360 Degree Panoramic Images
These 360 degree panoramas are composites of multiple images, often up to 20, combined in such a way as to provide a 360 view of the landscape. All of these images require that you have a recent version of Adobe Flash installed on your browser. They are also quite large, usually between 2-5 megabytes in size. As a result, a broadband connection is strongly recommended.
The images are from a variety of locations throughout Utah, Colorado, and across the country.
My Photo Gallery
I have moved my entire collection of online photographs to my other website
- mesalight.com. I am also using the latest version of Gallery
software to make it easier for me to update and share my photographs.
With the volume of photographs that I take on a monthly basis,
I wanted a quick and easy way to upload and share them.
I have also finally organized my photographs into albums based on where they were taken. My previous galleries were becoming a bit of a chaos.
Because Arches National Park is located only 5 miles from my front door, I have hundreds of Arches photos in my gallery. Luckily, I never tire of the photographic possibilities at Arches. Under conditions of constantly changing light, the red rock landscapes at Arches are a constant catalyst for photographic exploration.
Arches National Park Gallery
I have added another Lightroom Gallery of my photos, this time from Arches National Park. Since I live only 5 miles from the park, I have a lot of photos that I have taken there under a huge variety of lighting conditions.
After the main gallery page loads I recommend that you just hit the play button at the bottom of the screen, sit back and watch the slide show. Also, open your browser in a large window because larger versions of each photo will be loaded based on your window size. A high speed connection is recommended...
Click here for my Arches National Park Gallery
2008 Gallery Updates
2008 has been a lot of fun as we continue to explore southern Utah and portions of western Colorado. Some of the trips that we have taken, and will be taking, demand a lot of planning and preparation so updates to this website have been rather infrequent. However, we just got back from Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and are taking a short break, so I have finally uploaded over 70 of my favorite photos taken thus far this year into a brand new gallery. I really like the new software that I used for this gallery so have a look! After the main gallery page loads I recommend that you just hit the play button at the bottom of the screen, sit back and watch the slide show. Also, open your browser in a large window because larger versions of each photo will be loaded based on your window size. A high speed connection is recommended...
Click here for my 2008 Gallery
Photo Note: The lenses used for all of these photos were my Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 Di-II LD Aspherical and my Canon 55-250mm f/4-5.6 EF-S IS.
Panorama
Photography
One of the things that I love about digital photography is how easy it has become to create panoramic photographs. I love doing panoramas of the landscapes of southern Utah because they really capture the massive scale of the landscape. The amount of open space in southern Utah (and in most of the western states) is mind boggling!
3D Photography
File this section under the "I'll try anything once" category! Actually, I have had a longtime fascination with 3D photography, going way back to my college days. At one point I actually built a platform for my tripod to hold a 35mm camera in two positions, an eye's width apart. I would then project the images onto a silver lenticular screen and outfit my guests with cross polarized glasses. Yeah, I was quite the party geek! Anyway, it actually worked quite well, and I still have a box of those slides in my closet. My wife married me anyway.
This section is a much lower-tech version of my earlier exploits. If you happen to have a pair of those cheap 2-color 3D glasses, read on!
My Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT
Written: July 2006
Since Canon's EOS 350D Digital SLR (Digital Rebel XT) has been around
for several years, there is no point in doing yet another technical review
of this extremely well received camera. Therefore, I decided that it might
be more useful if I just put up some of my impressions of using this camera,
particularly in comparison to my other digital cameras.
Visitors to this website are well aware of the fact that I love my Nikon 5700 prosumer digital camera and seriously resisted the move to a digital SLR for years. However, early in 2006 I decided that I needed a bit more resolution than my 5700 had to offer. There was no choice but to move back to a Single Lens Reflex camera.
My Amazing Nikon 5700
Written: October 2, 2003
Updated: April 4, 2004 & February 12, 2005
This was my first prosumer digital camera. The Nikon 5700 completely
redefined the way that I do photography. A bit of a learning curve was
required to understand how to properly utilize this camera, but once my
new techniques were in place I found that photography had never been easier
or more enjoyable. The 5700 represented a huge step forward in photographic
technology. Evolution is a good thing.
If you’re willing to learn a few new things, and let go of some antiquated techniques, the Nikon 5700 is a superb photographic tool for advanced/professional photographers.
My Trusty Old Canon FTb
Written: July 25, 2000
This is a nostalgic section about my first SLR camera. Although I retired this camera in 2002, I am sill amazed at how well, and especially how long, it performed for me. In this world of disposable products I feel compelled to sing the praises of a camera that was built like a tank. This is a testimonial from an extremely satisfied user of what is, in my opinion, one of the most solidly built consumer 35mm cameras ever manufactured. I have gotten my money’s worth out of this camera 100 times over. The craftsmanship that went into this camera is worthy of note nearly 40 years after it was first introduced in 1971.
2008
Photo Gallery
Arches
National Park
