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National Parks of the World

*Featuring National, Provincial, State Parks, Conservation Areas, Wildlife Reserves and World Heritage Areas*

Featured Work

Lake Agnes by dsphotography

Lake Agnes is situated above Lake Louise on a 2 – 3 hour hike up the rocky mountains, The lake is still frozen in May 2009 due to the heavy snowfall Lake Louise had that year. The maximum elevation is 2120m above sea level. and is a stunning view. All print are available in Black and white.
GRIZZLY BEAR,YELLOWSTONE NP, 1987 by Chuck Wickham

THIS BEAR WAS FEEDING ON AN ELK WHEN A SMALL GROUP OF CYOTES CAME ALONG. BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE CYOTES DIDN’T SEEM TO FEAR THIS GUY AT ALL. THERE WHERE SIX OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKEING SHOTS FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS AWAY. I USED A 600MM LENS TO GET THIS SHOT. I HAVE ANOTHER SHOT OF THE SAME BEAR BEFORE THE CYOTES CAME. / Canon F-1,Fujichrome 50,600mm lens
Flamingos in Flight, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, Africa. by PhotosEcosse

Such beautiful birds, they look like ballerinas dancing upon the water ! / Taken on a Canon EOS 40D Click on the image below to see what this image looks like framed !
Hoh Rain Forest ~ Olympic Peninsula, WA ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a shot of moss covered trees that I recently captured on a day hike in the Hoh Rain Forest on the Olympic Peninsula in the Olympic National Park in Washington State. I really liked the sunlight coming down through the moss covered trees.
Yosemite Valley by JBoyer

A picture we took one morning while driving through Yosemite. The clouds and limited sun make some of the trees in the valley jump alive. We made our way through Yosemite as part of our 25th Anniversary – the company and views like this made it unforgettable!
Khann Close Up by Leon Rossouw

Camera make : Nikon / Model : D300 / Lens : 300mm 2.8f / Focal length : 300mm / Exposure : 1/1250 / Aperture : 5.6f / ISO : 500 / Tripod : Manfrotto This shot was taken in December 2008 while visiting my best friend in the UK. / We spent the day at The Barn Owl Centre.www.barnowl.co.uk
Sandstone Waves - Wide/Vertical by Stephen Beattie

Study of the rock formations in Lower Antelope Canyon, Navajo Tribal Park, Page, Arizona. Find the lizard. :-) Pentax *ist D Featured in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! / Featured in National Parks of the World.
Spider Walk by aabzimaging

Taken at Hancock Gorge in Karijini National Park/Western Australia. The spider walk leads to Kermits Pool. You walk down here with your feet on either side of the chasm supported by your hands like a spider. (Add a Manfrotto tripod and 10kgs of camera equipment and it gets quite challenging). Equipment: CANON 5D, CANON 24-105 F4 L IS Framing suggestion: / Image was featured in National Parks of the World © aabz-imaging / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Waves by DawsonImages

Waves of sandstone brought to life by the light within Antelope Canyon
Sandhill Cranes by David Friederich

Featured three times…most recently in National Parks of the World I encountered these lovely birds at the Reifl Bird Sanctuary in the estuary of the Fraser River on the west coast of Canada, made this picture, and copied information from Wikepedia: “The Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia…Adults are gray overall; during breeding, the plumage is usually much worn and stained, particularly in the migratory populations, and looks nearly ochre. They have a red forehead, white cheeks and a long dark pointed bill. They have long dark legs which trail behind in flight and a long neck that is kept straight in flight. Immature birds have reddish brown upperparts and gray underparts. The sexes look alike. Size varies among the different subspecies. This crane frequently gives a loud trumpeting call that suggests a French-style “r” rolled in the throat. The only other large grayish-bodied bird of North America is the Great Blue Heron. Although this heron is of similar dimensions to the Sandhill Crane and is sometimes mistakenly called a crane, even though it is very different in plumage details and build, and like other herons it flies with its neck tucked towards the body in a flat “S”-shape. The sandhill crane’s large wingspan (up to 6 1/2 feet) makes this a very skilled soaring bird similar in style to hawks and eagles. Utilizing thermals to obtain lift, they can stay aloft for many hours, requiring only occasional flapping of their wings and consequently expending little energy. With migratory flocks containing 100’s of birds or more, they can create clear outlines of the normally invisible rising columns of air (thermals) which they ride.” Please view other images of these wonderful birds on my Red Bubble site. Image captured using a Nikon D300, Nikkor 600 mm lens, with 1:4 teleconverter, ISO 500, f8, 1/640s.
Three Wise Men by Robert Yone

Three Bighorn Sheep line up shoulder to shoulder at the top of trail ridge road in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Hanging Rock at Blackheath by Michael Matthews

Featured in National Parks of the World on June 4, 2009. Located at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains National Park. The rock hangs into the Grose Valley. Thank you to the organisers of the Blue Mtns of NSW group for featuring this image on October 8, 2008. This spot is 2 hours drive west of Sydney & then an hours walk to this site. The area is not fenced or well signposted. You need good hiking boots because of the steep surfaces & loose gravel. I wouldn’t reccommend taking children there. The rock is much bigger than it appears here, but I wasn’t game to get too close to the edge of the cliff.

Recent Work

awake in the smokies by dc witmer

the sun rises behind the fog in the Smoky Mountain National Park
Point Pelee July 4 by tanmari

The tip was getting crowded the 4th of July, Point Pelee National park, Ontario
"Living On The Edge" by Phil Thomson IPA

A fine of example of God’s attention to detail in Creation, found growing on on the end a fallen log, along the track to Stevensons Falls, deep in the Otway Ranges forest, near Barramunga. Pentax K20D Camera – S.Speed 0.7 Sec @ f 32 ISO 200. / Edited in ACDSee Pro3.
NZ Pano V by Dave Lloyd

Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand’s South Island.
Gription by Jay Ryser

Despite some reservations about heading up Mt Evans on a holiday weekend (crowds and traffic), the place was nearly empty. Well, empty of people, but my usual cast of alpine critters were around (probably because it wasn’t a holiday weekend for them). Close to the summit at 14,000ft, these 2 kids were using the mountain as their own personal playground. When they weren’t trying to shove each other off the rocks they were casing each other around, leaping from rock to rock, running at full speed. Just running at full speed at 14,000ft is impressive, but running at full speed while leaping from rock to rock, never loosing their footing, was just amazing. Old NASCAR fans may recall Jr Johnson talking about the gription of his car’s tires (technically, I think the term he used was “tarrs”) – these mountain goat kids definitely have GRIPTION. In this image, this kid (only 3-4 weeks old) has given the slip to his playmate, ran between these boulders, then pulled a hard 180 degree turn and then ran UP the rock face. It was quite the athletic ballet. I have a LOT more images on my WEB SITE Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) / Mt Evans Wilderness Area, CO / Sony a700 / Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 ISO400, 1/2500sec, f/2.8
Tower in the Mist by Brian Carey

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D / Shooting Mode Manual Exposure / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/180 / Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS / Focal Length 155.0mm / B + W polarizer For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage
Cooling Down by vadim19

Cooling Down, Chobe National Park, Botswana /
Many a tale to be told .... by richiedean

There’s something about old derelict cottages that grabs my attention, I cant resist them …. this one is on a mountain trail in Snowdonia , Wales, UK … / The birds are Red Kites, a once threatened species, now thriving in mid Wales. Copyright 2009 Richie Dean / Three images combined / Photoshop / PhotoArtMaster Canon 5D, 20mm lens / Snowdonia National park
Storm Bowl by DawsonImages

A break in morning storm allowed a bit of sunrise color as the tides flood a bowl like depression in the limestone along the beach at Encounter Bay.
Smith Rock Gorge by failingjune

I was so excited about the colors and light I had captured in this shot. The split neutral density filters, neutral density filter, and polarizer really helped intensify the sunset/light against the rock while allowing me to capture a longer exposure of the waterfall. To get there, we had to hike to the bottom of the gorge and find some small unmarked pathways to the outskirt of the falls area. After, I climbed across several of the white rocks you see and set my tripod up in the middle of the stream and propped up against some nearby rocks. It’s always fun getting wet and right in the middle of a landscape to capture a photo :) / Little editing done (sharpening, haze removal, etc). Smith Rock, Oregon.
Courage 1 by steppeland

- Courage 1 of 3 - / Landscape overview This is the most courageous little tree I ever saw… Simply holding on… :) Photograph made in Hell’s Gate National Park Kenya, Part of the Rift Valley (Wikipedia ) – where trees struggle for life in a vast landscape of rock and stone… Photograph made with a Pentax MEsuper film camera and scanned from photo. / Courage 2 / Courage 3
Ocean At Noon by Peter Hill

Canon 5D Mark II / Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM Zoom Lens with Hoya HMC ND x400 Filter and Lee 0.6 Hard Grad ND Filter / Focal length: 24mm / ISO: 50 / Aperture: f11 / Speed: 20 seconds / Image: Single RAW file / Location: Royal National Park, Sydney, July 2009 Best viewed large

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