Lucky number seven

This California Condor patiently posed for a photo as I stood on the the pedestrian Navajo Bridge in Page, Arizona. He's wearing a tag on his wing. This is apparently Condor Number Seven.

Shutter: 1/200, f/6.3, ISO 400, 270mm (zoomed ALL the way in!!) I could have cropped it down, but I liked all the different colors of rock, so I left it.

Looking down

We found a scenic overlook behind the high school in Page Arizona (of all places) that allowed us to peer into an arm of the Glen Canyon. Shot in RAW. Played with the vibrance and the clarity sliders a little to pop the texture on the rock.

Shutter 1/20, f/5, ISO 400, focal length 77mm

Arc the 'erald, tires sing

Standing on the pedestrian Navajo Bridge, which crosses the Colorado River just outside of Page, Arizona, one gets a great view of the newer, auto bridge as its span arcs over the water.

For an interesting view of both bridges, and little history, read here.

Shutter: 1/640, f/5 ISO 400, focal length 77mm
Shot as a jpeg file; clarity sharpened just a bit in PSE RAW editor

Scenic Vista

While in northern Arizona, we explored the Page area, home base to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell). Not too far from Page is the eastern edge of the Vermillion Cliffs. To reach them, you drive down a twisty road and follow the Colorado River, crossing where rafters heading on a week-long journey through the Grand Canyon begin their adventure. It was a mostly high-overcast day, with the warmer river water colliding with the cool air, causing a ribbon of mist in the valley. On our return to Page, the fog broke up, exposing this gorgeous vista. We pulled over, hiked up a little hill, and took some shots. This is one of my early experiments in shooting RAW.

Shutter: 1/400 f/10 ISO400 119mm



Had to clone out a BUNCH of wires. Hope it's not too obvious where?

More power!

This trio of stacks is producing steam, while the ground fog from the low-level cloud in the area hides the base of the plant at the Navajo Generating Station in Page, Arizona. About the only color we saw that day were glimpses of the red dirt beneath the fresh snow.

Shutter: 1/200, f10, ISO400, focal length 91mm

Confession...

We just returned from 13 days in Arizona, arriving home on January 1. Equipped with the January theme list, I took several photos specifically for the photo walk. That intent should ward off blog police who have a date book in hand... :-)

This gorgeous door dates back to the 1700s. It's the entrance to the mission church at San Xavier Del Bac, in Tucson. You can read more about this beautiful building here. The church was quite dim (as you will see by my camera settings) but the sunny day outside cast an interesting light on the open door. I loved the textures in this image.

Any ideas how to stop the slight bow of the image on the edges of the door? I have a fairly long lens (18-270 mm) and maybe it's just something I'll have to learn to live with.



Shutter 1/20
f 5.6
ISO 1600
Focal length 27 mm

Virtual Photo Walk: Post #1

No clever title. Just an image of that blue moon! I added a suggestion of a blue filter in PSE to really make it blue. This was hand held, shot in Phoenix, AZ. I like how this moon is a different angle than Ron's moon, shot "down under".

Shutter speed: 1/160; f 6.3, ISO 100