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[Morty2264]

And what's a trip to Moab without a photo of the famous Delicate arch...
Very early morning (walk up in the dark), light NOT reflecting off the Arch; temp about 50 degrees making it a very enjoyable walk

Evening shot, sun reflecting off the arch (La Sal Mountains in the background), temp about 105 not such an enjoyable walk (from parking lot in Arches, it is approx 1.5 miles basically UP....

(Time to walk the dogs...)

Wow! Phenomenal photos! Thank you! Hope you had fun walking with doggos!

 

[stevenjb2020]

I saw a YouTuber take a photo group to do the Arch shot. He said that people get there before the sun rises, some camp out - and only a few at the front of elbow-to-elbow shooters get a good shot. He decided to skip the shoot with the group and they went off to find another subject.

 

[anon(40376)]

Not sure I ever saw a crowd at Delicate arch in the early morning. However, only did the early morning shoot twice in over six years. If you are going to do Delicate arch; early morning is the best for the walk (especially if there in the summer months), and the best time for few people. However, very early is when the lighting can get strange. Evening is the most popular due to the view of the La Sal's through the arch. However, evening, even in the hot summer months, can have hundreds of people and many with kids running in the bowl in front of the arch. However, when the sun starts going down, the serious photographers tell everyone to get the (you know what) out of the way.

For two early morning shots that are more famous than Delicate for early morning one is Mesa arch. One of the most photographed arches and this one is actually in Canyonlands and not Arches. Easy half mile, flat walk, can get rather crowded, but since I lived in Moab for over six years, I had time to pick the best day...

NIKON F5 - FUJI VELVIA OR PROVIA SLIDE FILM

Glow on the bottom of the arch is from the rising sun. And that close formation through the arch is known as washer woman and the monster. The back part if you look carefully, looks like a woman washing cloths, the front is the monster. (Hey, I didn't name them.)

The other famous sunrise is Turret Arch through windows arch. To get the perfect location, you need to climb a wall to get to a perch that will contain about three photographers with their equipment. Again, nice to live there, so that early 2AM climb is fun...

NIKON F5 - FUJI VELVIA OR PROVIA SLIDE FILM
And last...probably one of the best and also famous arch is not near Arches, but years ago a small plane flew through it. Decent 1-2 miles walk, a climb up a steep ledge can be hard with a lot of equipment, but there is a permanent rope and some foot/hand holds. But once up, a great place to have lunch and sit around and solve the problems of the world. Corona Arch

NIKON F5 - FUJI VELVIA OR PROVIA SLIDE FILM

 

[Grabber5.0]

With cell phones cameras or other type of gear?

These Milky Way shots like this one always blow me away. I didn't know until a year or so that it was even possible to see it from Earth. Just amazing. Does this require editing to adjust the lighting for the sky vs the ground?

 

[anon(40376)]

For best night skies here's a list of what they call Dark Sky Parks in the USA. However, many other places. That photo I took was in UT, but the area is not noted as a dark sky area; but it sure is (or it was years ago when I took that photo). Where I live now, I can get a decent view of the Milky Way, but nothing like other areas.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/dark-sky-parks-in-the-united-states.html

Just update previous postings to identify the cameras used. Many of the photos were taken a long time ago with a Nikon F5 using Fuji slide film (primarily Velvia or Provia), then scanned in via a Nikon dedicated Nikon Coolscan slide/negative scanner at 4000 dpi; giving me an approximate 1.5gb .tif photo that could then be converted to many sizes, I did a lot of 12x18 and also small .jpg for posting.

 

[anon(40376)]

PARK AVENUE

Nikon F5, Fuji Velvia

And yes, that is Park Avenue....

 

[anon(40376)]

Tetons

Nikon 850

Oxbow Bend, Tetons

Nikon 850

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Random fall shots from a forgotten monster... The LG G8. All but the last one (left unedited) were shot in manual mode and edited via Snapseed. View attachment 339380View attachment 339381

 

[Morty2264]

Random fall shots from a forgotten monster... The LG G8. All but the last one (left unedited) were shot in manual mode and edited via Snapseed. View attachment 339380View attachment 339381View attachment 339382View attachment 339383View attachment 339384

OMGOODNESS I love these shots and I LOVE the LG G8! I wanted to try one...

 

[anon(40376)]

Great photos. That's one thing I miss where I live, fall colors. ID/WY are beautiful states but they do not have that fall color in most places; especially from Maple trees. We have some oaks, and cottonwoods and aspens, but that just give us golds and brownish reds. And where I live, 95 percent is just some type of pine tree.
WY is a bit more diverse, especially that area along the Snake River, Oxbow Bend, when I took that photo, ,the most color was from the two dozen photographers standing around me in loud color jackets.

 

[Morty2264]

I love these kinds of trees.

 

[Morty2264]

Beautiful scenery!

 

[tismydroid]

For best night skies here's a list of what they call Dark Sky Parks in the USA. However, many other places. That photo I took was in UT, but the area is not noted as a dark sky area; but it sure is (or it was years ago when I took that photo). Where I live now, I can get a decent view of the Milky Way, but nothing like other areas.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/dark-sky-parks-in-the-united-states.html

Just update previous postings to identify the cameras used. Many of the photos were taken a long time ago with a Nikon F5 using Fuji slide film (primarily Velvia or Provia), then scanned in via a Nikon dedicated Nikon Coolscan slide/negative scanner at 4000 dpi; giving me an approximate 1.5gb .tif photo that could then be converted to many sizes, I did a lot of 12x18 and also small .jpg for posting.

Your photos are breathtaking! Amazing the beauty around us.

 

[Morty2264]

Exploring nature with preschoolers.

 

[tismydroid]

These were actually taken with my Note 10+. White Mountains in NH.

 

[tadpoles]

This should count as nature.

 

[Morty2264]

Beautiful nature shot with the kids.

 

[Morty2264]

I really like this photo. We are teaching the children respect for things like plants, animals, and others' belongings.

 

[Morty2264]

I likely posted this in another thread, but it's too beautiful not to share again.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

I likely posted this in another thread, but it's too beautiful not to share again.

Beautiful!