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Weekly Photo – Thanksgiving Eve

No Comment // Written on Nov 25, 2009 // Photography, Weekly Photo

One year ago tomorrow I ventured out to do my first HDR photo. Timing is everything and that day was no exception.

To the West, a light rain was falling and the sun was setting behind the mountains, a combination that creates one of the most beautiful golden, orange colors. It’s a color I seen before, but it is indeed a rare treat. The sun glistening through the millions of droplets of water in the sky just intensify the colors.

Then to the East, the darkened sky contrasted the colors bursting through the full rainbow.

Here I was in the middle of this scene franticly taking HDR photos for the first time. Below is one of the HDR photos I took. It doesn’t do any justice to the colors I seen but you get a glimpse.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I know I have a lot to be thankful for this year.

Be sure to click the photo to see the full resolution version.

Thanksgiving Eve

Weekly Photo – Petrified National Forest

No Comment // Written on Oct 23, 2009 // Travel, Weekly Photo

Earlier this year we took a road trip to Colorado. To get there we had to get through a lot of Arizona, up through the 4 Corners. I was excited to drive though parts of Arizona I’ve never drove before. If I were by myself I would probably take a full day to get to Colorado with all the stops for photos.

About an hour to an hour and a half outside of Flagstaff is the Petrified National Forest. What a unique place! Normally when a tree dies, as all things living eventually do, it rots and turns back to earth. Well that never happened in this one small patch of Arizona. It turned into rock hard stone. In that process it also turned into a kaleidoscope of colors too.

If you ever get the chance to visit the place, you’ll notice the whole area looks like you’re on another planet. I’ll post some of those photos another day. For new enjoy the petrified wood. Be sure to click and view the full size image to see the detail in the wood.