Category Archives: National Parks

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Everglades National Park

With the support of many early conservationists, scientists, and other advocates, Everglades National Park was established in 1947 to conserve the natural landscape and prevent further degradation of its land, plants, and animals.  Protecting 1.5 […]

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Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods National Monument is a remnant of the ancient coast redwood forests that covered many northern California coastal valleys before the 1800’s.  In 1905, local San Francisco businessman William Kent and his wife Elizabeth […]

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Middle Prong of the Little River

On the Little River Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park going towards Cades Cove about 100 yards west of the intersection of the road from Townsend, TN., (known as the Townsend “Y”), take a […]

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Located between Akron and Cleveland in northeast Ohio, Cuyahoga Valley National Park is Ohio’s only National Park. The park covers 33,000 acres, has 186 miles of trails, and is the third-smallest park in the National […]

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Moody Mountains

  Early morning fog, mist and low clouds combine to give the Smoky Mountains a very moody and mysterious look.  This view is from Sparks Lane in Cades Cove.  Even with the clouds and fog […]

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More from Yosemite

Every so often I take the time to look through images I’ve taken, and as much as the images remind me of a particular place and time, it’s a learning experience as well.  It always […]

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The Outer Banks of North Carolina and The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

The Outer Banks of North Carolina will supply any photographer with a wonderfully diverse array of subjects to photograph.  Sand, sea, sky, wildlife, and some of the oldest and tallest lighthouses on the Atlantic coast […]

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Smoky Mountain Sunset

I had never visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park so I was excited about photographing there over a long weekend in late July 2011.  This trip was actually a “scouting mission” before a vacation my […]

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Yosemite – A Special Place

There are many stunning landscapes all over the world, but there are only a few that will stir your soul like your first view of Yosemite Valley.  My first view was at 2:34 PM PST […]

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Opportunity – You Gotta Get “Out There” to Take Advantage of It!

Capturing a great image is a combination of skill, planning, patience, perseverance and of course a little bit (and sometimes a lot) of luck.  Most of all however, you have to be “out there” in […]