The Flickr Snowontree Image Generatr

A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views across mountain ridges and peaks present at Keys View in Joshua Tree National Park.

In Joshua Tree National Park at the Keys View overlook with a mountain desert setting as I looked to the west-southwest.

A setting looking to the west while taking in views across mountain ridges and peaks present at Keys View in Joshua Tree National Park. What I wanted to capture with this image were the layers present from the nearby foreground, leading up to some ridges coming off the Joshua Tree Ranges, and then finally the more distant ridges and peaks of the San Jacinto and San Bernardino Mountains. The rest of my thought in composing this image was to minimize any artifacts across the lens from the sun that was in the western skies, while attempting to bring out an alignment with the ridges and peaks and avoid any flattening from a wider angle focal length.

While walking the Hidden Valley Nature Trail with a view looking to the northeast across the snowy landscape present in this part of Joshua Tree National Park.

A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. This setting had layers with the rock formations and hillsides that seemingly crisscrossed each other. I used that and then angled my Nikon SLR camera so that I could capture that feel. I also wanted to minimize the overcast and snowy skies as I felt they were more of a negative space and really didn't add to the image captured.

A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views across a snow-covered, desert landscape present one afternoon in Joshua Tree National Park. This was at a roadside pulloff along the main park road. My thought on composing this image was to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and create a sweeping view across the snowy landscape leading up to more distant Joshua Trees. In my mind, the whiteness with the snow, covered sage brush and creosote bushes helped to draw the viewer into the image. The eyes would then be drawn to the Joshua Trees after the open area, and then have the more distant ridges and peaks with mostly cloudy skies as a backdrop.

While at a roadside pullout along the main park road in Joshua Tree National Park. The view is looking to the northwest to a hillside of snow covered plants. That was my thought on composing this image. The snow also helped to add this "puffiness" in the way it landed across the plant-life. I liked that look and focused the image on capturing that with a little bit of the hillside as a backdrop.

A setting looking to the northwest to the namesake rock formation in Joshua Tree National Park. My thought on composing this image was to zoom in a little with the focal length and have the rock formation fill much of the image. I wanted though to include some nearby landscape with the snow across it while minimizing what I felt was more of a negative space with the cloudy and snowy skies above. Those skies, though, did help to highlight the rock formation itself, I won’t deny.

A setting looking to the south-southeast while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. This was another image captured where I liked the layering present with the foreground and it's snowy landscape leading up to the rock formation in the distance. I decided to minimize the overcast and overcast skies as I felt it really didn't add much to the image.

A setting looking to the north while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. This was another image captured where I liked the layering present with the foreground and it's snowy landscape leading up to the rock formation in the distance. I decided to minimize the overcast and overcast skies as I felt it really didn't add much to the image.

Snow is falling, as quiet as a mouse
A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. What drew me into this setting was the way the white snowy portions seemed to focus more attention to the greens and browns present with the plant-life, leading up to the rock formations in the distance. It created, in my mind, a layered approach, from near to far.

The caption used is from a poem.
White Planet, by Bettina Van Vaerenbergh

A setting looking to the southeast while taking in views along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. With the snow falling all around, I decided to focus on this one cholla cactus and the several inches of snow that had accumulated on its upper portion.

In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout looking to the northwest and across a snowy landscape with Joshua Tree and other desert plant-life.

A setting looking to the east while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. Here I focused on a lone, fallen tree and used the backdrop of the rock formations and overcast skies to bring a focus and highlight that tree.

In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout looking to the south and across a snowy landscape with Joshua Trees and other desert plant-life. I liked the layered look of this national park landscape with the snow covered foreground, leading up to the hillside of rock formations that was itself also getting snow covered.

A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. This was another image captured where I liked the layering present with the foreground and it's snowy landscape leading up to the rock formations in the distance. I decided to minimize the overcast and snowy skies as I felt it really didn't add much to the image.

In Joshua Tree National Park at a roadside pullout looking to the north-northwest and across a snowy landscape with Joshua Trees and other desert plant-life. I liked the layered look of this national park landscape with the snow covered foreground, leading up to the hillside of rock formation that was itself also getting snow covered. With this image, I decided to use a portrait orientation as I felt it matched the look of the main Joshua Tree in the image captured.

A setting looking to the east-southeast while taking in views across snow covered landscape in this part of Joshua Tree National Park. This is while walking along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail. In composing this image, I decided to take advantage of the way the snow help create a leading line with a plant-life as it would draw the viewer further into the image with the more distant rock formations. By angling, my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward, I also felt it helped to create a sweeping view, leading up to those rock, formations and and minimizing the more negative space with the overcast and snowing skies.

A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views of a snowy landscape along the Hidden Valley Nature Trail in Joshua Tree National Park. What drew me into the setting was the rock formations and hillside to my front that had that fresh coat of fallen snow. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera, so that I could include some foreground leading up to those rock formations. I thought the snow added to the feel of the landscape, and there was no real reason to include the overcast skies since I felt it was more of a negative space.