While in Moab, we visited Canyonlands' Island in the Sky district and Needles District. It was cool, had plenty of beautiful high desert terrain, and in my mind, didn't compete well with Arches National Park or Dead Horse Point State Park. It struck me as kind of like the Grand Canyon, without the crowds. Here are a few shots from our visits.
Playing with Nik Silver Efex...
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| Grand View Point Overlook |
Playing with Nik Color Efex...
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| Grand View Point Overlook |
I was more interested in other places so we always got here after the best light of the morning with washed out lighting...
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| Grand View Point Overlook |
Zooming way in to see the river in the distance...
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| Grand View Point Overlook |
Looking over the valley with the Colorado River in the distance...
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| Shafer Canyon Overlook |
Again, in color...
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| Shafer Canyon Overlook |
More tricks with Nik Software, from the overlook (with cooperative clouds)...
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| Grand View Point Overlook |
Once again, with feeling, er, color...
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| Grand View Point Overlook |
At the Green River Overlook...
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| Green River Overlook |
With a different Nik effect that didn't bring the clouds out but showed the foreground detail better...
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| Green River Overlook |
Colors punched up...
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| Green River Overlook |
The preceding photos are from the Island in the Sky district. Here's a shot from the Needles...
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| Needles District |
Actually I think I took this outside the park on the entrance road.
Interesting scenery, but it suffered from us having visited the other nearby parks earlier so this one didn't compare so well.
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