Mendota Sunset

Matt Perkins August 6, 2023

My most recent trip home was longer than some of the others and thus I took the opportunity to bring my camera bag with me. I talked my good friend @tracefacespace into walking around the UW campus with me and as the sun began its descent toward the horizon we settled on these rocks with Lake Mendota and a boat dock in the background.

Location: 43°4'38.262" N 89°24'5.184" W // https://bit.ly/mendotasunset

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Golden Pond

Matt Perkins July 23, 2023

Ducks swim through a lagoon at Papago Park.

Location: 33°27'12.972" N 111°56'44.616" W // https://bit.ly/PapagoDucks

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Junction Cactus

Matt Perkins July 16, 2023

A cactus stands against the sky in Apache Junction.

Location: 33°26'43.122" N 111°30'35.784" W // https://bit.ly/AJcactus

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Cathedral Stars

Matt Perkins July 9, 2023

Evening stars over Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona.

Location: 34°49'47.664" N 111°47'56.934" W // https://bit.ly/CathedralStarz

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Fields of Gold

Matt Perkins July 2, 2023

There is a saying in photography, one I’ve said before on this platform, “the best camera, is the one you have with you.” This was definitely the case for this photo. I drove down to Maricopa last Saturday to check out a field of sunflowers. The field was started 4 years ago with 5 acres and has grown to its current size of 70 acres. Sunflowers might seem an odd crop to grow in Arizona but as a drought-tolerant crop, the field is actually part of the farmer’s research project to see how well this rotation crop would work here in our desert heat. I got down to the field, found a spot I thought would work, and opened my camera bag…..only to find I had brought everything I needed except the actual camera. So I used my iPhone. I did go back the next day with my Canon, but I couldn’t remember where I was standing the day before and in the end, felt that the iPhone photo was the best shot between the two days.

Location: 33° 4' 37.83" N 112° 7' 3.768" W // https://bit.ly/azsunflowers

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From a Distance

Matt Perkins June 25, 2023

This was another one of my famous, race the sunset adventures, and while I mostly made it I ended up settling on this post-sunset shot as my favorite from the evening. Spartan Hill, where this was shot, sits a short distance from the 202 freeway in Mesa and provides an elevated and thus unobstructed view of the Superstition Mountains 10 miles away.

Location: 33°26'19.596" N 111°38'25.092" W // https://bit.ly/SprtnHill

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Wildflower

Matt Perkins June 18, 2023

A single flower stands out in a grove of others on the side of Picacho Peak.

Location:32°38'40.704" N 111°24'9.972" W // https://bit.ly/ppWildflower

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Mountain Goats

Matt Perkins June 11, 2023

Goats seen from a distance as they graze on the side of a mountain in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Location: 51°8'41.49" N 115°34'30.336" W

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The West Dock

Matt Perkins June 4, 2023

The west dock of Watson Lake as the sun rises breaks over the lake.

Location: 34°35'12.546" N 112°25'23.028" W // https://bit.ly/WestDock

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Butcher Jones View

Matt Perkins May 21, 2023

A late afternoon hike at Butcher Jones recreation area provided a good workout and excellent lakeside mountain views.

Location: 33°34'15.948" N 111°30'49.902" W // https://bit.ly/3MLhb72

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Watson Sunrise

Matt Perkins May 15, 2023

Being a mid-shift or night-shift nurse leads to some weird habits. I eat at odd hours, sleep at odd times during the day, and often stay up all night so that I’m not flip-flopping my sleep schedule too much. As such some of those wee hours of the morning find me kind of bored and can lend themselves to last-minute photography trips for something to do. So it was two weeks ago that I decided at 3 am to make a drive up to Watson Lake in Prescott to capture some early morning photos. I was hoping with it being a weekday and quite early in the morning that I wouldn’t have to contend with too many other people and as it turns out I didn’t. My greatest challenge was racing the rising sun so I had enough light to highlight the dock, but not so much that I couldn’t use a long exposure to smooth the water into a glass-like surface. In the end, I used a 9-stop ND filter to manage the light and get the shot I wanted.

Location: 34°35'13.512" N 112°25'23.67" W // https://bit.ly/WatsonSunrise

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Creekside

Matt Perkins May 7, 2023

Cathedral Rock rises in the background as the waters of Oak Creek roll by.

Location: 34°49'30.516" N 111°48'13.398" W // https://bit.ly/CrkSide

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Night Moves

Matt Perkins April 30, 2023

Twilight traffic winds its way up Highway 88 with the Superstition Mountains in the background.

Location: 33°30'31.344" N 111°27'28.818" W

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Chapel Stars

Matt Perkins April 23, 2023

Star trails provide a background for this night shot of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona.

Location: 34°49'53.856" N 111°46'3.186" W

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Phon D Rise

Matt Perkins April 16, 2023

From the trailhead off of Phon D. Sutton road, the first part of the Phon D. Sutton loop is a short but steep climb to a rise that overlooks the recreation area. This shot was taken back from the rise a bit with just the top of Red Mountain visible in the distance.

Location: 33°32'26.862" N 111°38'59.766" W //https://bit.ly/PhonDRise

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Spring Bloom

Matt Perkins April 10, 2023

Feeling a need to get out of my apartment and the city I drove down to Picacho Peak State Park as I had seen it in passing a few times but had never stopped to check it out. In fact on a clear day from the top of South Mountain you can actually just make out the jagged edge of Picacho Peak some 70 miles to the south. I got a late start and wasn’t able to hike to the top so I wandered around on some of the lower trails taking in the views. Picacho Peak State Park is relatively small, but offers hiking trails, scenic, views and plenty of wildflowers during the spring. The park is also of historic significance as the Battle of Picacho Pass (the western most battle of the Civil War to involve fatalities) was fought there.

Location: 32°38'33.06" N 111°24'4.176" W // https://bit.ly/PicachoPeakSP

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Papago Lagoon

Matt Perkins April 2, 2023

The lagoon in Papago Park glows in the reddish glow of sunset light.

Location: 33°27'15.73" N 111°56'40.62" W // https://bit.ly/PPGLagoon

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Deadfall

Matt Perkins March 26, 2023

I had family and friends visiting over the past couple of weeks which allowed for numerous trips back up to Sedona to hike the trails and enjoy the views. This is a shot of a deadfall tree along the Broken Arrow Trail which, if you hadn’t noticed, has quickly become one of my favorite trails up there.

Location: 34° 50' 13.752" N 111° 45' 12.18" W // https://bit.ly/BAdeadfall

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