Great Sand Dunes National Park has the tallest dunes in North America, reaching heights of 750 feet above the surrounding valley. The Great Sand Dunes are a product of wind and “walls” formed by the surrounding […]
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View From Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park
Looking up Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point. The Royal Arches are on the left, Half Dome is on the right I enjoy going back through my older photos, especially my images of Yosemite so I […]
October’s Hunter’s Moon
Hunters’s Moon Several photography friends and I went to Great Smoky Mountains National Park back in October to photograph fall color. Although we were there over the 3rd weekend of October which is typically when […]
In Search of Fall Color 2013
Nice fall color with vibrant oranges and reds have been hard to find in central Ohio this fall. Even in typically great places for fall color like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the color just […]
Thinking Of Yosemite
Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls As I’m sure you are aware, Yosemite National Park has been in the news quite a bit in recent weeks because of the massive “Rim Fire” that as of September […]
Noah “Bud” Ogle Cabin
Noah “Bud” Ogle Cabin Noah “Bud” Ogle was a Smoky Mountain farmer who first settled in what is now Gatlinburg with his wife Cindy in 1879. Their cabin, pictured above was built in the 1880’s […]
Back to the Smoky Mountains Again!
I recently made another trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park for 2 ½ days of photography. I had an ambitious schedule planned, with the first afternoon at the Mountain Farm Museum and Mingus Mill, […]
Clingmans Dome Sunset
At an elevation of 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the third highest mountain east of the Mississippi River. Mt. Mitchell (6,684 feet) and Mt. […]
Spruce Flat Falls
Spruce Flat Falls is a beautiful waterfall tucked away in the quiet Tremont area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although it’s certainly not an unknown waterfall, Spruce Flat Falls is not one of the […]
Mirror Lake – Yosemite National Park
Mirror Lake, named for its clear reflections is located in Yosemite Valley directly below Half Dome. This isn’t a very good place to photograph Half Dome since the immense rock appears very distorted from […]