Viewpoint. This is in Banff National Park with a view looking to the southwest to the ridges and peaks of Storm Mountain. With this image, I decided to include the road with all the signage and light poles to add perspective for the mountains towering above. I zoomed in with the focal length, so that I would include only the mountainside landscape to my front.

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The Sign May Be at Sea Level But I’m Looking at Mountains! (Death Valley National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside pullout around the The Inn at Death Valley with a view looking to the southwest to a sea level elevation sign in Death Valley National Park. My thought on composing this image was to pull back on the focal length to include more of the surrounding landscape while also including the mountain backdrop with the Panamint Range.

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By highway, love, and byway (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views of ridges and peaks with Storm Mountain while at a roadside pullout along the Banff-Windermere Highway. This is in Banff National Park. The caption used is from a poem. Over the Land Is April by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Roadways Should Have Mountains Beauty for Those Driving (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside pullout along the Banff-Windermere Highway near the Castle Mountain Viewpoint. This is in Banff National Park with a view looking to the southwest to the ridges and peaks of Storm Mountain. With this image, I decided to include the road with all the signage and light poles to add perspective for the mountains towering above. I zoomed in with the focal length, so that I would include only the mountainside landscape to my front.

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Along the Shores of the Rio Grande (Big Bend National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west-southwest while taking in views across the Rio Grande and Santa Elena Canyon while walking the namesake trail in Big Bend National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to use the Rio Grande flowing by as a leading line into the image and then the cliffs and canyon walls to frame the viewer to look further into the image with the border between the US and Mexico.

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Joining Me on My Adventures in Nature in Big Bend National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking the Santa Elena Canyon Trail with a view to the namesake canyon off in the distance. The view is looking to the west-southwest with a setting of nearby trees and the Rio Grande leading up to those towering 1500’ canyon walls. Even with the widest angle possible with this lens, I had to move back in order to include as much of the canyon walls as well as nearby trees and plant-life. Yes, that tall! I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.