Photographers Paradise

I visited Bryce Canyon NP for the second time...the first was back in 1988. To put it simply, I know of no other place so conducive to photography! Some national parks, like Yosemite and Grand Canyon, have grander, more overwhelming landscapes; others, like Olympic and Everglades, preserve more interesting ecosystems. But no place anywhere has more spectacular colors and landforms than Bryce. It's just mindboggling. Every place you look, every time the light changes even just a bit, you get a new perspective.

The dominant rock formations in Bryce are the towers called hoodoos. These are made of limestone, which is naturally gray; minerals in the rock add the colors. Only a slight difference in hardness of the rock will cause different erosion patterns on adjacent landforms, and the result is magic.

Once again, I got lucky with the weather from a photographers standpoint as there were numerous thunderstorms both days I was at Bryce. The black clouds enhanced and brightened the colors of the rocks; the effect was breathtaking.

This picture covers most of the scene portrayed in the photo directly above it; but without any sky, it looks more like abstract art than landscape. Bryce is surreal!! You could shoot a thousand pictures in a day and not get two that are alike.