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It is winter again, time to start thinking about wandering through the Southwest AZ desert again. Last year was atypical for me, with low single digit visits. Hopefully I can make it back more often this year. Here is a set spanning approximately 10 years.
#1 and #2 - 360 degree views. No, not a drone shot, just a slog of a hike
#3 Sunrise on the Kofa Pinnacle
#4 Not the Dolomites - a rare fog in the desert
#5 MW over Squaw - I almost never shoot astro. This is not a composite image. The moon was 1/8 waning but is bright enough to look as a full disk during a 20s exposure
#6 The back country - a remote and rarely visited part of the desert
#7 Cholla infestation - a small canyon with the densest collection of chollas I have seen, you literally have to walk sideways and pay attention at every step
#8 Mordor
#9 Prickly pears
#10 Guardians of the galaxy
#11 Pastel sunrise
#12 Killin' time before the milky way comes up. The MW shot itself was a dud but this turned out OK
Wonderful set - I haven't seen shots from that area, thanks for the heads up for future trips. Hard to pick a favorite, but the astro shot is outstanding - perfect lighting in one shot - very hard to do.
Thank you all for the kind words. One can never run out of things to shoot in the Southwest. The only limiters are vacation time and willingness to get slightly off trail.
GroovyGeek wrote:
Thank you all for the kind words. One can never run out of things to shoot in the Southwest. The only limiters are vacation time and willingness to get slightly off trail.
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