{"id":228,"date":"2013-03-26T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afeinbergphotography.com\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2013-03-26T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T21:20:27","slug":"reflected-light-a-story-of-serendipity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afeinbergphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/reflected-light-a-story-of-serendipity\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflected Light: A Story Of Serendipity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is something special about traveling by oneself.\u00a0 Of course there can be times of loneliness and solitude but the freedom to do\/go\/feel whatever one wants at that time is truly freeing.\u00a0 On my 4th full day I photographed sunrise in Arches National Park and then started my journey across the southern part of the state.\u00a0 Through Cedar Mesa and over toward Escalante.\u00a0 The remoteness and dramatic landscape is not to be underestimated.\u00a0 Truly spectacular country.\u00a0 Amazing spires and rock formations around every corner.\u00a0 Roads winding through canyons, bending around corners to reveal another infinite expanse to explore.<\/p>\n

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As I came around yet another bend, after crossing the Glen Canyon area I noticed these rocky spires in the distance.\u00a0 Speeding by there was some interesting, undulating rock just off the road that caught my eye and thought to myself there must be a good photograph in there somewhere, so on the the brakes I went, pulling over in to one of the few primitive camping areas that dotted the side of the road.\u00a0 Getting out to explore, then driving down the road back a ways and repeating.\u00a0 Wandering around I found this ravine, with amazing undulating and textured rock pointing right at the spires that had made me pull over in the first place.\u00a0 Looking down the rock suddenly jumped out at me.\u00a0 Light from the other side of the ravine was being reflected back on to the rock below me creating this incredible glow.\u00a0 Taking out my phone I snapped a quick photo to see what was going on.\u00a0 Boom!\u00a0 Next thing I knew I was hurrying back to the car to grab my camera bag.\u00a0 I spent the next 3-4hrs exploring this 100 yard stretch of rock.\u00a0 Studying the textures, lines, nuances.\u00a0 Playing with the light as it changed.\u00a0 As the shadow from the large canyon wall towering over me to the west finally encompassed the scene I had that familiar joyful feeling.\u00a0 The kind one can only get by having that serendipitous, ephemeral experiences that come from pulling off the side of road spontaneously in the middle of nowhere \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Thanks!<\/p>\n

aF<\/p>\n

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