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20100123 Pecos

It was a nice snowy night so I decided to pop over to the Pecos National Monument to see what I can see!  I was planning on coming back for a sunset but it got very cloudy in the evening, so no good light :( 

When I was here I was looking for patterns, and I found a few interesting things!

20100123 Fort Union

The pass for Pecos worked for Fort Union too!  So... who am I to waste 3 bucks :)  Drove another 70 miles northeast to visit Fort Union!  When I was there it was extremely windy which made photography quite hard.  Most of the walls left standing had to be supported by additional steel structures.  But what was left of the ruins made for interesting compositions!

Information on Fort Union:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Union_National_Monument

20091219 Bosque del Apache

Yep, enjoyed the last trip so much I went back again!  This time I took the D2X + 1.4x TC + 70-200.  The range was sufficient but unfortunately the TC reduced image quality a bit... so.. no posters from these pictures, but they still look great!

The latter half of the pictures were taken from Coyote Deck.

20091212 Bosque del Apache

I've been meaning to come here for a couple years now and I finally went and wasn't disappointed!  The bosque is on a major bird migration route and has thousands of various birds coming through between November and February! 

The sunsets were especially terrific that day and I hope you enjoy the pictures!  Also a big hello to Mike and his friend whose company made the trip even more fun. 

Notes to self

  • Bring TC and crop sensor camera
  • Dress warmly

20091107 Zattana and Nafretiri Photoshoot

The photoshoot of Zattana and Nafretiri during Mezzelli's "Night at the Museum" event.  The lighting was done with 3 SB-800s and an SB-900 with various color modifying gels in front of them with a black background behind.

Note to self:  Iron iron iron the black background for wrinkles!

20091107 Mezzelli Night at the Museum

Images from Mezzelli's "Night at the Museum".  Great dancing, lighting wasn't the greatest for photography so.. here's what I got.

20091008-10 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Another Balloon Fiesta!  3 days of balloons and chainsaw wood carving competitions!

Note to self - Clean sensor!

20090919 Lebanese Festival

The 2009 Lebanese Festival and a side event at the Riverside Founders Festival with Troupe Roja and Mezzelli's Mirage dancers

20090624 Monument Valley

On the return trip from the Grand Canyon we hit Monument Valley midday.  It was far easier to drive in a Rav4 than in my Corolla.

20090621-24 Grand Canyon

Finally the Grand Canyon! Or at least, the South Rim 

21 Jun:  Arrived with my parents and sister late in the afternoon and caught the sunset at various points along the east side of the south rim.  Alas the smog either from pollution or the controlled burn obscured much.  I attempted to clean up these pictures but it was very hard

22 Jun:  Sunrise at Mather point with a follow up at Yavapai point.  Later in the day we walked the red line along the Rim trail westward.  We almost made it, taking the bus from Pima Point the last mile to Hermit's Rest (the asphalt was very hot).  Great views!  Was exhausted after that so no sunset shots

23 Jun:  I walked from Mather point back to the village so covered most of the Rim trail on foot overall.  Again smog was a bit of an issue.  I shot the sunset at Hopi point and if I were to do that again, I would have gone further to Pima point to have more of the rocks below reflect the sunset light.

24 Jun:  Sunrise at Yavapai point!   It took 2 hours to get the right light through the clouds but it worked!

- Notes

  • Argh - dirt on sensor!  I did my best to keep the dirt out but I spent many hours cleaning up spots
  • Polarizer did help a bit on the smog conditions but can only do so much without overpolarizing the sky and making it look unnatural
  • Water is good!
  • People who do the Bright Angel Trail must have legs of steel!
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