Another shot from Utah.

In May there was a convergence of Nature Photographer's Network folks in Moab. We were troubled with uninspiring skies for the most part but it was great meetup and I visited a couple of new locations which were fantastic.

I cropped this pretty tight to exclude the boring sky, a road in the (cropped) foreground and to capture a little of the reflection in the river. Let me know what you think about it.

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I've been shooting a lot less and have had even less time to process my images so I have to go waaaay back to the beginning of the year and catch up.

I've wanted to shoot Mesa Arch in winter for a while so at the beginning of January I got my chance. I rushed out to Moab and got this the morning of January 2. It was about -10 degrees with a good 8" of fresh snow on the ground. A much different environment than spring, which is when I usually go and worth the trip. I hope to get back out there next winter and do some more exploring.

I've got a lot of photos to process and share so keep an eye on my photostream for more shots from Utah, Sand Dunes National Park, Monte Vista NWR and other Colorado locations.

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Unsurprisingly, I was compelled to pull out a camp chair and just sit there, taking in the view.

Of course, it had me so intoxicated I forgot I needed to stay for sunset but this didn't turn out too badly considering the late afternoon light and cloudless sky.

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Another in my effort to learn from capturing iconic locations, aka reverse engineering.

This location is a few miles outside of Marble, Colorado down a Jeep trail. Outside of the photographic aspects, this was a cool place to hang out while I waited for the light to come around. When the front was finally lit, the light was extremely bright and took some work in post to smooth things out.

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An iconic fall view. I highly recommend this location at sunrise in the fall. The side-lighting is just amazing and even if you are not a photographer it's worth experiencing the morning sun light up the aspen grove. It's just a great spot.

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