[Leica] A few posts

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Very nice images, Aram.  Thanks for taking us along for the trip.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aram Langhans" <leicar at q.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 5:40 PM
Subject: [Leica] A few posts


>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.
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> 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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261099-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2168.jpg
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261123-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2193.jpg
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> 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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261144-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2220.jpg
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261129-2/Cathedral+Gorge-2210.jpg
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> 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.
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> 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
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> A few hikers resting at an overlook.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261394-1/Snow+Canyon-2299.jpg
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> The view from the overlook
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/261328-1/Snow+Canyon-.jpg   A panorama of 
> part of the valley.
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> This is a sample.  Comments and criticism welcome
>
> Aram
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