White Pocket

Another special photo trip blog entry.  Karen and her husband David took off for White Pocket last Friday.  My kind of trip!  Talk briefly on Thursday night and 'hit the road'!  They ran into Julie and Zarita who had hired a guide to take them around the area.  All four have generously shared their images from the trip.  I am thrilled to see such wonder and, of course, now very much want to go myself.  I hope you feel the same way.

Karen captures David.

Julie called this her Turtle.

Wicked!!

Is this just awesome or what!!

David taking a picture of Karen!  Love the sense of scale that Julie got in this one.

The Oyster

Karen, what galaxy were you visiting?  

Haha!  I see that this is a popular photographer's hangout!!  That is Karen at the end, holding her spot.

Karen on left.  Not sure who the person on the right is.

Karen on left.  Not sure who the person on the right is.

Wow!  What a great example of showing scale in a photo!!!  They look like ants with three legged appendages!!

Whew!  OK, you can breathe again.  A very special heartfelt thanks to our photographers.  Each of them responded quickly to get me the photos.  There is no time for them to mull over their shots, do extensive editing, or have any other life!!  It does not get any better than this.  I am in awe.  Mom will be in awe.  This is Mother Nature at her most mysterious and we get to see it.

If you want to see more of Julie's images you can head over to her website.  She has them in a recent galleries category and has been working feverishly all day to get some posted for you.  Of course, she has a lot of other excellent photographs, including some great Colorado shots.  Head out to:

www.photosbyjuliestone.com

A Short Stop at DBG

After an early morning shooting at Three Sisters, Rick, Tom, Greg and Barbara headed to Desert Botanical Gardens.  Spring butterflies are on exhibit and it is always nice to check for spring wildflowers.  I am still out of town so I offer the following goodies without the benefit of being there but certainly enjoying the images nonetheless.  Enjoy.

Wooden bowl.

Image made me smile!

Love those flowers.  Nice foreground.

This is so beautiful and delicate.  I went back to see what lens camera combination he used.  Tom used his Nikon D600 with the old manual lens I gave him that is so tack sharp.  It is a 55mm prime Nikkor and I am betting he had it wide open.  Trick to this is that I cannot imagine shooting moving butterflies with a manual focus lens!  But, if I could get images like this one I just might give it a try.

Thanks for viewing and joining us.  With the weather so nice this week I would have to go check DBG out if I were there.  I have an idea!  Go for me and send your photos!

Three Sisters

Tom, Rick, Greg and Barbara met at 5:15 and headed to the area just to the east of the Three Sisters, a prominent rock formation on the east side of the Superstition Mountain Range.  The goal was to capture the earliest golden rays of dawn on the rocks.  Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing their trip.