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Went for an amazing hike today outside of Superior with Guy Schmickle's our two wifes and one out of three dogs. The poppies are going nuts out there.
This is just one of dozens of hillsides covered with these awesome flowers.

The big view below!!!
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View my photostream @ Flickriver below....black is beautiful.
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In my 16 years living here in Arizona I've not yet seen the famous poppy bloom in the desert(always off chasing snow around the west all winter) Well it's mid February and it's game on. The brittlebush is a while off (this is the one I'm really looking forward to), but the bushes are covered with the tiny little bumps of what should be an epic bloom.
Hopefully this spring will make up for what was not be last year.

The much bigger view below!!!

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Same shot of McCord Creek with Elowah Falls glowing in the background.

Thanks Rich. You got me looking at my gorge shots again today with your awesome shot. Check out Rich's shot www.flickr.com/photos/rbitonti/6860218835

Columbia River Gorge.
May 1, 2011
Nikon D7000
Lightroom 4 beta

Viewed better below on black!

View On Black

Website link. www.steveflowersphotography.com

Same shot of McCord Creek with Elowah Falls glowing in the background.

Thanks Rich. You got me looking at my gorge shots again today with your awesome shot.

Columbia River Gorge.
May 1, 2011
Nikon D7000

Looks Better below on black!

View On Black

Website link. www.steveflowersphotography.com/

This is a shot from August 2010. I first did this as an HDR and didn't like the results too much. Since I'm still beta testing Lightroom 4 I've been going back through my catalog and reworking some photos that just didn't look good the first time around. This one turned out much better as far tonal range and not getting the greens over saturated like Photomatix has a habit of doing.

Moon Lake
Weminuche Wilderness
August 2010
Nikon D90
Lightroom 4 Beta

Larger inspection below @ 1500 pixels width!

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