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“Glow” - Corn lilies backlit by the sun after a passing storm. #cornlily #spring #falsehellebore
#ice
Mt. Baker, from fall 2008, back when I didn’t know what I was doing. Some may argue that hasn’t changed! #mtbaker #northcascades #cascades #washington #autumn #fall
“Waves” - Mud patterns in Death Valley National Park. #deathvalley #mud #abstract
Winter Trees from just down the road. The winter has been very mild in SW Colorado this year, hoping for a few more dumps of snow. #winter #snow #colorado #sanjuanmountains
“Salt Fractal” - Another close up view of #salt at #deathvalley

Sarah on 500px

Desert Tiles
Edge of Light
Death Valley Dunes
Summer Storm
Flooded Badwater Basin
Clearing Storm, Iceland
I walked out on a frozen pond and found some cool stuff, including these ice fractures and bubbles. #ice #colorado #winter #naturephotography
First, a photo. Is it ice? Mud? Sand? Something else? There seems to be a trend among landscape photographers in which any photo taken with a telephoto lens is an "abstract" photo. For my own work, I think there has to be a bit of mystery in terms of the subject to meet this qualification. 📷 Also, I just posted a new article on our blog about how we use the Gaia GPS app for photography. This topic has been on my to-do list for more than a year and using the app so frequently during our recent Death Valley trip prompted me to finally get it written. You can find the post at https://www.naturephotoguides.com/blog.
We just returned home from three weeks in Death Valley National Park. While I took quite a few photos I like, the best part of the trip was spending time with photography friends – sharing a lot of stories, celebrating New Year’s Eve over a fire made entirely of Duraflame logs (poor planning!), exploring new views from sketchy roads using sketchier directions, obsessing over a beautiful patch of mud, feeling inspired while watching fog clear over the park’s badlands, eating too many Twix ice cream bars, getting an impressive amount of entertainment mileage out of a tape measure, and making a Ziploc bag full of origami frogs. Thanks to everyone who helped make our trip so much fun. 💗 #deathvalley #california #nationalpark
I’m not really into making resolutions for the new year but have set a few goals for 2018. The main one: finally process and share the dozens and dozens of good photos I have left to languish as RAW files for far too long. A continual mix of busyness, self-confidence ups and downs, and mixed feelings about sharing on social media conspire to keep my best work hidden in the confines of my hard drive. I’m hoping that 2018 will be a year of progress in this regard. 😊 This photo 📷: queen’s crown and marsh marigold leaves in one of Colorado’s high and wild alpine basins. One other update... We are participating in this year's InFocus Deal - $49 for 9 tutorials for nature photographers. Our contribution is a 3-hour video, From Field to Finished: 7 Workshop-Style Case Studies. See link in profile. 💻💁🏻‍♀️
30 days of Death Valley (Photo #5): Two years ago, Death Valley experienced a "thousand-year" flood, severely damaging many locations and closing roads across the park. The storm also created an ephemeral lake in Badwater Basin, dissolving what had become brown and crusty salt polygons in the years since the last flooding. Although the lake had been evaporating for three weeks by the time we arrived, we still found a lot of water and all sorts of interesting patterns. Although we had one morning of dramatic light, I really liked this calm, clear morning since the strong blues at twilight made the patterns look almost like ice. #deathvalley #nationalpark #naturephotography #california
I am excited to announce that I will be speaking and offering field workshops at the Out of Moab Conference next autumn, along with an inspiring line-up including Josh Cripps, Erin Babnik, the team of Varina and Jay Patel and ten other nature photographers. I'm looking forward to the learning, camaraderie, and inspiration sure to come out of this event. Previous attendees have already snapped up about a third of the spots and the organizers expect to sell out the rest soon. So, act quickly if you want to attend. You can save $250 off the registration fee with the coupon code MARINO250. Link to more information in my bio. 💁🏻