Autumn colors of Zion

BeachBill

These images are from my trip to Zion National Park last weekend (November 1 & 2)

A storm blew through Sunday morning, with rain and high winds, and I watched the majority of leaves go bye bye. I spoke with a local photographer Saturday night and he said it's been very warm this autumn which prevented the leaves from turning...

Saturday was probably the peak day this year and it wasn't very good. I did find some color (mainly half green and half yellow with about 3 red trees--I shot them all!). I'm satisfied with the images I was able to capture. These are all from Saturday.

#1 At the Grotto


#2 Dueling Colors


#3 Virgin River Reflections


#4 Falls before the Narrows


#5 Balanced Rocks (I don't know who or what did this, but there was an area along the Riverside Walk with a bunch of rocks balanced on other rocks; this is just a few of them)


#6 Zion Canyon Color

Tango

great set,

it was not too good for me, the smoke did not help either!

HiI'mScott

That balance rock stuff trips me out. I really like #4 great shots.

jamesl

Very nice set. The fall colors really warm up the canyon shots. I like your use of slow shutter on the water. Great job!

James

dlplumer

Nice set, but those rocks are a trip

Cuong

#4 & 5.

Cuong

theNOIZ

Autum Colors in Zion
Bill,

#4 is awesome!

#5, who would take the time to balance rocks like that? Weird.

GOLDENORFE

very nice, #4 is superb!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

jdryan3

#4 is great. Completely different look than in the Spring when the water is trickling through there. And those are gorgeous colors!

BeachBill

Thanks for the comments everyone. Aaron, I heard about the smoke from the controlled burns but didn't notice it. Probably because it was overcast all day Saturday.

Those rocks were a fun discovery. My image shows about six of them. There were probably about 20 in that area next to the river. I made sure my kids didn't touch or knock them over which would ruin it for the next people to see them...

grimace

I really like the 4th shot!! Nice work!!

anwmn1

Agree with the others. #4 is SWEET! Print that one Bill


Nicely done!

annnna8888

Fall colors are really a photographer's dream, and sadly I missed most of them this year. :cry

Lovely photos. #4 is the best!

Ana

Tango

annnna8888 wrote:

Fall colors are really a photographer's dream, and sadly I missed most of them this year. :cry

Lovely photos. #4 is the best!

Ana

that is so odd, i was just thinking about you and a few others that i love to see around here. i was wondering what it was that pulled so many away for such long periods....so many talented photographers, that goes for you too, hope to see more work from you soon.

annnna8888

AaronNelson wrote:

that is so odd, i was just thinking about you and a few others that i love to see around here. i was wondering what it was that pulled so many away for such long periods....so many talented photographers, that goes for you too, hope to see more work from you soon.

Awww, you make me blush. The problem is there are too many things going on in my life and I can hardly find any time to take pictures, let alone post-process them and participate in several photography forums. I do regularly have a look at DGrin challenges and landscape forums though, and once in a while I even comment and post my own work.

Ana

Awais Yaqub

These are beautiful !