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garnerfoto
12th of June 2005 (Sun), 14:43
The family and I spent a few days in southern Utah. We visited Goblin Valley State Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, and Arches National Park. Also in the area is the San Rafael Swell, managed by the BLM, but truly one of the gems of the state and deserving of protection offered by park status.

The day before we left I picked up a new tripod and head. Bogen 3021BPro and Manfrotto 3047. I shot everything using the tripod and bracketed every shot to allow for blending later in PS.

Two things I learned on this trip.

I NEED a true wide angle lens. Something like the 10-22 would be nice. My 28-105 is just too long for what I want to do.

Secondly, I need to print up some DOF charts for field reference. Trying to optimize DOF by guessing just doesn't work. I got lucky.

Here's a few I've had time to process. Enjoy!

garnerfoto
12th of June 2005 (Sun), 14:44
A couple more.

garnerfoto
12th of June 2005 (Sun), 14:45
Two more.

garnerfoto
12th of June 2005 (Sun), 14:45
One last shot.

Meerkat17
13th of June 2005 (Mon), 02:18
Hello Thomas, Welcome to the forum.
I like all the images very scenic - the first two look a little underexposed?
Nice captures
Regards

Jal
13th of June 2005 (Mon), 08:21
Lovely shots Thomas.

Noni
13th of June 2005 (Mon), 10:37
Well done! I like the sand dune one best - but they're all nice.

Best-
Noni

garnerfoto
13th of June 2005 (Mon), 19:23
Thank you for the kind words everybody.
David, I agree, the first two are a little underexposed. I've redone them and posted them in my personal gallery along with some others. They are here - http://home.comcast.net/~arachnophile/nature.html