Tobiko - Flying Fish Eggs

Tobiko. Thursday evening, 8/18/11

Ute Petroglyphs on the Way to Delicate

Sunday late afternoon, 7/24/11.
Ute rock art dating from roughly 1650-1850. This is located in Arches National Park just off the trail that goes to Delicate Arch. It's on the first hill as the trail starts to go up a bit. It's a small panel and not very high from the ground.

Furama on Wentworth

Wednesday 2:19 pm, 8/17/11
Dim sum today at Furama which was pretty good. I even laid off the hot sauce.

Capitol Reef Petroglyphs

Capitol Reef National Park. Friday, 7/29/11.
A hot day well into the 90's. I can't turn down an opportunity to see American Indian rock art, especially when it's located right off the main road. The location probably also made it a prime target for local shooters. The images are pock-marked with bullet holes. Capitol Reef is on my short list of places to explore in Utah but mid-summer is not the time for me.

Colorado National Monument

Colorado National Monument, Sunday, 7/24/11.
Shot with the pinhole mode in the E-P2. A good place to visit with a beautiful drive as long as you have a vehicle with good brakes (we didn't)

Rock Art in Sego Canyon

Sego Canyon, Monday 7/25/11
Barrier Style. There are several styles of rock art that can be seen in Sego Canyon. This is an easy site to get to and also a ghost town nearby.

Domino Effect

Moab, Monday am, 7/25/11

Impersonating Vegas

Tuesday evening on the Strip, 7/26/11
Impersonating MM.


Impersonating Paris.


Impersonating Venice

2/3's of Delicate Arch

Sunday evening, July 24, 2011.
Sunsets at Delicate Arch during the summer are crowded. The crowds begin in the parking lot and you have to make sure that you get there early enough to just get a parking space before you can even begin the hike to Delicate.

The hikers run the gamut from kids in flip-flops to over-geared outdoor types in expedition hiking boots. The temperature is in the high 90's even though sunset is only an hour or two away.

Anyway, after 45 minutes of breathing thin air for a flatlander such as myself, we make it the familiar Delicate Arch at 4829 feet to join a couple of hundred other Arch worshippers. Reading Laurent Martres book on photographing Utah, I learned that Delicate Arch in summer falls in shadow during sunset. That along with the nuts who have to have their picture taken at the base of Delicate made me think that a partial shot of Delicate would be most effective.

I felt sorry for the German guy who kept yelling at the tourists posing in front of Delicate to get out of the picture. There was a bit of comic relief when one of them dropped their camera into the bowl next to Delicate.

Getting back to photo...I had planned this shot a couple of weeks previous, having been aware of the sunset shadow and the crowds as well as having been to Delicate previously. When I finally took the series of about half a dozen shots, I was locked into the sunset lighting the top of Delicate and all of the crowds seemed to disappear. A beautiful experience to share with Cece and Eva.

University of Chicago Baccalaureate

Friday afternoon, 6/10/11