EXIF Data: f/20, 5.0 sec, 18mm Considering Palouse Falls is within a moderately short drive from home I said “Let’s go” when a friend asked if I wanted to accompany him on an overnight stay at the Park. We arrived late after the evening light was gone and set up the tent, ready to get some sleep in order to be prepared for shooting early the next morning. Unfortunately for us our campsite neighbors were not as interested in sleep and partied past midnight. Getting up well before our neighbors we were nice enough to not start our morning with loud noises so they could sleep… If you feel like you are about to fall off the edge of this photo into the canyon you are. The rim around the falls provides a great vista for photography but you have to be carefully to not expose yourself to danger. On this particular trip I decided to shoot a couple alternate scenes instead of the classic wide angle falls shot. I didn’t have a wide enough lens, and chose to not plan for stitching a group together. My buddy Dean relished in the fact that he was shooting with a full-frame Sony and a 16mm lens. Thanks for the invite Dean! - The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River located in the U.S. states of Washington and Idaho. It flows for 167 miles (269 km) southwestwards, primarily through the Palouse region of southeastern Washington. It is part of the Columbia River Basin, as the Snake River is a tributary of the Columbia River. The river flows through northern Latah County near State Highway 6 as it nears the state line. In Washington, the river flows in Whitman County to Palouse and then to Colfax, where it meets with the south fork, from Pullman and south of Moscow. From Colfax the river meanders west and ends up in the lower Snake River southwest of Hooper, but not before dropping over Palouse Falls. The Palouse River enters the Snake River below the Little Goose Dam and above the Lower Monumental Dam. -Wikipedia
EXIF Data: f/20, 1/10 sec, 27mm During an extended project I was assigned to in Phoenix a photo buddy of mine invited me to head up to Sedona on a day trip with him. I didn’t need a second invitation. It was my first real experience in Red Rock country. The only problem was that it was a day trip, but we made the best of it. Thanks Gene! - Cathedral Rock is a famous landmark on the Sedona, Arizona skyline, and is one of the most-photographed sights in Arizona, USA. Cathedral Rock is located in the Coconino National Forest in Yavapai County, about a mile (1.6 km) west of Arizona Route 179, and about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the “Y” intersection of Routes 179 and 89A in uptown Sedona. The summit elevation of Cathedral Rock is 4921 ft. (1500 m.). Red Rock Crossing is a scenic former ford across Oak Creek, with photogenic views of Cathedral Rock. The crossing was washed out in a flood in 1978, and there are no current plans to reopen it to automobile traffic. Past proposals to build a bridge at Red Rock Crossing met vociferous opposition. Most of the crossing is included in the Coconino National Forest’s Crescent Moon Ranch recreation area. -Wikipedia
