Friday's Focus 05/11/2018 - State Parks

[JimFox]

Todays Focus is on State Parks!

National Parks can be easy as we tend to gravitate to them, but how about your local State Parks? Well that's what we are looking for today, State Parks.

Please add your State Park photos to this thread.

I will start off with a recent one from Mono Lake State Reserve. On this occasion it had huge berms of foam piled up along the shore and made for a really cool experience. This may or may not be level, it depends how much you twist your neck.

Jim

 

[Bart Carrig]

Great photo, Jim. Sweet light and a variety of shapes and textures. Foam? Wow. I thought it was snow or the remnants of the Michelin Guy.

Bart

 

[Bart Carrig]

Adirondack Park, NY

Last spring with Dean in the NY Adirondack Park, sunrise at Raquette Lake

Right now, it's early spring -- and bug season, but in a few weeks we'll be up there again.

Bart

 

[Bob]

Here is my contribution to State Park. This is House of Apache Fire at Red Rock State Park in Sedona.
Bob

 

[Mike Mancil]

Water over the dam at Chewacla State Park just south of Auburn, Alabama.

 

[Jim Dockery]

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• Jim Dockery
• Feb 15, 2018

Petrified Forest State Park, UT.

 

[AlanLichty]

Hmm - I will need to be selective since I spend more than a small amount of time in state parks.

Silver Falls State Park, Oregon:

A Forest Trail

• AlanLichty
• Oct 24, 2017

A trailside scene along the Rim Trail at Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

Facerock State Park, Oregon:

Bandon Silhouettes

• AlanLichty
• Nov 5, 2017

Late afternoon sun at Face Rock in Bandon, OR.

Harris Beach State Park, Oregon:

Sunset Reflections

• AlanLichty
• Dec 8, 2017
• 3

South Beach sunset at Harris Beach State Park, Oregon.

Smith Rock State Park, Oregon:

Smith Rock

• AlanLichty
• Dec 10, 2017
• 1

A three shot panorama of Smith Rock, Oregon.

Goosenecks of the San Juan State Park, Utah:

Scenes At the Goosenecks

• AlanLichty
• Feb 26, 2018

Nice atmospherics near the Goosenecks of the San Juan, Utah.

I have more but this feels like a good sampler

 

[Kyle Jones]

This is Castle Dome from Castle Crags State Park near Mount Shasta.

 

[Zeph]

My favorite National Monument is appropriately called Painted Hills

 

[AlanLichty]

Zeph - you are going to hate me but Painted Hills is part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and not an OR state park. Still a great set of Painted Hills shots

 

[Zeph]

Zeph - you are going to hate me but Painted Hills is part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and not an OR state park. Still a great set of Painted Hills shots

details, details...
You are correct...

 

[AlanLichty]

details, details...
You are correct...

I almost posted one from there as well since I was there just last week.

 

[JimFox]

details, details...
You are correct...

Ha ha, you were caught by a technicality.

 

[JimFox]

Great photo, Jim. Sweet light and a variety of shapes and textures. Foam? Wow. I thought it was snow or the remnants of the Michelin Guy.

Bart

LOL, yeah, it was in the 20's there so it was definitely cold enough for snow. The foam is relatively rare to show up, and the shapes were really cool. I have some where there is a foot high berm of the foam that I still need to process.

 

[JimFox]

Hmm - I will need to be selective since I spend more than a small amount of time in state parks.

Silver Falls State Park, Oregon:

A Forest Trail

• AlanLichty
• Oct 24, 2017

A trailside scene along the Rim Trail at Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

Facerock State Park, Oregon:

Bandon Silhouettes

• AlanLichty
• Nov 5, 2017

Late afternoon sun at Face Rock in Bandon, OR.

Harris Beach State Park, Oregon:

Sunset Reflections

• AlanLichty
• Dec 8, 2017
• 3

South Beach sunset at Harris Beach State Park, Oregon.

Smith Rock State Park, Oregon:

Smith Rock

• AlanLichty
• Dec 10, 2017
• 1

A three shot panorama of Smith Rock, Oregon.

Goosenecks of the San Juan State Park, Utah:

Scenes At the Goosenecks

• AlanLichty
• Feb 26, 2018

Nice atmospherics near the Goosenecks of the San Juan, Utah.

I have more but this feels like a good sampler

That's a good series Alan, I had forgotten about all of those State Parks. I was scratching my head at first as to what State Parks I could pull from, but there are a lot that way.

 

[Jeffrey]

Anza Borrego Desert State Park, CA

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Great topic and a number of nice images. I'll contribute two

Wallace Falls State Park in WA

Dead Horse State Park, UT

 

[MonikaC]

Here is my contribution to State Park. This is House of Apache Fire at Red Rock State Park in Sedona.
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Nice double rainbow, Bob!

 

[MonikaC]

Hmm - I will need to be selective since I spend more than a small amount of time in state parks.

Silver Falls State Park, Oregon:

A Forest Trail

• AlanLichty
• Oct 24, 2017

A trailside scene along the Rim Trail at Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

Facerock State Park, Oregon:

Bandon Silhouettes

• AlanLichty
• Nov 5, 2017

Late afternoon sun at Face Rock in Bandon, OR.

Harris Beach State Park, Oregon:

Sunset Reflections

• AlanLichty
• Dec 8, 2017
• 3

South Beach sunset at Harris Beach State Park, Oregon.

Smith Rock State Park, Oregon:

Smith Rock

• AlanLichty
• Dec 10, 2017
• 1

A three shot panorama of Smith Rock, Oregon.

Goosenecks of the San Juan State Park, Utah:

Scenes At the Goosenecks

• AlanLichty
• Feb 26, 2018

Nice atmospherics near the Goosenecks of the San Juan, Utah.

I have more but this feels like a good sampler

Aww, you're just showing off!

 

[MonikaC]

My favorite National Monument is appropriately called Painted Hills
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Gorgeous, Zeph, but I think #3 is my favorite with the grasses for a contrasting texture.