As I was driving to Moab this morning, I saw there was going to be a nice sunrise. I quickly looked for an interesting setting to take a photo from, but came up with nothing. So I found a dirt road, pulled off the highway and put my Jeep in the foreground.
Back in November Jackson and I left work and went out to try and photograph the full moon rising over Mount Garfield and the Little Book Cliffs. Unfortunately, the sky was pretty hazy and we couldn’t even see the moon until it had come up a ways over the top of the Book Cliffs. Of course I still tried to take some photos, but I wasn’t happy with them at the time and never tried to process them when I got home. I actually had forgotten about them until today when I came across the folder on my hard drive. I decided to try processing one of the photos and I actually like the way it turned out in black and white.
I also took a photo of St. Mary’s Hospital with the Book Cliffs in the background while we were up there.
I guess the moral of the story is if you aren’t happy with your photos when you take them, let them sit for a while and revisit them later…maybe you will change your mind!
Taken this morning as the sun came up over the Grand Mesa and struck the red rock cliffs of the Colorado National Monument. It was about 12 degrees out.
Hidden Valley & Moab Rim Loop
Saturday, December 17, 2011
On Saturday, Marty and I set out to hike the Hidden Valley and Moab Rim Loop. We had both hiked Hidden Valley before, and driven the Moab Rim trail in our Jeeps, but we both had wanted to hike the whole loop in one shot. Not only so we could enjoy the scenery on a nice winter day, but also so that we could revisit some rock art sites and hopefully find some new ones.
There was a layer of snow on the ground in Hidden Valley, but once we got up above the pass there wasn’t much of it.
Hidden Valley by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
There are many excellent petroglyphs found in the Hidden Valley area, but this figure is one of my favorites.
Inside by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
A wider view of the panel.
Inside Out Panel by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Sunday, January 8, 2012
On Sunday, Amanda and I headed down to watch the ice climbers at the Ouray Ice Festival. We have always wanted to go check it out, so it was nice to finally make it down there. I’m not a climber of any sorts (and have no interest in starting), but it was definitely fun to watch.
This is not my usual ‘photography subject,’ but it was fun trying to take photos of something new. Here’s some of the photos I took while we were there.
Ouray by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Ouray Ice Park by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Climbing by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr