Car Trails

Posted on by kritterspaw

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You can tell I have dusted off my tripod and am doing some interesting night photography.  With these cars zipping by this lonely quiet (and dark) stretch of 89A in Lee’s Ferry, I had the perfect opportunity to try some car trails.  I set up the camera and used my headlamp to focus at my distant subject.  Then I set up my tripod and set it on a long exposure of 20 seconds.

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The forward going lights were cool… but bright starbursts.  Things got even more interesting when I moved around to let the car lights light up my subject… and even more interesting when trucks with multiple lights sped by.

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Lee’s Ferry / Vermillion Cliffs

Posted on by kritterspaw

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Lee’s Ferry is that desolate less talked about destination outside of Page.  Everyone hears about Grand Canyon and Antelope Canyon, but few are familiar with Lee’s Ferry.  Lee’s Ferry is the launch point for Grand Canyon rafters.rafteesPSi

It’s cliffs and buttes are part of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument and Soap Creek area.  We had intended to explore the area with our boat, but apparently the boat had other ideas and wasn’t up for the trip.  So instead we did some hiking.  Our dog, Journey, kept us from doing anything to strenuous which was fine.jj cath wash vertPSi

The area is very cool with all it’s rock formations and boulder ‘art’.

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Being in the middle of nowhere the stars were brilliant and picturesque.  Next time we hope to take the boat and see Lee’s Ferry from an entire different perspective.

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