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[thorsenmark]

Unconditional Love of Things Outside by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at an overlook along U.S. Route 64 with a view looking to the southwest across a northern New Mexico landscape. This location is not far from the Wayside overlook that Google maps depicts near this location. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the high ground I was located on from this overlook and capture a sweeping view, looking down and across the rolling hillsides with a forest of trees wooded present in this portion of the Southern Rocky Mountains. I closed down on the aperture so that I could ensure as much of the setting to my front was in focus. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation in DxO PhotoLab 7. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 6 where I added a Polarization, Foliage, and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.

[thorsenmark]

A Bird Flying Over the Forest of Northern New Mexico by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while taking in views of a nearby forest with mostly overcast skies and a rolling hillside off into the distance. This is at a roadside pullout along U.S. Route 64 in northern New Mexico.

[thorsenmark]

Unconditional Love of Things Outside by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at an overlook along U.S. Route 64 with a view looking to the southwest across a northern New Mexico landscape. This location is not far from the Wayside overlook that Google maps depicts near this location. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the high ground I was located on from this overlook and capture a sweeping view, looking down and across the rolling hillsides with a forest of trees wooded present in this portion of the Southern Rocky Mountains. I closed down on the aperture so that I could ensure as much of the setting to my front was in focus. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation in DxO PhotoLab 7. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 6 where I added a Polarization, Foliage, and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.