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Unique nature photographs, prints, wildflowers, mountains, Colorado New England Western Wildlife Hiking & Camping Welcome I have a passion for nature. Its so soothing and can be very calm to help break away from everyday life in the real world of chaos. Even with other visitors it can still be relaxing with families playing and discovering new things. Teaching others is rewarding by looking for a different perspective and go to the other side of the meadow. This photograph is from a local park nearby at Kenoza Lake in Haverhill, MA that I have been hiking at pretty frequently since graduating from my rehab after my knee surgery which was in 2023. Now I am finding more places and going with some friends as well. Winter comes and I am not going to snowshoe because of everything I have gone through. I think I will donate my snowshoes to an adaptive sports business if I can go on a backpacking trip for disabled participants. I want to take take 'star trails' photos which are 45+ minute exposures. You can see some examples on my site so click on the hiking and camping link. Give some feedback Fill in as little or as much as you wish. First name Last name Email Message Submit This is a message to me not a posting on the site itself. Please give some feedback. © 2024 ludgin.com | All Rights Reserved CONTACT: email: ScottLudgin@gmail.com Scott Social: Here are some cooking videos I make on YouTube.com

Scott Ludgin NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY My true passion for the outdoors came to be, when I spent much of my childhood traveling among the National Parks of the western, US. This gave me ample opportunities to be enthralled by all of the intricacies I saw in nature around me. As I got older, I developed an interest in nature photography which became a cherished hobby during my years living in Colorado. I believe that being engulfed in nature is both a physical and emotional healing experience. I use my photos as a way to give the outside world a glimpse into its outstanding beauty. I recently have learned about a practice called 'Forest Bathing', which simply refers to spending time in the forest or nature being used as a form of 'medicine'. Taking in the forest atmosphere. Here is a website that explains more details: time.com , and t here is a book listed there which I have and feel that it is very good at explaining how/why nature heals in so many ways we are not aware of. I feel that it has been very helpful in my life of challenging medical history and rehab.

Scott's NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY INFO My true passion for the outdoors came to be, when I spent much of my childhood traveling among the National Parks of the west coast, USA. This gave me ample opportunities to be enthralled by all of the intricacies I saw in nature around me. As I got older, I developed an interest in nature photography which became a cherished hobby during my years living in Colorado. I believe that being engulfed in nature is both a physical and emotional healing experience. I use my photos as a way to give the outside world a glimpse into its outstanding beauty. I recently have learned about a practice called 'Forest Bathing', which simply refers to spending time in the forest or nature being used as a form of 'medicine'. Taking in the forest atmosphere. Here is a website that explains more details: Forest Bathing (Time magazine) , and t here is a book listed there which I have and feel that it is very good at explaining how/why nature heals in so many ways we are not aware of. I feel that it has been very helpful in my life of challenging medical history and rehab. ...with my knee surgery in April of '23 and then the second because the first didn't work in July '23. So far its going good but not totally healed yet. We'll see, cross my fingers and do what PT and Dr say. Its not going to be perfect as the professional athletes show us by having reoccurring knee problems later in their careers. Will post something later as an update. More likely to post something on Facebook sooner. So check that out too. Link to Facebook is below. Subscribe Now Give Us Your Feedback We’d love to hear what you thought about us. First name Last name Email What did you like best? How can we improve? Rate Us Poor Fair Good Very good Excellent Send Feedback Thanks for sharing your feedback with us! © 2020 by Scott Ludgin. Proudly created with Wix.com

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Western This is a page of California, Utah and Hawaii mixed together. These are all high quality with either film or most with my DSLR. Minimal editing as I tend to go at the times they are less busy which is crucial in Yosemite National Park that seems to have two zip codes in the valley. Several of Yosemite National park where I had to leave out shots of Half Dome and El Capitan since the shots were taken with a point-n-shoot and not high pixels. Monument Valley in Arizona & Utah Beautiful sunset color with monument framed by gnarly tree and nearly black sky. No plans for this one, just happen to be at the right place at the right time. This was shot with film over 20 years ago. Monument Valley Camp You can drive through the canyon on your own but to hike and camp you need to go with their guides. I did it all on my own. My car stayed on the roads though. :). Overnight pulled off to the side in what looked kind of like a small parking area. Mesa Arch with Sunstar This is in beautiful Canyonlands National Park in Utah just a little north of Moab, UT. The arch sits right on the edge of a cliff going to the bottom. Its a great place as there is a confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers which continue south toward Arizona. Mesa arch in the morning before sunrise. Everybody gets there right at sunrise to get the best pictures. I got there 10-15 minutes early and there was already a crowd lined up 10 ft from the arch. So I stepped to the right and got my awesome shot you see here with a sunstar. The underside of the arch which glows red or orange. Mesa Arch. My first shot of this arch when I was shooting film back in 2002. Amazing to the naked eye how welcome you are to this world. This arch is sitting at the rim of the canyon looking down at the Colorado River which you can't really see from 2,000 feet up. Another shot of Mesa Arch in the winter. Not many crowds then. In the winter there aren't as many crowds. Try to make it after a light dusting of snow or else things just look dead. Yosemite Falls A rainbow in the waterfall. It's not a full rainbow but you see the colors within the waterfall which is just as good if not better. This photo was shot with film about 22 years ago. Not sure exactly since I wasn't taking good notes back then. Yosemite Fall reflection in Yosemite Valley Plenty of grass along the rivers edge with calm water creating a great reflection. Merced River, Yosemite Valley A river with rapids up in the valley below the mountains. Yosemite Falls In Yosemite National Park and a reflection of the waterfall in the Merced River in May 2017. Makena State Park Maui, Hawaii at Makena State Park right on the beach with some rocks along the side.

Nature Photography Seeing the World, Through the Eyes of My Lens Album No.1 North Italy Album No.2 San Francisco Album No.3 Academy of Sciences Welcome I have a passion for nature. Its so soothing and can be very calm to help break away from everyday life in the real world of chaos. CONTACT Jake Johnson Scott Ludgin Get in touch First name Last name Email Phone Message Submit

California Poppies About Me I grew up in Northern California and as a kid I traveled a lot on family vacations to National Parks and other beautiful locations. In high school I got into B&W photography. After College I moved to Denver, CO and fell in love with hiking, getting really into it and did a little bit of backpacking. I went on many several day adventures to seek out more nature in the Colorado area. Since most of it was on my own I didn't do much backpacking. When with friends I didn't bring my heavy film camera from the 70's, since it would just slow me down even more. Now I have a really nice 20 MP Digital SLR camera that is pretty light although bulky but I don't have many people to hike with and a leg that is still healing. 20 years ago I was in a severe snowboarding injury and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. Several months after I learned how to walk again but slow to regain hiking. Thats when I got a DSLR camera and got to be creative and not spend the money on film and developing. The second summer afterwards I went on a backpacking trip with some friends that were very accommodating for me helping carry equipment and such. Even missing a ligament I was still able to cross a small creek on a fallen tree. (see pic below). I had my trekking pole but obviously didn't use it crossing on the tree. With a new digital SLR camera I had quality images and the ability to edit in Photoshop which I learned pretty good. I don't really edit very much just mainly bringing out detail in areas that are lacking pop or attention to detail. I went on a Photo workshop led by John Fielder a famous nature photographer in Colorado. I told him about my injury so he knew my limitations of my memory and going slow because of my knee. At the end I told him that I went to visit the ski patrol where I had my injury and brought my homemade pizza to share with them. I make the dough and did it all from scratch, except making the toppings. I went to his gallery a week later and said hi where I asked him if he would like to try some of my homemade pizza. (I had nothing to lose). Many months later he came over and I cooked a couple pizza and then asked near the end if he had any openings at his gallery. Whoa! He talked to the director of the gallery as he was the owner and wasn't running day to day operations. So I went in for an interview and got a job as a gallery assistant. After working there a year or so he invited me on a couple workshops for free to learn more. Later he asked me if I wanted to go backpacking. Hmmmm, let me think. :). I said yes and he brought 2 llamas to carry the load since I couldn't carry much and he was getting older (60's). It was a 3 night adventure and I think 25 miles total. Ten years ago I moved to Massachusetts to be closer to some family. I haven't been able to go on as many hikes recently as I don't know very many nature photography friends so I have been to many local parks that are just around the city I live in Haverhill, MA. I had another knee surgery summer of 2023 and that was complicated but went well. So far I have been doing good with that and doing quite a few short hikes without many problems. Just recently however I am noticing that my balance is still off after my surgery so the unsteadiness is from my brain injury. :( I hope I can find many beautiful places that aren't too far up the trails. In the past I have done some hiking and even backing with an adaptive sports organization. 'Waypoint Adventures' Thats my little plug. I did offer them my snowshoes that I own since I don't want to use them now because my knee is doing much better and I don't want to lose that. Here I am crossing a creek with some good friends. I had my good camera and a large day backpack with just the basics in it. I had some nice friends. On a backpacking trip with the llamas my friend John handed me the rope and said he would take a photo. I wasn't leading them on the trip at all but during the trip they acted very calm and just carried on and ate the grass they saw and drank water. No need to bring food for them and we were near creeks and streams. Luckily not too much need for crossing anything major. We were in the Rawah Wilderness in the Northern part of the Front Range of Colorado.

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