Onion Creek: The land, like the day, began uninterestingly; the land generally flat, the morning cloudless and harshly light. Progressing up Onion Creek, past the point where the land...

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

The land, like the day, began uninterestingly; the land generally flat, the morning cloudless and harshly light. Progressing up Onion Creek, past the point where the land begins to roll, and gives way to canyon walls the creek has cut. Progressing up Onion Creek, morning becomes afternoon, and as the canyon deepened, the sky followed suit. Its not a place to be in the event of rain.

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PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Cany143 wrote:

The land, like the day, began uninterestingly; the land generally flat, the morning cloudless and harshly light. Progressing up Onion Creek, past the point where the land begins to roll, and gives way to canyon walls the creek has cut. Progressing up Onion Creek, morning becomes afternoon, and as the canyon deepened, the sky followed suit. Its not a place to be in the event of rain.

You find some awesome areas to image and comment on.Thanks for both.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

I like them all. #3 & #4 are the prize winners IMO. I like the canyons and the cliffs and the sky.

RichinSeattle

Retired CPO wrote:

I like them all. #3 & #4 are the prize winners IMO. I like the canyons and the cliffs and the sky.

Agree! The dramatic sky makes the difference.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

Really nice Jim, very much "Arizona Highway-ish"

Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

Jim ..., I didn’t see any onions growing anywhere ,,, there was some garlic sage brush and a dead Turkford Tree ... I did see some red rock.., Moenkopi and Cutler sandstone .., some of those canyon walls look to be about 300-400 ft high.., good for channeling water run off after a rainstorm ...

Your pictures and accompanying narrative were as good as making the trip in person and has just saved me thousands in direct costs ...., I’m considering a 10% direct refund to you for the money you saved me , however..., being LDS .., it goes to the Bishop .., boy that was close ..

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Dr.Nikon wrote:

Jim ..., I didn’t see any onions growing anywhere ... (show quote)

Good News, Doc! While not myself being LDS --we Taoist-Druids tend to keep pretty much on our own side of the oak trees-- I do actually know an LDS Bishop. Sort of. Whatever. The thing is, at any rate, if you PayPal your 10% tithe direct to me, I'll be reeeeeeel sure to get it to the Bishop lickety-split. In other News, there is a species of wild onion that grows out that way, but they're tiny and taste awful. Much like the Moenkopi, which isn't tiny but tastes bad, too. Other than that, only got a few drops of rain --which helped keep the Moenkopi sand that was blowing around down--, and figured my Jeep was as much of an Ark as I'd need, so long as I got out of there in advance of any potential deluge. Which didn't materialize. And don't forget: my PayPal address is:

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

A beautiful tour, Jim!

globetrekker Loc: Bend, OR

Really nice shots.

Is there a confluence with Garlic Creek? That's a place I'd like to be.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Cany143 wrote:

The land, like the day, began uninterestingly; the land generally flat, the morning cloudless and harshly light. Progressing up Onion Creek, past the point where the land begins to roll, and gives way to canyon walls the creek has cut. Progressing up Onion Creek, morning becomes afternoon, and as the canyon deepened, the sky followed suit. Its not a place to be in the event of rain.

Beautiful images Jim

Charley

Well & entertainingly written.
I enjoyed every word

Charley Grimes, Indianapolis

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice landscapes.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

These are beautiful, Cany, particularly #2 for me. Again, I am struck by your use of foreground elements and your focus. Do you search for foreground items, or does it just come naturally to you? And I know you frequently use focus stacking. Did you on these?

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Cany143 wrote:

The land, like the day, began uninterestingly; the land generally flat, the morning cloudless and harshly light. Progressing up Onion Creek, past the point where the land begins to roll, and gives way to canyon walls the creek has cut. Progressing up Onion Creek, morning becomes afternoon, and as the canyon deepened, the sky followed suit. Its not a place to be in the event of rain.

Jim, like I told Mike in his post, Thank you for taking me along with you to the cool mountains. DDLs are great.

Greg