Goblin Valley, Utah
One of my favorite strange places.
Misc texture studies
I spent a week in the canyonlands, along with some other photographers
from Seattle; a canyon and figure study workshop.
Photographers and models at work.
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Slot canyons are facinating in their shapes and the play of light.
The light picks up color from multible reflections off of the
cliff walls. That is why it is also DARK down there.
These are from Face canyon, on Lake Powell.
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The far end of the canyon is about 3 feet wide and 200 feet tall. We were lucky that
the water level in the lake had dropped by Oct. The light toned band (first image) is
the normal high water level. Note the human figure; for scale.
Canyonland's appearance is very dependent on the light.
It is worth getting up before dawn, and leaving dinner untill well after dark.
This is what it looks like mid-day, sort of dull.
In storm.
With a shaft of sunlight.
Sunrise; yes I climbed up 200 ft. in the dark to get this.
Sunset
Dawn, before sunrise.
Dawn, at sunrise.
By the light of the full moon.
This is a half hour exposure, as one can tell from the star trails.
The full moon lit the cliffs just like the sun, only weaker.
An 5 hour exposure,
With the moon just bearly coming over the horizon and hitting the rock just
as I stopped the exposure.
No wonder I couldn't catch any fish...
The Lake is full of minnows! What fish is going to be interested in my lure!
The Models.....
Trees, I love trees!
A polarizer at 9000 ft. can make the sky nearly black.
Aspens reflected in a puddle.
Strange tree, Eastern Oregon.
Forest and fog, Western Oregon.
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