R. L. Wolverton Photography

Well, that was weird. I just finished this post and it disappeared. Let me see if I can remember it.

I love slot canyons. I enjoy wandering in them. Well, you can’t really wander, you can only go up or down stream. At any rate, the canyons are constantly changing with the light and the season. And the deep walls and narrow bottoms make for some interesting photography. I don’t canyoneer, that was something that wasn’t done much when I was young and did some technical climbing. these days they need to be easy to get into and move around in. Usually.

One canyon we love to go into is out by Factory Butte. It’s always interesting, sometimes quite photogenic, like the last time we were there. There was water in the canyon. Somewhat unusal near the top, where I found these wet spots, and, because of the rarity, welcome.

Reflection, Factory Slot

Reflection2, Factory Slot

And of course, the light is always spectacular in Nick’s Canyon. Here’s a shot I did in there:

Red wall little canyon

Be sure to click on the images to see them at full size and with the right colors.

More to follow,

Bob

I’ve been on the road so much I haven’t even had a chance to look at any of the images I’ve taken recently. I’m settled for a while now and I’m getting over the worst cold any human being ever had and survived, so this will be short.

I’ll start at Capitol Reef and move on from there. Spent a great weekend with old (and new) photography friends and got a few images. Here are a couple:

First, there’s the Twin Rocks as you enter the park. I’ve never spent a lot of time looking at them because there’s always a destination calling my name. Rodger wanted to do some photography here, so while he got his images, I realized this might make a nice black-and-white image.

Twin Rocks

Then we moved on to a canyon Nick and I have been wandering in for years. He calls it Little Canyon, I call it Nick’s Canyon, the Park service probably calls it “That Canyon up There.” You get a great view of the Castle, one of the icons of Capitol Reef. I thought an HDR image might work out, so I tried that. Shockingly, I was right.

The Throne

Off to the doctor to see if s/he can heal my gomboo.

More to follow,

Bob

I was coming back from Pocatello, camera at the ready. I knew there were bison on the road when I came up and expected them to be there on the way back. They were. But they were in exactly the wrong spot to get a photo. And I’m too smart to try to herd them to where I want them. With a little frustration, I cruised on down the road and found a nice view of the Gallatin River, coming down out of Yellowstone NP on its way in to Bozeman (I think).

Anyway, I needed to capture some pixels, so here they are.

Gallatin River

Not as good as bison, perhaps, but not bad.

BTW, I happen to know the taxonomic name for the American Buffalo. It’s bison bison bison. It only took me a few weeks to memorize that.

More to follow.

Bob

Recovering from what? Not publishing enough. Not photographing enough.

My new job is great and I love it, but it’s sometimes hard to spend enough time in one place to have a chance for photography.

The solution? Carry a camera with you. All the gurus say never take a step outside your house without a camera.

OK. I had a few hours to kill in Seattle a couple weeks ago, so I took a walk and actually took a camera. Visited the University of Washington Campus. A little larger than the University of Wyoming.

Closer to spring out there, too. I found some daffodils, my favorite flower. Here they are.

I hope you like daffodils, too, because mine are about to bloom and I’ve got about two dozen in the front yard. You’ll be seeing a lot more in the near future!

DaffyDills

More travel coming up. Keep an eye out!

More to follow (I promise!)

Bob

No real excuses, just a long time since I’ve posted. No guarantees for regular contact in the future, but I’ll try.

I went  down to the Yellowstone River a little while back, hoping to see some ice. And I did. Here’s what I found:

Ice, Yellowstone River #1

Ice, Yellowstone River #2

Ice, Yellowstone River #3

I thought I might make these black-and-white, but the little splashes of color here and there just go to help us see how cold that stuff is.

The best thing; I didn’t fall in!

More to follow.

Bob

Well, I’m in Southern Utah, preparing for a meeting of the NRTRC Board. Of course, that means coming a day or two early and making sure everything is in place. The first thing we checked was Bryce Canyon. To get there, we had to go over the mountain from Cedar City and we found some aspens. And some lava. the combination was a visual treat.

Lava and aspens

When we got to Bryce, we had to go to Sunset Point for, um, sunset.

It’s early and I’m in the middle of an allergy attack, so won’t write much.

More to follow,

Bob