best photos of first 30 posts

After 29 posts so far, I’ve looked back & compiled those photos I consider the best–in terms of aesthetics more than according to how special or uncommon the photos’ subjects are.  These are the ones that I can look back on & think “I don’t think I could have captured that situation & mood any better.”

So, here are 23 photos I consider the best.

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mid June 07, purple sage (Salvia dorrii), House Range, Millard Co, UT

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late July 07, western blue virginsbower (Clematis occidentalis), Wasatch Mtns, Salt Lake Co, UT

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early August 08, spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium), Wasatch Mtns, Salt Lake Co, UT

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mid October 09, roundleaf buffaloberry (Shepherdia rotundifolia), Canaan Mtn area, Washington Co, UT

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mid May 09, yellow avalanche lily (Erythronium grandiflorum), Sheeprock Mtns, Tooele Co, UT

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early July 09, flatbud pricklypoppy (Argemone munita), Deep Creek Mtns, Tooele Co, UT

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late Nov 09, netleaf hackberry (Celtis laevigata var. reticulata), Wasatch Mtns, Salt Lake Co, UT

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late June 07, Penstemon rostriflorus, Pine Valley Mtns, Washington Co, UT

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mid June 07, western fence liz (Sceloporus occidentalis), E House Range, Millard Co, UT

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early May 2010, western fence liz (Sceloporus occidentalis), in dusklight, Canyon Mtns, Millard Co, UT

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late June 2010, sideblotch liz (Uta stansburiana), female, E House Range, Millard Co, UT

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early July 2010, western fence liz (Sceloporus occidentalis), male, Mineral Mtns, Beaver Co, UT

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early Sept 2010, desert horned liz (Phrynosoma platyrhinos), neonate, S House Range foothills, Millard Co, UT

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mid May 06, great basin rattler (Crotalus lutosus), large & facing, SE Black Mtns, Iron Co, UT

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late May 07, great basin rattler (Crotalus lutosus), adult, E North Sevier Plateau, Piute Co, UT

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early Aug 2010, great basin rattler (Crotalus lutosus), large adult male, South Snake Range, White Pine Co, NV

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early July 06, wandering gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans), large adult female, central Sheeprock Mtns, Tooele Co, UT

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early June 07, smooth greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis), large adult, placed up in curlleaf mahogany, Wasatch Mtns, Salt Lake Co, UT

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late July 08, striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus), subadult, Canyon Mtns, Millard Co, UT

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mid April 2004, utah mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana infralabialis), adult female, head-on, Hurricane Cliffs, Iron Co, UT

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late July 2008, grey sky facing NW across Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake Co, UT

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early July 2009, clouds at dusk (b), N Deep Creek Mtns foothills, Tooele Co, UT

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late Aug 2010, sky at dusk, facing N from NE Deep Creek Mtns, Tooele Co, UT

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