Death Valley

Nov

20

Death Valley

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Death Valley (National Park) has been labeled a land of extremes: record heat, continuous drought, and the lowest point in North America. Yet, just adjacent to the lowest point at Badwater Basin, snow covered Telescope Peak rises to more than eleven thousand feet with a vertical drop of more than twice the depth of the Grand Canyon; a striking contrast. The geological phenomena of the ‘racetrack’, the potential of fields of wildflowers after a rare rainstorm, the nearby ghost towns, sand dunes and the wonderful multicolored rock formations provide great photographic venues. Images in this portfolio were obtained in February, 2012.

: 9175 Death Valley National Park

: 9176 Sunset, Abandoned Truck

: 9177 Sunset, Abandoned Vehicle

: 9190 Abandoned Truck

: 9178 Sand Pattern

: 9179 Sand Pattern, Death Valley National Park, CA

: 9180 Badwater Salt Pan, Death Valley National Park, CA

: 9181 Sand Storm Over Devils Golf Course

: 9182 Sand Storm Over Devils Golf Course

: 9188 Sunset, Devil’s Golf Course

: 9184 Sunset, Sand Dunes

: 5534 Sunrise, Sand Dunes

: 5559 Sunset, Race Track

: 9185 Sunset, Race Track

: 9186 Sunrise, Zabriskie’s Point

: 9187 Dawn, Zabriskie’s Point

: 9191 Dawn, Zabriskie’s Point

: 9189 Sunset, Artist’s Palette

Nov

20

Great Smoky Mountains

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Layer after layer and ridge after ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is renowned for wide diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, Fall color change begins above 4,000 feet and progresses to lower levels. Peak color display at mid and lower elevations occurs between mid-October and early November and includes an amazing diversity of deciduous trees: sugar maple, scarlet oak, sweetgum, red maple, and hickory. These images were obtained at peak fall color change (October), and at the peak of the spring rebirth (May); 2012 and 2016 respectively.

: 5331 Cascade, Spring

: 5332 Cascade, Spring

: 5333 Cascade, Spring

: 5295 Greenbriar Cascade, Spring

: 5296 Greenbriar Cascade, Spring

: 5309 Tree Stump, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

: 5314 Tree, Sam’s Creek, Spring

: 5335 Springtime Flowers

: 5316 Cascade, Spring

: 5315 Spring, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

: 5308 Cascade, Spring

: 5307 Cascade, Spring

: 5306 Cascade, Spring

: 5305 Cascade, Spring

: 5304 Cascade, Spring

: 5303 Cascade, Spring

: 5302 Cascade, Spring

: 5299 Cascade, Spring

: 5310 Cascade, Spring

: 5298 Spring, Rhododendron Creek Waterfall

: 5313 Spring, Rhododendron Creek Waterfall

: 5317 Cascade, Spring

: 5318 Cascade, Spring

: 5319 Cascade, Spring

: 5301 Jim Bales Historic Cabin, Spring

: 5300 Bales Cemetery

: 5321 Grist Mill, Cade’s Cove, Spring

: 5320 Grist Mill, Cade’s Cove

: 5351 Grist Mill, Cades Cove

: 5323 Carter Shield’s Cabin, Spring

: 5324 Cascade

: 5325 Cascade, Spring

: 5328 Cascade, Spring

: 5329 Waterfall, Spring

: 5327 Sunrise, Spring

: 5330 Sunrise, Spring

: 5322 Sunrise, Spring

: 5350 Sunrise, Spring

: 5349 Sunrise, Clingman’s Dome

: 5297 Sunrise, Clingman’s Dome

: 5312 Sunset, Clingman’s Dome

: 5311 Sunset, Clingman’s Dome

: 5334 Sunset, Clingman’s Dome, Spring

: 1699 Mingus Mill

: 1697 Mingus Mill

: 1722 Mingus Grist Mill

: 1694 Wooden Flume of Mingus Grist Mill

: 1700 Mingus Mill Spillover

: 1703 Autumn Color

: 1704 Autumn Color

: 1705 ‘Midnight Hole’, Big Creek

: 1706 Lynn Camp Prong Cascade with Autumn Color

: 1707 Lynn Camp Prong Cascades with Autumn Color

: 1708 Cascade with Autumn Color

: 1698 Autumn Color, Cascades

: 1709 Cascade and Autumn Color

: 1710 Autum Color

: 1711 Autumn Color

: 1712 Autumn Color

: 1713 Autumn Color

: 1714 Autumn Color

: 1717 Foggy Morning, Hyatt Lane

: 1718 Sunset, Spark’s Road

: 1719 Evening, Primitive Baptist Church, Cade’s Cove

: 1721 Autumn Color, Greenbriar

: 1724 Autumn, Greenbriar Stream

: 6088 Fall Color Water Reflections

: 1725 Roaring Forks (Alfred Reagan’s) Tub Mill

: 1726 Roaring Forks (Alfred Reagan’s) Tub Mill

: 1727 Autumn, Roaring Forks (Alfred Reagan’s) Tub Mill

: 1729 Mountain Stream

: 1695 November Sunrise, Clingman’s Dome

: 1696 November Dawn, Clingman’s Dome

: 1730 Sunset, Clingman’s Dome

: 1731 Sunset, Clingman’s Dome

: 1732 Sunset Color, Clingman’s Dome

: 1733 Sunrise, Clingman’s Dome

: 1715 Bud Ogle’s House

: 1716 Bud Ogle’s Grist Mill

: 1728 Bud Ogle’s Grist Mill

: 1734 Noah ‘Bud’ Ogle’s Cabin

: 1735 Inside Noah ‘Bud’ Ogle’s Cabin

: 1736 Autumn Color

: 1737 Cascades and Autumn Color

: 1738 Wagon Wheel, Cade’s Cove

: 1739 Grist Mill, Cade’s Cove

: 1720 Grist Mill, Cade’s Cove

: 1740 Grist Mill, Cade’s Cove

Oct

05

Maine Coast – Acadia

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Autumn color change is difficult to predict. We structured our trips with a combination of the coastal attractions of fishing villages, oceanscapes, light houses, as well as the yellow, orange and red backdrops in Acadia National Park. Images were obtained in October of 2012 and 2014.

: 2986 Portland Head Lighthouse

: 2980 Dawn, Portland Head Lighthouse

: 2981 Portland Head Lighthouse

: 1692 Sunrise, Portland Head Lighthouse

: 2987 Portland Head Lighthouse

: 2988 Sunset, Portland Head Lighthouse

: 1690 Lobster Traps

: 1689 Sunrise, Yachtsman Marina

: 1688 Sunset, Bass Harbor Head Light

: 1687 Sunset, Bass Harbor Head Light

: 1686 Sunset, Bass Harbor LightE

: 1685 Autumn Color, Jordan Pond

: 2982 Jordan Pond

: 1684 Foggy Autumn Morning, Jordan Pond

: 1683 Autumn Morning, Jordan Pond

: 1682 Autumn, Jordan Pond Stream

: 1681 Sunrise, Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick

: 1680 Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick

: 1679 Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick

: 1678 Sunset, Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick

: 3231 Sunset, Nubble Lighthouse

: 1677 Autumn Colors, Hadlock Falls

: 1674 Autumn Leaves, Hadlock Brook

: 2985 Waterfall Bridge and Hadlock Falls

: 6130 Carriage Road Cobblestone Bridge

: 2983 Mushrooms

: 1673 Hadlock Brook

: 1672 Autumn, Hadlock Brook

: 1675 Autumn Colors

: 1671 Morning, Somesville Bridge

: 2984 Colored Leaves at Somesville Bridge

: 1670 Somesville Bridge

: 1676 Dinghy, Autumn Sunset

: 1669 Bernard on Mount Desert Island

: 3232 Sunrise, ‘Margaret Todd’

: 1668 Maine Coast

: 1666 Sunrise, Thunder Hole

: 3778 Colored Leaves, Eagle Lake

: 3777 Dawn, Portland Head Lighthouse

: 3776 Sunrise, Portland Head Lighthouse

: 3775 Yachtsman’s Harbor

: 3774 Sunrise, Nubble Lighthouse

: 3773 Selectmen’s Bridge, Somesville, ME

: 3772 Dodge Truck, circa 1940

: 3771 Sunset, Cadillac Mountain

: 3770 Sunrise, Eagle Lake

: 3769 Sunrise, Eagle Lake

: 3768 Pine Needles, Eagle Lake

: 3764 Dawn, Eagle Lake

: 3767 Chain Links, Bass Harbor

: 3766 Sunset, Bass Harbor

: 3780 Bass Harbor

: 6130 Portland Head Lighthouse

: 3754 Buoy Out-building

: 3755 Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

: 7372 Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

: 3757 Sunset, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

: 3758 Sunset, Penaquid Point Lighthouse

: 3759 Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

: 3760 Sunrise, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

: 3761 Dilapidated, Abandoned House

: 3762 Bass Harbor Lighthouse

: 3763 Bass Harbor Lighthouse

: 3765 Buoy-covered Building

: 3752 St. Ann’s Episcopal Church

: 3751 St. Ann’s Episcopal Church

: 3781 Stone Barn Farm

: 3782 Stone Barn Farm

: 3783 Stone Barn Farm

: 6131 First Parrish Church Cemetery

Jun

26

San Juan Mountains

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The San Juan Mountains represent the most extensive mountainous region of the Rocky Mountains – rugged, remote and wild. They lie in southwest Colorado and contain 328 peaks over 13,000 feet, 14 over 14,000. Undoubtedly they are Colorado’s finest mountain range with unsurpassed beauty and enough peaks, lakes, waterfalls, and open meadows to nourish one’s mountain climbing, 4-wheeling, backpacking and photography desires. Add in ghost mining towns and hopefully some wildflowers and the photographer’s venue is complete. Our trip to the San Juans (and other locations including the Maroon Bells) in July of 2012 lacked the typical volume of wildflowers, but the weather was great and the scenery was beautiful.

: 5345 Sunrise

: 5343 Sunrise, Maroon Bells,

: 7241 Maroon Bells

: 5346 Maroon Bells

: 7242 Maroon Bells

: 5344 Maroon Bells

: 1432 July, Yankee Boy Basin

: 1431 July, Yankee Boy Basin

: 7273 Yankee Boy Basin

: 7272 Road to Yankee Boy Basin

: 5342 Bridal Veil Falls

: 7240 Autumn Colors

: 7239 Sunset, Mt. Sneffles

: 7245 Sunset

: 7270 Sunset, Mt. Sneffels Wilderness Area

: 7268 Sunset, Mt. Sneffels Wilderness Area

: 7269 Sunset, Mt. Sneffels Wilderness Area

: 7267 North Clear Creek Falls

: 9265 South Clear Creek Falls, Near Creedo, CO

: 9266 South Clear Creek Falls

: 7249 Capitol Peak

: 7258 Autumn, San Juan Mountains

: 7259 Autumn, San Juan Mountains, CO

: 7264 San Juan Mountains

: 7246 Autum Sunrise

: 7248 Autum, Dallas Divide, CO

: 7250 Autum, Dallas Divide

: 7252 Autumn

: 1406 Cowboys Driving Cattle

: 1405 Cowboy Driving Cattle

: 7247 Autum, San Juan Mountains

: 7251 Crystal Lake

: 7260 Autumn Colors, San Juan Mountains

: 7262 Autumn Colors, San Juan Mountains

: 7261 Autumn Colors, San Juan Mountains

: 7263 Autumn Colors, San Juan Mountains

: 7254 Autumn, Frost

: 7253 Autumn, Red Mountain Pass

: 1402 Road to Crystal Lake

: 5338 Waterfall

: 5341 Morning Fog

: 7256 Crystal Mill

: 7257 Crystal Mill

Apr

19

Grand Teton National Park

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The Grand Teton National Park takes its name from the Grand Teton, the highest mountain in the 40 mile long Teton Range (13, 775 ft.). It represents over 310,000 acres of a near-pristine echosystem in northwestern Wyoming just south of Yellowstone National Park. The park also boasts numerous lakes and a huge wildlife population. Photos in this portfolio were taken in June of 2012 and 2016.

: 1334 Grand Teton Range, Sunrise, From Signal Mountain Vantage

: 4414 Dawn, Schwabacher’s Landing

: 4415 Sunrise, Schwabacher’s Landing

: 4416 Morning, Schwabacher’s Landing

: 4417 Schwabacher’s Landing, Grand Teton NP, WY

: 4418 Sunrise, Oxbow Bend

: 1332 Sunrise, Oxbow Bend

: 1330 Afternoon, Morman Row

: 4419 Mormon Row

: 1329 Sunset, Mormon Row

: 1328 Mormon Row

: 1326 Inside the Chapel of the Transfiguration

: 1325 Chapel of the Transfiguration

: 1333 Chapel of the Transfiguration

: 1327 Sunrise, P.P. Cunning Cabin,

: 1302 Grand Teton

: 1317 Grand Teton Panorama

: 1318 Grand Tetons

: 1315 Grand Teton

: 1324 Sunrise, Grand Tetons, Snake River

: 1321 Grand Tetons, Snake River

: 1292 Sunrise, Snake Rive

: 1331 Crepuscular rays (‘God beams’) Mormon Row

: 1301 Crepuscular rays (‘God beams’) on outhouse

: 1313 John Moulton Home

: 1312 Grand Teton

: 1310 John Moulton’s Barn

: 4412 John Moulton’s Barn

: 1308 John Moulton’s Barn

: 1279 Grand Tetons

: 1278 Grand Teton Reflections

: 4414 Jenny Lake

: 1306 Jenny Lake

: 1291 Jenny Lake

: 1305 Reflections, Jenny Lake

: 1304 Milky Way, Mormon Row

: 1303 Moonset with star burst

: 1299 Northern buildings, Mormon Row

: 1293 Mormon Row

: 1290 Moran Barns

: 1289 Moran Barns

: 1288 Moran Barns

: 1287 Moran Barn

: 1284 Moran Barn

: 4409 Sunset, Coulter Bay

: 4410 Storm Clouds Over Coulter Bay

: 4411 Resolving Storm, Coulter Bay

: 1297 American Bison (Bison bison)

: 1285 Dusky Grouse (dendragapus obscurus)

: 1295 Fledgling Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

: 2992 Grand Teton, February

: 1095 Winter, Grand Teton

: 5402 Sunset, Oxbow Bend

: 5401 Sunrise, Schwabacher’s Landing

: 5400 Sunset, Schwabacher’s Landing

: 5399 Panorama, John Moulton’s Barn – Teton Range

: 5389 John Moulton’s Barn

: 5394 Setting Moon at Schwabacher’s Landing

: 5398 Teton Panorama

: 5410 Grand Tetons, Snake River Vantage

: 5397 Tetons from Cunningham’s Ranch

: 5409 Mormon Row Horse Ranch

: 5396 Sunrise, Morman Row Horse Ranch

: 5395 Sunrise, Mormon Row Horse Ranch

: 5393 Grand Teton National Park

: 5392 Sunset

: 5382 Sunset

: 5384 Sunset

: 5391 Bar BC Dude Ranch

: 5385 Bar BC Dude Ranch

: 5387 Colter Bay Village Marina

: 5388 Sunrise

: 5390 Foggy Sunrise

: 5381 Canoes

: 5380 Kayaks

: 5386 Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)

: 5383 Prairie Dog

Apr

19

Oregon Coast

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The Oregon coast is an exciting and dynamic region that abounds with dramatic scenery (and the endless combinations of the interplay between rocks, water movement and the setting sun), tide pools, waterfalls, lighthouses and quaint harbors. Favorite images of the Oregon Coast presented in this portfolio were obtained in late May and early June of 2012, and August 2014.