Mesa Verde Spirits

Burned trees seen on the way to Mesa Verde National Park (about 8,000 feet above sea level). Image created with Photoshop Elements 7 by blending 2 pictures, one of the sunset, and the other of the dead trees themselves. Photos taken with a Fuji Fine Pix S700, 1/150 sec, F3.5.

The Pinnacle Cliffs with Milky Way in Background

Taken in June 2011, near the Strawberry River. Canon T2i, 30 sec exposure, f3.5, ISO 6400, Tamron 18-270 lens at 18mm. There are a few whispy clouds, an airplane through the middle, and a satellite above the cliff.

And, there was fire in the valley

Another Utah Sunrise. Taken with a  Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1, 1/50 of a second exposure.

Moon through a Cloud Swirl

Taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1, 6-second exposure, ISO 80, f4.9, 23 Oct 2010, Utah, USA.

Fly-Over, Great Salt Lake shoreline

The Great Salt Lake seems to change each time I fly over. But, a nice display of shapes and colors.

(Taken with a  Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS, auto settings)

And then there was Jupiter and 5 moons

Compared to the photo below, it looks to me like Jupiter has a 5th moon. (Tripod mounted, Canon T2i, Tamron 18-270 lens, zoomed to 270, ISO 400, f6.3, 2 second exposure). Taken 16 November 2011, from Utah, USA.

Jupiter and 4 Moons

From our backyard, Jupiter and 4 moons. (Tripod mounted, Canon T2i with Tamron 18-270, zoomed to 270, ISO 400, f6.3, 1 second exposure). Taken 21 Sept 2011, from Utah, USA.

Strawberry Reservoir Milky Way

My wife and I took this shot of the Milky Way, looking south from Strawberry Reservoir, last summer. We were lucky enough to capture the "shooting star" in the lower left corner. I saw it come in over my left shoulder, but wasn't sure it was part of the picture until the exposure was complete. Taken with a Canon T2i, Tamron 18-270 lens @18 mm. Exposure was for about 30 secs, ISO 1600, f3.5.

Sunset Central

Utah is Sunset Central. Beautiful colors all year long.