Utah vacation

[Iguanamom]

Here are a few shots from my recent trip to Utah. I have only yet begun to scan.

While there, I was really focused on my photography - each shot (well, almost) had some thought put into it as to what I saw and how I wanted it to convey to the viewer. Many times I put the camera down without snapping. Here are some examples of when I didn't.

For this first one, it was morning and I had to shoot this facing the sun. I had no idea if it would turn out at all. It's in the north eastern part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, on route 12 in the Dixie National Forest. I loved the relatively bland and colorless rocks with the river of green running through them. That ribbon of life is what I wanted to capture. I couldn't get much closer or change viewpoints because I was on the edge of a ravine...oy.

The second one was from just a few minutes earlier and further back on the road. While everyone else was snapping away at the hazy view into the canyons, I turned my back and caught these aspens in their glory. You could almost taste them the air was to clear and crisp.

Both were shot with an Olympus OM-3 and a 90mm f2 Zuiko. No filters. Provia 100. Very little done in Photoshop - only adjusted so they are close to what is in the transparency.

Have at em'!