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.


One of my favorite vistas

Driving north from the Paonia Reservoir on Highway 133, one crests McClure Pass and is treated to an incredible view up the Crystal River valley.  When first time visitors to my home come in from Carbondale, to the north, I'll often pass my house and continue up the pass to show them this scene.

It's also a place from which I like to take many photos.  I got a great night shot here when the January full moon was illuminating the landscape.  It's also great in the spring and fall, when morning fog fills the lower reaches of the valley.

On this morning, the day after taking some okay shots, I waited until the morning light was just hitting the foreground, and put a polarizing filter on the camera to accentuate the blue sky and make the clouds stand out more.  I have to say conditions were near perfect, and I'm very pleased with the result
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