On the road to Arches NP

davev · September 30, 2008

It's that time of year again for the Dgrin Shootout.
Kate and I were able to make it again this year, and as in the years past, we are doing a pre-shoot.

Iowa and Nebraska didn't offer much for photo ops.
Colorado has some good areas, but we haven't seen them yet, or we saw them again for the 10th time.
There has been a lot of haze in the air. I hope that leaves the area soon.

Once again, I'm working from my Laptop. Hopefully these look OK.
Last year I looked at a few of the shots that I posted from this computer, let's just say it wasn't great.

Anyway, here are a couple of my snaps from today.

Some snow caps.

A couple from Great Sand Dune NP

Many more to come over the next few days.

greenpea · September 30, 2008

davev wrote:

Many more to come over the next few days.

I'm looking forward to seeing them! Keep them coming!

aktse · September 30, 2008

Love the sand dunes!

Ann McRae · September 30, 2008

I'm looking from a laptop right now and don't trust colors etc. BUT the second sand dune shot is soooo sensual. I like the play of shadow and highlight alot! Have a great trip, you two, and keep posting!
ann

anwmn1 · September 30, 2008

Nice!!

Where is this Great Sand Dune?? Looks like a must see!

coldclimb · September 30, 2008

anwmn1 wrote:

Nice!!

Where is this Great Sand Dune?? Looks like a must see!

That's what I said. It's in Colorado.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sand_Dunes_National_Park_and_Preserve

Great shots! See you soon davev!

davev · October 1, 2008

Thanks guys.

We have made it to Santa Fe.
Lots of beautiful country down here, but I haven't been able to capture it very well, but Kate Has gotten a few good shots.
Here are a few of Kate's pics.

When we were driving away from the Great Sand Dune NP, the skies were impressive in the distance.

This was at one of many turn outs along the Enchanted Circle drive going towards Santa Fe.
A lot of these trees have names carved in them, the oldest we saw looked to 1915.

Along the way, we crossed the Rio Grande.

That's it for now. My remote mouse died, and I need to get some batteries to process some more shots.
Today, in and around Santa Fe.

Tango · October 1, 2008

anwmn1 wrote:

Nice!!

Where is this Great Sand Dune?? Looks like a must see!

nice lines, eh? i agree its a cool place

dlplumer · October 1, 2008

Great captures Dave (especially 1).

gluwater · October 2, 2008

Hey Dave! Thanks for going on ahead and scouting out locations for us to shoot

. We're hot on your trail, we're following the scent of Kate's cookies. We made it to Golden and tomorrow we're off to Rockey Mountain NP. Good luck tomorrow and keep posting your shots so we can copy you in the next couple of days.

davev · October 2, 2008

gluwater wrote:

Hey Dave! Thanks for going on ahead and scouting out locations for us to shoot . We're hot on your trail, we're following the scent of Kate's cookies. We made it to Golden and tomorrow we're off to Rockey Mountain NP. Good luck tomorrow and keep posting your shots so we can copy you in the next couple of days.

Bad news Nick, we got hungry on the road and ate the cookies.:D

We stayed in Santa Fe for the last 2 nights. The motel says it has wireless internet, while it does provide
it, you have to be in the lobby for it to work.

Another minor problem, the remote mouse died. Processing shots is a pain with the pad on the laptop.
So a very limited amount of shots are being worked on until I get a new mouse.

A couple of quick ones from the Panasonic P&S.

The bridge over the Rio Grande.

Inside a Kiva.

Pecos, the first US gated community.

Hey Nick, I was kidding about the cookies.

One more thing, the weather for the balloon festival is looking bad for Sunday.
We may have to come up with a new plan. Start thinking.

anwmn1 · October 2, 2008

davev wrote:

One more thing, the weather for the balloon festival is looking bad for Sunday.
We may have to come up with a new plan. Start thinking.

Couple possibilities for you...

Bandalier National Monument- Los Alamos Area
Tent Rocks National Monument- between SF and ALBQ
Sandia Mountains and Tram- ALBQ
VLA- Soccoro NM
Sky City- between Grants and Albq
Chaco Canyon- N of Gallup

Enjoy and see you in Moab.

davev · October 4, 2008

anwmn1 wrote:

Couple possibilities for you...

Bandalier National Monument- Los Alamos Area
Tent Rocks National Monument- between SF and ALBQ
Sandia Mountains and Tram- ALBQ
VLA- Soccoro NM
Sky City- between Grants and Albq
Chaco Canyon- N of Gallup

Enjoy and see you in Moab.

Thanks Aaron.

We did stop at Bandalier, and I know Kate has one or two of the others on a list.

This Morning, Balloon Festival.

We tried to get to the festival this morning, what a nightmare.
After sitting in traffic for 45 minutes and moving about a block, seeing that we were still 1 1/4 miles
from where we needed to be, I was ready to just forget about it.
But Kate came up with a plan. The first group that gets sent up in called the dawn patrol.
As we could see them in the air, Kate said, "Why don't we go to where they're going, and shoot them as they land."
I knew she was intelligent, after all, she married me.:D

A few of my balloon shots. (out of many hundreds)

Ann McRae · October 4, 2008

That Kate is a mighty bright girl, isn't she?

These are beautiful, Dave. I am glad it worked out! Have you guys met up with Adam & Kendall or l'il Nick yet?

Have fun, and keep on posting!

ann

coldclimb · October 4, 2008

Sweet balloons! Looks like a fun time!

davev · October 4, 2008

Thanks guys.

Ann, we're meeting up with them tonight here in Albuquerque.
Kendel will be flying in later.

Yesterday, the 3rd, we went to a ghost town, that wasn't all that great, and we went to Bosque.
It's way to early for the birds to show up yet, but we'd never been there, so we thought, what the heck.

A few from Bosque.

I seen in Coldclimb's thread that they found a snake. We found one also.

Not a happy snake.

We stay on the trails now.

Andy · October 5, 2008

davev wrote:

grimace · October 14, 2008

I finally found your thread. Nice looking stuff Davev.

davev · October 15, 2008

grimace wrote:

I finally found your thread. Nice looking stuff Davev.

Thanks Adam, and everyone else.

I didn't really have much time to process shots while we were on the road, so I got a few more ready today.

White House

Mittens

Nick. The camera adds a few pounds. (or was it Kate's cookies):D

Mesa Arch

Star trails.

Dead Horse Point

After a tough hike to The False Kiva.
I forgot to take the lens hood off for this shot using the on board flash.

That's it for now, but I have a few more of mine to do, then we go through Kate's shots.

Ann McRae · October 15, 2008

You two gallouts sure dwarf poor little Kendall!!

And it looks like more than just Kate's cookies have met l'il Nick:thwak :duel

:hide

dlplumer · October 15, 2008

WOW, all fantastic and 4-7 are awesome.

anwmn1 · October 15, 2008

Very sweet stuff Dave!!

slrshooter · October 15, 2008

Dave, I really like the way you timed the sun to get in just the right position on several of your shots with arches. Also, #1 shows scale in a great manner. The sheer size of the rock compared to the house.

eoren1 · October 15, 2008

Wow Dave,
Great work. Especially like these:

Can't wait to see more.
E

Danspage · October 15, 2008

Nice! Very Nice!

I have been jonesing a Moab fix for some time now, Thanks man...

My fave's

I love this angle- good eye!

Sharp as a tac .

Thanks one more time for my moab fix.

ah do you have any from :deadhorsepoint. I bet you were able to do some great work at :deadhorsepoint right right darn I'am jonesing agan

Feed me! FEED MEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

davev · October 15, 2008

Danspage wrote:

Nice! Very Nice!

I have been jonesing a Moab fix for some time now, Thanks man...

Thanks one more time for my moab fix.

ah do you have any from :deadhorsepoint. I bet you were able to do some great work at :deadhorsepoint right right darn I'am jonesing agan

Feed me! FEED MEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

The second to the last shot in the post where you found these was DHP.
Glad I could help get you that fix.:D

grimace · October 19, 2008

Ann McRae wrote:

And it looks like more than just Kate's cookies have met l'il Nick:thwak :duel

:hide

OUCH!!

Ann McRae · October 19, 2008

grimace wrote:

OUCH!!

Hey, shhhhhhhhhhhhhh, til now that had gone under the radar! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

gluwater · October 19, 2008

Ann McRae wrote:

Hey, shhhhhhhhhhhhhh, til now that had gone under the radar! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Oops! What happened to Ann's SM account? :bluduh

SC Dreamin · October 25, 2008

Beautiful shots of the balloon festival.

Tee Why · October 30, 2008

Nice images, looks great.

On the road to Arches NP

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