Today we started with the balloons, but it was pretty windy and they didn’t launch more than a couple and those in a different part of the Valley. The one we saw flew lickety split past the mesa and disappeared. No others followed. We took off and went to Page AZ to take a look [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Catching up and learning new stuff
Posted: 26th February 2012 by admin in photographyTags: Arizona, Canyon Country, desert, Horseshoe Bend, landscape, photography, R. L. Wolverton, shapes
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A day with Albert
Posted: 25th February 2012 by admin in photographyTags: Ancestral Pueblans, Canyon Country, desert, landscape, Monument Valley, Navajo Country, petroglyphs, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Utah
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Albert took us into the back country, a place visitors don’t usually get to go without a guide. Well, Albert lives in the Valley, so he was just taking some friends to see his home. We visited Susie Yazzie, who, at 96, still cards wool and spins it into yarn, saw some interesting sights and [...]
What the…
Posted: 25th February 2012 by admin in photographyTags: Canyon Country, desert, landscape, Monument Valley, Navajo Country, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Utah
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Well, the Wifi is getting cranky and I’ve got a lot to post tonight, so this and the next will be brief. We started the day off to find Albert, who would guide us through the park. But as we left the motel, we realized that there was going to be a balloon launch, something [...]
Back in Monument Valley
Posted: 23rd February 2012 by admin in photographyTags: Canyon Country, desert, landscape, Monument Valley, Navajo Country, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Sunset, Utah
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It’s great to be back here. We have a good group of photographers and a beautiful location to work with, so I’m looking forward to another three days of spectacular scenics and with luck good images. I’ve been here before, taking a daylong tour in the open bed of a truck. This time we’re traveling [...]
Another one of those days
Posted: 21st February 2012 by admin in Ma Nature, photographyTags: Ancestral Pueblans, archaeology, Canyon Country, Cedar Mesa, Comb ridge', desert, Flowers, macro photography, petroglyphs, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Utah
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Well, it was a day to remember. Lots of stupid stuff happened, but some good to offset it. I decided to go to the Procession Panel today. I had it in my mind to do a panorama of the whole glyph. That is, take three or four images and merge them together. I haven’t seen [...]
Icy, I see!
Posted: 20th February 2012 by admin in Ma Nature, photographyTags: Canyon Country, desert, landscape, macro photography, photography, R. L. Wolverton, shapes, Utah
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Well, the snow and ice melted off the roads pretty well, so I went back to see if the ice crystals Nick and I found a couple years ago were there. They weren’t. But I found some new ones. Got out the macro lens and snuck up on them. Then I went to where I [...]
What happened to Day 1? Well, unfortunately, the place I stayed last night had such horribly slow wifi I decided not to try to post anything. I’d have grown cobwebs by the time the fotos uploaded. So I got up this morning and headed for Bluff, where I intend to stay a few days until [...]