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the way I see the world
As I mentioned in another post, I was able to go on a trip with some landscape photographers, and had a fabulous time.
Now I’m not the landscape photographer my friends are (I continue to try and learn), but I will share this because … well .. because I can! I’m so grateful to be able to tag along with these folks. What a wonderful, wonderful trip!
One more from our trip to Utah.
This was from above Bishop, California. 10.13.21
…because that’s what I took!
Yes, I know better. Yes, I know I usually won’t be happy with an iPhone photo as a larger print. But it would make a fine card, and I did manage to print a 12×18 of an iPhone photo once and no one in my photo critique group could tell, so sometimes it DOES work.
We visited Zion National Park a short while ago. It’s a place I find difficult for photography, while Dan manages to get fabulous images. Since I travel with him I do watch and learn. I’m hoping I’ll improve. I think the only way to know, though, is to go back. Hm. I’d be quite happy to do that!
In the past the colors I’ve encountered on our fall color trips have been a bit more viid, but that doesn’t mean I don’t try to make a few photographs when I see the trees and the light and all.
It takes me a very long time to go through photos I made after I get back from a trip. Sometimes, in fact, it takes years. I get home, download (or is that upload? I can never figure that out!) them, and then I seem to move on. It’s actually rather fun to then “discover” the photos a few years down the line.
But of course I always want to at least share something soon after a trip, so I worked on this image today. This was from the start of trip. We began in the Eastern Sierra, enjoying the colors of the season.
I saw the Grand Canyon (North Rim) for the first time ever. But I have a fear of heights and I simply couldn’t go with Dan to see it from the edge there. Even from where I sat I was having issues. In addition, the wind was absolutely crazy. Turned out we drove all the way there, spent a few minutes looking, and headed back out because it was just too windy! Ah well … maybe I’ll get back there again sometime. It could happen.
This is just an iPhone shot: we didn’t even bother with our “real” cameras because of that darn wind!
