Here's a few photos from a couple recent backpacking trips in Utah. Above is a wide-angle pano of Jacob Hamblin Arch in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Check out the LARGE photo!
Jack, the entire series is excellent. The third one from the bottom called "hikingGreen" is stunning, just love that green, springtime feel reflecting off the stream.
Posted by Grant Collier on April 8, 2012 at 11:10 PM
Love the wide view on the first one and the second has some nice subtleties to it.
Posted by Peter Coskun on April 8, 2012 at 11:52 PM
Very nice series. I've been really wanting to backpack through here and check out this area.
My favorite is the pano of Jacob Hamblin Arch, definite wow factor there!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on April 9, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Pretty cool set. I enjoyed all on the website, but 1&4 struck me the most, especially 1. I like the wide angles you have taken from under the arches and alcoves. Was 1 a stitch or pano crop from a UWA?
Posted by Jimmy Gekas on April 9, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Fantastic sets, Jack! Love the wide angles of the arch. Very, very cool.
Doug: the arch pano above was a stitch of four 17mm shots, plus two or three extra exposures to keep the sky and clouds under control. Stitched in AutopanoPro. The second arch, taken from underneath the arch, was two 17mm shots, shifted up and down (with the t/s lens), plus an extra exposure at each position for the sky and ground highlights. The alcove pano was just two 17mm shots shifted left and right, with more detail brought back out of the shadows in PS.
Jack, the image above is fabulous. I love that canyon. It is such a fantastic hike. I've only been there once on a day hike and turned around just before this arch, but now I am dying to get back there. You captured this so beautifully that I am now dreaming of the place.
Both series are excellent! Some of the better images I've seen from Coyote Gulch. Kudos for getting into the less traveled Robber's Roost area. That paid off with some nice work, as well.
Posted by Dan Walters on April 9, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Like the wide angle in the first image. The arch leads the viewer into the image.
Posted by Guy Schmickle on April 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Excellent work on both these series, Jack. That first shot of the arch is just killer!
Cool, Jack! Really like that arch shot. Also like the Robbers Roost sunrise shot a lot (with the lenticulars) and some of the river shots with Claudia. Thanks for sharing!
Jack, that's a great series -- nice work in integrating the contrast of the greens against the rock walls -- but that one of the sunset and the Henry's featured above is remarkable. I'm impressed and gratified that you chose to let it stand on its own and keep some of its subtleties rather than pushing it in post-processing. Well done.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on April 13, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Great series, Jack! Both of these places (with Blue John canyon, Happy canyon, ...) are high on my bucket list. I've been thinking about where to go on my next spring long weekend. Great inspiration!
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20 repliesWe spent three nights backpacking in there; you can see lots more photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/coyote-gulch/
We camped down in that canyon for two nights; more photos here: http://www.mountainphotographer.com/robbers-roost/
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Doug: the arch pano above was a stitch of four 17mm shots, plus two or three extra exposures to keep the sky and clouds under control. Stitched in AutopanoPro. The second arch, taken from underneath the arch, was two 17mm shots, shifted up and down (with the t/s lens), plus an extra exposure at each position for the sky and ground highlights. The alcove pano was just two 17mm shots shifted left and right, with more detail brought back out of the shadows in PS.