Stone at play

Hunting For Redbud

A quest taking me to redrock canyon country and the successful failure to find a sandstone entrenched redbud tree in bloom. No, did not find the tree this time but had a wonderful time trying. Hiked the rimlands around Seven Mile Canyon, the narrows of Smith Fork, an interesting hike to Brimhall Bridge, and wrapped it up with long full day hiking to and photographing Happy Canyon. Great company, great food, great scenery. An excellent extended weekend in Southern Utah.

A sample of Happy Canyons halls of light.

Tree

North Fields, Heber Utah

I hope to re-shoot this view of a large tree out in the fields many times to try and capture the scene the way it continually inspired me during the couple weeks leading up to finally pulling over and trying for a shot.

Snowdrift 2

Original, out of camera.

Three versions of a snowdrift.

Original, out of camera.


My regular post processing, light curve and levels adjustments.


Dramatic result from a simple "auto equalize" feature of the software.