Earlier this morning, I landed back home after spending about five days roaming the Arizona and Utah desert regions. In that time, Chris Lazzery, Moe Chen and I visited two states (Arizona and Utah), two National Parks (Zion and Grand Canyon), two National Monuments (the Vermillion Cliffs and the Grand Staircase-Escalante) a State Park (the Lost Dutchman) and drove well over 1,000 miles. It was, for lack of more effective words, one of the most prolific trips that I’ve ever taken as far as my photography goes.
I have no doubt that in the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing more photos taken at White Pocket, part of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. Both my comrades and I agree – we could spend weeks exploring this area alone and it easily was the most impressive place we had photographed on the trip (although the Grand Canyon is a very close second). We also witnessed the most marvelous sunset of our lives here. I wanted to start with this photo, illustrating an early phase of this sunset. I’ll spend more time sharing my experiences at this location soon, but for now, I wanted to share this magical place and this magical moment.
Wow, the alien face in the rocks, kinda scary
Fantastic composition.
fantastically beautiful! I am envious, but grateful we get to some of the beauty you witnessed first hand ;),
Max,,gical place and monent, it is.
Wow, such unusual geology, those patterned outcroppings look like mummified dinosaurs.
I agree about the "settling" – sometimes I find myself re-editing images even a year later and enjoying the experience more than I did the first time. Your stuff is great, so keep doing what you're doing since it works!
Awesome photo…as always. Copying +Doug Phelps and +Jamie Phelps who've spent time in Zion National Park.
WOW!REUSITA FOTOGRAFIE…
Lovely nd gentle
Picture…YES…Light…
so nice
+Brian Matiash You've been listening to Billy Joel! :P
sorry meant, it is a magical place and certainly a magical moment. The sunset itself is beyond description, other than to say something that amazing, that beautiful could only have been created by GOD.
I've never thought about it like that, but whenever I decide to look over old photos I often find different ways to edit them; I never thought to do that as a conscious decision!
Can see your point though, as when I'm back from a trip out, often the last thing I want to do is edit, and normally I'm still in "take photo" mode, not "edit photo".
Amazing!
Sweet
It is an amazing area and I am glad it is a little more difficult to get to! I hope the road will never be paved :-) Looks like an amazing sunset for sure! Can't wait to see more!
Beautiful flow, it all comes together just right!
Beautiful sky!
Super zdjęcie
Fabulous composition, Brian!
Beautiful shot!!!
Sounds like a great trip. Nice photo too