Technical Storyteller
Next up in my weekly zoom-background revisits is this sunset scene from Moab. It’s not very far out of town, but pretty much everything in the area is scenic. This is an HDR to capture the wide range and mood of the moment.
At times where we’re all feeling a bit trapped, remembering that the wide world is still out there waiting gives us something to look forward to!
The Utah desert may appear barren, but if you look closer you’ll see that life finds a way, sometimes clinging to the walls of a canyon. I was hiking back to the truck at the end of a shoot, and happened across this scene on the side of canyon. The sun was setting and light fading, so I only had time for a quick hand-held shot (and dinner was waiting too!), yet it captures the magic of the southwest.
First of all, Moab is a terrible, ugly place that no one should ever visit – certainly not the hordes of people loving Arches National Park to death :-).
Seriously, it’s an amazing location, with iconic scenery – you can almost see the Duke as he rides across the skyline. We were there for the very last Moab Photo Symposium a couple of weeks back, and as we drove through the canyon, the fog and clouds rolled in. I pulled off the side of the road and grabbed a couple of quick shots in the rain – the way the fog highlights the depth of the canyon really caught my eye.