Duane I appreciate you commenting and respectfully disagree with FStoppers take on this scene...what we are doing as individual photogs is bringing home memories and, bringing home the best image we could muster. Besides, it is a fun outing and I took approximately 300 images with four different cameras from many different locations while in Zion. Don't think any of my photos from this Zion trip are unique to anyone other than me. If you have the ability to climb into the remote areas of Zion you may find the scenes you covet...no different than Yellowstone or Yosemite. Does/would FStopper have the same take on Yosemite's El Capitan or similar icons...

I have held off posting shots from the Arches portion of the Mighty Five trip because Cany 143 is the definitive source for photos of that area. I do, however, post these to show potential visitors the world of photo ops that await you from a tour van with little (except for Delicate Arch) hiking involved. As to Delicate Arch, unlike its name, the hike to the arch (as opposed to the viewpoint of the arch) is labeled by the Park Service as strenuous and this 80 year old agrees with them. The shots are posted in the order that they occurred as we spent the day going into the park, circling through and coming out. I am sorry that I do not remember all the names of the formations, etc.

Here is one of five feeders in the yard. The cage on the right is for oilers. The one on the left is home made and usually contains general purpose feed, as inexpensive as I can find. In the center is a section of limb with a hole drilled in the side for suet. Above is an attached branch for birds to perch. The red piece is part of cone shaped baffle which makes it squirrel proof.

I don't normally shoot birds on the feeders...just pick them off as they perch. The brightness of the center image is due to the use of a flash with "Better Beamer" attached which narrows the beam of light and extend the distance or reduces the flash recycle time depending on the camera settings. The BB is intended for 300MM or more focal lengths...this was shot at 100MM with a 100-400 f4.5-5.6 at f10...at the recommended FL the light pattern would be uniform.

I shoot from a blind and am positioned 15-25 feet from the feeders. The birds are observant enough to know I'm in there even when wearing camo. The blind does provide a small edge and with close ups of birds every little advantage helps.

Click on my link to 500px and see some results using this method.