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Life in Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views at a roadside pullout along the main park loop road in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While I did capture a few images at this location, I attempted to focus pressing the shutter release when the bears might be looking up or moving with a look for an image to capture. Here one of the cubs happened to be looking in my general direction as it climbed over this fallen tree.

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Yosemite National Park Has a Beauty to Stir a Thirst for Adventure by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across the Merced River and nearby grassy meadow and forest to ridges and peaks of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.

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Plan Your Next Adventure at Biscayne National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in underwater views at Boca Chita Key Beach. This was while on the Heritage Of Biscayne Cruise in Biscayne National Park.

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In Rapture of Light at Yosemite National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across the Merced River and nearby grassy meadow and forest to ridges and peaks of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.

[thorsenmark]

Life in Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views at a roadside pullout along the main park loop road in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While I did capture a few images at this location, I attempted to focus pressing the shutter release when the bears might be looking up or moving with a look for an image to capture. Here one of the cubs happened to be looking in my general direction as it climbed over this fallen tree.

[thorsenmark]

Fresh Idea for Travel in Yosemite National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across the Merced River and nearby grassy meadow and forest to ridges and peaks of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.

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Don't Conquer the Wild Places in Life (Yosemite National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Don't Conquer the Wild Places in Life Little footprints we leave should be the reminder The wilderness does not yield or admit to surrender It lives and will be living long after you have gone So conquer one's fears or find that sense of purpose Just remember to take nothing except a photo And a memory of a place special. Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in Yosemite National Park at the Yosemite Valley View. The setting is looking to the northeast across the still waters of the Merced River with reflections present and a more distant view of El Capitan and other peaks and ridges of the Central Yosemite Sierras. My thinking in composing this image was to have a more leveled-on, balanced view between the reflections in the waters and the peaks and ridges present in the upper portion of the image. 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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In Rapture of Light at Yosemite National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across the Merced River and nearby grassy meadow and forest to ridges and peaks of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.