Entries from Ann-alog: a pixel remix tagged with 'National Parks'
3-2-1 shoot
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument The DAM project moves forward, one DVD at a time. I've burned all of 2008 in the new system, and about 50% of 2009. Two more hard drives and a "toaster" (my description) to...
Print-a-week Challenge: update 3
Deer Creek Falls, Grand Canyon National Park With my travel schedule, I haven't updated in a while about the Print-a-week Challenge in the lead-up to PhotoCamp 2010. I did make some prints last week, shipped them straight away. This...
Another 'reject' - Grand Teton National Park
The Grand Teton, tallest of them all I counted up the photos in the nearly final layout of the Highway 89 book: 176. But not this one. I didn't do anything with this when I shot it in 2006--two...
Best of 2008 on Highway 89
I wasn't going to blog a best-of for 2008, mostly because the end-of-year recap on my 2008 resolutions was already nagging at me. The national implosion of the publishing industry directly impacted my Highway 89 project, and by the end...
Winter in Wupatki NM
Lomaki Pueblo at Wupatki NM A year ago today I was at one of the jewels of the National Parks system, Wupatki NM. Dusted with a little snow, it's one of my favorite places on US Highway 89. Kurt...
A perfect morning at the Oxbow, Grand Teton NP
Clouds on Mt. Moran at the Oxbow overlook, Grand Tetons National Park (panorama of seven images merged in Photoshop The mountain was completely socked in at dawn. We went back to sleep, ate breakfast. I said, "Even if it...
Grinnell Point Sunrise, Glacier National Park
Sunrise over Swiftcurrent Lake at Glacier National Park The morning I took this photo, I was the only photographer out on the shore of Swiftcurrent Lake for a long time. The gale winds whipping across the lake might have...
Regardless of the price of gas...
Lower Yellowstone Falls Regardless of the price of gas, visitation at the two biggest NPS units on Highway 89 was at record levels in June. The USA Today reported that Yellowstone had 612,000 tourist visits in June, while the...
Cue the Bison, Yellowstone NP
Bison and Old Faithful Right on cue, this bison ambled in front of Old Faithful on Tuesday....
Snowing, no plowing - Yellowstone NP
Watercolor effect on an image from Yellowstone (click on image to see original) Sadly, I am not writing this post from Wyoming. Try as I might on Monday, I could not find an open path into Jackson. I drove...
MacGuyvering - Zion National Park
We were discussing the MacGuyvering of photo gear on the PhotowalkingSLC Flickr site today, which reminded me that I had rediscovered this pair of photos. The location is the Big Bend pull-out in Zion canyon. It was mid-afternoon on...
WUPA interview
Phan, Chi and Dennis I once learned a field shorthand for birding, useful when the multitudes of species are flying about faster than one hand can write while the other is steadying a pair of binoculars. A simple name...
Day of the Condor story
Condor with layered textorizer effect I wrote a story about the day I photographed the condors at the Grand Canyon on my main website. I used the story text to make the textorizer2 file of the condor. It's a...
Bighorns in Zion
Desert Bighorn sheep in Zion National Park We found them east of the small tunnel, where the road makes almost a 180 degree switch-back, peering down on to the road. Another male with three more sheep was on the...
Zion Valley Floor
Autumn colors in Zion National Park Last week, I went to Zion to work. Today, I am taking my guy, my lawn chair, my cooler of Diet Pepsi, down to Springdale to relax. R's been on a mad race...
Zion watercolors 1
Virgin River, Zion National Park I got out of Bryce as the first snowflakes hit the windshield. The section of U.S. 89 from Panguitch to Mt. Carmel is some of my favorite driving country. The last of the golden...
The Second Sunrise - Bryce Canyon
Don't sleep in The second morning at Bryce Canyon, in which I did not sleep in, was even more magnificent. I moved around a lot, recomposed several variations, all the while the colors were getting more saturated. I did...
First Fabulous sunrise - Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon from Sunrise Point I said it was an amazing sunrise. Even a three stop graduated neutral density filter wasn't enough, but it held the exposure close enough to finish the job by blending together two layers with...
Bryce Canyon
Pinnacles at sunset Glorious, absolutely stunning sunrise colors this morning, but I don't trust the monitor on this laptop well enough, so this will have to do. Afternoon light is challenging at Bryce, because the formations face east, are...
Canary Springs, Yellowstone NP
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park Can you believe this one's been in the vault since the end of July and I'm just now getting to it? There was that issue with two completely full hard drives that I...
Lake Josephine, Glacier National Park
Kayaking on Lake Josephine in Glacier National Park Paddling Lake Josephine again was a major target for the Montana Voyage 2007, objective completed on the last week of the trip. We first paddled it in 1996, carrying the boats...
Mountain Goats
Mountain Goat, Glacier National Park Yes, two people can live and sleep for 22 days out of a Toyota 4Runner and still enjoy one another's company and the road. We have designated every nook and cranny in the craft...
What took me so long - Cedar Breaks NM, Utah
Sunset at Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah I almost gave up on Cedar Breaks on Saturday. The smoke from fires at the North Rim had impeded Friday's photos, and I was pretty disgusted with the air by the time...
Wait just a few more minutes
Sunset at Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon National Park The day I saw the condors at El Tovar started out with a clear blue sky. Over the course of the afternoon, it clouded over with potential. I parked my car...
On Being a Woman Photographer
Desert View Watchtower (1932) - Mary Colter, Architect [Updated 2007.10.15 - I've been collecting links to great women photographers - gathered in my Women in the Field archive to share. Email me with suggestions to grow this list.]I couldn't...
Condors over the Grand Canyon
Condor #41 over the El Tovar Hotel at the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park The storm started to break up as I arrived at the Grand Canyon area on Sunday. The snow wasn't sticking since it was...
Change in plans - Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon after a spring snow Didn't get 5 hours out of town before I revised my plans to see how much snow had fallen at Bryce Canyon yesterday. Enough was falling as I scouting around that I decided...
Clearing Storm - Grand Canyon National Park
Mohave Point, Grand Canyon National Park The big snow storm before Christmas spread from SLC all the way to middle Arizona, so we accelerated our departure by 24 hours. Two punctured tires, a stop at Cabela's for hand-warmers, a...
Wupatki NM
Lomaki ruins, Wupatki National Monument One thing I love about my book project is the unending list of destinations to explore. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the amount of work to do, but then I have a day like...
Traversing Arizona: Tucson to Tumacacori
Still drawing in customers with this neon sign in central Tucson. I've traversed Arizona from north to south on this trip, from Page to Nogales, making pictures and some new friends. I happen to love old neon, couldn't resist...
All the (water)colors of Zion National Park
In the canyon of Zion's Weeping Rock I captured the underlying picture in this image in May 2005. It took me eighteen months to decide how to interpret it. My Mom pointed out the scene and asked me to...
Glacial remix: Yosemite National Park
Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park (remix of IR and visible spectra) Yosemite was my first national park - a high school cross-country team summer camp. The love of wild places stuck even if the running didn't. I've been to...
Snow on Signal Mountain in Grand Tetons NP
Snow on Signal Mountain The snow started yesterday just as we entered the park and blew with a lake effect off Jackson Lake for most of the afternoon. It was so tempting to lie abed, because the storm wasn't predicted...
Sunrise +37 minutes at the Oxbow in Grand Teton National Park
Ox Bow, home of otters, elk, trout and moose Still out in the frost, R having retreated to the car. Oddly, I don't get cold while I am photographing, but feel chilled later, when I go inside. Chemical bootwarmers...
Waves of sunlight - Grand Teton National Park
Still a little early on the color at Menor's Ferry, Grand Teton National Park I staked out my position to align the bush in front of the fence just where I wanted it, to the consternation of two other...
Mt. Moran, 7:10 am, Grand Teton National Park
Sunrise officially happened about 5 minutes later After an hour waiting in 25 deg fog, frost will form on a photographer's pack, shoulders, and anything else that is conveniently horizontal....
Fishing gear - Grand Teton National Park
The launch site for Snake River canoe/kayak float trips is a prime fishing spot. Met this shy little princess as we were gearing up for a float to Deadman's Bar, about 15 miles downstream. No bears, one coyote, three...
Zion NP camp-out
Mom asked me to take this shot. Good seeing, Mom The Virgin River was running high, and the temps hit the 90s when we were in Zion, but we sure had fun. Mom herself hiked to Emerald Pool and...
CD boxes - Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone: break in the storm I have started a fun personal project, cropping and printing images to fit into CD jewel cases. With a little sticky gum, I will fill the hallway with little squares of ideas. The temperature...
Fall Colors in Grand Tetons
Autumn was late this year in Wyoming. After ten years of driving Hwy 189 to Jackson at about this time of year, the answer is that timing fall colors is impossible. Over the 6 days we were up there, the...
Shoshone paddling trip
We had a great time the weekend of August 15-19 paddling on Shoshone Lake with our canoeing companions. New life-list species: Burreed, W. Fringed Gentian Species of note: Golden Eagle eating a deer carcass on HWY 189 N of Kemmerer....
