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We visited beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park (in Utah), in 2015. Having never been there before I was in absolute "Awe"! We were lucky to arrive on a sunny day (after a snow fall) and everywhere I looked the colors seemed saturated. I happened upon this view and knew it would make an amazing abstract. These colorful pinnacles are called “hoodoos”; they’re eroded limestone, some of which reach 200 feet (60 m) high. They extend for more than 20 miles (30 km), from north to south within Bryce Canyon National Park. We purposely arrived early for this photoshoot; when the sun was still relatively low and the shadows were strong and long. Together, it made the vivid colors of the hoodoos strikingly vibrant and the contrast separated some of the columns. “Oh wow”, we remarked (thrilled and with complete amazement). It was chilly here, on this February day (at 9000 feet above sea-level in February) but I was so fixated on getting (these) amazing shots that I forget how cold my hands were! *See the other Bryce Canyon photos. I named this photograph, “The Hoodoo Expressway” because the pillars remind me of people, whom appear to be making their way through the canyon's exit, in the far-off distance.
The Ice Fields Parkway is a 230km (143ml) mountain highway that runs through the heart of both Banff and Jasper National Parks. It parallels the Continental Divide and is considered to be one of the most jaw dropping scenic routes in the world. On the April day that we traveled the parkway, the air was crisp, the sky was clear and impressively blue. A late snowfall, a late spring thaw and the southern sun were all on our side as we set out on this photo journey. As we drove north, we often stopped and turned around to capture yet another amazing shot (luckily there wasn't much traffic!). As mentioned, the sky was impressively blue and as a result, the remaining snow absorbed the same blue tones. Observe too, the colors of the mountains, which are also blue; albeit darker in density. This photo has a definite abstract element to it; it’s comprised of two colors (blue and green) and has some strong angular lines.
On a cold February day, we visited Bryce Canyon, in southern Utah. This was my first visit so you can imagine my “Awe”! We live in such an amazing world, with such beauty, but what I saw before me was truly breath taking. We were very lucky that it was a sunny day and also very lucky that bits of snow remained in the shaded areas (which added yet another color to the scene) . The vibrant colors of Bryce where very saturated when we were there; the result of the bounced lighting between these pillars. Albeit very cold (-5C) and windy along the canyon's edge, as we hiked down to the bottom it grew warmer and warmer, eventually we had to peel off our jackets. When we climbed back up to the canyon’s ridge, I happened upon this view; I knew it would make an awesome abstract!
