Photos: Zion, Arches, Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, Great Sand Dunes, etc.
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Posted by Lars Jensen on November 7, 2006 at 12:39 PM
A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I drove across the country (San Diego to Ann Arbor), spending most of our time in southern Utah and Colorado. We didn't have a whole lot of time to spend in most of these places so a lot of these shots may be from viewpoints you've seen photographed a million times before.
Utah is an amazing place, and probably the most interesting thing we did was hike the Zion Narrows. We started early and did not see another soul the entire time until we were on our way out around 1pm.
Pictured Above
Row 1: Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon, AZ | Zion Narrows, UT | Monument Valley dust storm, UT
Row 2: Monument Valley, UT | Canyon near Page, AZ | Great Sand Dunes, CO
Row 3: Arches, UT | Chicago, IL | Zion, UT
Row 4: Mount Sneffels, CO | Dead Horse Point, UT | Starved Rock, IL
What a trip! Great images too. My favorite is also the Monument Valley in a dust storm image.
Guy
Posted by Dan Walters on November 7, 2006 at 10:07 PM
Great images! Looks like you had a great time.
Posted by Brian Jackson on November 7, 2006 at 10:48 PM
WOW
Some amazing shot's there. Thanks for sharing.
Brian
Posted by Lars Jensen on November 8, 2006 at 11:35 PM
Thanks all.
The misty morning in Zion was amazing but unfortunately I lack the photography skills to capture it. I ended up with a lot of overly dark foregrounds and overexposed skies. Not sure what you could do to better deal with the contrast between the dark cliffs and white sky, graduated filter? Maybe just waiting for the sun to break through a little more would have helped.
More pics should be showing up daily as I try to get those other pages done, I took a picture about every 50 feet in the Zion Narrows.
Posted by Don Grall on November 11, 2006 at 12:44 PM
Excellent selection of images! Congrats!
Don
Posted by Jon Leibowitz on November 12, 2006 at 2:59 AM
Discussion
9 repliesUtah is an amazing place, and probably the most interesting thing we did was hike the Zion Narrows. We started early and did not see another soul the entire time until we were on our way out around 1pm.
Pictured Above
Row 1: Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon, AZ | Zion Narrows, UT | Monument Valley dust storm, UT
Row 2: Monument Valley, UT | Canyon near Page, AZ | Great Sand Dunes, CO
Row 3: Arches, UT | Chicago, IL | Zion, UT
Row 4: Mount Sneffels, CO | Dead Horse Point, UT | Starved Rock, IL
More Pictures
Zion (not yet finished, still reviewing photos)
Zion Narrows
Glen Canyon/Horseshoe Bend
Monument Valley
Arches and Dead Horse Point
Great Sand Dunes/Sneffels (not yet finished, still reviewing photos)
Starved Rock State Park, Illinois
Chicago
Trip summary with small pictures
Guy
Some amazing shot's there. Thanks for sharing.
Brian
The misty morning in Zion was amazing but unfortunately I lack the photography skills to capture it. I ended up with a lot of overly dark foregrounds and overexposed skies. Not sure what you could do to better deal with the contrast between the dark cliffs and white sky, graduated filter? Maybe just waiting for the sun to break through a little more would have helped.
More pics should be showing up daily as I try to get those other pages done, I took a picture about every 50 feet in the Zion Narrows.
Don