Morning, I actually left the house at around 10 ish, got up there around noon, had lunch, did the state park there - asked for directions to the place, and then drove on over (its very easy to find). I spent the rest of the afternoon "filling up a memory card", plus part of a second - about 340 images in all (well divide by 5 since I was bracketing). This is up in a smallish canyon, so I had partial sunlight at the start and then everything in the shadows by the end (around 4.30pm). Still lots of stuff that I didn't get to. I am hobbling around with a fractured ankle from slipping on some ice up in Flagstaff, so wearing "Das Boot", which made getting around there a bit slow. Also, I used a tripod, which helped quite a bit - but was also a hindrance in trying to compose shots. There were quite a few shots that I did not get, since I could not get back in to areas that I wanted to get into with hobbling around.
Earlier in the day, I finally got off the fence and purchased a new K5 that was offered for a very good price. So with that in mind, this was just a Recon Trip, to scope out the area. On the third image, I really did not get the depth nor the detail in the shadows that I was hoping for, but actually - I was very happy with what I was able to capture. A little better sunlight, I think would have helped quite a bit.
There were probably another 10 shots that were as interesting as these, and at least another 10 that I made some framing mistake on and the shot did not turn out as intended, that I should have done better on. All in all, its an interesting place to go because of the large number of opportunities in a reasonably tight location.
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