Canyonlands images

I have been going through my Canyonlands images recently as I have Gigabytes of images I created over the years that I have never put online yet mostly due to lack of time. There are some really nice images in there and I am only scratching the surface yet.


Sunrise at White Crack. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.
Assembled from 5 images. Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm at 14mm, f/8.0, 1/125s, ISO 200

White Crack is the southernmost tip of the white rim. There is a small campsite here that you have to reserve almost a year in advance with the park service to get on. There is also a trail that goes from here all the way down to the confluence of the Green and the Colorado river. I hiked most of it with one of my companions on this trip (the rest of the group spent the day drinking cocktails at the campsite or with their legs dangling over the rim ;-) ) as we were at White Crack for two nights.


White Crack sunset. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.
Assembled from 8 images. Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-55mm at 18mm, f/8.0, 1/60s, ISO 200

This panorama looks towards the Green river and shows the area where the White Crack trail (you won't find it on any map) goes down from White Rim.


The tree. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.
High resolution image assembled from 12 images. Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-55mm at 34mm, f/16, 1/30s, ISO 200.

This tree is one I photographed years before and that is hidden in the area just south of the campground. I photographed it at sunset.


Dusk falls over the La Sals. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.
High resolution image assembled from 9 shots. Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-55mm at 48mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 200.
This is at dusk looking towards the La Sal mountains that still have a small amount of snow on them. I love the deep colors in the canyon.


Moses and Zeus at dawn. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.
Single shot Nikon D50, Nikkor 18-55mm at 18mm, f/8.0, 1/160s.

This is am image I took in 2007 that I never shared. I interpreted this in Lightroom 4 which allowed me to pull the drama out of it that I experienced at the moment that I was there but that I never was able to shine through in the image before. Moses and Zeus are two popular climbing destinations in Taylor Canyon at the west side of Canyonlands.


Tortured. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.


Tortured in B&W. Buy a print. See it large.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm, f/11, 1/125s.

This is a tree I found along the Gooseberry trail that leads from the Gooeseberry campground up to the Island in the Sky. I like both the color and black and white interpretations, so I left them both up. I remember I spent considerable time around this tree to get a nice composition.


Last Rays. Buy a print. See large. See on flickr.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 mm at 11.5 mm, f/11, 1/30s, graduated ND filter

This was taken at White crack again looking towards the sunset.


Ticklish. Buy a print. See it large. See it on flickr.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-55mm at 24 mm, f/11, 1/160s

This is along Gooseberry trail. One of many dead Junipers.

Much more to follow.