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A setting looking to the west while taking in views and hiking the Knife Edge Trail in Mesa Verde National Park. The setting is across the Montezuma Valley with ridges and peaks of the Ute Mountain Area off in the distance (Ute Peak).

While taking in a view outside the visitor center at a sculpture and exhibit in Mesa Verde National Park. The setting is looking to the west with a backdrop of blue skies sunshine. The art display and sculpture is of the Ancestral Puebloan people as one climbed the cliff walls with foot and hand holds to get to their dwellings.

While starting out to hike the Knife Edge Trail with a view looking to the north-northeast across a grassy meadow to a lone evergreen tree. This is in Mesa Verde National Park. My thought on composing this image was to take advantage of the blue skies above as a backdrop to highlight and be a color contrast to the greens of the evergreen tree in my front.

While hiking the Knife Edge Trail with a view looking to the west from a nearby set of bushes of rubber rabbit and then to more distant peaks of the Ute Mountain Area. This is in Mesa Verde National Park. Montezuma Valley is the valley in between and coming off the high ground and ridges to the image left in the national park.

While at the Mancos Valley Overlook with view looking to the northeast. This is in Mesa Verde National Park. Far off in the distance beyond the Mancos Valley are ridges and peaks of the San Miguel Mountains (PeakVisor app on my iPhone identified them as Belmear Mountain, Lone Cone, Groundhog Mountain, Black Mesa, Delores Peak, and Mount Wilson).

A setting looking to the north-northeast while taking in views across a grassy meadow with a lone evergreen tree and a portion of Lone Cone high ground off in the distance. This is in Mesa Verde National Park.

While walking one of the Maligne Canyon trails with a view looking to the west in Jasper National Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the hiking trail to my front as a leading line, with a view beyond to more distant ridges and peaks of the Victoria Cross Range with Pyramid Mountain and Cairngorm. I wanted to keep a more leveled-on view with a balance between the hillside I was walking with the mountains and skies off in the distance.

While on the H.J. Moberly Bridge with a view looking to the north-northeast. This location is in Jasper National Park. With this image, I decided to zoom in with the focal length and capture a layered look as the river flowed by. I used one of the shorelines to frame the setting but also have a look beyond with the ridges and peaks of the Colin Range with Mount Colin and Hawk Mountain.

I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

While hiking the Knife Edge Trail with a view looking to the west across the Montezuma Valley to more distant ridges and peaks of the Ute Mountain Area. This is in Mesa Verde National Park. My thought on composing this image was to get behind some nearby rubber rabbitbrush and then capture a view beyond across the ridges of the national park (image left) to the more distant peaks off in the distance. I closed down on the aperture so that I could bring more of the entire image into focus. The rest was metering to not blow any of the highlights in the skies above, while still being able to pull the nearby shadowed areas later on in post-production.

While on the H.J. Moberly Bridge with a view looking to the north-northeast. This location is in Jasper National Park. My thought on composing this image came about as I watched cars go by across the bridge to my front. I noticed the trusses on the bridge and decided to use that as a frame for look beyond with the Athabasca River and mountains. The rest was just aligning myself for a view with the mountains and including interesting patterns in the trusses.

A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views and hiking the Knife Edge Trail in Mesa Verde National Park. The ridges off in the distance are coming off the main park area and road entrance, while this path follows the older park road entrance. My thought I\'m composing this image was to take advantage of the layers present, from near to far, while using the hiking trail as a leading line into the image.

As a side note, I later came to realize the overlook point I’d visit next was on the other side of this bend at Montezuma Valley Overlook, following the old park entrance road.

A setting looking to the south-southwest while on the H.J. Moberly Bridge and taking in a view as the Athabasca River flowed by. By capturing a wide angle view from each shoreline of the river, I wanted to capture a sweeping view looking to the more distant ridges and peaks of the Trident Range. I also liked in this setting how the blue skies and clouds were that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

A setting looking up and to the northwest at a raven perched high on a tree branch. This was while walking the Rim Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.

A setting looking to the north while taking in views across pinnacle rock formations while walking the High Peaks Trail in Pinnacles National Park. My thought on composing this image was really for two reasons. One, kind of a keepsake for a look back and how far I had hiked along the trail with it high climbs and share drop offs. Two, was to capture that #FindYourPark feel with people hiking along the trail and exploring the wonders of this national park in California.

A setting outside the visitor center in Mesa Verde National Park with a view looking up and to the west at a statue and sculpture (Edward J. Fraughton). My thought on composing this image was to have a backdrop with the wisps of clouds in the skies above to highlight the sculpture. I chose to face to the west because the sunlight was more on the sculpture itself with all the reflected light, then directed towards my camera and myself (if I was facing the sun).

The rest was later making adjustments with control points in DxO PhotoLab 7 to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

A clip I found from a news article mentioned the statue and sculpture depict an ancestral Puebloan climbing a cliff using hand and toe holds while carrying a bundle of wood for fuel.

While starting out to hike the Knife Edge Trail with a view looking to the northwest across a grassy meadow to a ridge with blue skies sunshine above. This is in Mesa Verde National Park.

While walking the Condor Gulch Trail in Pinnacles National Park with a view looking uphill and to the west across a hillside of trees leading up to the namesake pinnacle formations. I liked how the blue skies and clouds were that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.

While walking the Condor Gulch Trail in Pinnacles National Park with a view looking uphill and to the southwest across a hillside of trees leading up to the namesake pinnacle formations. I would be walking amongst those high peaks later that morning.

A setting looking to the northeast while taking in views across volcanic eroded formations and looking up a hillside. This was while walking the Condor Gulch Trail in Pinnacles National Park. For this image I liked the way the blue skies seemed to highlight the volcanic formations in the image center.