Shots from my recent trip to Big Sur, CA. Pretty amazing area, and an area that I had never visited before.
Sunrise at McWay Falls in Big Sur, CA.
Days Gone By : Prints Available
Sunset at McWay Falls in Big Sur, CA.
New Images – Big Sur, CA
Author: Luke
Busy April…New Images On the Way
I had a really busy April, travelling all over the West Coast I saw some amazing locations and got a lot of good scouting in for future trips. The weather was great for backpacking even if it wasn’t as dynamic as I normally like for photos.
Some of the breathtaking locations I visited:
Big Sur, CA – Waterfalls, beaches, and poison oak…2 out of 3 isn’t bad…
Yosemite, CA – Awesome snow while I was there…
Olympic Peninsula, WA – Remote beaches
Crater Lake, OR – First time snow shoeing and snow camping! I’ll be doing a lot more of that in the future!
Columbia River Gorge, OR – More waterfalls
Look for some new images soon!
Delicate
An amazing sunrise from this past fall at Arches National Park. I hiked up to Delicate Arch in the middle of the night to shoot stars and the Milky Way. Unfortunately/fortunately there was a front moving in and the sky was blocked up with clouds. So I waited for a few hours for first light and was treated to an amazing light show.
Sunrise at Delicate Arch in Arches National Park.
Seeing Red
All The Words
Another new image from my trip to the Narrows this past fall. This was a shot I’d been eyeing for a few years, but never seemed to have everything line up correctly. Either the light wasn’t right, wrong time of day, wrong time of year, etc. Finally got it all to line up last year. Hiking the Narrows is quite an amazing experience.
Slow Dance
Another new image from the Zion this past fall.
Through The Looking Glass
The Narrows, are named the Narrows for a reason! Huge boulders and sheer cliff faces force the Virgin River through some very tight paths.
Wonderwall
Deep in the Narrows, in Zion National Park, Utah, this tree was growing straight out of the cliff. Approximately 100 feet above the river below and several hundred feet below the top of the cliff. I found it amazing the tree could survive in such a seemingly illogical location. Light had just illuminated its leaves but had yet to reach high enough into the sky to light the lower portions of the narrow canyon. I felt it left an incredible scene of stark contrast as the tree blazed a brilliant yellow against a dark canyon wall.
Kaleidescope
Another new image from a trip to Zion National Park in Utah this past fall. I’ve had on my list to hit the main canyon of Zion during peak color for the past few years. This year I finally hit it in full stride. The park is an amazing photographer’s playground, especially during fall color. Zion is definitely one of my favorite parks to hike and explore in. On this trip I focused primarily on the main canyon and the Narrows. Had some great weather and even better color. More images are on the way…
Rise Above
I finally got clouds at one of my favorite locations! Blue Lakes Pass located in the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado is one of my favorite locations in Colorado. I’ve been going here for a couple of days every year for almost 3 years now and I always seem to get a nice sunrise, but nothing I consider print worthy. Finally this past fall was a nice change and I had awesome clouds to go with a amazing sunrise.
After tent camping the night before with a couple of good friends, I hiked up to the ridge in the dark and cold. It was a little sketchy in the dark and my friends actually ended up turning back about half way. The clouds were moving very quickly and I’d get glimpses of a brilliant crescent moon in between the gaps. I was hopeful the clouds wouldn’t all clear out before sunrise as they have on me so many times in the past. This time everything worked out and there was enough of a gap on the horizon for the sun to shoot through and light up the clouds giving me an amazing sunrise show.
Shot of our tents from the night before:
