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Morning’s Golden light on Delicate Arch Moab, UT

July 30, 2014July 30, 2014Posted in hikes, Landscapes, Photography, TravelTagged Arches National Park, Delicate Arch, Golden Hour, hiking, Landscape Photography, Morning, Photography, San Jose California Nature Photographer3 Comments

Alex, Theresa, and I started our hike to Delicate Arch at 4:10am and got to the Arch in 42 minutes with only head-lamps for light. There was only one other car in the parking lot when we arrived. We met the two guys that it belonged to on their way down.

The trail-head to Delicate Arch is right off the parking lot at Wolfe Ranch inside of Arches National Park. The elevation gain is about 500 ft up rough and steep terrain. Length of the hike is 3 miles round trip. Most the trail you’re hiking on giant slabs of sandstone. The trail is marked by cairns, but some are widely spaced so, if not carefully looking for them you can miss one.Theresa and I missed one on our first hike up to Delicate Arch back in 2010 we ended up about quarter of mile off course and had to back-track to find the trail.

The last bit of the climb is along the side of sandstone fin. There are several steps and a path that was carved out of the stone that wind their way up to the Arch. This part of the path is fairly narrow and has no cable or guard rail- If you fall you could be toast.

Here’s an image Theresa took of us hiking down that part of the trail. That’s Alex, with me in the lead, and Theresa’s shadow on the sandstone wall. Thank you T for giving me a copy of this image! xx

Image by Theresa Johnson. Used with Permission — Image by © 2014 Theresa Johnson. Used with Permission

There was no one else up at the Arch when we got there, but it wasn’t too long before other hikers were coming up the trail, and by 6AM there was quite a crowd, and it was getting warm already. We stayed up through Golden Hour and when the light went flat we packed up and hiked down, starving and ready for breakfast then a nap.

More to come…

NIkon D700| AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8| Tripod

P52 14/52 Tunnel View in Golden Hour

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014Posted in California, Landscapes, Photography, Travel, US National ParksTagged Golden Hour, San Jose CA Nature Photographer, Travel and Tourism, US National Parks, Yosemite National Park1 Comment

I ventured North-east to look for Wildflowers then went into Yosemite National Park to photograph the river, and waterfalls, but couldn’t be in the park and not go up to Tunnel View. I swung by here earlier in the day to see how it looked and thought it would be a good place to shoot the sunset since the clouds were getting thicker by the hour and by 3PM Half Dome was covered in clouds.

I made two images up here a cool version using my Singh Ray LB Color filter then removed the filter and made the warmer image you see here. I’ll share the cooler image soon since I like them both.

This is all the color we got this evening. More clouds rolled in obscuring the sun and blocking any more color. By 7:40pm I was in Pearl (my car) with the heater on thawing out my very cold fingers still hoping the color would come. There were only 3 photographers set up waiting and hoping outside on the observation deck; everyone else had left. Shortly after that all the color faded completely and He-Man and I headed home relaxed, and very content.

Ebb and Flow

May 4, 2013May 4, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Landscapes, Nature, Nikon, Photography, TravelTagged Golden Hour, Landscape Photography, Pacific Coast, San Jose California Nature Photography, Santa Cruz, Sunset1 Comment

Ebb and Flow, originally uploaded by CircadianReflections Photography.

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Copyright © 2013 Deborah M Zajac. All Rights Reserved.

It’s time to head to the coast! My friend Dali and I headed up Hwy 1 to look for a nice spot to photograph the Golden Hour and Sunset. You can’t go wrong driving Hwy 1. There are hundreds of beautiful beaches to see.
Here’s last night’s Golden Hour. The tide was rising. I loved watching the ebbing tide drape/cascade over these rocks. The Golden Hour really brought out the red in the rocks as well.
It was pretty, and very relaxing listening to the pounding surf.

After dinner photo-walk

August 19, 2010August 19, 2010Posted in CaliforniaTagged Campbell CA, Evening, Golden Hour, photo walkLeave a comment

Having Big Baby Boy home is always so much fun. We have a few traditions for his homecomings.

We always go out to eat at some favorite places around home. We’ve eaten at two places already. One was Aqui’s the night before last. A Tex-Mex place with patio seating which means I can take Diva Dog. She loves to go out too.

I had a Swirl- A Guava, Margarita, Sangria concoction that tastes like smoothie, and has a kick you wouldn’t believe. I had the fuzzies after drinking it. So we took a photo-walk around Campbell, CA to walk off some of that Swirl and dinner. Here are a few shots of what was happening in downtown Campbell Tues. evening.

I had the Garbanzo Bean Falafel with Apple Walnut Salad. The falafel needed the spicy chili sauce you get in real falafel places, the salad was wonderful! Apples, cranberries, walnuts, mangoes, fresh mixed greens, and tangy mango dressing. I should have ordered it with grilled chicken.