Welcome the Landscape and Nature Photography blog

Landscape and nature photography is popular in scenic areas, because there's so much subject matter everywhere one turns. This blog will help you advance from taking a mere snapshot of beautiful scenery to creating a great photograph that pulls you into that scene as though you were back there again.

From winter landscape photography to macro photography, color to black and white, view my beautiful nature photography and read the digital landscape photography tips I offer to help you improve your photos.

If the topic you're interested in doesn't appear near the top of the blog, use the handy search feature on the right to check previous posts for that subject. Themes like the rule-of-thirds, using lines and curves, finding foreground elements, photographic filters, light angles, tripods, and others are discussed, with examples provided to illustrate the concepts.


Foggy Mountain Landscape

"Great" weather isn't necessarily photogenic weather.  Some of my best images are created when the weather is (or was, or is about to be) rather inclement.  In between showers this morning, I was able to create this HDR image of McKee Pond near Marble, Colorado.

pond, mountain, clouds, rain, fog

Spring Flowers

Colorado wildflowers, cactus flowers, poppies, lilacs, and more!  Don't you love the color explosion happening all around?

colorado, wildflowers
Shooting Stars

colorado, flowers
Poppies

cactus, flowers, colorado, spring
Cactus Flowers

lilac, spring, flowers
Lilac Bush

Bryce Canyon National Park - HDR

It wasn't a trip to Bryce as much as it was a trip to Utah that allowed us to pay a quick visit to Bryce (about 24 hours).

Cloudy, and at times stormy, the afternoon we arrived.  But clear and sunny the next morning.  So the shots reflect different weather and were processed differently to take advantage of how different treatments benefit different circumstances.

bryce canyon national park

bryce canyon national park

bryce canyon national park

bryce canyon national park

bryce canyon national park

bryce canyon national park

Placita Panorama!

colorado autumn panorama photograph mountains foliage
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Using Microsoft's Image Composite Editor (a free download), I joined fifteen vertical images into this panorama that shows Chair Mountain, McClure Pass, Mt. Sopris, and the Crystal River.