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Winter Sunset in Prescott... from Wednesday evening a bit north of Willow Lake Road

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This week’s featured member is @philotheoristic!

“Hi I’m Brad from San Diego County and this is my mostly landscape/nature blog. I usually prefer remote or semi-remote landscapes with water and/or trails, and to avoid modern structures & roads in my posts/reblogs. I also love animals, so you will find some of those as well.  I post some of my original photography on this blog which you can find by searching for #bkpic in my main blog or also at my original only personal photo blog @bsscenics, which has mostly landscape/scenic images I’ve taken in addition to a few other photo self assignments - and there is some overlap, but I can be a bit lazy posting to @bsscenics.

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Chasing the light

Nov 20, 2015 Green Valley Falls area of Rancho Cuyamaca State Park

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OK, I also bought a fuchsia ...and a few other potted plants. With my crop sensor Canon 90D, my 105mm macro lens is approximately equivalent to 168mm on a 'full frame' DSLR.

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Autumn Walk Around Willow Lake... with my dog Ginger. Nearing the end of peak color the weekend before Thanksgiving. (re-edited, gave the images time they deserved - blended in and revised a few distracting elements such as unnaturally bright areas in the clouds)

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Willow Lake Landscapes... with a long lens. The trees are budding and spring is evident all around. Water levels are lower than this time last year, but hopefully we will have a nice long wet monsoon season this summer ;).

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Daybreak at the Grand Canyon... It was finally time to return (it's only been 11 years :/ though most of that time, it was a 10 hour drive, instead of 2 1/2 hours). I started my drive from Prescott around 4:20 and arrived for this photo a little before 7. The wind was blowing about 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. In spite of the blustery weather, I need to plan more visits ;)

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Sunset in June... at Willow Lake

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At Roosevelt Lake the largest lake completely within Arizona's borders

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Looking West from Desert View... Grand Canyon, at the East end of the South Rim.

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Morning by Willow Lake The water continues to recede, as the city lets more water out into the local aquifer ...and as temperatures rise. Early in the day is the ideal time to commune with nature.

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Egret... in the grasslands near Willow Lake. I took this image March 30 ...I kind of like the beige/brown color palatte. Though now, three weeks later, everything is turning green. Spring has definitely sprung ;)

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Roosevelt Lake... about 80 miles Northeast of Phoenix, AZ - within the Tonto National Forest

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Morning Mist Over Willow Lake... We had some snow during the week and I just had to stop for this photo on my way to work Friday. The lake is just a hint under 1 mile in altitude, and the temperatures are typically above freezing during the day, so it doesn't stick around for long - but it's nice while it lasts ;)

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Grand Canyon Morning Light... looking North from somewhere along the South Rim.

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Watchtower at Desert View... East end of Grand Canyon South Rim. It was very breezy with wind gusting to 50 mph this morning (March 2nd), so it was also a bit chilly - probably why there weren't a lot of people around.