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Images tagged "nevada"

Rye returns. I like the sense of scale in this image, but the foreground composition suffered from a lack of attention on my part. Neither the wild rye nor the sprinkler tell the story I'd hoped. 1/6 sec, f/14, ISO 100; Canon 6D, 17-40mm (17mm).
Stillness. 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100; Canon 80D, 18-135mm.
Red-tailed Hawk (f) - Buteo jamaicensis. East Walker River, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.
Below the summit we found a hidden woodland of Jeffrey Pine, white pine, pinyon pine, and juniper, Mount Irish, Nevada.
Lower slopes of Nevada Hill in a maze of pinyon woodland, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.
Gillis Range Pano. 1/400 sec, f/9, ISO 400; Canon 80D, 18-135mm.
Song sparrow (m) - Melspiza melodia. East Walker River, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.
Looking down the expanse of alluvial fans to the White River drainage, Mount Irish, Nevada.
Sagebrush, ephedra, and mountain mahogany in the open spaces of the summit, Nevada Hill, Leviathan Hills, Great Basin Desert, Nevada
Standing stone. weathered plutonic rocks of Grass Valley, NV. 1/200, f8, ISO 100.
North Gills Sunset. 1/320 sec, f/9, ISO 400; Canon 80D, 18-135mm.
East Walker sunset. East Walker River, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.
Darren takes in the view from the summit, Mount Irish, Nevada.
A lonely snag at cliff's edge caught my eye, Nevada Hill, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.
Receding dawn. The playa pool is almost as ephemeral as the colors of sunrise. 1/15 sec, f/8, ISO 100; Canon 6D, Sigma Art 20mm.
Rooted stone. This reminded me of the power of trees, rooted in a forest. I wandered among this odd outcrop of plutonic, granitic rocks, shooting hand-held. 1/400, f8, ISO 100.
Following. Although nowhere to be seen, a young coyote led me up the beach. 1/30 sec, f/9, ISO 400; Canon 80D, 18-135mm.
Western bluebird (m+f) - Sialia mexicana. East Walker River, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.
A turret of limestone and small arch on the cliffs of Mount Irish, Nevada.
Darren on the rounded, simple summit of Nevada Hill, Leviathan Hills, Great Basin Desert, Nevada.

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