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Desert Bighorn, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

I have visited and written about Valley of the Fire State Park before, but I still forget what a wonderful gem this place is – Southern Utah gets all the red rock attention, but this place is really sweet. 

I spent a fair amount of time with this guy – this was captured after sunset, I really prefer this time of day for these desert animals.  Otherwise the sun is just too harsh. 

I hope you don’t get too tired of photos from Valley of Fire, but I have a few I want to share over the next couple of days.

View from the top of the Stratosphere.

Talking about a room with a view!

A Toby Keith video sign reflecting in a rain puddle on a sidewalk along the Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada.

I rotated this image 180 degrees so that the reflection wouldn’t be upside down like it appeared to me on the sidewalk.  I then flipped in horizontally so that what little text that did show would be readable. 

A cold, rainy night was a perfect night for photography on the Las Vegas Strip.  The streets and sidewalks glowed with wet reflected light, there were all kinds of fun reflections, and there were very few people!

For this image, I focused on the distant reflected image, and not on the much close sidewalk / puddle.  I then used a wide aperture ( f /4 ) to limit my depth of field – I preferred having the sidewalk out of focus.  I needed a tripod because of the 1/10 of a second shutter speed.  I then shot over and over trying to capture something interesting on the constantly changing video screen.

Fresh snow in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area, near Las Vegas, Nevada.

It was really tough to leave Anza-Borrego with the way the wildflowers were developing.  We are spending the last couple of weeks on this trip in Las Vegas – we have some commitments and need to pay the bills, but we are going to make some time for some fun with some Alaskan friends as well.

The sky began to light up during this sunrise, but then faded away – since I didn’t get great light, I may try converting this to black and white after I return to the office.

Encore las Vegas, Nevada.

The new Encore is scheduled to open on December 22.  Judging from the outside, I get the feeling it is very similar to the Wynn.

We are finished updating our website including our section of Las Vegas photos, and a new section of proffesional poker player photos.

Marie Osmond

I didn’t know Marie Osmond was such a “big” star – she must be 200 feet tall!

According to the newspaper, for some reason, some guest to the Flamingo have requested rooms behind her teeth and eyes.

We are now making the trek to our favorite quiet little desert town of Borrego Springs, California where we will clean things up and store our rig before making the long trek home. Because of this, the blog may be a little quiet the next few days.

The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada.

I did photograph more then just poker players while in Las Vegas. 🙂

Here are more Las Vegas Photos.