Gallery > Autumn in the Southwest
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Long Canyon Curves
A detail from a surprsingly well known side slot within the Long Canyon area of Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument. This is the same tree seen in my older image "Side Canyon, Burr Trail".
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Burr Trail Sunrise
A colorful sunrise paints even brighter colors on the already rainbowed badlands and outcropings in this area of the Burr Trail in Southwest Utah.
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Cedar Breaks in Snow
The deep blue high-altitude shadows contrast the amazing orange of Cedar Breaks National Monument in this snow-dappled, late-autumn scene.
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Dancing Autumn Trunks, Hell's Backbone
I spotted this arrangement of trunks while driving along Hell's Backbone Road, then spent a good bit of time trying to recreate the perfect angle. It was worth the effort.
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Sunset across Capitol Reef
Light breaks across the amazing geology of Capitol Reef National Park.
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Stone Faces, Devil's Garden
Two of the strange formations that make up Devil's Garden appear worried by the oncoming thunderstorm.
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Devil's Garden Mystery
A strange moment in pre-thunderstorm light, is it sunny, or is it dark and cloudy? A surreal but real image from Devil's Garden along the Hole-in-the-Rock Road, Utah.
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Morning Silhouette, Burr Trail
A simple moment of color just outside Long Canyon.
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Long Canyon Detail
A study in scale: Long Canyon, along Utah's Burr Trail.
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Calf Creek Falls in Autumn
I made three trips out to this fall looking for the best light and fall color, and working to find a composition that really integrated both harmoniously.
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Floating Leaves, Calf Creek Canyon
A few leaves floating in a pond near Calf Creek Falls, based on a photographic idea of Jack Dykinga's.
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Fall Color and Reeds
A mysteriously symmetric tree with great color in the morning canyon shade along Calf Creek.
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Pillars Awaiting Dawn
These stone pillars overlook the slickrock of Grand Escalante National Monument.
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Autumn Canyon Glow
Backlit fall color explodes when set against shaded canyon walls, as it was in this image taken along Utah's amazing Highway 12.