Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first Snow Canyon picture, with the dramatic cloud, is awesome. I also like the couple in the narrow passage at Cathedral Gorge. Cheers, Nathan On 21 Apr, 2011, at 24:40 , Aram Langhans wrote: > I thought I'd better post a few so people know I still am using a camera. > Been working on the shots from our two week trip through some of Southern > Nevada and Utah. So, here are a few. > > Discovered two new (to me) parks. Cathedral Gorge in Nevada and Snow > Canyon in Utah. Amazing places. > > Cathedral Gorge is a bunch of carved clay cliffs. There are narrow > passages you can work your way back through until claustrophobia or > physical size stops you. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261099-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2168.jpg > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261123-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2193.jpg > > There is an overlook that you can hike to or drive to (like we did since I > was sick) to see what the gorges look like from the top. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261144-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2220.jpg > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261129-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2210.jpg > > I thought it reminded me of Avatar, the movie, for some reason. It was > like an alien world. Same eerie feeling you get at Craters of the Moon in > Idaho. > > Then Snow Canyon. I would love to see it at about the end of April when > all the flowers would be in bloom. It was a beautiful place, with lots of > nice hikes. Went on a few shorter ones, as I was still sick, and the > weather was turning for the worst. The last night and morning it lived up > to its name and snowed on us. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261366-1/Snow+Canyon-2283-Edit_001.jpg > > A few hikers resting at an overlook. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261394-1/Snow+Canyon-2299.jpg > > The view from the overlook > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261328-1/Snow+Canyon-.jpg A panorama of > part of the valley. > > This is a sample. Comments and criticism welcome > > Aram > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog