Zion National Park, Utah.
Today we just published a huge update to our gallery of Zion National Park Photos. I think we went from 10 photos, to about 60 photos!
This is Janine holding still for about a 20 second exposure!
The road through Zion National Park, Utah.
Our eyes have the amazing ability to see details in the shadows of a scene, and the details in the highlights at the same time. Our cameras can’t begin to capture what our eyes can see. Photographers have been trying to replicate what our eyes can see with a camera for years - these techniques are usually referred as High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. Fancy words for a simple concept - makes us sound smart. :) (more…)
Zion Canyon Overlook, Utah.
When I’m traveling, the photos I post here on the blog are ones that take little work. Now that I’m back in the office, I have the computer and time to spend on some of the more difficult photos. (more…)
This is a narrow side canyon to the main canyon in a place I posted about a few weeks ago. The three prior posts from the last week were from this canyon as well.
We are now caught up on all our print orders, it took a bit longer then expected, we had about 60 prints to prepare and send. Orders coming in now will be sent within a couple of days via Priority Mail.
The blog activity might slow a little during the next couple of months. I know, I have said that a few times before, but continued to post nearly daily. But this time not only do we need to get caught up on our recent travels, but we have tackled a little remodel project at home, and that is keeping us pretty busy. I probably won’t do much shooting, but I do have plenty to share from recent travels. In February we hit the road again for a couple of months, and then it will be spring, summer and fall in Alaska, so I should have plenty to share then!
Janine bravely climbing a rickety make shift ladder.
While in Zion we totally got hooked on canyoneering. We hope to do much more next fall. We intended to take some training classes on the subject during this trip, but decided we would wait until next fall for the training since I would likely forget all I learned in the year in between.
Well if you follow this blog, you know how excited I was to be back in Alaska for some great winter weather. Well unfortunately, highs in the upper 40’s and 6 inches of rain put an end to winter this week - we received 2 inches of rain on Thanksgiving day alone.
So we decided to take advantage of the bad weather and the holiday weekend to take our office down and paint it. Then we decided we didn’t like the new color, and painted it again. :) It helps having a mom who is an artist to bail us out with color selection! So now we are back in business.
This was a pretty little stream near Zion National Park, Utah.
The Watchman, Zion National Park, Utah.
Now that I’m home and going back through our images - editing and key-wording, I thought I would share a few more from our recent travels.
Lower Emerald Pool, Zion National Park, Utah.
Despite the name, there isn’t a beautiful emerald colored pool at the Lower Emerald Pool - maybe there was at one time. There are a couple of nice little waterfalls coming over the alcove and into the pools, along with some nice fall colors, so at least there was still some cool photo opportunities.
Here is a larger version of this photo of the Emerald Pools in Zion.
Angel’s Landing, Zion National Park, Utah. To the top of this is where you end up when you hike the Angel’s Landing Trail.
Here is a larger version of this picture of Angel’s Landing.
This is a little more of a traditional shot of the Narrows - and probably better shows what the experience is like!
The Fall colors are all but done in Zion - we are moving on to Palm Springs with a bit of a lay-over in Las Vegas, although I think I will post a few more Zion photos over the next few days.
Another shot of the Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah.
The Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah.
I liked this gap with fall colors - I shot a lot of variations of this scene.
Zion Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah.
The Narrows is a famous Zion hike, probably one of the great hikes in the entire west, and for good reason! Let me describe it and you will understand why. Basically you are in a narrow canyon with the walls rising straight up 1,500 feet around you. And if that wasn’t cool enough, the canyon itself has a beautiful, clear water river (Virgin River) running down the middle of it. In many places the river flows literally from wall to wall so you have (get) to walk right down the middle of it!
This photo is of one of the wider places - thus the trees. (more…)
Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Utah.
I posted of photo of this spot last weekend. I really like this scene so I returned a photographed it again, this time I got further out into the Virgin River and much lower into the rapids.
Left Fork, North Creek, Zion National Park, Utah.
When you reach this beautiful little setting, you are very close to the Subway.
I mentioned yesterday that there were some really cool things to photograph near the Subway; this was one of them. This is a crack in the red rock creek bed, and a portion of the Left Fork of North Creek flows through it at a rapid rate of speed. It is an interesting sight!
The Subway portion of the Left Fork of North Creek, Zion National Park, Utah.
We are visiting some wonderful areas during this two month trip, but the one place I have been looking forward to over all others was the Subway in Zion. What a fascinating place!
It is interesting, I didn’t notice the leaves in the pool moving, but I guess the 30 second exposure was enough time to capture even minor movement. (more…)
Janine exploring a wonderful canyon near Zion. (more…)
