This past year 2009 was a fantastic year for me in the area of photography. Aside from staying close to home and going on miscellaneous shoots in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, I was grateful to travel three times this year for the sole purpose of photography.
These three trips include: Spring in Southwest USA (Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and Monument Valley), Summer in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and the Fall Foliage in Grand Teton National Park.
These images from my photography adventures this year represent images that truly stand out in my mind, and are ones of scenes that I will never forget. I start from the beginning of the year, and work towards the most recent of my adventures.
Los Angeles, California and Environs
The very elegant and historic Colorado Street Bridge as it crosses the Arroyo Seco - Pasadena, California - January 18, 2009
The Los Angeles skyline in a late afternoon sunset glow - Los Angeles, California - February 1, 2009
The Los Angeles skyline - Los Angeles, California - February 25, 2009
The American Southwest
A spectacular sunset seen from Hopi Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon brings out the colors of the Canyon - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona - April 2, 2009
Inside the Watchtower at Desert View - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona - April 2, 2009
Inside Upper Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation - near Page, Arizona - April 4, 2009
Upper Antelope Canyon Light Beams - Nature's Hourglass - near Page, Arizona - April 4, 2009
Horseshoe Bend - near Page, Arizona - April 4, 2009
"The Forrest Gump shot" - One of the most famous and grandest images of the great American Southwest - Monument Pass and the landscape as seen from "Mile Marker 13" along Highway 163 through Monument Valley on the Navajo Indian Reservation - Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah - April 5, 2009
Monument Valley boasts some of the most spectacular and most unreal sunsets that can ever be experienced, by far - Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah - April 6, 2009
San Francisco, California
The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the Marin Headlands, and partially covered in fog - San Francisco, California - May 3, 2009
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem – Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks (Summer)
A bald eagle is perched along the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park - Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming - July 11, 2009
A grizzly bear is seen near Mt. Washburn - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 11, 2009
Undine Falls - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 12, 2009
Lower Falls, the Yellowstone River, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 14, 2009
Lower Yellowstone Falls - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 15, 2009
Grand Prismatic Spring is one of the largest hot springs in the world - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 15, 2009
Elk Cow With Her Calf - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 15, 2009
Bison shows off as Old Faithful gets ready to erupt - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - July 16, 2009
Sunset at Oxbow Bend, with Mount Moran in the background - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - July 17, 2009
Early Morning at Schwabacher Landing - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - July 18, 2009
Snake River Sunset - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - July 18, 2009
Grand Teton National Park Autumn Foliage and Wildlife
Oxbow Bend Sunrise Reflections, Autumn - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - September 28, 2009
Two Moose Swim Across Oxbow Bend - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - September 28, 2009
Grand Teton Landscape - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - September 28, 2009
Autumn in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - September 30, 2009
A Great Blue Heron at Schwabacher Landing - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - October 1, 2009
A Great Blue Heron captures a fish at Schwabacher Landing - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - October 1, 2009
Oxbow Bend in Autumn - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - October 1, 2009
Snake River Overlook in Autumn, After a Snowfall - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - October 1, 2009
See more photos like these on the gallery pages of my Web site, and also on my Flickr account.
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Your work is wonderful. I love the sense of being “there” in so many of your images.