While walking around the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center with a view looking to the southwest to other ridges and peaks (Buck Mountain & Long Mountain based on PeakVisor app) in the Northern Blue Ridge. T...

While at a roadside pullout along Indian Service Rte 13 with a view looking to the north across the northern New Mexico high desert setting. Off in the distance are ridges and peaks of the Ute Mountai...

While walking the Bristlecone Loop Trail and a view looking up and to the east in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to close down on the aperture to create more of a ...

I Will Live and Experience the Present Moment I launch myself into every incoming wave Not knowing what will happen, good or bad I will find out and experience life in the present moment If it was rai...

A setting extending to the north-northeast while taking in views with a forest of bald cypress trees seemingly all around me. This was at a roadside pullout along the Loop Road in Big Cypress National...

While pausing at the turnaround point on the Pelican Bay Trail in Channel Islands National Park, I captured this view extending north across the mussel-covered beach. To frame the shot, I crouched low...

A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views across mountain desert setting in this part of Joshua Tree National Park. This was at a roadside pullout along the main part road.

At the Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint along the Icefields Parkway with a view looking to the southeast to Crowfoot Glacier, Bowcrow Peak, and Crowfoot Mountain. This is in Banff National Park.

While on a flight from Austin to Washington Dulles Airport with an airplane window view to the northwest. The GPS location had me over West Virginia with the golden glow of sunset light off in the dis...

As I wandered around this beautiful setting nearby the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars tasting room area, I was taken in with this picturesque view to the west-northwest. The small hillside and the path lead...

Your beauty perish and be lost for all eyes but these eyes The caption used is from a poem by W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems A setting looking to the south while taking in views across a roadside pul...

An entrance point along Park Rd going to the Bartlett Cove and Glacier Bay Lodge portion of the national park. What drew me into this setting was the complete setting with park entrance sign, the Haa ...

While walking around and exploring the Bisti Badlands with a view looking to the southwest to some eroded formations present in this part of Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area. What I wanted to capture w...

While at a roadside pullout along the Mahan Plaque parking area along the Avenue of the Giants (California 254) with a view looking up and to the northwest at nearby coast redwoods in Humboldt Redwood...

A view of trees while walking the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska. What drew me into this setting was all the variety and styles of trees around the walking trail. One ...

A view looking to the northeast at the Pinnacles Campground Store in Pinnacles National Park. My thought on composing this image was to get down low and then use the LiveWiew LCD screen to capture a l...

A setting looking to the west while taking in views across mountain desert setting in this part of Joshua Tree National Park. This was at a roadside pullout along the main part road. In capturing this...

A setting extending to the east while taking in views across the waters of Rainy Lake around the Kettle Falls area in Voyageurs National Park and along the border of the US and Canada.

This photograph was captured while exploring the Rim Trail, located at Pima Point within Grand Canyon National Park. The view extends north-northeast descending into the canyons and encompassing erode...

An airplane window view extending to the south-southwest while on a flight from Austin to Seattle on my way up to Juneau. This view was captured over Utah. What drew me into this setting was the antic...

While taking in views and walking around the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center in Shenandoah National Park. This was along the Fox Hollow Trail with a view looking to the southwest across a meadow to this o...

A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views across eroded and adobe formations present in this part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area. My thought on composing this image was to angle...

A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views across wild grasses, sage brush, and trees leading up to more distant ridges present in this part of Pinnacles National Park.

While at a parking pullout for Mahan Plaque along the Avenue of the Giants (California 254) with a view looking to the northeast at nearby coast redwoods in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. I used the ro...

A view to the northwest to a lone grizzly bear that was eating and ambling along a mountainside and ridgeline not far from the Stony Hill Scenic Overlook during a bus ride along the park road in Denal...

A setting looking to the north-northeast while taking in views across eroded and adobe formations present in this part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area.

During a boat ride with Island Packers Cruises on my way to Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park, I captured this image, looking southeast to the coastline between Scorpion Anchorage and Prisoners Harbor. Even though there were lots of low clouds that morning, I managed to capture this view and all the details with the rugged coastline and cave systems. One can see a little bit of West Anacapa (Anacapa Island) far off in the distance.

As I walked around and explored the Pa-hay-okee Trail in Everglades National Park, I was taken in with this picturesque setting to my front. From an overlook situated along a boarded walkway, I enjoye...

With a view extending to the southeast, the scene opens with vibrant grassy and tidal flats in the foreground, leading to the towering peaks of the Juneau Icefield in the distance. I captured this bre...

While at an overlook at Ponderosa Point with a view looking to the southeast across hoodoos and other eroded formations in this part of Bryce Canyon National Park. My thought on composing this image w...

A setting looking to the west while taking in views across desert and mountain setting present along the Arch Rock Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park.

A setting looking to the west while taking in views of a nearby forest and then more distant mountains while at the Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint. This is along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Pa...

A setting looking to the north-northwest while taking in views across and down the main park loop to a family of black bears. This is in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

I captured this image from a roadside pullout along the Snoqualmie-North Bend Rd while heading into North Bend with a view extending to the east. What drew me into the setting was the layers present f...

While walking around and exploring the Bisti Badlands with a view looking to the east to some eroded formations present in this part of Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area.

A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across eroded volcanic formations present in the High Peaks in this part of Pinnacles National Park. I captured this image while I was hiking t...

While at a parking pullout for Mahan Plaque along the Avenue of the Giants (California 254) with a view looking up and to the northeast at nearby coast redwoods in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

I Flew Around the World to Find You And we met at a coffee shop Nothing special, just a sunset view There was a road ahead leading in your direction The sun shined brightly that afternoon Yes, there w...

A setting extending to the west-northwest while exploring the sights at Hopi Point along Hermit Road in Grand Canyon National Park. This is a zoomed in view with the focal length to eroded formations,...

A setting extending to the northwest while taking in views across the waters of Kabetogama Lake in Voyageurs National Park. This was while I was on the Grand Voyageur Tour going by one of the many isl...

This was a view looking to the southwest not too far from the Polychrome Overlook.

While walking around and exploring the Bisti Badlands with a view looking to the southeast to some eroded formations present in this part of Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area.

A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations present at Fairyland Canyon in Bryce Canyon National Park.

While walking the Arch Rock Nature Trail with a view looking to the southeast to a varied collections of rock formations. This is in Joshua Tree National Park.

At Morant’s Curve with a view looking to the west to mountains off in the distance. My thought on composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length and have the mountainside as well as the ri...

While getting ready to head out to hike the Juniper Canyon Loop with a view looking to the northeast at eroded volcanic formations. This is looking to the Balconies and is in Pinnacles National Park.

While at a roadside pullout along the Avenue of the Giants (California 254) with a view looking up and to the southeast at nearby coastal redwoods in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. While I couldn't cap...

While on a bus ride from the North Face Lodge along the main park road in Denali National Park & Preserve. This was a view looking to the southeast a little ways from Polychrome Overlook.