Vistas of Northern Utah

[asdf]

Cant have a southern without northern right?

one per post ect.

[stefan]

twin peaks from olympus, may 2000[velvia]
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/twinpeaks.jpg

[stefan]

california gulls on the salt flats, june 2000[velvia]
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/saltflats.jpg

[sorry for the repetition ... last time ... it's one of my very favorites]

[JP]

Nice shot of the Twin Peaks Stefan :2thumbs:

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[gonzo]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/405370713_65929d56d5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/405370713/)

It's really grainy, so it's useless as a print, but I like it.

[CarpeyBiggs]

Kris, that is SWEET.

[gonzo]

Thanks Carpey. That's high praise coming from someone as talented as you.

Stefan: that Twin Peaks photo is amazing.

[stefan]

thank you jp & kris ...


great shots summit & kris :2thumbs:


kris, from where specifically did you take that photo?
good vantage point, nice angle on olympus

[JP]

thank you jp & kris ...
You're welcome :nod:

[goofball]

maybird gulch

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[gonzo]

kris, from where specifically did you take that photo?
good vantage point, nice angle on olympus

I took it from the parking lot at my office, which just a little bit southeast of 2100 South Redwood Road. Here's another shot from the same spot:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/405372088_f632aced98.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/405372088/)

If it weren't for all of the buildings in the lower portion of the frame I would prefer that alpenglow photo.

[JP]

I like that one just above, great shot Kris :2thumbs:

[gonzo]

Found one more good one. I seem to be dominating this thread. Sorry.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/401104942_e0cdab9df8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/401104942/)
North Oquirrh Mountains

[cpn cntrpnch]

From the backcountry thread.

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Winter%2006-07/January/January%205/skin-track-pano.jpg

upper Cardiff.

[R]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/405370713_65929d56d5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/405370713/)

It's really grainy, so it's useless as a print, but I like it.

You might be able to clean it up with something like NeatImage. If you want to email me the full-size file, I'd be willing to take a crack at it. :nod:

-R

[Scott Card]

Sunrise on Strawberry Res. a couple of weeks ago.

[stefan]

what a misty, peaceful morning, scott :D

[Scott Card]

what a misty, peaceful morning, scott :D

Yes it was except I had just about smashed into two moose on the road just prior to this spot so my heart rate was up and I could only stay for about 30 seconds due to the fact I was due in Vernal at 8:30 a.m. for a hearing. Someone who was there, I am sure, had a peaceful morning. Besides the moose (plural) I saw A LOT of deer on the side of the road. A bit of a white knuckle drive for me but nonetheless, a beautiful morning.

[hank moon]

Sunrise on Strawberry Res. a couple of weeks ago.

very nice n'tranquil, Scott

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[madsjim]

This shot includes humans but I like the shot of the American Fork Twin Peaks in the background contrasted with the climbers.

[Iceaxe]

Island lake in the Uinta's

http://climb-utah.com/Uinta/Files/long04.jpg

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[sparker1]

Timp from Squaw Peak.

[waltny]

Island lake in the Uinta's

http://climb-utah.com/Uinta/Files/long04.jpg

The colors in this are amazing...

[waltny]

Timp from Squaw Peak.

I really like this shot too. I would have gotten even lower to the ground and shot it across the top of the flowers trying to get more moutain and sky(the awesome yellow to blue contrast). The dead tree off to right takes away from the shot utimately.

[waltny]

Arrowhead lift @ Sundance.

A favorite of mine, dramatic perspective shot :2thumbs:

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[hank moon]

Weather shots from yesterday's stormlet

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[stefan]

hank ... amazing clouds! the images look really nice.


summit ... as much as i don't like a ski lift on the mighty timpanogos, i dig the composition of this shot: the contrast between the sunlit slope and the silhouetted ski lift, rising barely above the trees ... very nice

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[cpn cntrpnch]

A pano from today.

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%202%2007/pano-1-small.jpg

Trail 157 on Mill canyon peak. Cascade and timp in the distance.

[stefan]

purdy shots guyz ... u rock :2thumbs:

[greyhair biker]

love the shots in the Uintahs. Here are a few...

[cpn cntrpnch]

This one?

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2025/indian-summer.jpg

Sundial, today.

[CarpeyBiggs]

Nice Cap'n. Beautiful scene, all sorts of levels of interest in that one. Very nice.

[cpn cntrpnch]

Thanks, kind of a treat with colored leaves and snow.
Got one more for sharing.

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2025/blanche.jpg

Vigenetting in the sky. Whaddya do?
:ne_nau:

[goofball]

nice shots cpn.

i went up there yesterday but didn't see squat from the snow coming down so hard. even had thunder for awhile. still had a blast though !

[MtnBkr]

Very fine pictures. . . here's one I like. . .

[goofball]

meadows near everman lake in naturalist basin

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[waltny]

Thanks, kind of a treat with colored leaves and snow.
Got one more for sharing.

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2025/blanche.jpg

Vigenetting in the sky. Whaddya do?
:ne_nau:
Really like this one, nicely done.

[CarpeyBiggs]

One from the Salt Flats just before the storm rolled across yesterday.

http://danransom.com/blog/images/20071005155252_saltflats.jpg

[stefan]

utterly spectacular :thumb:

[cpn cntrpnch]

A northern Utah vista.

http://www.wowasatch.com/pictures/Winter%2007-08/october%2007/october%207%2007/breakin'-trail.jpg

Love the Salt Flats.
:2thumbs:
Wishin' I could figure out that sun. Not enough acid?

[tanya]

One from the Salt Flats just before the storm rolled across yesterday.

http://danransom.com/blog/images/20071005155252_saltflats.jpg

:eek2: Artistic! Okay...... I give! ....you are good. :mrgreen:


And WOW (cpn counterpunch) and Sparkler and Win...... this group is loaded with GOOD!

[R]

Carpey, did you utilize an HDR technique for the Salt Flats image?

[goofball]

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2025/blanche.jpg

Vigenetting in the sky. Whaddya do?
:ne_nau:

well, here's one thing -

use the "magic wand" tool select the sky.

once done enlarge to 200% to fine tune and make sure the is no bleed or missed spots.

if there is, go into "quick mask" and then choose "eraser" tool to eliminate the mask where it has bled or not selected.

when done exit "quick mask" and choose "eyedropper" tool. take a sample of the sky where it is darkest and most saturated. this will appear as the foreground color in the tool tray.

then select the "gradient" tool. use the "linear gradient" option. position the crosshair at the top of the frame and drag it to a point somewhere below the selected area. this will give a color gradient of the selected color from its maximum tone as selected to white ( or whatever other color is set as the "background color" on the tool tray ). the direction of the line as you drag the gradient tool will determine the direction of the gradient.

at anhy time the selected area can be "deselected" by choosing the "magic wand" tool and clickingw/in the selected area, or by going to "select", then "deselect" in the tool bar up top.

[CarpeyBiggs]

Carpey, did you utilize an HDR technique for the Salt Flats image?

No sir. Pretty much straight out of the camera. It is two images stitched together to make increase FOV, same exposure on both though.

[goofball]

out at stansbury island

[cpn cntrpnch]

Preciate the tutorial, goofball. I'll work on it.
:cool2:

[gonzo]

I'm surprised I haven't posted this one already. It was taken in spring of 2006.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/131116106_f70d604365_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/131116106/)

I should probably go back and crop it more like a panorama to get rid of the parking lot at the bottom and the wispy clouds at the top.

[hallkc]

Here is an interesting shot... has had lots of photoshop work to make it viewable... The original was terrible. (one of the first shots I took with my SLR) It shows the fall colors give way to the snow at Snowbasin, with a nice mist/fog rolling in. Let me know what you think.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff112/hallkchallkc/DSC_1987GoodSmall.jpg

[Randi]

Here is an interesting shot... has had lots of photoshop work to make it viewable... The original was terrible. (one of the first shots I took with my SLR) It shows the fall colors give way to the snow at Snowbasin, with a nice mist/fog rolling in. Let me know what you think.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff112/hallkchallkc/DSC_1987GoodSmall.jpg

It sure doesn't look terrible now. I love this shot. It's beautiful!
I'd like to be there right now!

I also love CarpeyBiggs salt flats - that is an amazing shot! Reminds me of the salt flats in Death Valley.

And CNP's reflection of the mountains is pretty dang cool too! And Scott's misty "peaceful for someone" morning ~ that is very serene looking! Geez...these photos are all super! The darkroom is hands down, my favorite forum ~ I love to browse here and imagine I'm actually "there" instead of here!!!! :mrgreen:

Thanx for posting all these wonderful pictures!

~Randi

[waltny]

Here is an interesting shot... has had lots of photoshop work to make it viewable... The original was terrible. (one of the first shots I took with my SLR) It shows the fall colors give way to the snow at Snowbasin, with a nice mist/fog rolling in. Let me know what you think.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff112/hallkchallkc/DSC_1987GoodSmall.jpg
Very nice indeed.
IMHO when it comes to having to photoshop a photo you must know the limitations of your camera and what you will have to correct BEFORE you take the picture. We all dont have the luxury of the finest equipment or the time and funds to lay in wait for hours for the perfect shot to come to us. I know for myself everyday life and other obligations superseed my picture taking time.
So with all that said, once again job well done. The deep tonal colors of the clouds conveys the feeling of anger contrasted with the untouched vibrant serne fall colors below
The only constructive criticism I might give is to crop out the fence and tree in the bottom left.

On second look the fence would work with out the tree....

[Mooseman70]

Here's a shot of the Spiral Jetty (Rosel Point) I took back in February, 2006 - just as a winter storm was approaching. We got slammed by it on our way back to the Golden Spike Monument.

[gonzo]

A few from yesterday (03/03/08) at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2307116438_8baf24a1fe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/2307116438/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2307113256_3c5cf76bf9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/2307113256/)

[stefan]

[size=4][b]silver fork

[mhambi]

Well kinda 'Central' (N of Fairview) but oh well... (grainy from crappy kodak digicam)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9435/71293170xm6.jpg

[TreeHugger]

Weather shots from yesterday's stormlet

Hank, these shots are really cool.

I love the spiral jetty shot, so unusual and the storm coming in adds great effect.

[Mooseman70]

I love the spiral jetty shot, so unusual and the storm coming in adds great effect.

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment on my Spiral Jetty photo. :cool2: I like it, too. It's on my desktop at home.

[waltny]

Well kinda 'Central' (N of Fairview) but oh well... (grainy from crappy kodak digicam)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9435/71293170xm6.jpg
You captured some nice color here, has character.

[waltny]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/DSC_5652copyLA.jpg

[stefan]

i have been looking for the negative of this photo, for some time now, to digitize, but seem to have misplaced it. so for the time being i decided to do a lowquality scan of the grainy photo.

folks along the wasatch front have different views of the wasatch that they have become accustomed to over time. the view of the central wasatch from the north is one of my very favorite. from the city of salt, it is a stunning view, though the twin peaks often gets obscured along the east bench, especially when hiking along the foothills. higher points give better vantage on the twin peaks. one spot i have enjoyed the view countless times is along the ridge of little black mountain, which forms the southern wall of city creek canyon, viewing ridgeline after ridgeline towards the peaks of little cottonwood canyon. it's also very easy to pick out the fun hiking/scrambling route up the north face of olympus

the following photo i took one evening around '92-'93 on a hike with my sister. it was kinda stormy over the mountains and sunny over the great lake of salt. there was even a massive rainbow, extending from the top of the narrow ridge of little black mountain up and over the canyon below, and touching down on another ridge to the south. i have never been so seemingly close to a rainbow before.


[b][size=4]central wasatch view
looking south from little black mountain

[waltny]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/eastcanyon4.jpg

[tumblingwings]

Red Castle

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/tumblingwings/234.jpg

[stefan]

nice ... i love red castle!

[asdf]

Provo Peak and friends 5.27.2009

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3568291939_44e176e9ea_b.jpg

[stefan]

nice one summit ... the clouds look amazing


so as i mentioned above i my favorite view of the wasatch is from the northern part of salt lake looking south. years ago when i moved from salt lake for college, in the first few months i felt like the buildings around me looked so much bigger, yet i knew they weren't. at first i thought it was just the perspective of living in a "new" place, but then it quickly dawned on me that it was likely because the buildings weren't dwarfed by enormous mountains with peaks pushing the alpine right adjacent to the city, a realization that has stuck with me ever since and one i enjoy tremendously.

so ... two photos of one of my favorite views on the wasatch during winter and spring (wish i actually owned a nice camera ... someday):

http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/saltlakeDEC.jpg
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/saltlakeMAY.jpg

[goofball]

granddaddy lake/basin

[asdf]

awesome images as always Goofball
We should get together and shoot sometime.

Trial Lake
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3666476780_aa3ac7d819.jpg

[goofball]

awesome images as always Goofball
We should get together and shoot sometime.


if i still lived in slc i'd love to, especially if you have any more old industrial sites to share !

[apcronnelly]

I went up to Alta Tuesday night. The wildflowers aren't quick at peak yet but soon enough they will be.

[asdf]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3511219394_c3163d0819.jpg

[apcronnelly]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/mountana/WhiteRockBaysmall.jpg

[apcronnelly]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/mountana/anteloperockssmall-1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/mountana/trackssmall.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/mountana/antelopereflectionsmall.jpg

First picture with new d300s
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/mountana/Saltybaysmall.jpg

[stefan]

bump ... anyone?

[asdf]

Timp and Utah County as seen from the Squaw Peak overlook
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4862628499_276d5e0465_z.jpg

[stefan]

sweet! that's verging on lord of the rings!

[mjn_slc]

Panorama from the hike to Sunset Peak - view at the saddle towards Timp.
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[accadacca]

sweet! that's verging on lord of the rings!
Ditto. Awesome Summit. :cool2: