Paria Valley

[sparker1]

The road into Paria Valley is only 6 miles long, but full of colorful rock formations. There is an old townsite abandoned 100 years ago, and a restored movie set. However, the color is what interested me.

[sparker1]

Two more shots.

[weemannie]

Lovely stuff, the colours are superb :D

[adam*]

As you said, the colours there are superb.

[Mills]

WoW. Especially #2 & #4.

[rudgej]

Great as usual Stan. :D

[Dimitri_V]

Wonderfull countryside Stan,you are lucky to live nearby.
And your photos beatyfull as ever.

[Buggbairn]

Great shots Stan

I too love the detail in the rock layers :)

[cfcRebel]

OMG! I can't believe there is such place on Earth! You have done it justive with your gears Stan. Excellent captures.

[sparker1]

Thanks to all for such nice comments. We keep finding these special places, which is wonderful for us, but I wish more people could see them.

[EOSAddict]

Stan,#

Have you done Kodachrome State Park yet? Some great opportunities there! Keep posting ;)

[sparker1]

Stan,#

Have you done Kodachrome State Park yet? Some great opportunities there! Keep posting ;)

We passed though Kodachrome SP just briefly the other day, after a long day of touring. So, we didn't see it all, but got a glimpse of some of the big formations. We'll go back another time, I'm sure.

[Becca]

Gorgeous as usual!

[bvi steve]

Great shots! That sure brings back memories. My buddy and I spent a couple of nites in the movie set saloon 30+ years ago. Some place I have some slides of the area. I should drag them out and scan them so I can reminisce.

Thanx For The Memories,

[altered_pixel]

Simply amazing...what else can I say?

[sparker1]

Great shots! That sure brings back memories. My buddy and I spent a couple of nites in the movie set saloon 30+ years ago. Some place I have some slides of the area. I should drag them out and scan them so I can reminisce.

Thanx For The Memories,

The current movie set was built by Kanab citizens in 2000, after a flash flood destroyed the original set in 1998. So, you must have been in the original set, the one last used for movie-making in 1976 for The Outlaw Josey Wales, starring Clint Eastwood.

[Harold_L]

I missed these until now - truly wonderful formations and colors, Stan.

[Double Negative]

These are just wonderful in color and detail. I'm a sucker for polarizers - did you use one, or did the lens darken the skies enough like that by itself?

[Kevin]

Beautiful shots. Colors are super.

[PLB]

Great shots, No.3 does it for me.

Regards

[sparker1]

Thanks to all for looking. I did use a polarizer, almost always do. However, that day also had the richest blue sky. We kept commenting how blue it was. I actually desaturated some of these in the sky area, because it was too much.

[dahater19]

your shots look jus like the place they did " The Hills Have Eyes"
creepy but nice pics though

[sparker1]

your shots look jus like the place they did " The Hills Have Eyes"
creepy but nice pics though

Didn't see that movie, so never creepy in the valley. Thanks for looking and commenting.

[MarkoPolo]

Stan, still doing wonderful landscapes. I like your idea of desaturating the sky. I sometimes feel the polarizer over darkens it.

[sparker1]

Thanks, Mark. I frequently forget to rotate the polarizer which gives erratic results. I'd take it off, but then I'd forget to use it when needed. Memory is the second thing to go.

[johnnybfan]

Superb! Great color. Looks like an awesome place to visit.

[sparker1]

Superb! Great color. Looks like an awesome place to visit.

Absolutely awesome. We spent 16 days in Kanab and never got to all there is to do in that area. will have to go back some day. Thanks for your comment.

[johnthebaptist]

Amazing. I have got to see the Western states sometime.