On our first night in St George we decided to go down to the St George Temple. This building was built by hand by the early Pioneers. It’s white exterior is a beautiful contrast to the red rock sandstone cliffs that surround the valley.
This photo was taken with a tripod and a 20 second exposure at is 200 and f/22. I have this in the HDR Man made section of this web site, but this photo is a single exposure.

I like the detail the pioneers were able to build in the exterior of the building.
I like the white surrounded by the black sky.
I like the palm trees. It reminds me of warmer times.

Thank you for visiting.

~wr~

On Thursday I was in St. George, Utah. I took the opportunity to go to nearby Snow Canyon State Park. This is such a beautiful area of Utah. Everywhere you turn there is a photo opportunity. The location this photo is taken at is called the Petrified Sand Dunes. This red rock formation has taken on the look of wind swept sand dunes. I was excited to go to this place because the night before we arrived there was a heavy rainstorm. I was looking for signs of the water in this desert area. This area is host to the white rocks. This is the formation at the top of the photo. There is several lava flows, and red sandstone everywhere. This is a spectacular looking state park.

I like this photo for the variety of colors.
I like the plants growing on the rocks in sand.
I like the small rain pond.
I like the white rock formation.

Let me know what you think, and thank you for visiting.

~wr~

This old bridge is part of an abandoned rail line near Eureka, Utah. I found this location last week as we were out and about on a family drive.

I like how the tracks cut across the photo.
I like the rich colors of the tracks.
I like the blue of the sky and the clouds.

Let me know what you think.

I will be posting my blog on my flickr page for the next couple of days. I will start tomorrow. You can link to the site here. The blog will be exactly the same as it appears on this site. The only difference is that you can comment on each of the photos. I will return to the regular blog site on Friday.

~wr~

Here is my entry on Super Bowl Sunday. Last year at my son’s football game I had just gotten a new teleconverter. I placed this on my 70-200mm lens. I shot the photo from 70 yards away. While it looks like the players have this running back contained they did not wrap up. The back was hit by three Provo players at the exact same moment. The Provo players all fell down. The running back waltzed into the end zone 60 yards away.

Here are a few keys to this type of photo. First you must have a quick lens. That means a pro quality lens. These lenses are expensive, but when you get the pictures back from your child’s recital or sports game it is all worth while.
Next a quality camera is important. Never underestimate what a quality cameras (a DSLR) can do for your photos. One of the first things you will notice is the rapid fire picture taking. There is no lag. Then you need to have some knowledge of the sport or event you are filming. This is so that you can position yourself in the place that offers the greatest chance of success.

After this photo was processed I then added a small touch of Topaz adjust. This program brought out the details of the action.

Thank you for visiting.

~wr~