I stayed extra 20 minutes after the beautiful sunset at Lipan Point on a recent trip to Grand Canyon. The sky seemed to change colors every minute. I shot this image 15 minutes after the sun fell below the horizon.
Month: March 2015
Golden Hour Delight at Painted Desert
The color of Painted Desert is at its best during the golden hours of the day. Unless camping inside the Park (with permit) it is impossible to capture sunrise color since the Park does not open after the sunrise. However, we were very fortunate to […]
Capturing the Golden Hour Light at Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon is one of the most visited National Parks in the Nation. It is an immense and vast canyon and very impressive when looking down from the Rim to Colorado River. However, one can not appreciate the magnificent beauty of the Canyon unless you […]
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
The landscape of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff, is striking different and beautiful from the surrounding red rock country in Arizona. The vast black lava rock floor dotted with some isolated green pine trees and/or white-trunk aspen trees produces images with nice contrast and […]
Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona
Colorado River makes a spectacular (Horseshoe) bend just outside the City of Page. We visited there twice in one day, one bright early in the morning and the other in late afternoon. I used Tokina 16-28 mm wide angle lens to capture the entire bend […]
Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona
Photographing in Antelope Canyon is both fun and challenging. We took the 2-hour Photo Tour to Lower Antelope Canyon last week. With a great tour guide and not a big crowd we were able to use our tripod to shoot some scenes we liked. Hope […]
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (12 Images)
Petrified Forest National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and protect the petrified woods for scientific research – see the link http://www.nps.gov/pefo/learn/nature/petrified-wood.htm for the information of how petrified woods come to being. It is not just about petrified woods but the spectacular landscape especially […]
Painted Desert in Arizona
We visited Painted Desert of Petrified Forest National Monument in Arizona last week and were very fortunate to catch the late afternoon sunlight before the Park closing. We toured the same place three years ago around noon time when we stopped by on the way […]
Panoramic View of Medina of Fez, Morocco
This is a panoramic view of the Medina of Fez, Morocco as seen from the highway surrounding the city. It was taken in late afternoon with beautiful soft light shining on the new and old towns (Medina). I was also fascinated by array of satellite […]
Overlook of Toledo, Spain
I took this picture using my old Olympus E-30 camera when I visited the beautiful Spain in 2010.
Stephen Hung Photography 