Landscapes of the Western U.S.
My favorite landscapes of the western United States, including the Shasta-Cascade, the mountains and foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and California's Central Valley.
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Cascade Foothills Sunbeams
I arrived to photograph sunset over Crater Lake but found heavy cloud cover and very flat light over the direction of the water. But right across the road, mother nature was putting on quite the light show with sunrays filtering through the clouds and casting beams on the layers of hills that make up the Cascade Range. I hate to admit it, but this truly was a “parking lot” shot!
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