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We were in a bit of a hurry late in the day to hike back up to the rim for dinner so I wasn't going to stop for many pictures. Luckily I turned around and looked back to catch this, which I shot as a pano with my A7rII and 24-105mm. After Jim Fox's suggestion I went back to another pano I...

Another take on The White House ruins. We were lucky to be there late in the day so we had it all to ourselves.

Luminar for the sky, Silver FX Pro for B&W conversion.

This was from a month ago or so, from below Joshua Tree National Park which was closed. This is an area of BLM land with the city of Indio not too far off. It was over a 100 degrees that day, but in the early morning after shooting Astro and Milky Way all night, I walked out into the desert a...

I was disappointed to find that Petrified Forest National Park closes at 6 p.m. which meant I couldn't get sunset pictures from The Blue Mesa. I talked to a ranger at the Painted Desert Inn about that and he said, "Don't tell anyone I told you, but they leave the exit gate open, and I wouldn't...

My favorite view in this park, we lucked out with great clouds when we got there. This is a vertical pano.

My wife was a bit hesitant about descending into the canyon, but the ropes set up on the initial steep slope helped. A wonderful day all by ourselves, with these nice clouds in the morning.

From above.

You can really see the stairs of The Grand Staircase Escalante (Center-Left) from the Le Fevre Overlook driving north to Kanab, Mollies Nipple on right. 5 shot pano. Le Fevre Overlook by Jim Dockery posted Apr 22, 2020 at 2:49 PM Click through for larger gallery image

Wave Detail

I used a strong red filter in Silver FX for this high contrast early morning shot.

My wife and I lucked out on our second day of entering The Wave permit lotto in Kanab. We camped near the trailhead and got a chilly dawn start that got us in before the sun had hit the whole formation. We also had it to ourselves for a couple hours, which was precious. I'll be posting a number...

Showing what I assume is the coal layer (I never got a sample).

Taken with an iPhone 11 Pro, converted with Silver FX Pro. Coal-Mine-Canyon-297 by Jim Dockery posted Apr 9, 2020 at 9:49 AM (Click through for gallery image)

A few miles south of Badwater on our drive out of Death Valley.

Next to Coal Mine Canyon, AZ. They had a beautiful view, but didn't stay to enjoy it.

Like I said in a posting in the Landscape forum, Artist's Drive/Pallet doesn't get interesting for me until after sunset, at least in color. I did manage to get a couple of images before that though that I like in B&W.

Evening Evening shadows Sunrise

Sunset light slid through to illuminate the pillar.

After shooting sunrise at Zabriskie Pt. (no clouds, so nothing special) my wife and I drove around to the bottom of Golden Canyon and walked up to The Red Cathedral. We only saw a few other people, and had the Cathedral to ourselves for 20 min. Golden-Canyon-028-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Mar...