Too many shots to pick from. Death Valley was by far the most interesting place, due to it's natural wonders, that I have ever visited. Went on this trip with fellow photographer and friend Kristen Wood. We made it back from a long trek to the top of a sand dune, but barely... with very burned feet.

Top shot is of Kristen taken by me, bottom shot is the reverse.

Go visit Death Valley! (in the winter)

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Here's a shot from Venice, Italy using Bulb mode and a looong exposure. There were many people walking by the water front. Gotta love in camera tricks.

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flowermy thoughtsphotographyphotographyNihil NilMon, 21 Mar 2011 23:00:41 +0000http://www.nihilnil.com/blog/2011/3/21/winter-or-spring.html258962:2605873:10866340

 

Yesterday it was flip flops, today snow boots.

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I love this time of day, when light streams through the trees and onto my curtains. My fearless guard dog always keeping watch, with legs crossed of course.

 

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Pretty sure a wizard lives on top of this rock, scepter in hand.

Monument Valley was definitely worth seeing, but in a way it was disappointing. It's a sacred site for the Navajo's so you can't get very close to anything. The Navajo's live there, so dealing with all the rules of where you can and can't go was annoying, plus a pack of wild dogs chased our truck forever before we finally could speed up fast enough to leave them behind. Arches National Park was way better, you could climb on the rocks if you wanted to.

Our campsite in the middle of nowhere, outside of Moab. We were sitting very still in pitch black, I was hoping we would look like vampires, but instead it's just a blurry photo.

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a beautiful sunrise, Moab is surrounded by mountains and rock formations, so there was a panorama of different colors everywhere you looked

rain storm on the way home

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I drove way off road into the Indian Reservation north of Flagstaff last night to take pictures of weird rocks under the stars. I thought it was just me, some bats, and my dog. But when a bullet whistled past me and hit the rocks I was photographing, I knew somebody didn't like me being there. I grabbed my dog, froze, panicked for two minutes, decided that yes I did just hear a bullet, no that wasn't my imagination, grabbed my gear, threw it in to the car, and got the hell out of there. 

Really, why? It was too close to be funny. I was in the middle of nowhere, in the desert, not bothering anyone.

My friend said that it was probably an evil skinwalker. I would prefer gun crazy psycho over a skinwalker, thank you very much!

Here's a shot from before my desert debacle. 

There was no moon last night, so it was DARK!!! I was doing 10-14 minute exposures for each photo... patience. You can see some of the meteors in these shots, they look like white scratches that are going a different way than the stars. It's so incredible to me that the stars shift so quickly, we just can't see them move the way they do.

Not sure that Sleeping in a Haunted Mortuary was on my list of things to do before I die, but it has been officially checked off. Above is a shot of the organ.