Matthew Kidd > Comments

Oct 17, 2020 Monument Canyon and Wedding Canyon This trail is very popular with trial runners. View Comment
May 8, 2020 Slab Loop This is a typical 3-star San Diego county hike. It can't hold a candle to southern Utah, Colorado, the Sier… View Comment
Jul 8, 2019 Evening light at Arches NP! View this photo full size to fully appreciate it. View Comment
May 26, 2019 Natural Bridges National Monument Full Loop The park guide has this as an 8.6 mile loop. My GPS track came in at 9.92 miles but this dropped to 9.52 mi… View Comment
May 16, 2019 Courthouse Butte Loop The scenic payoff is really great for such an easy hike. We started about 4 pm when it was cooling off and… View Comment
Jun 20, 2018 The forest around the Lake Whatcom View Trail gets more vibrant the higher up you climb. Nice flow. View Comment
Jun 20, 2018 Elizabeth Pass Trail David, 1983 was before my hiking days but a memorably wet year. Check out Kevin Fedarko's The Emerald Mile:… View Comment
May 4, 2018 A view north over the La Quinta Cove with most of the climb completed. From here, drop down into Guadalupe Creek. Nice sky. Looks great at full resolution. View Comment
Apr 9, 2018 Close to the finish of the White Rock Loop Trail! Another great photo murdered by a smartphone camera. View Comment
Feb 17, 2018 Hooker Valley Track Best to start early if the weather is nice and aim to be back by 1 pm during the high season. This way you'… View Comment
Feb 17, 2018 Hooker Valley Track bridge I am the one who bounces. View Comment
Jul 22, 2017 If you're interested, free climb up this crevasse for a new view of the canyon! As usual these excessively vertical photos would benefit from a 4:3 crop, losing from the bottom in this case. View Comment
Jul 22, 2017 About a mile down from Windy Pass, runners still have to encounter sharp rocks underfoot. This photo would gain from a 4:3 crop, losing from the top to make the hiker more prominent. View Comment
Jul 22, 2017 Every time you look over your shoulder on the Paine Grande Trail and see this view, I guarantee you'll be dumbstruck. Paine Grande is seen left, Valles Frances center, the Torres right-center, and the Cuernos far right. Nice, but I think it gains some from a 3:2 (or even 16:9) crop, losing a little from the top and more from… View Comment
Jul 18, 2017 Spring toadstools. Crop this one 4:3 for a better result. View Comment
Jul 18, 2017 Hiking the ridgeline with big sky views. I'm giving this 3 stars, going with the consensus but if it were sharper, I'd give it 4 stars. The photo wa… View Comment
Jul 18, 2017 Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Level the horizon! The subject deserves better handling. View Comment
Jul 18, 2017 Zion Hike This is way over-processed, apparently by Instagram filters based on what's in the EXIF tag. It would be a… View Comment
Jul 17, 2017 Arizona Snowbowl final climb Crop a bit off the top to make the subject stand out more. View Comment
Jul 8, 2017 View looking up towards the top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Aerial Tram, where the Rendezvous Mountain Hillclimb finishes. This picture taken midway up the Headwall along the Cirque Trail Crop is a bit too tight but it's close to a 4-star photo. View Comment
Jul 8, 2017 Easy terrain & superb trail quality early in the race - just before mile 5 This is a nice photo but would benefit from including more of the sky for a balanced less claustrophobic fe… View Comment
Jul 8, 2017 Spring wildflowers on top of the ridge. Nothing is in focus! View Comment
Jul 7, 2017 Spring snowmelt Nothing is in focus! View Comment
Jul 7, 2017 Though only .4 miles long, you can continue on the beautiful beach for miles. There is a pleasing geometry to this photo. View Comment
Jul 7, 2017 This is part of the Mullica River, beautiful area at which to relax and rest. On the Batona Trail This scene deserved a better camera. Nothing is in focus, the saturation appears to have been punched up, a… View Comment
Jul 7, 2017 Working our way down from Atalaya to Picacho. Cropping some of the bottom and left, keeping the 4:3 aspect ratio, would improve this photo. View Comment
Jul 7, 2017 Jacob's Ladder goes up from the Jackson Hole Trail via the green slot on the far right side of the photo. Stitching failure. Source material deserved better. View Comment
Jul 5, 2017 On Zinnkopf Nice use of depth of field View Comment
Jul 2, 2017 A macro shot on the Lake View Trail. A macro shot... of what?! Shallow depth of field can create great pictures but the subject in focus needs t… View Comment
Jul 2, 2017 Beautiful coastline at Torrey Pines State Beach. Please level the horizon. View Comment
Jun 28, 2017 Yes, this is the Beamer Trail. This picture works better cropped 4:3 View Comment
Jun 28, 2017 Just above the saddle to Horseshoe Mesa The nearly 2:1 vertical aspect ratio does not work well. View Comment
Jun 28, 2017 Crossing Horseshoe Mesa on the Grandview Trail This is nice picture but I think it works better if cropped to a 4:3 aspect ratio instead of the original 3… View Comment
Jun 28, 2017 View facing north at Cape Solitude. Good subject but the aspect ratio is awkward and the horizon isn't leveled. View Comment
Jun 28, 2017 Desert View Watchtower is off to the left. The view is looking north to the Grand Canyon from the trail descending from the tower. What a crazy ski! View Comment
Jun 28, 2017 Grand Canyon National Park - Clear Creek Trail. This is nice but cropped too tight vertically. It's better to stitch these panoramas in Photoshop from seve… View Comment

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