Whatever the heck I want, gosh!: June, Week 1

This month is a month of random pics that I just feel like posting.  It might be a follow up on a skill that I'm working on or just something old and out of the blue.  This week's picture could be considered a continuation of May's theme since I took this picture on my hike yesterday.  I went hiking up Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Mill B North Fork area.  There is a little waterfall back there called Hidden Falls (which I didn't take the time to actually find), thus a little creek feeding the waterfall.  My hike took me up along the side of the creek for about a half mile, so I took some rests to take some pics.

A few weeks ago when I went to Lisa Falls, I was experimenting with long exposures on the water because I really love the effect.  I was tripod-less this trip, so I was worried that these wouldn't turn out well, or that they'd have a lot of shake in them because of the longer exposure.  But I got lucky.  I just found a nice rock, had a seat, and held my camera on my knee.  And what do you know, it worked!  This was one of those times when I was not frustrated by my camera's limitations.  Either that or I'm just learning how to work with what I've got.  Either way, progress.

Hidden Falls creek detail
f/8
1/6
ISO 100
6/1/13, 1:08pm
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Saturday Hikes: May, Week 4

Yes, yes, I'm late again, but you were warned.  It's been a crazy week and I'm just getting around to posting again.  but the good news is that June week 1 is right on time.

For the holiday weekend, I went to Moab, which is a fun little adventureland.  I went on 6 hikes, and these two pictures are from none of them.  But I did walk from the parking lot to the viewpoint, so that counts, right?  These are actually from Dead Horse Point State Park, which is close to the north end of Canyonlands National Park.  It was my first time there, and I was a little late to get the really good light.  But it was good enough for some decent pics.

Dead Horse Point rim
f/8
1/60
ISO 100
5/25/13, 8:15 pm
Dead Horse Point State Park, UT





















Dead Horse Point canyon view
f/8
1/50
ISO 100
5/25/13, 8:12pm
Dead Horse Point State Park, UT