Standing Sentinel

This tree seems to be trying to protect unwary persons from falling over the edge of this cliff. If you can zoom in enough you can see many of the features of Canyonlands National Park in Southern Utah. I really liked the clouds and contrails in the sky. LYLE

Arch to Arch

This is a view of Delicate Arch through a Pinion Pine tree that had a very similar shape. The stone arch was a long ways away so I had to use my big lens to even get it close for most of my shots. There were also about 50 people standing under it so I had to Photoshop them out. There was a very deep canyon between me and the arch from this side, maybe 300 feet deep or so. Access from this direction is not possible but the view is good. Lots of climbing up slopes and scrambling over slick rock, all in all a good time. LYLE

Blushing Bradford

 It rained today and we really need it. I came home and my Bradford Pear had turned red and I wanted to show the raindrops on the leafs. The wind was gusting and the sky was cloudy so this is about the only one that turned out.  Bruce

Silhouette of a Tree

This light painted tree is at Dead Horse Point. I shot it at f4, ISO 400, for 30 sec with the 10-24 lens and no filter. I am amazed at how far the Earth turns in just 30 sec as seen in the streaks left by the stars. I used a Ryobi flashlight to paint the tree and ran it up and down the tree about 3 times. LYLE

Big Dipper at Dead Horse Point

On every trip we try a little light painting when it gets dark. I love the Big Dipper and always include at lease one photo of it. This tree was dead but still standing, on the desert not too much is there to cause the dead trees to rot (no water) so they stand long after they die. I hit this one with a beam of light through my fingers to better direct the light just to the tree. I was concerned about the noise in the sky but I think much of it is actually the multitude of stars that are seen in the area. There was still a lot of light from the setting sun and a ranger station to the north. Manual mode shutter speed 30 sec. ISO 400, f4, 10-24 wide angle at 10mm, and was shooting without any filter, not even a UV. LYLE

View thru Mesa Arch

A couple of friends and I go on a photo safari every fall, this year we chose Canyonlands National Park in Southern Utah. This arch is located there and is quite famous. It is actually quite a small one at only about 25 feet wide but due to the view through it it is very photographed. We were there about 2:00 in the afternoon so the light was not the best but it was all I had to work with. This is a 5 shot HDR with my 18-105 lens at 18mm without any filter. Shutter speeds were from 1/200 to 1/13 sec. ISO 100 and f16. LYLE

shades of fall 2

this is the color version

Bradford Pear Tree

Linda and I planted this 2 years ago it has pretty blooms in the spring and bright fall colors. It doesn't feel like fall yet the highs are around 90° and lows around 60° I guess the leafs are turning because it is so dry. I grabbed my camera put it on manual and set the white balance and took 3 shot brackets but the wind was. blowing and I couldn't make them HDR's I tried. I setup my tripod and moved all around the tree shooting these are my favorites. f9 1/160 ISO200 Macro Bruce

Shades of fall

I shot this today and had no intention of making it a  B&W. I was adjusting the colors in Photoshop and turned it B&W and made it more of an abstract. I adjusted the colors with the levels filter and then converted it.  ISO200  1/160  f9 Macro about 6" Bruce

Reeds

I am without my camera right now, Ann needed it to shoot a couple of families so she borrowed it. I then borrowed Brad's D40 just so I could still take a shot once in a while. This is one of them. I used my 10-24 wide angle lens with a Singh-ray filter on it. The filter was a door prize that I won from Adam Barker Photography while I was at one of his workshops. It is a 77mm LB color combo polarizer. I still have much to learn to figure it out, but it sure enriched this scene. I will get my D200 back later this week, then I hope to do more with it. I set this shot at ISO 200, f25, 14mm, aperture priority, 1/5 sec shutter. It was also shot in JPEG. The water was quite rough from the wind so that is why I wanted to use a bit slower shutter speed so I set the aperture as small as I could to smooth the water. The filter also gives a -2f.  LYLE