Zion National Park, Utah. Part III

"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution."

-Ansel Adams


 It's been a while since my last post. I've been very busy scanning and digitally archiving family photos for the past six months while having the luxury of a large chunk of relatively uninterrupted time in order to accomplish it in. Crunch time is here. Within the next week or two, I will know what path my work future will go down. If I go back to work, well, there goes the requisite blocks of time needed in order to finish archiving within a relatively short amount of time. I'm almost there! Only a couple of dozen or so more to go... As Bill D. Cat would say in the now defunct Opus and Bloom County cartoon strips: "ACK!"

These photos were taken in the upper elevations of Zion along Zion Park Blvd. that zigzags up and towards the east where one can eventually hit the highway that goes past Bryce Canyon. Zion Park Blvd. is known for its long tunnel cut out of the surrounding rock in one section. This is an interesting section of the park with a much different feel with regards to the massive, all encompassing, and seemingly confining walls of the canyon below it.

This upper elevation area is home to a myriad of naturally sculpted bonsai trees. Most of them are pines, with occasional western maples and a few stunted cottonwoods interspersed here and there as bonsias.

The western maples in this area can give some stupendous fall color, sporting shades of orange, and all the way into deep and bright reds. These maples are scattered about the landscape, and are few and far between. Remove from your mind the thought of groves of them as are found in the eastern regions of our country.

This little pine has to be the most photographed tree in all of Zion National Park. Shot using HDR.

Found this piece of dead wood to my liking, especially against the hues of the rock it's perched upon.

 

Just outside the east entrance to the park as one is heading towards Bryce, is a souvenir/gift/food stop shop that caters to those passing through. Outside sits an old (I think '56 or '57 Chevy truck) dripping with character. I proceeded to take a whole series of photos of it from all sorts of angles and perspectives. Using HDR seemed to lend an even greater sense of character to the photos posted of it.