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Home » LANDSCAPES-SCENICS « Previous image  · Slide Show · Next image » « Previous image · Next image » I Love the Southwest Click on image to view larger image « Previous image  · Slide Show · Next image » Photo Details Paul Registered: October 2009 Posts: 876 I love the raw beauty of the American Southwest. This image was taken in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park. From Wikipedia - Capitol Reef encompasses the Waterpocket Fold, a wrinkle in the earth's crust that is 65 million years old. In this fold, newer and older layers of earth folded over each other in an S-shape. This wrinkle, probably caused by the same colliding continental plates that created the Rocky Mountains, has weathered and eroded over millennia to expose layers of rock and fossils. The park is filled with brilliantly colored sandstone cliffs, gleaming white domes, and contrasting layers of stone and earth. The area was named for a line of white domes and cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building, that run from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold. The fold forms a north-to-south barrier that even today has barely been breached by roads. Early settlers referred to parallel, impassable ridges as "reefs", from which the park gets the second half of its name. The first paved road was constructed through the area in 1962. Today, State Route 24 cuts through the park traveling east and west between Canyonlands National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, but few other paved roads invade the rugged landscape. The park is filled with canyons, cliffs, towers, domes, and arches. The Fremont River has cut canyons through parts of the Waterpocket Fold, but most of the park is arid desert country. A scenic drive shows park visitors some of the highlights, but it runs only a few miles from the main highway. Hundreds of miles of trails and unpaved roads lead the more adventurous into the equally scenic backcountry. · Date: Thu January 14, 2010 · Views: 275 · Additional Info Keywords: Captitol Reef, national park, Utah Camera Make / Model: Nikon D70 Lens Make / Focal Length: Nikon 18-70mm@18mm, ISO 200, f10, 1/200s Filter /Type Used: Circular Polarizer Flash / Type Used: None Event e.g. Grand prix, Birthday,Sunrise: Southwest Holiday State / County / Area Image Taken: Utah Country Image Taken United States of America Processing Software Applications Used CS3 « more · more »

Author Thread   lrw1966 Registered: November 2008 Posts: 3,889 Thu January 14, 2010 5:33pm Paul, Hi: Splendid image of detail and warm colors. Thanks for the very educational notes, also. Well Done Larry janper44 Registered: December 2009 Posts: 7,042 Thu January 14, 2010 6:33pm I like the contrast between the toning of the sky and that of the rock formation (helps to make the rocks stand out strongly in the image) and I appreciate your detailed comments on the image (really serves to flesh out the picture). Did you manage to get any closeups shots of the rock formation on the right? Mick Registered: January 2009 Posts: 1,608 Thu January 14, 2010 7:20pm Looks like a place where the old westerns were shot,lovely colours and the low horizon and sky helps the viewer to see the vastness of the place. What ever happened to all those Western films and TV series ? Helkoryo Site Admin Registered: November 2008 Posts: 5,497 Thu January 14, 2010 9:55pm Hello Paul A very well positioned shot here both from a lighting and a viewing POV. Lovely colours and I really do like the rock formations on the right the textural detail is stunning. Thank you so much for adding the wiki detail it really does make interesting reading and adds to the image nicely. thank you for posting kind regards Helen Tincup Registered: September 2009 Posts: 1,421 Fri January 15, 2010 2:26am I love it too.. And I really like your take on Capital Reef. I think your POV not only gives us a good look at the more prominent rock formation, but also shows the 'wide open nature' of the surrounding landscape. (Also that sky is grand and fits with the comp so well.) And the colours are spot-on! Great job Paul. veejaycee Registered: February 2009 Posts: 5,689 Fri January 15, 2010 9:42am I'm sitting here waiting for one of my boyhood cowboy heroes to riding around the butte either chasing or being chased by guys in black hats. The state of Utah seems to have a very varied landscape so my pioneer ancestors of the early-mid 1800s (Mormons) made a good choice in settling there. Nice work Paul. Vic Jan Holland Registered: July 2009 Posts: 1,866 Sun January 17, 2010 10:40am Hello Paul. Lovely landscape. Hope to see this ones with my own eyes. Used to play Cowboy when i was a kid, haha Cheers, Jan olddingo Registered: November 2008 Posts: 2,594 Thu January 21, 2010 11:52pm The colours and starkness vert reminiscent of some parts of Western and Central Australia Paul. A wonderful composition in which the sky plays a major part, David marhowie Registered: August 2009 Posts: 1,392 Thu February 18, 2010 1:31pm The LP looks fab, excellent color sat, detail, exposure, and DOF Paul. All ya need is a cowboy ridin' through, with a lasso to the sky Markus Registered: March 2009 Posts: 46 Sun May 9, 2010 6:18pm Very nice capture of the beauty of the high desert. I was in Southern Utah from mid-March to mid-April and agree with your assessment of this area. The scenery is beautiful, the weather is pleasant and the people are warm and friendly.

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