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This is my second post on the color in Zion National Park this year. I’m a little delayed in editing. More coming up.
Autumn Brilliance – East Side Zion National Park
The East Side is through the main tunnels on the road to Mt. Carmel. Get out and explore.
Continue reading “Zion National Park East Side and Clear Creek: Spectacular Autumn Color”There was amazing neon color in the Zion Narrows this year. Four images. Please take a look.
Zion National Park – Narrows – Glowing Tree and Rapids
This is a fifth set of images from Pine Creek in Zion. I have one more set of images coming up from Pine Creek. And I saved some of the best for last.
This is a fourth set of images from Pine Creek in Zion. I kept returning to this location all autumn and Winter. This is something a little different.
Autumn came late to Southern Utah but it was great. This is another et of images from Pine Creek in Zion.
Autumn came late to Southern Utah but it was great. This is a second set of images from Pine Creek in Zion.
This set of beautiful images are from Pine Creek in Zion National Park.
This set of images is from the Fire Lake Reservoir in Ivins, early December.
The images in this set are from the Fremont Indian State Park near Sevier Utah.
The images in this set are from Slide Rock State Park near Sedona, Arizona
The images in this set are from the West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona Arizona.
The images in this set are from the Crescent Moon Ranch area of Red Rock Crossing near Sedona.
Continue reading “Tips for Stunning Photos at Crescent Moon Ranch and Red Rock Crossing”Kanarra Falls is 3.6-mile out-and-back trail near Kanarraville, Utah. It’s a very popular trail in the summer where kids splash around in the water. Dogs are not allowed on this trail.
Cascade Springs is a large artesian spring north of the Mt. Timpanogos Wilderness Area and along the Alpine Loop Scenic Backway. Continue reading “Cascade Springs, One of the Best Spots to View Moose in Utah”
Cascade Springs is a large artesian spring north of the Mt. Timpanogos Wilderness Area and along the Alpine Loop Scenic Backway. Seven million gallons of water a day flow down a series of limestone terraces and pools among lush vegetation.
Continue reading “Cascade Springs Utah: Photography Tips for Stunning Images”
Cascade Springs is a large artesian spring north of the Mt. Timpanogos Wilderness Area and along the Alpine Loop Scenic Backway.
Continue reading “Beautiful Morning Light and Reflections at Cascade Springs”
Cascade Springs is a large artesian spring north of the Mt. Timpanogos Wilderness Area and along the Alpine Loop Scenic Backway.
Continue reading “Explore Cascade Springs: A Utah Natural Wonderland”
This image is of drops of waterfall spray hitting a pool of water at a location named Lower Emerald Pools in Zion National Park.
Continue reading “Autumn Beauty at Lower Emerald Pools in Zion”
It takes four things to get a good Autumn image of Bond Falls: Good color, good flows, good technique, and clouds. Images of Bond Falls do not look good in the sun.
Bond Falls
Continue reading “Capturing Bond Falls: Photography Tips for Waterfalls”
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is one of my favorite spots on Lake Superior. It is a fantastic park for hiking. The waterfalls are exceptional after a Spring or Summer rain.
Chapel Falls is an easy 2.5 mile round-trip hike in the Chapel Basin trailhead.
Continue reading “Chapel Falls, an Exceptional Waterfall in Pictured Rocks”
I took these images last Autumn on a “Farewell to the Midwest Trip”
We will soon be moving to Utah and have already rented a house there.
Continue reading “How to Capture Waterfall Swirls at St. Peter’s Dome, Morgan Falls”
St. Louis Canyon Waterfall
I took that image hiking with a friend this past Autumn. I have been to this spot at least a dozen times but this past Autumn is the first time I made what I would label a good shot.
Starved Rock State Park is in Utica, Illinois. The park is about 2 hours away from Chicago.
My favorite times to visit, in order, are Autumn, Winter, and Spring. Summer is too crowded and the waterfall flows are typically minimum.
I have covered the area in previous posts extensively and will wrap up Starved Rock in two posts, this being the second to last.
Continue reading “Tips for St. Louis Canyon Canyon and Wildcat Canyon Waterfalls in Starved Rock”
‘Waterlily’ Colchicums are one of my favorite flowers. Deer generally don’t touch them. They spring up like magic in the fall
I used a Canon 100MM Macro F 2.8 Lens for all of these images.
The ‘Waterlily’ Colchicum is a hybrid resulting from a cross of Colchicum autumnale ‘Alboplenum’ and Colchicum speciosum ‘Album’. The flowers resemble a water lily, hence the name. The fully double, lilac-pink flowers bloom in late summer to early fall on naked stems to 6″ tall.
Up to two-foot tall Leaves appear in the Spring and die back in the summer. The flowers appear out of nowhere, with no leaves in early Autumn. I plant them in beds with low growing groundcovers to add a touch of green leaves.
Following are more colchicum images.
Continue reading “Discover the ‘Waterlily’ Colchicum: A Fall Flowering Marvel”
We have three crabapple trees in the front that have red berries and one in the back with yellow berries. This is the one will yellow berries. It looks like floating eyeballs.
I shot it from below, looking almost straight up.
I used a Canon 24-105MM F4 L Lens at 47mm, ISO 200 for 1/60 second at F18.
Following are images of the front yard.
Continue reading “Exploring Crabapple Trees, One Looks Like Yellow Eyeballs”
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That is what our backyard looks like at the peak of Autumn. The maples turn late. It was early November.
I used a Canon 24-105MM F4 L Lens at 35mm for 20 seconds at F16.
I used fill flash to light the trees. The flash, the ambient light, and the light inside the house were all similar. Continue reading “How to Grow and Photograph Colorful Japanese Maples”
Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, approximately 4 miles south of Utica and 3 miles east of Oglesby.
Continue reading “After a Big Rain, See the Waterfalls at Matthiessen State Park”
Matthiessen State Park is located in central LaSalle County, approximately 4 miles south of Utica and 3 miles east of Oglesby.
Continue reading “Matthiessen State Park: Essential Tips for Stunning Water Photos”
