A selection of my favorite views across several trips to Arches National Park and Canyonlands over the years. There is so much to see off the beaten path in this area if you look in the opposite direction as the main attractions!
Thanks! I wasn’t prepared for the sudden downpour, one of the few times I’ve seen rain in the desert. It was amazing to see how the red rock comes to life when it’s wet.
The Rat wrote:
Very nice! These are all good, but the rain shower shot is a real standout to me.
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mjgphotoz wrote:
Scott, these really are treasured moments, aren't they! Beautifully seen, recorded and processed! Trifecta
Mary
Thanks Mary, and indeed, some moments we'll take with us to the end! Appreciate the kind words.
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lightskyland wrote:
Those are very cool and make me want to go back to Arches again, it's been a very long time since my last visit.
My favorites are the raining image and the milky way / landscape shot.
You will probably be surprised at how heavily visited the park is if you haven't been in a while. There is often a 3-4 hour long wait in a line that backs out to the highway.
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All nice work, but you know, I haven't seen anyone mention #4, yet that's the one that draws me in the most. I'm not in the camp that "naturalistic" is the Holy Grail of landscape photography, but that's all I can come up with here. Maybe I'm just a sucker for twilight desert light, but I just keep coming back to this one.
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JWRisinger wrote:
All nice work, but you know, I haven't seen anyone mention #4, yet that's the one that draws me in the most. I'm not in the camp that "naturalistic" is the Holy Grail of landscape photography, but that's all I can come up with here. Maybe I'm just a sucker for twilight desert light, but I just keep coming back to this one.
I appreciate that, it is definitely the black swan of this collection, but I tried to process it the way I remembered it...a little hazy, a little dark, but still clinging to the last color of the day.
