2022

connecting with 2022...
...they are gone. When scouting this area just 1.5 years after I took this photo, I was trying to recognize these trees among the others. Finally, I realized that there were only two of them left.
I love staying somewhere not far from potential photo locations during my photo trips. There's no need to wake up at 4 a.m. Instead, I can enjoy my sweet slumber until 4:30 a.m.
Bass Harbor Marsh might not be the most famous part of Acadia National Park, but its presence highlights the diversity of nature in this wonder of the East Coast.
Remote and ten times less crowded part of Acadia park. The atmospheric conditions didn't bring me any light that evening, but I managed to find some vibrant colors in a different way.
After feeling miserable and annoyed with all the people who were jumping into the frame, I took three long breaths... It didn't help at all and I remained same annoyed. But finally, one of the tourists ended up completing my composition in a very photogenic way.
This spot, not far from the entrance of Arches National Park, could be a decent one for people who, like me, are too lazy to drive farther while still half-asleep.
“Sleeping is a way of dying or at least of dying to reality, better still it is the death of reality, but reality dies in love as in dreams. The life of man is entirely occupied by the bloody osmosis of dreams and love.“<br/>- Salvador Dalí
I was ready to ask my wife to drive our car up and down the road to create the effect I was looking for when, finally, a few cars passed by and gave me what I needed. As for my wife, she didn't get her chance to escape and had to keep pretending she liked the silly process she was involuntarily involved in.
Something that often irritates me about American parks is that many of them have opening hours between sunrise and sunset, which hinders photo opportunities for people trying to aim at the precious blue or golden hours. After sitting in front of the closed gates for thirty minutes, I almost gave up on any chances to photograph that morning. Luckily, the stormy clouds meant the best time for pictures was after sunrise.
This park might not offer the grand sceneries that many places on the West Coast have, but I love it for its compactness, coziness, and diversity of landscapes and seascapes. Except for one remote part of the park, everything is reachable within fifteen to thirty minutes. Lakes and mountains, meadows and rocky coasts, sunsets and lighthouses. Ah, and breweries too!
It took me more than two years to get around to processing this photo. I love the feeling of discovering an initially underrated photo and turning it into something special.
Crack of dawn at Arches National Park.
One of the very few occasions when I — after looking at the sky — told myself, “There must be some beautiful light tonight,” and was right. Typically, my inner amateur meteorologist lies bluntly. Professional ones, however, lie even more. It's so good to be an amateur...
Another self-portrait where I'm pretending to be capable of deep thoughts.
This park will always be special to me due to its close proximity to home and the fact it was my very first US park to visit. Photography-wise, the place remains challenging because, despite the beauty and power of the falls, they don't offer many obvious photo opportunities. I'm still looking forward to shooting something really special here.
This is probably one of the most photographed destinations on the planet. The variety of perspectives and weather patterns allows the pictures to be quite different, though.
Photography in Iceland would be<br/> 2% - photography itself<br/> 98% - when the heck is this rain gonna stop?
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