Zion National Park Photos
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During my last trip to Zion, I was on a hunt for this tree. I had seen it in a photo by Ryan Engstrom with the milky way in the sky taken during the wee hours of the morning. I found it just a couple 100 ft from the road and the next time I'm in Zion this is the first nights subject.
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The Sentinel, a 7157' peak on the West Rim of Zion Canyon, catches the first rays of the sun as it rises above the eastern Zion Plateau.
The resultant glow of the brilliant light on the sandstone reflects in the Virgin River near the Sand bench Trail, some 3,000' below. On this winter morning, the temperatures along the Floor of the Valley were hovering around 27°F, with icy roads and fresh snow along the river and surrounding area. Fresh animal tracks from deer, turkey, and bobcat indicated that there was quite a bit of activity earlier in the morning than our time here.
The temperatures kept most tourists at bay until later in the morning, though sunrise on January 2 occurred around 7:45 AM - convenient for this preferably late rising landscape photographer. As the day wore on, with no shuttle service in Zion National Park during this time of year, the roads became thick with cars parked alongside regardless of the multitude of signs telling people to park in designated spots only.
Scenes like this, though, tell me that spending much more time in this park is warranted - though come early and explore before the crowds arrive.
Taken from Emerald Pool Trail
Camera: Canon Eos 6D
Lens: EF17-40mmF/4L-USM
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 26 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/125
ISO: 100
Sandstone formation, Zion National Park, Utah. Processed with Lightroom,Photoshop and Topaz filters.
Zion National Park.
Massive HDR multi-row panorama shot at 70mm.
This was a ten mile hike through ankle-deep mud. We got our rental SUV stuck in the mud two miles from the trailhead; I did manage to get it unstuck but we had to walk the rest of the way. I lost a pair of hiking boots because they were too caked with thick mud to get back into my already-overpacked suitcase... but I'd do it all again for this view!!!
When we go back in 2022, we are going to hike out and spend about 4-6 hours here before we hike back.
We are planning to bring blankets, cards, and food so that we can just sit and enjoy what I consider to be the nicest spot on Earth that I have ever yet been.
Oh and I almost forgot. Max Zoom!
Impressions on the hike to the Observation Point in Zion National Park.
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I went to Zion National Park in April. All of the apps said I would have clear skies. Well as you can see I did not get quite clear skies. I still think it is a beautiful image.
The yellow light of the clouds and the light on the Watchman come from Springdale. Some times light pollution can add to an image. Even with this image turning out I had to go back during the Nightscape Conference and try again.
Success! Clear beautiful skies and I was able to get the image I wanted.
Zion in mono
and the forms and shadows shine
shivers down my spine.
pink red brown and white
sandstone slickrock hematite
and no color fight.
Dora Meulman
Utah is all about colors so I had to get the mono out of my system. Colors going forward for a few. :-)
Took this one with my buddy William McIntosh at Zion National Park. We scrambled up to William's sacred spot and eagerly awaited the sunset. Things were looking good but in the last 20 mins the clouds shifted to the east and started to light up the sky in the wrong direction. I quickly bailed from my over the valley composition and started shooting anything I could find facing the direction of the colorful clouds. You should have seen us, Bill and I sat there chanting, willing and hoping that the clouds would shift but mother nature was not hearing us.. :) So, not being my ideal shot for the evenings sunset, I think it still turned out to be a decent photo. I'm glad that we were alone in this spot or someone might have thought we were nuts or at least Bill was nuts out on the ledge literally a 5x5ft area with at least a 30ft drop in any direction, not even enough room for two tripods. Maybe they would be right? LOL. :)
I know my Flickr Friends are probably getting tired of my daily posts, I realize that's a lot of posting, but I have over 200 photos from 13 trips taken this year alone. And I need to get this stuff up here. I thank those of you that continue to encourage and support my photography even at this rate of posts. Maybe I should start a project like David Kingham. A photo a day for 365 days, When I saw him undertake his project I thought it was crazy to post everyday. Now I know why he's posting so many. :)
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English:
High plateaus, mazes of narrow, deep sandstone gorges and impressive rock formations characterize the Zion National Park. They were created when the Virgin River made its way through the rock, leaving behind the spectacular rocky gorges with a depth of 600 to 1,000 m.
Deutsch:
Hohe Plateaus, Irrgärten aus engen, tiefen Sandsteinschluchten und beeindruckende Felsformationen charakterisieren den Zion National Park. Sie entstanden, als sich der Virgin River seinen Weg durch das Gestein bahnte und die spektakulären Felsschluchten mit 600 bis 1.000 m Tiefe hinterließ.
We hiked out to Cable Mountain and looked down into the Zion Canyon. The Virgin River and the road curves around Angels Landing. There is a tiny tour bus in the lower middle of the frame.
We were able to visit Zion for one day during which the sunset was amazing. This image was shot as the sunset light was fading from the valley but the mountains along the canyon rim were still illuminated.
We drove to Zion National Park for the day. The park was so crowded with people it seemed that everyone else had the same idea. It probably seemed even more crowded to us because we have spent so much time in remote places recently. We decided to leave but on the way out happened to snag a parking spot along the road. Then we dropped down into the wash which runs below the road. We hiked a few miles along the wash and ran into very few people, most of them stayed up near the road. We found several lovely slot canyons.