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This is the 2nd part of the story that began with Poison Spring and Black Jump roads. After a handful of miles winding along the bottom of Wingate cliffs, the area became littered with petrified wood: everything from matchstick size to 15' logs. It was the densest at the next curve beyond...

I'll do this in 2 parts -- this one, the road in and the next one, the canyon itself. Poison Spring and Black Jump roads are magnificent drives. You need a high clearance 4x4 for these roads. Located around 17 miles south of Hanksville, UT, Poison Spring Road goes off to the east. It starts...

The Golden Cathedral is in a peek-a-boo view from here.

Golden Cathedral is located in Neon Canyon (very appropriately named) in Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument. I chose to hike there & back via Fence Canyon instead of the cross-country route as I figured that there would be more water & shade for my dog. Going that way, there are 5...

All of you folks who have been heading to Factory Butte or to the Skyline Overlook have cruised right past Neilson Wash. I've checked out another wash a little further up, but it wasn't as interesting. After a rain to fill in the potholes, it should be really pretty. I stopped at a place...

On my way into Capitol Reef, I pulled over to shoot the storm that was coming in. Later on, I stopped at the overlook for this canyon and was blown over 2x when trying to either set up for a photo or just looking........ I do have a single frame from there, but haven't gotten around to...

I went to a seldom-visited kiva in Cedar Mesa the other day (last day on a 12-day trip). Those of you who have spent time in the Cedar Mesa area know that it can be absolutely impossible to get high enough to see any landmarks, so you will understand why I went only with my iPhone. I'd...

Last week I took a quick trip to Lower Maidenwater Canyon south of Hanksville, UT. It was an OK canyon photographically. Maybe when there's more water/pools it's more interesting. The loop I did was just shy of 6 miles and almost all of it was walking on cobbles (far from my favorite)...

Doug Sherman posted a Moon House shot not too long ago, and though I didn't think I'd be getting back there, I made a quick jaunt there last week. It was quick because I had to leave my dog in the car and, though we'd done a short hike on Comb Ridge that morning, I didn't want to make her wait...

After hauling my dog through a slot canyon on the last trip, I suppose it was only just that this time, she trotted merrily through the thickets of brambles, grasses and saplings leaving me to crawl on my forearms and knees, head down so I didn't poke my eyes with the numerous branches and twigs...

At the narrowest part of Moonshine Wash narrows, there is a sheep bridge over the top. Apparently, it predates the old still that was somewhere in the vicinity (thus the name Moonshine Wash). I actually missed it on the way in as it was right after a challenging drop for the dog. Kind of a...

From near the start of the narrows in Moonshine Wash.

Moonshine Wash slot canyon, that is. The textures in the narrows were good enough that I didn't feel the need to wait for the reflected light on the walls.

I took a quick trip to Utah last week to go to Moonshine Wash in Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness. From the description, I thought that it'd be a cakewalk for me & my dog except for a pour-off or 2. Not. On our way in, I quickly realized that this was going to be much more of an effort to get her...

Or maybe it's zebras instead of corduroy? Another Totem Pole view

Some cool new planning tools in TPE. This isn't a professionally produced video, but is the video from a webinar. Quick rundown: Sphere gives a 3-D view and now there are tools to plan a shoot when the sun, moon, Milky Way are in a particular position.

This is my favorite petroglyph panel on Comb Ridge, just outside of Bluff, UT. There are 179 figures (I think). Spending time contemplating it is fun, as some are above the main line, some have 6 fingers instead of 5, etc. Unfortunately, the clouds coming in from the west, even though both...

Here it is. I got everything put away from the trip, ate half my dinner (still have to cook the other half) and mixed in a little photo processing. Just darkening the sky made it look really contrived, so I lightened the fore & mid ground except for the snow & I think that's balanced better.

And a choice between color and B&W. Taken from a bit further back than the previous post.

A roadside stop in Monument Valley. It was crowded. Probably 4 other people stopped after we did. Corrected & cropped ( I think)