December 2008 Theme - Humans and the Landscape

The December 2008 theme is "Humans and the Landscape"

This includes images of people interacting with or impacting the natural world, either current or historic.

Looking forward to some great images.

I've got lots and lots of photos to contribute to this theme! Here's the first of a bunch. This image was made at Comet Falls in Mt. Rainier NP.

My contribution

Very cool, Laurent! I swear I'm going to do this canyon one day!

Off to a great start here!

A self portrait in an unnamed slot canyon in N.E. Arizona.

..and another self portrait in Moab.

'Out of Bounds'

Hey john- i like that riding off the page effect! very cool!

here is mine. A person fishing in the waters of Rifle Falls State Park

Ooh, I've got lots for this category. Here's some guy named Scott Bacon skiing at Mayflower Gulch:
http://www.brentmurphyphoto.com/image_pages/rc_sk-1017.shtml

And here's one of a guy named Scott Bacon at Pawnee:
http://www.brentmurphyphoto.com/image_pages/rc_co-1613.shtml

And here's a guy (not Scott) at Sawhill Ponds:
http://www.brentmurphyphoto.com/image_pages/rc_co-1474.shtml

A friend of mine in the Maze District, Canyonlands:
http://www.brentmurphyphoto.com/image_pages/rc_ca-1034.shtml

The boardwalk at the Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne, Texas.

Brocken Spectre on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

That Brocken Spectre is very cool, Adam!

Here's one from Glacier NP about halfway across the Highline Trail. This summer day turned brutally cold when a storm quickly rolled in on us.

And one more of Melissa enjoying a little R&R off-trail this autumn in the La Sal mountains.

Here are a few of my favorites from the last year or so:

http://www.scottborger.com/photo.php?id=219&gallery=favorites

http://www.scottborger.com/photo.php?id=297&gallery=favorites

http://www.scottborger.com/photo.php?id=303&gallery=favorites

http://www.scottborger.com/photo.php?id=130&gallery=favorites

http://www.scottborger.com/photo.php?id=319&gallery=favorites

http://www.scottborger.com/gallery.php?gallery=deaddog

I knew you wouldn't disappoint, Scott! I really enjoyed the shot of the climbers approaching the Diamond.

Here's one of my my buddy Devan in Eldorado Canyon

And a self portrait at the Dunes

Here's my "Lone Fisherman" shot:

http://www.gcollier.com/Sag-Harbor-Sunset.html

And another self-portrait at the dunes:

http://npcolorado.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=554&d=1194728459

Guess who this is...

No prizes for the location.

I'd call this one, "The Ideal Location" (note that I took the photo then called to my friend that he was on the overhang!)

My son, "The Thinker"

Is someone following me!

Valley of the Gods ballooning

A little different take on an icon.

Jennifer at the Devil's Golf Course in Death Valley. The water was completely gone the next day.

Zebra Slot Canyon, Escalante.

Moonrise at the Badlands.

A hot air balloon floating through Monument Valley

Great stuff everyone!

First one is a self portrait from the bristlecones up on Mt Evans. That was a fun one to line up with no one around to help, and pre-digital too! :)

Here's Darren Kilgore shooting sunrise near the top Hermit Pass, overlooking Horseshoe Lake.

Last one for today, of my wife in Surprise Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park.

Here's fellow NPN'er Josh Anderson photographing Sand Dune Arch.

Scott Blatt photographing in Ding Canyon in the San Rafael Swell.

Hayley trail running at the Flatirons in Boulder.

I didn't want to get much closer to this fellow for fear of spooking his fish. Taken on a little tributary of the Conejos River.

I've got sunshine...on a cloudy day....

Fantastic Images in here. I'm going to try and start participating on the board more often. I've posted a couple times over on ess, but would like to start getting opinions over here first

Here is one of my favorites.

Ouch...that's showing up really soft. Someday I'm going to get this web conversion stuff figured out..

and another,

Great stuff showing up in here all around. Jeremy, soft or not, that first one is awesome!

Here's how you interact with the landscape in July in the Grand Canyon: get wet!

In praise of Utah's canyon country.

Taos Mountain Balloon Rally. For the record: I had a little fun with this image. I changed the road sign from '25' to '5'.

Wow! This topic has exploded with some great photographs. Excellent work from everyone.

Brent, I like your self portrait with the bristlecone. Cool.

On Sharkstooth

Powell

I figured a New year's Eve "hike" was appropriate for this month's theme.

"Mt. Elbert Winter Climb" ~ my wife, Marla is the model.

My wife snowshoeing near our home earlier today between the heavy snow squalls that came through.

A friend hiking up the summit ridge of Mt. Tukuhnikivatz above Moab last spring. It felt like being in an airliner up there!

Frickin' awesome, Jack!

My brother in a slot canyon in Utah

Hermit Rapid, 25,000cfs, Colorado River, Grand Canyon NP

Vail, Colorado

Jane Doe, Body surfing

That Hermit shot is sweet, Don! The last two times I've run it, I came within about a quarter-inch of flipping in that wave.

Here's something along those lines, but farther north and with much less water: Tappan 2 on the Middle Fork.

Self portrait in Wastch Mts. just before a nice long hike down in the dark. Tons of cool stuff here.

Some guy on dunes in Death Valley. I particularly like the scale here.

Some great shots here, I really like Don's ice shot and Jack's summit hiking shot!. This one is a Photographer at John Ford point in Monument Valley, taken November this year.

These are small because I didn't feel like resizing them. Jerry Greer in action along the Colorado Trail on a backpack trip in the San Juans.

Ditto.

And here he is again, workin' it at Looking Glass Falls in NC.

Another one of my brother, taken in Iceland

My friend Dave (some of you met him this fall) in American Basin. I didn't sharpen this at all, just to keep the file size manageable.

And me kickin' back near the head of Tellurium Creek in the Sawatch Range.

These images are absolutely fantastic! It’s going to be a tough pick for next month’s cover.

Melissa at Delicate Arch.

Melissa crossing a creek en route to Highland Mary Lakes.

And one more of Melissa, this time trying to beat an afternoon thunderstorm on the descent from Sneffel's Peak.

Self portrait (again) in a canyon somewhere in N.E. Arizona.
I'm not exactly enamored of photographing myself, but I'm almost always alone while 'out there'.

That, and the subject never complains about posing.

Ok, one last pic from me. Was up snowshoeing at Molas Pass in the San Juans today and I caught this snowmobiler having some fun. Of course, I realize that the impact of this activity is not necessarily good for our environment.

Stunning images everyone! Wow!

Few more from me, this first one of my buddy Jerry photographing just after sunrise on Sooner Rocks, Utah.

A couple enjoys the scenery in Yellowstone.

One more, RMNP's own John Zinn on a particularly awesome night on the summit of Mt. Evans. John got some amazing images that night for sure!

Oh man, what a thread! I must have hundreds of this subject matter. Here's my favorite ... a buddy napping on the summit of Hermit Peak - Sangre de Cristo Range.

... hiking the Great Sand Dunes ...

... breaking fresh powder in Mayflower Gulch ...

Just a fun one. Late Afternoon shadows against the steam of a hot spring - Yellowstone NP. CAZ and Kalin.

Here is my take on the topic with the human element hurling through the sky as they make a turn after departure.

Traces of me in the landscape.