Grand Canyon - from the bottom!

I normally hang out in the Nature & Animals forum, but I've got some nice (at least I think they're nice) images for this forum, so here goes. Please bear with my slow server.

I just got back from a trip rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Only about 20,000 people get to do this trip every year, and it's really the only way to be able to see all of the over 270 miles of the Grand Canyon.

I've only just started processing some of the images, but I thought I'd post what I've done so far. I'd greatly appreciate and comments and suggestions for improvements. These are in chronological order.

This is from our first night. It rained in the evening - pretty steadily. You can see the storm clouds here.

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Brilliant shots, you have done very well.

Oh my, i thought it was beautiful from the lookouts up top, it's a whole new world when you are inside the canyon itself!

This is definitely going on my list of things to do before i die!!

Khiem.

Those are some of the most beautiful shots i've ever seen of the grand canyon. It's such a unique place to visit. Makes me want to pack up my bags right now and head over there but i doubt my shots would turn out as wonderful as yours. Congrats on the success!

I've rafted the Klamath and the Trinity rivers in northern California many times, but never been through the Grand Canyon. However, through your photos, I can imagine what an experience it must be. Thanks for sharing them!

WoW! Absolutely stunning shots!..I love all of them and I for one would love to see more when you process them.

Gorgeous!

Gobsmacking - my dream destination. Thx for sharing.
You did these without a tripod and onboard a rubber dinghy?

So many great shots, I don't know where to begin.

My favourite has to be Saddle Canyon.
It may not have the sweeping grandeur of the other shots but it has a natural beauty of it's own.
The colours are wonderful, I feel as though I could reach out and touch the rocks.

Excellent work.

Regards,

Wonderful shots. I particularly like the last one and the "paradise" waterfall.

KAC

Wonderful images, gives me a whole new perspective on my extremely brief visit topside!

I aplogise in advance but these make many of the others that have been posted in the past pale into insignificance - fantastic shots which surely show the true "Grandeur" of the Grand Canyon.

Saddle Canyon is just excellent, one which you certainly took pains to capture and it shows!

Well done
David

Great stuff - my favourite is the 4th picture from the top. That's one view I hardly get to see.
And I don't see myself surviving the tiresome trek/donkey ride down unless they introduce a chopper service )

regds
arjun

Thanks for the comments.

Do it Khiem. It might be harder to arrange from Uastralia, but if you get the oppoprtunity - do it! It will change your likfe.

= Ed =

ElleG83 wrote:
Those are some of the most beautiful shots i've ever seen of the grand canyon. It's such a unique place to visit. Makes me want to pack up my bags right now and head over there but i doubt my shots would turn out as wonderful as yours. Congrats on the success!

Thanks for the kind words. It is a unique place. I had visited the Grand Canyon from the Rim before, but it's just not the same. You only see such a small portion of it and from too far away to really appreciate what it really, really is and what it means.

= Ed =

It's a bit different as the S-rigs are so huge, and you're not ever paddling. I've rafted the Rogue, and I used to White-water canoe the lower Colorado in Texas as well as the Guadalupe River there. They are all wonderful and beautiful, and there is a certain tempo to the whole experience that is common. However, what you are traveling through in the Grand Canyon is a whole 'nuther experience. The hikes are amazing and the history of the earth's crust from the river is really awakening.

Glad you enjoyed the photos.

= Ed =

Thanks for the kind words Witchy. I will probably p9ost a few more tonight, and then maybe more after the weekend.

= Ed =