Why Not One More Half Dome Picture?
Description: One more Half Dome photo, you say? I have you covered! Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey
Tag: NPS
Sunrise And Half Dome
Description: A slightly different take on the photo from the other day with Half Dome in Yosemite National Park at sunrise. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Classic Half Dome View At Sunrise
Description: As luck would have it, I snagged a last minute campsite in Yosemite Valley for Wednesday. That lead to a LOT of video taping, some more VR180 footage composing and Continue Reading →
Inside Lehman Cave, Great Basin National Park
Description: Lehman Cave is likely a place you haven’t heard of. It’s also possible Great Basin National Park also isn’t on your radar. But if you have the time to drive Continue Reading →
Miles Above Yosemite National Park On A Perfect Day
Description: This used to be an almost weekly view for me, or at least the chance to see it (clouds willing). While I love living in California, I do miss the Continue Reading →
Beautiful Bryce Canyon
Description: When the sun is shining and the clouds are poofy, there is no place like Bryce Canyon National Park for enjoying the splendor of Utah. Plus, it’s often not as Continue Reading →
Fern Canyon Video
Tight on the heels of the last still frame post of Fern Canyon comes the sequel: Fern Canyon the Video! It’s four minutes of relaxing views inside the canyon with Continue Reading →
Joy In Avoiding The 9-5 Trail Crowds
Every single time I visit a National Park, the latest being camping the Redwoods last week with one of my brothers, I am amazed by how empty the trails can Continue Reading →
High Above The Redwoods
Description: I am freshly returned from a trip to the Redwoods of California and what an enjoyable great trip it was. Because you can’t fly a drone from a National Park Continue Reading →
Alaskan Hues
Description: Sunlight in Glacier Bay National Park. Location: Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore Continue Reading →
Cholla Sunset
Description: It’s so fuzzy! But don’t get too close to cholla cactus, they are vicious. Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Thunderhead Over Yosemite
Description: Check it out: clouds Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II + 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
El Capitan And Half Dome
Description: While the ‘standard’ view of the beautiful cliffs from Tunnel View is what most people associate with Yosemite Valley, I rather enjoy the view from the road to Tioga Pass Continue Reading →
Close In With The Green Things In Life
Description: Not all the views in Yosemite are large vistas of towering cliffs. It’s the little things, the details, that make it all so very interesting. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, Continue Reading →
Long View Of Bridal Veil Falls
Description: If you take the road to Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park from the bottom of the valley, stop right after tunnel and look back for your last view of Continue Reading →
Bristlecone Pine Forest And Wheeler Peak
Description: Bristlecone Pines in Great Basin National Park are thousands of years old and their forest doesn’t resemble what we think of as a ‘traditional’ forest. They are sparse trees and Continue Reading →
Munching Moose
Description: One of the joys of visiting US National Parks is the chance to see larger-than-us animals. In the case, moose munching at the river in Rocky Mountain National Park. Location: Continue Reading →
The Tetons Always Look Better With Clouds
Description: …for photogreaphy. I have to admit, hiking and climbing in the clouds might not be as nice, but for photos of the mountains from the lakeshore, give me clouds and Continue Reading →
Morning Light Across Jackson Lake To The Tetons
Description: When you visit Grand Teton National Park it’s almost imperative to get up super early to see the sunrise colors blanket the snowy mountains. Location: Olympia, Washington, USA, North America Camera: Canon Continue Reading →
Marmots On The Rocks
Description: Who doesn’t love a plump, little marmot? Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America Camera: Canon R5 + 100-500mm L lens Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Continue Reading →
Teton Sunset With Bonus Eagle Photos
Description: The weather has improved after a solid rainstorm in the night in Grand Teton National Park. So much so that we had a classic sunset. But, as you may know Continue Reading →
Winding Path At The Bottom Of The USA
Description: No, this isn’t a political post. It’s the path across the salt flats in Death Valley National Park. Location: Death Valley National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm Continue Reading →
Grand Canyon Sunset
Description: Sunsets at the Grand Canyon bring the rocks to life in a way you don’t get at midday. Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & Continue Reading →
Mama Grizzly And Cubs Chilling At The Beach
Description: I love bears. From a distance. And what safer place to be than on the water, but within telephoto range of this mama and her cubs along the shore of Continue Reading →
Death Valley’s Colors And Patterns Deserve A Visit
Description: It’s a good time of year right now to visit Death Valley National Park, before the temperatures likely set new high records this summer. The colors and patterns all around Continue Reading →
Haleakala And Mauna Kea Peaks
Description: A road leads to the summit crater of Haleakala, the major peak of the island of Maui, and also a National Park. Across the channel you can see Mauna Kea Continue Reading →
El Capitan And Fall Foliage Along The Merced River
Description: The title kind of says it all as we are staying put with Yosemite National Park photos for now, most of which were taken back in October during the height Continue Reading →
The Other Side Of Half Dome
Description: Take a look at yesterday’s photo. Now imagine hiking up the valley to Half Dome in the distance. Bear left a little and then hike up the side of the Continue Reading →
Bridalveil Falls And Morning Fog In Yosemite Valley
Description: I’m the sucker who always stops at Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park to gawk at the magnificence of Yosemite Valley. If a time comes when I pass by without Continue Reading →
The Road To Kings Canyon National Park
Description: The road to Kings Canyon National Park is a windy jaunt away from major roads. That’s one reason it gets about half the visitors as nearby Sequoia National Park. Continue Reading →
Beautiful Bryce Canyon In Perfect Weather
Description: Every landscape photographer’s dream: Sun shine on a National Park with beautifully contrasting colors and puffy clouds above. It helped that the temperature was around 72°. Title: Beautiful Bryce Canyon Continue Reading →
Thor’s Hammer, Up Close
Description: It looks a little lopsided to be a good hammer, but if this is where the God of Thunder left it, so be it! Title: Thor’s Hammer, Up Close Location: Continue Reading →
Half Dome With Snow
Description: This photo was taken on a Spring Break trip a few years ago when there was just a smattering of snow left on Half Dome, the massive chunk of Continue Reading →