A bison grazes the late autumn grasses on a cold sunny Yellowstone morning.
I thought I’d put together a best of post featuring my idea of my best photographs of this recently completed mega-roadtrip. In 14 weeks I visited Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Baja California, Mexico. What a trip! There are some star-scape shots that I’ll save for another post, but these are essentially my favorites. Hope you enjoy them. Please don’t try to copy or download them from here. They are copyrighted. Click on an image to be taken to my website, and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thanks a bunch!
A beaver-dammed channel of the Snake River in Grand Tetons National Park is the perfect mirror for sunrise.
The moon creates a surreal scene in Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.
On a cold autumn morning on the rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, fog spills off the plateau & into the canyon.
A frozen meadow at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming thaws as the sun appears.
An alpha male wolf in Yellowstone National Park is unsure how he happened to get so close to the human.
The Animas River in northern New Mexico flows peacefully past cottonwoods and aspens in their autumn glory.
Penyasco Blanco and the sky, at sunset in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
A full moon shines on the Goosenecks, a series of incised meanders on the San Juan River in SE Utah.
Ship Rock stands under a glowing moon in the northeastern New Mexico desert.
A Monument Valley Sunset from the Mittens looking west.
The moon clears the horizon at Monument Valley, Arizona.
The sun peeks into the narrow confines of Antelope Canyon, Arizona.
Lake Powell along the Utah/Arizona border glories in sunrise.
The Page Balloon Regatta culminates in a panoply of glowing balloons.
This outcrop of sandstone at Spencer Flat in the Escalante country of southern Utah shows a complex pattern of merging dunes in ancient times.
The road in Zion Canyon, Utah is lined in places with cottonwood trees.
In the Kolob Canyons of Zion National Park stands an old log cabin.
The sky and walls of LaVerkin Creek Canyon in Zion National Park reflect vibrant colors in the small stream that the trail follows.
The desert sun sets over the ubiquitous sandstone outcrops surrounding Page, Arizona.
A bull moose walks along the Snake River in front of the brightly lit peaks of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.
The tilted layers of sandstone at Snow Canyon State Park are moonlit and stand out against the starry sky.
Water from springs collects in Snow Canyon, Utah.
The tilted layers of sandstone at Snow Canyon State Park are moonlit and stand out against the starry sky.
A colorful dawn breaks over Death Valley National Park in California.
A common animal for visitors to spot in Death Valley, California, is the resourceful coyote.
The sand dunes of Death Valley National Park can turn golden in the first light of morning.
The massive bulk of Tucki Peak looms behind the dunes at Mesquite Flat in Death Valley, California.
The full moon sets just as morning light hits the cracked salt flats near Badwater, North America’s lowest point, in Death Valley, California.
There are numerous sculpted caves in the granite of Baja California’s desert.
Saguaro cactus are reflected in a pool of water left by a rare desert rainstorm in the north Baja Peninsula, Mexico.
The crescent moon shines behind a towering cirios on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
The sun rises over the desert of Baja California Norte, Mexico.
A big saguaro cactus soars into the Baja skies.
A rare rainbow graces the desert during sunrise in Baja California, Mexico.
A type of gall growing on a desert plant in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula resembles a Christmas ornament.
A young Mexican couple in love.
A cave on a northern California beach looks out on a sunny Pacific day.
The Pacific Ocean and the day’s last light stretch west from the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse in Shelter Cove, California.
The Lost Coast of northern California is the scene of a peaceful winter’s sunset.
The fishing harbor at Monterey, California is illuminated with winter’s late afternoon light.
Winter on the California Coast and a storm approaches at dusk near Cambria.
The rocky coastline of the northern Baja Peninsula in Mexico is a peaceful place to be at dusk.
Near Point Lobos on the central California Coast, the sunset illuminates the beautiful ground-covering succulents that characterize this part of the Pacific Coast.
Thanks a bunch guys!
Great photos. WOW! Thanks for sharing.
Wow. What an amazing collection. A successful trip by any measure.