Tag: Southwest
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Northern Arizona Sunset
The sun doesn’t necessarily have to be in the shot for a good sunset image. Look away from the setting sun and you’ll see impressive color and light.
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Photography Workshops For America’s Desert Southwest
I will be once again offering photography workshops for individuals and small groups. Beginners are more than welcome. We will get you to those hard to find places that you have seen me doing shoots. We offer hands-on training, image critique and software editing training. And since I have been an interpretive guide at…
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Some Really Billowy Storm Clouds
These clouds reach far into the sky and are forerunners of monsoonal storms to come.
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Saguaros Are Cool
Saguaro National Park on either side of Tuscon, Arizona, is home to the Saguaro Cactus. Growing up to 40 feet tall, these plants are native to the Sonoran Desert. Other succulents and plants in the park include the Teddy Bear Cholla, Barrel Cactus, Hedgehog Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus and the Ocotillo. Kinda…
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Buttes, Plateaus and Mesas- What’s the Difference?
The images below shot last week along the Arizona/Utah border show buttes, plateaus and mesas, geologic land forms that permeate America’s Desert Southwest. In general terms, buttes are smaller than mesas and mesas are smaller than plateaus. Buttes were probably once mesas but shrunk in size due to erosion. Plateaus are bigger than both mesas…
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Desert Flora at Sunset
While mountain biking this week near Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah, I captured some pics over a few evenings of the changing colors of the flora and the sunsets.
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One Amazing Little Rainbow
Caught this rainbow dancing along the desert floor near Marble Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. It played with the monsoonal clouds passing through to provide some abstract images. A time lapse video of this rainbow and surrounding storms will follow soon. These images are available as prints or downloadable files for personal use…
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Colors of The Grand Canyon
Mineral deposits and vegetation produce various colors in The Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Over Toroweap
A short time lapse video of the scene at Toroweap at The Grand Canyon, Arizona. Watch at Full Screen at HiDef. Music by Martin Courtney.
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