May 2010 Wallpaper: Hoodoo Nation I

View of the hoodoos from Inspiration Point at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Thin, protruding spires of rock, hoodoos have been formed over thousands of years by water, wind, ice, and gravity. The northern section of Bryce Canyon National Park boasts the largest concentration of hoodoos in the world.

Here’s my May 2010 [...]

More from the American Southwest: Utah

I’ve finally finished processing all my photos from my two-week Christmas-New Year’s road trip through the national and state parks of Southern Utah.  You might notice I’ve also been playing around with textures in some of the photos.  Fun!!!  My next fine art exhibits will be in April (Art League of Germantown’s “Shades of Spring” [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 5: Bryce Canyon

This is our last day in Bryce Canyon.  Four nights is probably more than what most people spend, and tomorrow, we head over to Zion.  Everyone talks about how wonderful Zion is, but I just can’t imagine it being more spectacular than Bryce.  It’s too bad that a lot of the trails weren’t tracked [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 4: Bryce Canyon

Boy, we were seriously exhausted at the end of the day.  That’s why I’m getting this post up a day late.  Plus, it’s a lot of work to be out shooting all day and then come back and process photos at night!  Anyway, we got up for the sunrise…and it was BITTER cold.  Went [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 3: Bryce Canyon

Photo of the viewfrom Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Today, we visited Inspiration Point, Bryce Point, and Sunset Point.  In the afternoon, we hiked the 2.2 mile, 1.5 hour Navajo loop from Sunset Point down into the canyon.  The snow is deep, but just a few icy points on the path.  Not [...]