Matthew Grahovac

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A lone deer standing in the middle of a trail bathed in golden light.

Pink wildflowers just starting to bloom.

A lone hiker standing on a ledge overlooking a massive canyon

A canyon at twilight, its river awash in a pink hue.

Due to all the storms in VA, I had go to the Keystone State to get a hike in.

The 30 mile West Rim Trail traverses the the Pine Creek Gorge, aka PA Grand Canyon.

I was able to get some really epic shots of the hike. Here are just a few.

Full WRT Trail guide here: mlghikes.com/west-rim-tra...

A painted blue blaze on a tree

A small creek in a beautiful forest

A mountain vista with a cloudy reflection in a puddle of water.

A golden sunset over a mountain valley

Finally was able to get out of hibernation and go on my first backpacking trip of the year. The Three Ridges Loop was spectacular.

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the trek.

Check out my trail Guide here: mlghikes.com/three-ridges...

#hiking #photography #ThreeRidges #sonyalpha

Playing Michigan State's offense after this is going to be like fighting cavemen with rocks and sticks after you just fought robots with laser guns and rockets #purdue

A bright and colorful aurora colors the sky in hues of red, green and purple.

Big news! My photo, 'Aurora's Dance over West Virginia' was chosen to be the cover shot of F-Stop Magazine's 2025 Landscape Issue.

It is an incredible honor to be included with so many talented artists. Go check out the issue here:

www.fstopmagazine.com

#landscapephotography #landscape2024fstop

No, the two in this quadrant are 50-ft Falls and Havasu Falls. I forgot to include the Mooney Falls photo I took. Here is Mooney Falls.

Two reverse alley oop dunks, fadeaway 3s, circus shots. Purdue is toying with Nebraska right now #boilerup

From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.

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#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.

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#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.

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#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.

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#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.

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#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

From the Grand Canyon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, here are my favorite photos from the 2024 hiking season. If you are interested in reading about my adventures, or checking out more of my photography. Check out my site www.mlghikes.com.

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#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

I appreciate Purdue making this one a laugher. It allowed me to take down and put away all of my Christmas decorations. #BoilerUp

Nice!!! I have an idea of a 6-day loop itinerary starting and ending at Jenny Lake. One night would be in Alaska basin and one night would be at this place called Kit Lake which I still have to do more research on, but I've heard is a really good off-the-grid location.

I was going to try for August, but I know it's probably the most popular time with the wildflowers and weather.

I've read early July can be pretty treacherous, how was the snow when you hiked that early in the season?

I'm going to be trying for permits in January. Was it really as difficult to get them as I've others have made it out to be?

Anyone else see this last night? Apparently this is called a moon halo. It happens when the moon's light is refracted by ice crystals in cirrus clouds.

Luckily I was able to grab my camera and get a good shot before it disappeared.

#astrophotography #moon #moonhalo

Wake up with the sun.

#yooperlites #landscapephgotography #sonyalpha

One of my favorite hikes. That was the first time I'd hiked out west. The weather was perfect, and it was cool learning/planning for the tides.

On my last night at Pictured Rocks, I was hoping for the northern lights, I settled for a fiery sunset. Not a bad consolation prize.

#hiking #landscapehotography

Shouts to CJ Cox for making that loss look respectable!!! Gotta keep that metrics game strong. #purdue

Northwestern basketball opens #bigten season with a last second loss on a buzzer beating three. Chris Collins is so back!!!

So my photo "Golden Hour at Mather Point"was selected as a finalist for the Grand Canyon Conservancy's 2025 Digital Membership Card.

It didn't win, but it was amazing to even be considered.

Check out out the other finalists here:
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Great photo!!! I recently hiked Pictured Rocks as well. Here is mine from the same spot.

Best piece I've ever read from Neubert imo. Give it a read #purdue

An old, decaying, broken down car in the forest.

"When you go, your footprints will fill with grass. Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all of shades and hues."

-The Green Knight

#hiking #photography #sonyalpha

No one is going to mourn Ryan Walters nor should they, but he wasn't a coach that was easy to hate. Just seemed like he was in way over his head.

I hope the athletic department understands the gravity of this next hire, with all the changes in college football, you have to get this right. #purdue

The announcers calling Walters a "defensive minded coach" is only technically true. Looking at Purdue's season, you would never believe that. #purdue