Before we left Page, Bill and I concluded our photographic excursion by visiting and shooting the Glen Canyon Dam. Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete dam on the Colorado River, near the town of Page. The dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now…
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En Route to Page AZ
On our recent trip to Page, AZ Bill McAdam and I traveled through an an amazing variety of scenery. From Scottsdale, it’s an uphill trip from the Sonoran Desert, through some high, barren plains before reaching the mountainous country around Sedona. Soon afterward, we arrived at the Coconino National Forest, a snowy landscape treed with majestic Ponderosa…
Slot Canyons
This past weekend, I ventured north to Page, Arizona, a small town located on the Navajo Nation just south of the Utah border. My traveling and photography companion was Bill McAdam, a longtime friend dating back to when we began our careers at Imperial Oil. Page is noted for its scenic beauty and several well…
Re-cycled
From time to time, I look back through my photo archives, often seeking good pictures I may have overlooked earlier when selecting for printing or publishing in the blog. I’m always a little surprised to come across photographs that apparently did not appeal to me earlier, but look better to me now. I recently found…
Butterflies
Yesterday, I made a return visit to Butterfly Wonderland, a local attraction featuring 3000 butterflies in a climate controlled atrium. They offer many interesting exhibits, but I’m happy just to stroll around the atrium in search of photographic moments. One of my reasons for going yesterday was to experiment with a recently acquired macro lens. Macro photography…