Urban photo walk

Downtown

A fellow Ogden camera club member and I meet up downtown to do some shooting. I personally am not a big fan of shooting anything urban. I have however, seen a few street portraits in black and white, even some street scenes that looked great. So I thought I'd give it a try.

     Ogden LDS temple.

     I scream, you scream, we all...

     Random!

     A couple more after dark.

     Cool to walk by, not sure I'd like to hang out here!

     I really dig this one!

     I've visited the trains in the day light, but never at night, definitely a different feel.

     First B&W night shot.

     Mel and I tried to do some apparition shots, they turned out alright, stiil need a little work.

     I'm still on the fence about the urban pictures, but I had quite a bit of fun!

Warriors over the Wasatch

Part 1

     My son and I awoke early and headed for the commuter train station and then on to Hill Air Force Base to check out the air show. I just acquired the Tamron 150-600mm F5-6.3 lens and needed to see what it was capable of; what better way to exercise a lens than trying to shoot fast moving jets? We arrived just before 8 am and dang near had the run of the place. We found a spot up front, left the chairs and walked around checking out the aircraft. Here are some of the shots taken before and after the show. I took well over 600 shots and it's going to be a while before they well all be ready. In the mean time enjoy the ones I have ready! Stay tuned...

     The rain bringer, the mighty C130.

     Apache.

     
     The Redbull plane.

     The tribute to our Warriors, past and present. The P51 and F35, what a pair!

     The Breitling jet team.

     F2 Banshee

     Flying Sasquatch, no wonder they can't find them in the forest!

     Thunderbirds.

     Into the wild blue yonder.

The Unitas, after winter's long slumber

Unita Mountains

     It's been a long winter and I definitely didn't spend as much time as i would have liked to up there in one of the places I believe is heaven on earth. There was less snow than I expected and still melting, leaving a muddy mess on the trail. My first stop was Trial lake and even though the ice is gone, the lank still slumbered.

     All together!

     I missed the sunset at the look out near Bald mountain, however I'm happy with the above panoramic. Once back at camp and before settling in for the night, I tried a few night shots, it was a little difficult with such a bright moon, but I'm pleased with how this one turned out.

          The next morning, brought a beautiful sight at the overlook and convinced me to go check out Wall lake.

          Wall lake with Mount Watson in the background.

   
     After a few shots of the lake, I shot the waterfall on the way out. The snow is melting fast and the trails are drying quite nicely. I can't wait until I return.

Zion

It has been a long winter and I needed something to shoot! So i went to check out Kanarraville falls.

   Kanarraville Falls, a beautiful waterfall in southern Utah. The start of the hike isn't much however it has it's beauty.

   Three of my choice shots.

   Leaving the falls.

 
   A gorgeous section of the river on the way out.

   After my visit, I headed to Zion National park. This is a section of the river just before the start of the narrows.

   Upper Emerald falls, it wasn't very emerald this time of year, and the waterfall left much to be desired.

   
   Middle Emerald.

   The Patriarchs,

   I had never been to the top of Angels landing and on a whim I decided to hike from the river to the top. Worth every mean and nasty switch back!

   From Angels landing towards the narrows.

   Looking south, what a climb and what a view!