Disconnected
Sunday’s Daily Photo was taken in the parking lot of an abandoned restaurant in LA. (Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.)
Photo taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/400 sec at f/7.1, ISO 160 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film. Photo processed with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
Slot Canyon
The answer to yesterday’s question, What Is This, is the wall of a Slot Canyon. It’s located in the Upper Slot Canyon in Antelope Canyon. There are two separate canyons – Upper and Lower Antelope. They are located on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. The “slots” were gently carved from the swirling Navajo sandstone over many thousands of years. It was primarily water flowing through the canyons during storms that slowly wore away the sandstone and created the gentle, graceful curves in the rock. Wind also played a part in sculpting these incredible canyons. Both canyons drain from the south into Lake Powell (once the Colorado River). Information was provided by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department. (Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) Photo taken with a Canon EOS D60, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 10 seconds at f/9.5, ISO 200 on Lexar Digital Film
Our mystery photo from yesterday reveals both the difficulty of photographing in the dark, especially with sunlight at the top, and the serendipity of such high contrast which gave the effect of delicate, flowing strands of hair or some fine material. Six of you had the right idea and Brian was first. Since this was the first contest for the blog, I’d actually like to reward everyone who participated and offered an answer. If you would like a mounted copy of that photo leave me a comment here and I’ll send one out to you. Thanks, and keep coming back the blog. I’ll also be posting photo tips, software and hardware reviews soon. Marty
What Is This?
Today’s photo is unique and I think, very special. I just love this image. So I thought I’d use it as a mystery photo and see if you can figure out WHAT this is. The first person to answer correctly wins a signed copy of this photograph. Now, a few of you might have seen this image before and, if you have and already know the answer, let someone else give it a try.
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Wet Driftwood
Close up view of a very large driftwood tree trunk that came ashore in Pebble Beach after a huge storm. It’s still there 3 years later. (Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.)
Photo taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/400 sec at f/4, ISO 200 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Here’s the entire tree trunk of driftwood. It is about 6-7 feet in length and 4-5 feet high (Click on the photo to enlarge.):
Pebble Beach Driftwood Tree Trunk
Monument Valley Sunset
Monument Valley, Utah is a very magical place. It’s part of the Colorado Plateau and it hosts some of the most recognizable buttes and rock formations in the Southwest. This photo was taken in 1998 and I believe I used a very early Olympus digital camera. Possibly it was taken with my Canon 35mm SLR and converted to digital using Kodak’s Photo CD system. (Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.)