Tag: Little Grand Canyon

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

 

Utah – March 2026 – Part 10

After miles of travel on gravel backroads, we arrived at Utah’s “Little Grand Canyon” or the “Wedge” as one viewpoint is called. This canyon does look similar to Arizona’s Grand Canyon, but on a much smaller scale. There are campsites (dry, and there were a few car/tent campers here) on the North end of the area and at least one pit toilet. The roadway through the camping area is rocky and rough, but nothing a normal passenger vehicle can’t handle.

Scouting at “The Wedge”
Hazy Canyon

The haze in the canyon is from a forest fire somewhere in the larger area.

Another View from “The Wedge”
At the Edge

On the Edge 2

After scouting, we returned to our base camp and relocated here for sunset, night sky and sunrise photography.

Thanks for following and stay tuned for more of Utah’s “Little Grand Canyon” photos.

Ken