Earlier today (4:00 am) I ventured out into the cold (3 deg C or 38 deg F) with two friends from the Canmore Camera Club. They had determined that the Milky Way would be very visible at this hour, close to Canmore’s landmark peaks, the Three Sisters. We set up in a good location and…
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Monument Valley
Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line, near the Four Corners area (intersection of the Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico state boundaries). The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S….
Arches NP
Last week, I traveled to Moab, Utah for a three-day photography safari. I was accompanied by friends and photographers, Barry Stewart and Bill McAdam. We visited two national parks in the area, the Arches and Canyonlands, both located close to Moab. We spent two days there before heading home, stopping over night at the Navaho…
Garden Awakening
Arizona has winter also. Perhaps not as severe as the more northerly winters but the change in the seasons does affect the plant life. The good news is that Arizona also has a spring, which is just beginning. I notice that our garden is beginning to show signs of its springtime finery emerging. My purpose…
Favourites from Past Week
I’ve been busy this past week, taking quite a few photographs. I’ve chosen to post a few favourites from the many pictures I took, beginning with this first one, taken in the Tonto National Forest, near Bartlett Lake. It shows the rugged terrain in this desert area about 30 miles from our place in Scottsdale….