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Utah – March 2026 – Part 13

This is the second part of Golden Hour Sunset photography at Utah’s Little Grand Canyon.

Big Sky Golden Hour
Golden Hour 11
Golden Hour 12

I used this old tree skeleton as a foreground in a number of compositions as the sun set and light moved up the tree leaving the base in shadow.

Golden Hour 13
Golden Hour 14
Golden Hour 15
Golden Hour 16

Only the rocks on the distant horizon have golden hour light in ‘Golden Hour 16’, but the sky is gaining color.

Big Sky at Golden Hour End

When shooting at golden hour, it is rewarding to look around and towards the western sky, as the setting sun often creates wonderful colors in clouds, which might go unnoticed if one focuses too much on the eastern sky.

Sunset Clouds (iPhone image)

After sunset, we set our cameras up to shoot the night sky. As usual, I’m slow in processing those many, many images. So I’ll have to postpone the night sky blog and move onto sunrise images in the next post.

Thanks for following,

Ken

 

Utah – March 2026 – Part 12

The previous post contained a few of my pre-golden hour images at Utah’s “Little Grand Canyon”. This post has a few of the golden hour images.

Golden Hour 1
Golden Hour 2
Golden Hour 3

That bush skeleton was mostly in shadow before golden hour, so only a tiny portion of it is illuminated and the same is true for the tree skeleton in the image below.

Golden Hour 4
Golden Hour 5
Golden Hour 6

Sometimes it appears the best of golden hour is over, then it comes again, as clouds move on the horizon or the sun dips below clouds.

Golden Hour 7
Golden Hour 8
Golden Hour 9
Golden Hour 10

Stay tuned for part 2 of Golden Hour at Utah’s Little Grand Canyon,

Ken

 

 

Utah – March 2026 – Part 11

My son and I began shooting at Utah’s “Little Grand Canyon” ahead of sunset golden hour. This post contains images from that portion of time. The next post will contain golden hour photos.

Big Sky
Late Day Shadows 1
Late Day Shadows 2
Late Day Shadows 3
Late Day Shadows 4

I like the way the late day light highlights the grass growing in the cracks between the rocks in ‘Late Day Shadows 4’, but I like the bigger picture image ‘Late Day Shadows 5’, made just a little later, when the highlights were almost gone, more. That small tree and the grass anchor the image in ‘Late Day Shadows 4’,

Late Day Shadows 5

but somehow getting more of the rocks into the foreground appeals more to me.

Late Day Shadows 6

Note that ‘Late Day Shadows 6’ is composed very much like ‘Late Day Shadows 3’, but the shadows are deeper and the highlights look a little brighter in contrast to the shadows. Golden hour is close now. Stay tuned for golden hour images,

Ken

 

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 17

This is a continuation of 2025 fall photography in Indiana.

Maple Leaf Variations
Sassafras and Company
Trunks, Limbs, Leaves 1
Fall Forest Light 15
Trunks, Limbs, Leaves 2
Fall Forest Light 16
Red Sassafras
Red/Yellow Sassafras

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Ken

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 16

This is a continuation of 2025 fall photography in Indiana.

Fall Forest Layers 14
Fall Forest Layers 15
Sun Worshiper
Fall Forest Sky 5
Fall Forest Layers 16 (The photo within the photo)
Fall Forest Light 13
Fall Forest Sky 6
Fall Forest Light 14
Fall Forest Sky 7
Oak Leaf Cluster

Thanks for following, (and, yes, there will be more fall photos),

Ken

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 15

More 2025 fall photogrphy in Indiana.

Fall Forest Abstract 16
Fall Forest Fire – An ICM Abstract – Not a Real Fire
Flickering Fall Flames
Fall Forest Abstract 18
Fall Forest Abstract 19
Fall Forest Light 10
Fall Forest Light 11
Fall Forest Sky 3
Fall Forest Sky 4
Fall Forest Light 12

Thanks for following and more fall photos to come,

Ken

 

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 14

More 2025 fall photography in Indiana.

Indiana Fall Backroad 5
Fall Forest Light 9
Fall Forest Layers 10
Fall Forest Layers 11
Fall Forest Layers 12
Fall Forest Layers 13
Fall Forest Abstract 12
Fall Forest Abstract 13
Fall Forest Abstract 14
Fall Forest Abstract 15

Thanks for following and stay tuned for more 2025 fall photos,

Ken

 

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 13

Indiana Fall Photography 2025.

Forest Light 4
Forest Light 5
Fall Forest Layers 8
Litter and Not Litter
Fall Forest Light 6
Forest Sky 1
Forest Sky 2
Fall Forest Light 7
Forest Light 8
Forest Layers 9

Thanks for following and stay tuned for more Indiana Fall,

Ken

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 12

Indiana Fall Photography 2025.

Fall Forest Layers 4
Tree Child
Indiana Fall Backroad 4
Lean On Me 1
Lean On Me 2
Fall Forest Light 1
Fall Forest Light 2
Fall Forest Layers 5
Fall Forest Layers 6
Fall Forest Light 3
Fall Forest Layers 7

Thanks for following and there are more fall photos to come,

Ken

 

Impressions of Fall 2025 – Part 11

Fall photography in Indiana 2025.

Fall Forest Abstract 13
Autumn Dream 3
Fall Forest Layers 1
Fall Forest Abstract 15
Fall Forest Abstract 16

Returning from one of my morning shoots, I made a wrong turn on my way back to the cabin and accidentally found another great place to shoot fall color along an Indiana backroad. I returned to this backroad later for a morning shoot.

Indiana Fall Backroad 1
Fall Forest Layers 2
Indiana Fall Backroad 2
Indiana Fall Backroad 3
Fall Forest Layers 3

Stay tuned for more Indiana Fall Photos,

Ken