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A Personal Photo Assignment Exploring Chaco Culture National Historical Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking and exploring the Pueblo Bonito area with a view looking to the northeast up some nearby walls and ruins present in this part of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the backdrop of blue skies and clouds as a color contrast to complement the earth-tones present in the foreground walls all around me in the image. The rest was aligning myself so that I could bring out the most interesting shapes and patterns present with the ruins to my front.

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Mountains and a Ridgeline Stretching off to a Distant Horizon (Glacier National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at roadside pullout along the main park road to the Main Glacier area with a view looking to the northeast to ridges and peaks coming off of Altyn Peak and Apikuni Mountain. This is in Glacier National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a look across this mountainside, while including some foreground interest with some nearby trees and plant revegetation. The blue skies and clouds would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

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Devil's Bridge and a Backdrop of Soldier Heights in Coconino National Forest by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: From an overlook to the natural bridge in between people going out for they photo opportunities from others. From this high point, I felt I was able to create that sweeping view across this north Arizona landscape and avoid flattening out high ground present around this area.

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I Am a Traveler and Stand in the Desert (Joshua Tree National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across mountain desert landscape in Joshua Tree National Park. This is at the Pinto Basin Sand Dunes Trailhead with a view looking to the ridges and peaks of Pinto Mountain off in the distance.

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There's Not a Lot of Traffic in Joshua Tree National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across mountain desert landscape in Joshua Tree National Park. This is at the Pinto Basin Sand Dunes Trailhead with a view looking to the ridges and peaks of Pinto Mountain off in the distance. When I was capturing this image, I wanted to have a sweeping view leading up to the edge of the mountain as I felt this would look good as a wider angle, panoramic image; I would be able to crop some of the foreground. There would be some blue skies above to be a color contrast to the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

[thorsenmark]

A Personal Photo Assignment Exploring Chaco Culture National Historical Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking and exploring the Pueblo Bonito area with a view looking to the northeast up some nearby walls and ruins present in this part of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the backdrop of blue skies and clouds as a color contrast to complement the earth-tones present in the foreground walls all around me in the image. The rest was aligning myself so that I could bring out the most interesting shapes and patterns present with the ruins to my front.

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Mountains and a Ridgeline Stretching off to a Distant Horizon (Glacier National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at roadside pullout along the main park road to the Main Glacier area with a view looking to the northeast to ridges and peaks coming off of Altyn Peak and Apikuni Mountain. This is in Glacier National Park. My thought on composing this image was to capture a look across this mountainside, while including some foreground interest with some nearby trees and plant revegetation. The blue skies and clouds would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

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Devil's Bridge and a Backdrop of Soldier Heights in Coconino National Forest by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: From an overlook to the natural bridge in between people going out for they photo opportunities from others. From this high point, I felt I was able to create that sweeping view across this north Arizona landscape and avoid flattening out high ground present around this area.