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May 23, 2013

Park Avenue

Park Avenue

One more black and white image from Arches National Park for this week. I’ll be changing things up a bit tomorrow as we head into the long Memorial Day weekend.

This is Park Avenue at Arches National Park, obviously named for the towering rocks. It wasn’t our main destination that day. It was just a place to kill time until our climb to Delicate Arch for sunset and out light painting adventure.

I love the light painting images. And I love the sunset images. But there is something about black and white.

 

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May 22, 2013

Turret Arch

Turret Arch to Windows Arch

Our sunset shoot was done  and we were hiking towards Turret Arch when I saw this — Windows Arch through Turret Arch.  I was standing almost directly under Turret Arch so the shot called for my fisheye lens. The same fisheye lens I rented to Chris Nitz just a half hour before. Yes. Rented. Well, ok. Technically I guess I loaned it to him, but after slapping it on his camera and looking through the viewfinder, Chris said, “Damn. I owe you a beer for loaning this to me!” Anyway, Chris was right there to hand the fish back to me.

I knew I was going to like the shot as soon as I looked at the camera’s LCD. Like yesterday’s shot, BW was the way to go here.

BTW, if all goes as planned, I will collect my fisheye “rental fee” from Chris in the fall of 2014 in Acadia National Park — the site of the nest NXNW Photo Blogger Jamboree.

 

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Chris NitzMay 22, 2013 - 7:41 AM

You wanted a nice hearty stout for the rental fee, correct ;)

TonyMay 22, 2013 - 8:39 AM

Amazing landscape! I like the archway in the foreground leading the eye to the arch in the distance, very nicely composed.

May 21, 2013

When Skies are Boring

Delicate Arch II

The sky was boring at Delicate Arch when we were there last month. I knew the arch would glow red at sunset and our main reason for being there was for light painting after dark, so I wasn’t fretting the lack of clouds. To pass the time until the Magic began, I kept shooting knowing I would process in Black and White.

 

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Jim DenhamMay 21, 2013 - 10:00 AM

Someday, I have to see this place! Love the conversion!

Mike CriswellMay 21, 2013 - 12:09 PM

Nice Bob, it kinda sucked we were not blessed with any clouds until Grand Junction but that’s how it goes, nice choice for B&W

May 20, 2013

Stone

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Steven Perlmutter and I conducted our second Historic Mills Photography workshop this past weekend and from all indications it was a huge success.

I can’t tell you how much fun we had sharing these magnificent buildings with people. As well as sharing our love for photography.

Between playing tour guide, photographer instructor and grabbing some candid shots of attendees in action, I did manage get a couple of shots for myself. This is one of them. A shot from the North side of the Everett Mill overlooking the Stone Mill.

Here are a few shots of attendees in action:

 

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May 17, 2013

Book Cliffs

Book Cliffs

When I took this shot I was operating on about 6 hours of sleep over the previous 48 hours. And those 42 hours I was awake were among the most fun I’ve ever had shooting.

This was the last day of our whirlwind North by Northwest Photo Blogger weekend. While Chris Nitz, Rick Louie and Mark Garbowski headed back to Denver (their shooting day wasn’t over either!), Dave Wilson, Justin Balog, Michael Criswell and I stayed in Grand Junction before heading to our respective homes the next day.

We made the most of the time. We hit up Colorado National Monument for a sunset/blue hour shoot, in spite of our complet, delusional levels of sleep depravation.  We found this area with a gorgeous view of the Book Cliffs on the other side of the city of Fruita and camped out, waiting for the magic to happen. The four of us chatted and reminisced a bit about the previous 48 hours of frantic fun.

And were in awe of the clouds that, until this night, had alluded us.

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Chris NitzMay 17, 2013 - 9:39 AM

Man, I wish I had chosen to fly out of Grand Junction. This view is too pro!

JustinMay 17, 2013 - 4:00 PM

I remember that night…and yes, pro!

Mike CriswellMay 21, 2013 - 12:10 PM

Love the colors in this Bob