Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, UT

The preceding image has given me many problems since I captured it two summers ago. It is a picture of the big bend of the Colorado River just before it reaches Moab, UT. I couldn't make a split ND filter work for me when I captured it and so was forced to do some pretty major adjustments in post production. I wasn't able to make a blended exposure--partly due to my ineptitude with Photoshop and partly because it never quite looked right. I'm not sure how I feel about blended exposures anyway, so that is probably good. Instead I had to use multiple layer masks to come up with what you see. It still does not quite capture the scene as I saw it that night. The contrast between the bluffs and the river is pretty big. I guess it is still a work in progress. However, I don't want this to become a hugely manipulated image that bears no resemblance to the original capture. I guess this is one of those situations where I have to decide how much originality I am willing to sacrifice for an excellent final product. I did convert the image to BW and included it below. Let me know if you think it comes out okay. The contrast is controlled a lot better when the colors are taken out of the equation.

Utah Sierran Photo

We just received the newest edition of the Sierra Club's Utah Newsletter, and one of my photos is published in it. I sent several photos to the newsletter a few months back and they told me they would publish some of them, which they finally did. The photo is shown above, but the copy that was printed was in black and white. I think that the photo loses something in black and white, but it still looks good.

Utah Lake

I recently came across this photo taken last year at Utah Lake. I took quite a few exposures, but only this one came out. This was a great spot to take photos. I hope to get back before we leave Utah.