Hi Friend,
Here are some pictures from our November Grand Canyon trip.
Gene
Grand Canyon photos
We passed through some beautiful country on the way to Grand Canyon. Here is a picture from a high plateau (Grand Gulch is formed here) looking into the north part of Monument Valley.
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Most Monument Valley photos have a lot of red. Hard to do with the Sun in your face. But monochrome isn't too bad.
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Here is Mary Lea on the Hermit trail. One hundred years ago, this was the main tourist trail but it is more rugged now.
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I've kayaked through the Grand Canyon several times, so I'm fascinated
with the rapids. This one is Hermit. It is benign now but in 2004, it
flipped a raft in our group.
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It was fun to hang out near the river and look for things to shoot. For
one thing, here is what camp looked like
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Here is a simple thing - just light on rock.
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And something you see all the time. Sand (in one form or another).
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Here is a wildlife photo.
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A picture of flowers. The limestone rock background reminds me of jagged mountains.
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Hiking in the canyon involves some narrow canyon walking but it is often an expansive experience.
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For those who think there aren't any pictures of the photographer.
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And here are a couple of shots that I like that have nothing to do with the Grand Canyon. The first one, you may have seen already.
I took the first one a few moments after I had a depressing thought that I might never see another interesting scene to photograph. I was walking from the bathroom to the bedroom early one morning and saw the shadow. It encouraged me to always keep an eye open to possibilities.
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I took the second picture months later but the color of the light was much different.