Early morning at Clingman's Dome in Great Smoky Mountain National Park revealed multiple layers of ridgelines throughout the scene. There was a lot of mist in the valleys but no clouds in the sky above the ridges. A spectacular fall morning.

Camera: Nikon D850
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/9
35 mm Equiv Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 64

EXPLORED #212 12/14/2020

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The scene just before sunset of a lone person standing at the edge, taking in a view of Horseshoe Bend, near Page, AZ.

Camera: Nikon D7200
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/8
35 mm Equiv Focal Length: 48 mm
ISO: 400

EXPLORE #88 on 3/24/2020

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Two and one half Arches - a scene from our Alaska trip in 2012 on a day cruise out of Seward. What a spectacular scene.

Camera: Nikon D7000
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f/8
35 mm Equiv Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO: 400

EXPLORED #347

Tags:   Alaska Seward Resurrection Bay Kenai Fjords National Park

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Giraffe at Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek, MI USA

Camera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
35 mm Equiv Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO: 220

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I was playing around with neutral density filters to create some long exposure effects on the surf near South Point, Hawaii.

Camera: Nikon D850
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
35 mm Equiv Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO: 360
10 Stop ND Filter

EXPLORED #129 on 1/20/2019

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