The Southwest

roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
edited April 10, 2016 in Landscapes
My wife and I had planned a 3 month trip to the SW, but things change, and now I'm stuck at home for another 6-8 weeks.

I have been spending some time going through and cleaning up old files.

Here are some images from previous trips to the SW for your viewing, comments and critique appreciated.

#1 Sedona

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#2 Sedona

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#3 Sedona

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#4 Page AZ

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#5 Gunsight Butte

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#6 Monument Valley

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#7 Monument Valley

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#8 Monument Valley

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#9 Mesa Arch/Washer Woman

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#10 Dead Horse Point

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#11 Corona Arch

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Phil
I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!

Comments

  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2016
    Wow Phil! This is great set! I love South West too!
    #1, #2, #4, #7 and #8 and amazing! Light and comp is joyous!
    Cheers!
  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2016
    It's great to see your photos of my region, Phil. Really fine work.
    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2016
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Wow Phil! This is great set! I love South West too!
    #1, #2, #4, #7 and #8 and amazing! Light and comp is joyous!
    Cheers!

    Thanks Taz, glad you enjoyed them.
    Cornflake wrote: »
    It's great to see your photos of my region, Phil. Really fine work.

    Thanks, appreciate your comments. There's so much to explore down that way.

    Phil
    I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

    Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited March 27, 2016
    Boy, Phil, this is some really outstanding work. thumb.gif These need to be presented at a larger scale ( at least 2X-large ) so their presence really stands out.

    See you,

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • joe-bobjoe-bob Registered Users Posts: 368 Major grins
    edited March 27, 2016
    Great shots.
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited March 27, 2016
    Some real good photos there, Phil. Doesn't Sedona offer up some great opportunities? I need to get back out west and do some clicking before I get too old.
    My Smugmug
    "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2016
    black mamba wrote: »
    Boy, Phil, this is some really outstanding work. thumb.gif These need to be presented at a larger scale ( at least 2X-large ) so their presence really stands out.

    See you,

    Tom

    Thanks Tom. I'd like to get a couple of these printed, but at some point a person runs out of wall space.
    joe-bob wrote: »
    Great shots.

    Thank you.
    David_S85 wrote: »
    Some real good photos there, Phil. Doesn't Sedona offer up some great opportunities? I need to get back out west and do some clicking before I get too old.

    Sedona is great, lots of photo opts. We're planning on spending February and March there, sometime in the next couple of years.
    I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

    Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!
  • Celtic SnapperCeltic Snapper Registered Users Posts: 277 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2016
    Great collection, impossible to pic a favorite for me there's several stunning shots. These would look good in one of those multi picture frames (don't know what they're called).
    Good job!
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2016
    Celtic Snapper wrote: »
    Great collection, impossible to pic a favorite for me there's several stunning shots. These would look good in one of those multi picture frames (don't know what they're called).
    Good job!

    Thanks. It's a matter of wall space. My home walls are full and most of the common walls in my main office building are full. I guess i'll have to start rotating images.

    Phil
    I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

    Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!
  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2016
    I like #9 - the sun bouncing off the inside top arch is awesome.
    My all around fave is the last one; even with the people in the lower left but I might erase them :D. I like the sky and simplicity of it all.
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2016
    Eia wrote: »
    I like #9 - the sun bouncing off the inside top arch is awesome.
    My all around fave is the last one; even with the people in the lower left but I might erase them :D. I like the sky and simplicity of it all.

    Thank you. I thought of removing the people, but I liked the sense of scale created by the people. There is a picture of this arch in town with a small plane flying under the arch.

    Phil
    I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

    Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2016
    This last arch....there were guys doing base jumping....one guy miscalculated length of his rope and met his end.....just a useless piece of info....that I just recalled!
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2016
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    This last arch....there were guys doing base jumping....one guy miscalculated length of his rope and met his end.....just a useless piece of info....that I just recalled!

    About 2-3 weeks before this image was captured.

    Phil
    I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

    Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2016
    Wonderful and colorful! clap.gif
    #9 has that classic Arizona Highways magazine look.
    I'm partial to #2 'cause I've climbed that peak (Capitol Butte) several times... (in my youth :D).
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • WirenWiren Registered Users Posts: 741 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2016
    Great stuff Phil...that's a vacation I need to talk the Boss into!
    Lee Wiren
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    Wonderful and colorful! clap.gif
    #9 has that classic Arizona Highways magazine look.
    I'm partial to #2 'cause I've climbed that peak (Capitol Butte) several times... (in my youth :D).

    Thanks Eric, for viewing and commenting. Other than the occasional scramble, my last serious climb was in "92"
    Wiren wrote: »
    Great stuff Phil...that's a vacation I need to talk the Boss into!

    Thanks Lee. Heading out mid May for 8 weeks, starting with Silver Falls State Park, then east thru the gorge, continuing east to Moab. Then down to Durango and north thru Colorado, Wyoming and on towards Glacier. This is my 3rd time at retirement and I intend to make it stick this time.

    Phil
    I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going anyway.

    Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity!
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