There’s something magical about that moment in time. . . just before sunset. Whether you’re sitting on a beach watching the sun disappear below the horizon or deep in a canyon with the last glimmer of light reflecting off of the rock walls. The last light of the day just makes everything glow.
This was our last day of photographing in Zion. We planned to take it easy today. We were both tired from working long days. We had started early in the morning. Our first stop was the Narrows parking lot to see how many people were around. More people were here than when we first arrived. The cabins looked like they were close to capacity along with Zion Lodge. The hotels in town are pretty full too. We headed back to the Great White Throne pullout. We hadn’t stopped there during this whole trip. The light was hitting the trees kind of neat so we decided to pullout the 8×20 vertical. I made some photographs with the vertical 8×20. It was time for a light lunch and then our final stop for today.
One of the pullouts along the road to the tunnel had a trail that ran along side a creek. On occasion, if the conditions were right, there would be icicles hanging from the sides of the canyon walls like organ pipes. Just the day before there weren’t any icicles. Today there were lots. I decided to walk the trail to check it out. Along the way, I found this little weed. It was about ¾-1 mile back to the icicles. By the time I got back to where the icicles were it was about 3:00 pm. I hurried back to the van, grabbed my 4×10 backpack and headed back for the icicles. It was 3:30 pm and sunset would be in about 2 ½ hours. This was such a neat place.
I made several photographs that afternoon. Trees, rocks, icicles. . . all of my favorite subjects. My last photograph would be a close-up of the ice with the water flowing beneath it. It was getting close to 6:00 pm and the light was beginning to reflect in the ice. For this photograph I would use my 305 G Claron. I decided on an N+1 ½ development to add more to the tonal range. The exposure would be f 45 ½ at one minute. The light was changing so I added a more time to the meter reading to allow for this. By now it was getting dark and the temperature was 32 degrees. I loaded up my backup and grabbed my tripod and headed back for the van. Tomorrow we were on the road to our next adventure.
Susan
This was our last day of photographing in Zion. We planned to take it easy today. We were both tired from working long days. We had started early in the morning. Our first stop was the Narrows parking lot to see how many people were around. More people were here than when we first arrived. The cabins looked like they were close to capacity along with Zion Lodge. The hotels in town are pretty full too. We headed back to the Great White Throne pullout. We hadn’t stopped there during this whole trip. The light was hitting the trees kind of neat so we decided to pullout the 8×20 vertical. I made some photographs with the vertical 8×20. It was time for a light lunch and then our final stop for today.I made several photographs that afternoon. Trees, rocks, icicles. . . all of my favorite subjects. My last photograph would be a close-up of the ice with the water flowing beneath it. It was getting close to 6:00 pm and the light was beginning to reflect in the ice. For this photograph I would use my 305 G Claron. I decided on an N+1 ½ development to add more to the tonal range. The exposure would be f 45 ½ at one minute. The light was changing so I added a more time to the meter reading to allow for this. By now it was getting dark and the temperature was 32 degrees. I loaded up my backup and grabbed my tripod and headed back for the van. Tomorrow we were on the road to our next adventure.