Timpanogos Cave 2013

ISO 100, 24mm, f/6.3, 1/250sec This past summer when we went to Utah to visit my family we took the opportunity to tour the Timpanogos Caves up American Fork Canyon. ISO 100, 24mm, f/7.1, 1/250sec The hike up was very hot and steep, in fact Taunya got heat stroke on the way down from being …

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Arches National Park 2013

ISO 400, 300mm, f/6.3, 1/1600sec Ah yes the classic photograph from Arches National Park, Delicate Arch!  Unfortunately we didn’t have enough time or daylight to do the hike up to the arch itself.  Fortunately I had my 300mm lens with me and was able to get a great shot of just the arch. ISO 200, …

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Shasta Valley Dusk

ISO 2000, 300mm, f/4.0, 1/1600sec Tuesday afternoon I was supposed to referee the Yreka High School boys and girls soccer games.  Unfortunately at the last-minute their games were rescheduled.  I thought I would make use of the time by heading out to the wildlife refuge to see if the raptors were arriving yet. ISO 2000, …

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Maroon Bells Aspen

ISO 250, 24mm, f/4.0, 1/1600sec  Taunya and I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Aspen Colorado and to drive up to Maroon Bells.  Unfortunately, we went in the afternoon and the best time to photograph the mountain is in the morning since the sun sets behind the high mountain at about 3pm this time of …

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Fall Colors At Lithia Park

ISO 200, 32mm, f 5.0, 1/50sec Last Saturday I went up to the LDS Medford Temple, but on the way I stopped in Ashland at Lithia Park to take some photographs of the fall foliage.  The colors were simply amazing in the fall light! ISO 400, 24mm, f 5.6, 1/250sec   ISO 500, 55mm, f/6.3, …

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Lower Klamath NWR Part 2

Here are the rest of the photographs from my photography trip over to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge on Labor Day.  I love these Blue Herons.  They are difficult to photograph because of their shy nature.  It’s impossible to get close to them with out them flying off. Nice photograph of the north face of …

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South Willow Lake Hike

Because I took so many photographs on this hike I separated them into two posts.  The previous post of the wildflowers and this post which includes the landscapes and the family hiking. For all of these photographs I was using the 24-120mm f/4 lens with a circular polarizing filter.  I have found with my landscape photography I use the …

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Heart Lake

ISO 100, 24mm, f/4.0, 1/400 sec Heart Lake is located above Castle Lake, which is in the mountains above the city of Mt Shasta and Lake Siskiyou.  To get to this lake you first drive up to Castle Lake.  You then take a trail that goes along the left or southern side of the lake and up.  The trail isn’t long …

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Sky High Basin

Over the last week I have been spent a significant amount of time working on the pictures from our hike on June 15th into the Sky High Basin.  The Sky High Basin is in the Marble Mountain Wilderness up a trail leaving from Lover’s camp. ISO 200, 24mm, f/9.0, 1/160 sec, Polarizer June 15th is my …

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