I’ll probably end up photoshopping out the lens flare later on, but right now I kind of like it. This is another HDR from Arches National Park at dawn(ish). I was going to shoot this same picture at sunset last night but couldn’t be arsed. Have to pace yourself on these kinds of adventures or you’ll get exhausted too soon. Yesterday evening was a rest period.
Today’s a driving day. We’re going to round up our belongings here in a bit and get on the road to Page, Arizona. Page is near Antelope Canyon, a place I’ve been anticipating photographing since I started taking nature photography more seriously.
This is an HDR from the dawn shooting, looking back towards the sun and through the North and South Window Arches. You can kind of see Turret Arch peeking through there too.
Up at the crack of dawn and back to the park this morning. Sadly, clouds had gathered to the east, obscuring that golden light I wanted to paint on my canvas. We had about 10 minutes of golden hour instead of an hour. Got a few good shots though.
After dawn shooting, we drove to the Needles District of Canyonlands. It was nice, but not nearly as impressive as Arches National Park. However, we got to see petroglyphs , which were amazing. I had never seen them before myself. More photos later. Now is the time for resting. Maybe more sunset photography tonight, maybe not. We’ll see how we feel in a couple of hours.
We arrived in Moab a little before noon. The light at this time of the day is terrible, so we did some scouting, figuring out what the best vantage points would be when the sun was setting. Then we headed into town and ate at a “cafe.” I think “cafe” is code in tourist traps for “overpriced.” We’re now holed up in a Motel 6 waiting for the sun to get a little lower on the horizon. Then we’ll head back into the park and try to get some honest-to-goodness landscape photos.
The plan is to shoot dawn in the park again tomorrow, then drive to Canyonlands in the afternoon to scout. Monday morning, we’ll shoot Canyonlands and then get on the road to the Grand Canyon. Wash and repeat, basically. We’re having a blast!
My story “Groob’s Stupid Grubs,” a story of a goblin’s hopes for his idiot children, is available in Black Gate 15.
I recently finished the first draft of a YA novel called Takedown Notice set in the net-mage universe of my stories “Captain Blood’s B00ty” and “One Click Banishment.” What happens when the Magical Association of Atlantis finally gets the upper hand against the net mages in the spell program copyfight?