Waterpocket Fold

Sunset over Waterpocket Fold from Hall's Crossing.

Rimrock Blues

Stone Trail

Livestock path worn in to the "brain" rock at White Pocket showing the path of least resistance to and from the watering hole there, makes for a nice lead out to the play between blue sky under dark clouds that made the light so interesting that afternoon.

Desert Color

Lines

Trail

Morning Glory

Currently considered to be the 7th largest natural span in the world.  Morning Glory Bridge is an impressive arch.  A challenge to photograph and get it all in.  For scale note the person descending on a rappel line just below the blue sky showing through the arch.

Explore, Portals To Sky

Flickr's Explore that is...my first photo to be on Explore (if that is the vernacular).
I'm still not sure when I'll get through all those photos from that trip, however last week I processed  this photo, another I took at The Wave last year, and posted it to my Flickr account.  Sunday it was selected, not sure how that works but a fair sized audience follows the Explore feature it seems.  Over 15,000 views?  Had me doing a double take to make sure I read the number properly.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8617045@N06/9855936804/

My brief distraction from unexpected and mercilessly unending auto repair.

Portals To Sky

Mt Nebo

While returning from a winter excursion to the Little Sahara sand dunes a few years ago.

Timpanogos From Work.

Light on the mountain caught my attention while on a lunch break.

Commute

I do have a scenic one most of the time.

Sunset Pano

The sky lit up last night over Heber Valley with a storm system approaching.  Three image panorama

Bokeh Panorama Experiment

disclaimer =  some technically challenged photos below but chalked up in the name of learning ; ).

After learning of a process to boost the narrowness of the depth of field of an image this morning using panoramic stitching of multiple overlapping images taken with a longer lens  instead of shooting the same field of view  in one shot with a wider lens,  I had to experiment as soon as possible.

I've shot panoramics with longer glass before to increase level of detail and angle of view, such as this wide rock art panel at the Horseshoe Shelter site last year.
I've also contemplated the benifits of a long lens wide open in different situations, but never put two and two together.

Below the  first image is a panoramic of 16 overlapping images taken with my 40-150mm at 40mm (x2 crop) and wide open at f4.  Stitched with an old version of Hugin (as was the above image), please excuse the parallax errors,  exposure variences, and mostly a gross lack of scenery.
 

Now for the "control", I changed to my 14-42mm lens, took a sip of the drink, and shot at 14mm and wide open at f3.5,

In spite of a lower aperature,  much sharper throughout, less bokeh, and broader DOF. 

I'm sold on trying this on an actual subject of interest or a good friend standing somewhere scenic this weekend!

Ferguson Canyon 08'

A long exposure scene I photographed in Ferguson Canyon, spring 08'

Provo River

Long but scenic is my commute.  I've often wanted to stop every fall and winter to shoot this stretch.  I finally had a few extra minutes to stop for a change, though not the same as I've always invisioned from the higher perspective of the roadway.  A couple "test" photos along the Provo River before the next storm finishes off all the leaves.

Fall Landscapes 2012

Not since my Pentax Zx5n would still eat film have I been out to look for Fall colors.  Finally spent a short evening after work to at least see what I might find before yet another season was over.

Book Cliffs: light and storm

The drive home from Southern Utah along an otherwise tedious stretch of two lane is often spiced up by inspiring views of the Book Cliffs.

Spring on Mt Olympus

Hiking after work yesterday before sundown, a chance to get some exercise and see this years crop of spring wildflowers in bloom. Photographing wildflowers over the last few years has for me been a good means to an end of learning to identify them.

A new to me Parsley was in bloom.

Always on the lookout for a better shot of Glacier Lilys.
Still not quite there yet.

Phlox has been on my list to re-shoot also and I'm happy with these.

Winter Light

Over the holidays the Niece and Nephews were playing around the house with Grandpa while I had the camera out to document our lack of typical winter weather.
My Niece was about to wack me with a christmas wrap tube when I notice a patch of winter light coming through the kitchen window, bouncing off the hardwood floor, beaming narrowly in to the living room, and catching her mid mischevious intent. Good times.

Nearly Full, At Sunset

Will be full tomorrow.