Some wildlife photos from around San Francisco, featuring various birds and the famous Pier 39 sea lions.
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California Trip, 2014: San Francisco Wildlife
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Glacier National Park, 2019: Going to the Sun Road
These photos are from various stops during my drive along Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Famously depicted in the opening sequence of Kubrick’s The Shining, it is one of the most scenic national park roads I have been on. I was able to drive the entire length in both directions on separate days, which is highly recommended if you have the time.
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Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road: St. Mary Lake
Going to the Sun Road: St. Mary Lake
Going to the Sun Road: St. Mary Lake, featuring Wild Goose Island
Going to the Sun Road: St. Mary Lake, featuring Wild Goose Island
Going to the Sun Road
Going to the Sun Road: St. Mary Lake
American Southwest Trip, 2018: Grand Canyon at Sunset
A few shots of the Grand Canyon taken around sunset. The first features the lodge at the North Rim. The rest are from the South Rim.
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North Rim
South Rim
South Rim
South Rim
South Rim
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California Trip, 2014: San Francisco at Night
This collection compiles the photos I shot while walking around San Francisco at night. Fishermans Wharf and Pier 39 feature prominently, along with some photos of various buildings.
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Glacier National Park, 2019: Wildlife
Here are some animals I encountered during my hikes in Glacier National Park. I was particularly thrilled that I was able to see a bighorn sheep in the wild on my way back down from Grinnell Glacier.
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Ram on the Grinell Glacier Trail
Ram on the Grinell Glacier Trail
Moose walking away from lake, viewed from high up on the Grinell Glacier Trail.
Chipmunk at St. Mary Falls
Chipmunk at St. Mary Falls
Mountain goat high up on a mountain at Two Medicine.
Mountain goat high up on a cliff at Two Medicine.
Marmot on the Highline Trail
Marmot on the Highline Trail
American Southwest Trip, 2018: Panorama and HDR
This is a collection of panorama and HDR photos from Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Zion national parks, as well as Cedar Breaks National Monument. The vast majority of these were not originally shot as panorama or HDR, but were converted from separate photos that I felt looked better merged together. The two that were actually shot as HDR/panorama are captioned as “True Panorama” or “True HDR.”
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Grand Canyon – HDR
Grand Canyon – Panorama
Grand Canyon – Panorama
Cedar Breaks – Panorama
Cedar Breaks – Panorama
Cedar Breaks – Panorama
Zion – Panorama
Zion – HDR
Bryce Canyon – True HDR
Bryce Canyon – Panorama
Bryce Canyon – Panorama
Bryce Canyon – Panorama
Bryce Canyon – True Panorama
Grand Canyon – Panorama
Grand Canyon – Panorama
Grand Canyon – HDR
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American Southwest Trip, 2018: Cedar Breaks National Monument
Cedar Breaks National Monument was my second stop on the way to Zion from Bryce Canyon (after previously stopping for a brief hike in Red Canyon). The drive involved a pleasant detour along a scenic country road in which I was frequently the only car on the highway. I didn’t have time to do a big hike here but I walked around the rim for a bit. It has a similar feel to Bryce Canyon (in fact, a couple of times while I was sorting photos from the trip I accidentally put Cedar Breaks shots in with the Bryce pics).
Overall, I wouldn’t say it’s a must-see if you’ve been to Bryce, but if you have the time, it’s a nice diversion with beautiful views along the rim at nearly two miles above sea level (so even in warm months you may need a light jacket).
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Nearly two miles high.
California Trip, 2014: Redwoods in Yosemite
On my way out of Yosemite National Park I stopped for a hike through the Mariposa grove of giant sequoias (aka redwoods). They don’t grow as tall as the coastal redwoods, but they grow wider–some are so massive that their branches actually look like trees themselves. It’s impossible for any photo to do these behemoths justice, but the people in some of the shots below, and the fact that many of the large surrounding trees look like sticks next to the redwoods, help to provide a sense of scale.
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Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
I thought this was a redwood pine cone because of how enormous it is, but redwoods apparently have small cones, so I’m not sure what type of tree this belongs to.
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Yosemite National Park – October, 2014
Glacier National Park, 2019: Panoramas
This is a collection of panoramas from my visit to Glacier National Park. For the most part I didn’t take any deliberate panorama shots on this trip–these were all stitched together from separate photos that I later realized would make good panoramas. The exceptions are the two night shots, which were sort of deliberate in that I aimed the camera in the dark at different angles for long exposures and hoped for the best (the Lake McDonald one, in particular, turned out pretty well).
The first four photos below feature views from the hotels where I stayed in Apgar Village and Many Glacier; the next three were taken during my hikes of the Highline and Grinnell Glacier trails, and the final photo is a view that should be familiar to fans of The Shining or Big Sky.
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Lake McDonald
Many Glacier: Swiftcurrent Lake
Many Glacier: Swiftcurrent Lake
Many Glacier: Swiftcurrent Lake
Highline Trail
Red pool near Grinnell Glacier.
Grinnell Glacier Trail
St. Mary Lake: Wild Goose Island
American Southwest Trip, 2018: Bryce Canyon – Thor’s Hammer and Rim Trail
This final batch of photos from my visit to Bryce Canyon National Park consists of shots from the other leg of the Navajo Loop Trail, where I partially descended for a view of the famous Thor’s Hammer rock formation before climbing back up and starting my full descent into the canyon down the Wall Street leg. Additionally, there are photos from my walk along the Rim Trail between Sunrise and Sunset points.
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Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Thor’s Hammer on the Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop
Rim Trail
Rim Trail
Rim Trail
Rim Trail
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