{Readers might note that this post is out of chronological order. Apparently, I overlooked the draft of this post as I was publishing my blogs}.
My oldest son arrived in Bisti during the afternoon of my second day there. We decided to go to the place that I had scouted the previous afternoon for sunset photography.
It was another very cloudy day near sunset as we arrived at our destination and began preliminary shooting and picking our spots for sunset shots.
Muted colors previous to sunset in Bisti Wilderness. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Adobe Lightroom now has a new Texture adjustment that I discovered while editing this photo. I probably pushed it too much in this photo, but I wanted to experiment with this new toy.
The tall feature in the upper right is a good navigation item here. It can be seen from far away and from various directions.
A photographer getting a sunset shot in Bisti Wilderness. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 24mm, f/11, 0.4mm, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
My oldest son is standing on the slope that I scouted the previous afternoon. Some late day light is apparent at the fringes of the rocks; but the cloud cover is making it brief and muted.
Cloudy, muted sunset light on Bisti Hoodoos and Bluffs. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 32mm, f/11, 1/3s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
My shot from the slope, where my son was standing in the previous photo. Note the cloudy sky. There is golden hour light, but it is not as brilliant as one would like to see.
With such intermittant light it is always difficult to know what to do or where to be for the best photographic opportunity. One can be patient and stick to one place or move around, looking for other compositions. It is probably best to pick one composition and wait patiently. Sometimes I have patience, sometimes I don’t.
Sunset highlights on Bisti Wilderness features. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 24mm, f/11, 1/3s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Even with brief and muted light, I like the image above with the contrasting highlights and dark shadows. I’ve used the alignment of the rocks and hoodoos as a leading line into the photo. This line also intersects with the line formed by the big hill in the upper center of the photo, which then leads the eyes to the sunset sky.
A cloudy, sunset silhouette in Bisti Wilderness. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
A cloudy sky can make for dramatic sunset silhouettes.
A sunset silhouette taken from atop a hill in Bisti Wilderness. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/11, 0.4s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Another sunset silhouette with colorful, striated clouds. This image is cropped from a much larger image, most of which was just dark shadow in the foreground. Details in the shadows could have been brought out via editing, but there was really not anything there to add interest.
Early in the morning of my second day in Bisti, I returned to the area that I had scouted the day before for sunrise and early morning photography. In this area I had found rock forms similar to the Cracked Eggs of The Nursery, only not so many as in The Nursery.
This post will be long on photos and short on words. I will make a few comments on the photos and maybe the editing, but there is not much else to say about the area that readers have not already heard.
An early morning scene in Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 24mm, f/11, multiple exposures, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and ?.
I began shooting just before sunrise, when the colors are muted due to minimal light on the subjects.
I attempted to make an HDR with multiple exposures of the scene above, but I ran into problems and now I do not recall exactly what edits were applied to get the image above, hence the ? in the image caption.
Feet like erosional patterns at the foot of a hill in Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 32mm (before crop), f/11, 10s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
The image above is actually a crop from a much larger scene. As I edited that image, zooming in to check details, I noted that the erosional patterns at the base of the hill far in the background looked like giant feet. So I cropped that portion of the image to get the one above. This has given me an idea of how to shoot such patterns at the base of these hills, rather than ignoring them as I had been.
An early morning scene in Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 32mm (before crop), f/11, multiple exposures, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and Skylum Aurora HDR software.
The above image is also cropped from a much large scene and is an HDR made from multiple exposures. The blackish hill in the upper left is one of the navigational markers that I use to get to this area. It is visible from a long distance in the mostly flat desert here.
Cracked egg like rock form in Bisti, but not in The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 32mm, f/11, 1.0s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
This is one of the rocks that is shaped like those in “The Nursery”, where they are called “Cracked Eggs”.
Cracked egg like rock form in Bisti, but not in The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 48mm, f/11, 1.0s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Another of the Cracked Egg like rocks with a rounded rock behind it.
Cracked egg like rock form in Bisti, but not in The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 48mm, f/11, 1.0s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image. I think monochrome works well with these type images.
Cracked egg like rock forms in Bisti, but not in The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 0.8s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Another view of the same two rocks as in the previous two images with a bit more background.
Bisti rock forms and early morning light on hill sides. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 38mm, f/11, 0.4s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
More rocks in the miniature “nursery” area with colorful hills in the background just beginning to be illuminated by the early morning light.
A close up of a cartoonish rock form. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/11, 1/8s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
I spotted these two small rocks as they were getting the first rays of early morning light and I was struck by how much the upper one looked liked a cartoonish animal character, maybe a bird or dinosaur. With a bit of a change in the perspective, the closer rock can be made to look like a body for the upper “head” rock.
The small rock in the foreground looks like a cartoon character bird or maybe dinosaur. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 30mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
A larger view of the area with the cartoon face rock, providing a setting for the smaller rock features. Note the long early morning shadows. Many years ago this area was a lush green forest and there were dinosaurs roaming here, perhaps making the creature faced rock more pertinent.
Early morning scene in Bisti with rock forms casting long shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 30mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
More rocks casting early morning shadows along with the cartoon faced rock with colorful hills in the background.
The rock form in the foreground has the appearance of a dog face or maybe some other animal like face. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 40mm, f/11, 1/20s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Another animal like faced rock casting early morning shadows.
Cracked Egg Rock Forms that are not in The Nursery area of Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 30mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
More of the “Cracked Eggs” like rocks with long early morning shadows.
A Cracked Egg Rock Form that is not in The Nursery area of Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 30mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
And even more of the “Cracked Egg” rock forms with long early morning shadows.
Bisti Rock Forms. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 27mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
The image above is cropped from a larger view that I did not think had sufficient sharpness over the entire range of the original image. Anyway, that rock on the right has a unique shape and I am at a loss as to how to label it. It does look like some sort of creature, I just do not know what. Maybe you have an idea?
Cracked Egg like rocks, not in The Nursery area of Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 35mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Cracked Egg or Hamburger Rock?
Cracked Egg like rocks, not in The Nursery area of Bisti. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 35mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image. In editing these type images for monochrome, I like to keep the shadows dark, so I might bring down the shadows and/or darks in the process.
Bisti Rock Forms in Black and White. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 38mm, f/11, 1/10s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
Just a couple of interesting rock shapes with early morning light highlights and shadows.
The rock in the foreground has a dog or maybe a bear face appearance. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 32mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
A closer view of the “Dog Face” rock.
The rock in the foreground has a dog or maybe a bear face appearance. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 32mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the “Dog Face” rock. Note how much darker I’ve made the shadows in the monochrome version.
This Bisti Rock looks a bit like a reclining bear. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
I’m calling the rock in the foreground “Reclining Bear”, since the upper left most portion looks like a bear face to me.
Bisti rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 38mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
I’m intrigued by the shapes of the shadows cast by the various rock shapes. I’ve noted that using a Detail Extractor filter in DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4 brings out details in the shadows, which sometimes is preferable, but sometimes I like to keep the shadows darker, so this filter might not be a good choice in those cases.
Bisti rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 38mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image. Note how I’ve kept the shadows dark, not allowing any detail in the shadows.
Bisti rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
More rocks and shadows. The rock on the left is in the previous image. I like the shapes of the shadows of the rocks on the left. Shadows sometimes take on a shapes that are surprisingly different that one might expect.
Bisti rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image. I’ve purposely kept the shadows deep and dark for a more dramatic appearance.
Bisti rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 65mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
A row of rocks and their shadows. Note the uppermost rock shadow shapes and the middle rock jagged shadow shapes that one might not expect by looking at the rocks from this perspective.
Bisti rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 65mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous post, emphasizing form, highlights and shadows.
A Bisti rock and its early morning shadow. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 24mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro4.
A “lumpy” rock and its mitten like shadow.
A Bisti rock and its early morning shadow. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 24mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image again emphasizing shape, highlights and shadows. Somehow the monochrome version seems more “artistic” and “mysterious” than the color version.
A group of Bisti rocks casting long early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 40mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
A group of rocks and their shadows.
A group of Bisti rocks casting long early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 40mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image, emphasizing shape, highlights and shadows. Which is more appealing? I like the monochrome version best.
Small rocks in Bisti Wilderness casting long early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 27mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Many small rocks and long, early morning shadows.
Small rocks in Bisti Wilderness casting long early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 27mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image. Which image has more mystery?
Semicircle of rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
A semi-circular pattern of rocks and their shadows. I like the way the shallow wash passes to the right around these rocks with the empty space on the left. The vignetting is added to focus the eye onto the main subject.
Semicircle of rocks and early morning shadows. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 36mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
A monochrome version of the previous image for comparison without vignetting. I like the monochrome version best, but if I left off the vignetting in the color version, would that look better?
Jagged Shadow Rock. The shadow of the big rock has a Halloween like appearance. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 45mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
The only thing unusual about the large rock is its shadow, which has a “Halloweenish” appearance.
A large rock with a Halloween like shadow. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 45mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe LR and DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
And Halloweenish should be monochrome, shouldn’t it?
Ok, I’ve beaten this topic to death. I can’t promise that I won’t do it again, though.
Next up sunset photos on day 2 in Bisti, March 2019.
I left Ridgeway Colorado Saturday morning, September 22, via the San Juan Skyway, deciding to take that route to the south towards New Mexico, rather than travel the most direct route via US550, AKA The Million Dollar Highway, which I had just been on in July. I wanted to see some different scenery and I was not disappointed, even though, I know US550 from Ouray to Durango would have been a great, if somewhat scary with its hairpin switch back turns on a mountain roadway with steep drop offs with no guard rails, route, too.
There were some really good fall colors, more reds than I had seen in the past few days, along the chosen route in southern Colorado. I pulled over at one scenic pull out, needing a snack and to stretch my legs for a few minutes. Others pulled in and out of this area, to take a look around, while I was there. Before I got out of my vehicle, I saw, via my side mirror, the driver of a van behind me taking photos of my vehicle through his windshield. After my snack, I got out and walked back past that van. The driver was just coming back and he commented that he really liked my vehicle. The Sportsmobile does get a lot of attention, so it is not one to travel in inconspicuously.
As I was standing by the guardrail, looking out over the roadside mountain view, a group of motorcyclists, decked out in their riding apparel, pulled into the parking area. Most of the bikes appeared to be Harleys, but I noted one near the middle of the pack that looked different. I walked over to it to get a better look and commented to one of the nearby riders that I had never seen one like it before. He pointed out that it was a Spyder, a three wheel motorbike, and the rider was a “middle age” (not sure what this is now) female, who was really chatty about her tricycle and pointed out another “sportier, more powerful” model near the back of the pack, also ridden by a female. I asked one of the riders, if they were members of a particular club and he said they were just friends out for a ride. Most were from Wyoming, but a couple, he said, were “Idaho Potatoes”. He then held up his phone, asking if I would take a group photo. So of course, I did. Afterwards, I wished that I had had the presence of mind to ask their permission to get a shot of the group for my blog,
Nothing else of note happened along the route, but it was an enjoyable ride through countryside that I had not seen before.
I arrived at the south parking lot for Bisti access early Saturday afternoon, which, as expected on a weekend, had a number of vehicles in it, including a full size tour bus. I parked near the entrance of the lot between the bus and a long wheel base Mercedes Sprinter RV. After setting up, having lunch, gathering my selected photo gear for sunset photos, checking my Camelbak and InReach Explorer GPS device with previously set routes across the wilderness area, I relaxed a bit. Later, seeing the tour bus driver, I went over and chatted a bit with him. He turned out to be a very talkative person. He was originally from the northeastern US, but had moved to Colorado years ago, as had other member of his family. I learned that the tourists he was driving around were Latvian. It was a small group, too small to be profitable, he said, but the tour company had to host them, nonetheless. They had a guide to conduct them around Bisti, which was fortunate, otherwise they would, most likely, have no idea how to navigate to any of the interesting sites within Bisti. I was surprised that they were out there during the heat of the day.
Around 5PM, I set out into the wilderness, heading to an area referred to as the “Nursery” or “Cracked Eggs”, to which I had not yet been on either of my other two trips to Bisti. I loosely followed a pre-determined route that I sketched out via a satellite map view of the area with points of interest marked as waypoints, using GPS coordinates gleaned from online searches and a few from earlier photos that I had taken with GPS coordinates recorded via a device attached to my Nikon D90 some years ago. The one way distance to my destination was about 2 miles. So the resulting hiking distance was a bit longer, since I scouted a few interesting looking areas just off of my route for future possible destinations, recording a few new waypoints on my GPS device and getting a few reference photos with my iPhone. My Garmin InReach Explorer connects via Bluetooth to an app on my iPhone, which has an easier to use interface than that of the GPS device itself.
Routes that I set up prior to my visit. I only had time for portions of the south (red route) on this trip. The waypoints shown as 2011 photos were where I had shot in 2011 during my first visit here.A satellite map view of my possible south area routes. My first day destination was “The Nursery” or “Cracked Eggs”.
Along the way, I encountered a few of the Latvian tourists heading back to the parking area. They were not youngsters, mostly female, all looked a bit bedraggled and did not respond to my greetings. Maybe they did not understand English very well or were just too tired, hot and thirsty to speak.
When I arrived at The Nursery, I was pleased to see that there was only one photographer there, since it is a relatively small area and multiple photographers there could easily get into each others way. I chatted with him for a few minutes, then left him alone to finish his shooting, while I scouted the area, being careful to stay out of his way. It was still a while before the “golden” hour prior to sunset and I was a bit surprised that he was shooting prior to that time, since he was obviously a professional. However, he appeared to be shooting close ups of details in the “cracked eggs”, so I think he only needed the shadows and the contrasts. When he finished shooting, he hailed me, saying “It is all yours”. We chatted a bit more about gear, cameras, photography, etc. before he began his trek back to the parking lot. In our conversation, I learned that the long wheel base Mercedes Sprinter RV in the parking lot was his.
The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 20-70mm @ 35mm, f/16, 1/15s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Soon afterwards, I proceeded to shoot a few compositions, even though it was still a bit early. I noted a small Z shaped hoodoo and, as I looked it over, I thought that one edge of it had a facial shape and I could imagine the top of it as long hair streaming back from the head. So I’ve dubbed this the Bisti Automobile Hood Ornament Hoodoo. To shoot it from the most interesting direction and angle, I could not isolate it against the sky and I could see that the hillside in the background was going to be problematic, unless I just left the background blurry, which would be ok; but I did not want a blurry background. To bring out the hoodoo from the background, I made a couple of images to focus stack in Photoshop, then played around with a couple of ideas for merging the images. I decided that the best looking result was a color background with a monotone image of the hoodoo, blended in Photoshop. I selected “seamless color and tones” for the blending during the focus stacking process, which muted the color in the background, but I still think it contrasts well with the black and white hoodoo image in the foreground.
Bisti Automobile Hood Ornament Hoodoo. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 0.6s, ISO 64. This is a composite of two shots focus stacked in Adobe Photoshop, with prior edits in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
As I was shooting, a couple of more people showed up and we greeted each other. Recognizing a German accent, I struck up a conversation. The man (Wiener) and his daughter (Anna), who was a student (university, I surmise), were on a tour around the western US, having started in Los Angeles. He and his family had visited the US on numerous occasions and he commented on how crowded the National Parks are now as compared to his first visits.
As the sun went low on the horizon, we each went about our shooting, being careful to keep both ourselves and our shadows out of the other’s shots. Weiner did most of the shooting, but occasionally shared his camera with Anna. Both shot hand holding the camera, as most tourist tend to do and I expect they were shooting with their camera in Auto mode. There were clouds on the horizon, which intermittently blocked the best sun rays, so we would stop shooting and chat a bit, then resume shooting when the clouds moved away.
The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 0.8s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.Cracked Egg. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 46mm, f/16, 0.8s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 1/5s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4Cracked Eggs. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 1/10s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 0.6s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.The hillside, with emerging hoodoos, to the east of The Nursery with moonrise. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 1/6s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.Cracked Eggs. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 48mm, f/16, 0.5s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.Cracked Eggs. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 52mm, f/16, 1/6s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.Cracked Eggs. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/16, 1/3s, ISO 64. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
There was a beautiful sunset that afternoon, which we both shot, before heading back to the parking lot. When I put a reverse graduated neutral density filter into the filter holder attached to my camera lens, Anna was intrigued, as she was not familiar with the use of filters. I explained to Anna why that particular filter was useful for photographing sunsets; but I gathered that Weiner knew about the use of neutral density filters.
Bisti sunset silhouette at The Nursery. Nikon D850, Nikon 24-70mm at 70mm, f/11, 1/4s, ISO 64, Progrey 0.9 Reverse Graduated Neutral Density Filter. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
There was nothing of interest in the foreground for this sunset shot, so I was satisfied with a silhouette shot.
Anna, learning that I lived in Texas, asked if I had been to Big Bend NP. So I told them about my first disastrous visit there, as we hiked back to the parking area. (I should write a blog about that trip sometime. It was a very memorable experience, although not a really successful photography trip).
We arrived back in the parking lot, where Weiner and Anna were tent camping, just before it got really dark. They were planning to go out again in the morning, but not prior to sunrise, as I was. We said goodnight and I did not see them again, other than from a far distance the next morning, so I did not get a chance to learn more about them.
The photo compositional possibilities here are only limited by one’s imagination. I have so many photos that I like from this photo session that it is not practical to include them all in this post, so I have selected only a few to include here, but others will be put onto my Flickr page.
