Cave in Valley of Fire
Mar 1, 2013 07:55:00 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
Went to Vegas for the weekend and decided to explore a highly touted little state park about an hour north of Las Vegas. It is small, about 8 x 6 miles but what a beauty. We figured on spending a couple of hours and ended up taking a day and a half to explore the place. It is filled with intruiging natural features. Red and white sandstone pillars, hills, behive shapes, buttresses, walls, you name it. There are endless eroded features with small, one person pigeon holes. I actually saw one slab sided red hill with perhaps 30 little 3x4 foot pigeon holes with half a dozen young people sitting in them. I started to unfold my tripod and set up for a shot but they scampered down before I could get one off. While traipsing around my wife stumbled upon this little beauty and I spent about an hour shooting it. I almost like it a lot but feel it could be better. Let me know what you think. Any and all suggestions welcome.
Cave in Valley of Fire
Mar 1, 2013 07:58:58 #
Croce wrote:
Went to Vegas for the weekend and decided to explo... (show quote)
That is so neat, a day and half to visit it must have been great. Lovely shot.
Mar 1, 2013 08:00:19 #
Mar 1, 2013 11:54:54 #
Very cool Croce, looks like another planet, one I was on recently. See any Tronks in there? 8-)
Mar 2, 2013 09:55:44 #
Nope, I can't see how it could be better. Nice composition, love the shades of color. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 2, 2013 10:29:54 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
Thank you all, I was really confused with all the possible ways I could have presented this. Glad you all like it. Bmac, thanks for your concern. Fortunately no Tronks were in there. I would have been at their mercy since I had to lay on my belly and side to get the shots.
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Mar 2, 2013 13:49:05 #
Thanks for the memorys. We had to drive through there whenever we went to town (Las Vegas) back in the '60's. Took a lot of pics with my Argus C3 - lost all somewhere in the move :cry:
Mar 2, 2013 14:15:32 #
You have a beautifully composed and executed shot. We have visited the park a number of times and enjoy it greatly. There is definitely plenty to shoot there. I have a trip planned in Sept to the Vegas area. If you haven't done Death Valley and Mojave they are both interesting places to shoot. There is much more scenery there than I would have ever expected.
Swede
Swede
Mar 3, 2013 11:08:20 #
I think it is a great shot, and you have captured a bit of the outside world through one of the openings that adds to it. Was it hard finding this cave, and getting into it?
Mar 3, 2013 16:40:59 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
AuntieM wrote:
I think it is a great shot, and you have captured a bit of the outside world through one of the openings that adds to it. Was it hard finding this cave, and getting into it?
Dear AuntieM
The answer to your questions are No and Yes. The first time I tried to capture the image I got all skinned up so ... When I went back in better light the next day I went well padded and protected with knee pads and extra heavy coat for crawling inside. Photography is dangerous business but somebody has to do it.
Your Nephew,
Croce
Croce at work
Mar 3, 2013 16:42:10 #
Mar 3, 2013 18:02:11 #
Croce wrote:
quote=AuntieM I think it is a great shot, and you... (show quote)
I know how abrasive sandstone can be....tried to crawl on my hands and knees (in shorts) to the edge of the overlook to the Horseshoe Bend near Page.....that didn't turn out so good. Valley of Fire is on my list of places to see when I head west in a year. Was is LV twice, but never got there. I will make sure that I have heavy clothing to crawl around in this time.
Mar 3, 2013 20:42:49 #
Beautiful shot. Great color, composition, sharpness. Well done.
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