Art in Healing Gallery Photos: LandShape Photography

House on Fire

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:41 GMT

]]>Located in Utah's Cedar Mesa, this Native American ruin has sandstone viens that give the appearance of flames originating from it's roof.

The Organ and Wildflowers

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:35 GMT

]]>For a brief period each spring, wild Mule Ear Sunflowers bloom at the base of The Organ in Utah's Arches National Park.

Winter Comes Early

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:21 GMT

]]>A lone aspen stands sentinel to an early winter storm in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.

Superior Colors

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:46 GMT

]]>Fall foliage glows in the light of the setting Sun in the shadow Alta Utah's Mount Superior.

Landscape Arch Sunrise

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:37 GMT

]]>Landscape Arch glows in the early morning sunshine of a cold winters day. It is considered to be the longest natural arch in the world, having a span of 290 feet.

Albion Basin Wildflowers

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:50 GMT

]]>The glacially sculpted Albion Basin of Alta, Utah is home to over 120 wildflower species. This image was taken at roughly 9000' in elevation.

Small Falls

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:17 GMT

]]>I stumbled across this small hidden waterfall located in Utah's Twin Peaks Wilderness, Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Given the location, I'm pretty sure I'm the only person to ever photograph it.

Bryce Sunrise Longview

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:02 GMT

]]>The Hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park glow in the first light of a new day.

The Hand of God

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:49 GMT

]]>The rising sun illuminates the sea, sky and sandstone cliffs of Sydney Harbor National Park located on Australia's eastern coast.

Pectols Pyramid

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:55 GMT

]]>Three basalt rock rocks frame Pectols Pyramid in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park. They seemwildly out of place the white and pink sandstone found in the water pocket fold.

Geologists think the volcanic rocksoriginated 20 mya in an area west of Capitol Reef National park and were deposited my volcanic activity.

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Delicate Arch from Afar

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:37 GMT

]]>The iconic Delicate Arch from a less than typical vantage point.

To get to this shot, you have to walk a slickrock tightrope and scramble up a sandstone ridge/fin. At the end of the scramble up the ridge, you're standing on a cliff with several hundred feet of exposure on each side.

Calf Creek Falls

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:08 GMT

]]>An oasis in a desert, golden fall colors highlight the alcove formed by Lower Calf Creek Falls.

Lower Calf Creek Falls is a 126-foot (38 m) waterfall reached by an easy hike on a 6 mile round trip on relatively flat terrain. The falls are located in the Calf Creek Recreation area in the Grand Staircase Escalate National Monument off scenic Utah Highway 12. This spot is special to me because my wife and I visited this spot on our first date.

Germania Pass Wildflowers

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:36 GMT

]]>Wildflowers in the soft light of dusk as the last ray of the sun illuminate "Devils Castle" in the Albion Basin of Alta, Utah.
This photo was taken near the top of Germania pass at an elevation of 10,500 feet (3,200 meters).

False Kiva (aka Hidden Ruin)

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:58 GMT

]]>False Kiva is a man-made stone circle of prehistoric origin located in Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Ut. What this site was used for by ancient peoples is still under debate.

This site's location is unadvertised by the National Park Service in order to protect this irreplaceable cultural resource. The trek is on an unmarked trail and requires good route finding skills, steady feet and should not be attempted by those suffering from Acrophobia (fear of heights.)

Antelope Canyon Sandfall

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:09 GMT

]]>A unique “sand fall” in Antelope Canyon, near Page, AZ.

Wasatch Gold

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:19 GMT

]]>Know for it's rich history of silver mining, Little Cottonwood Canyon shows that at the right time of year, you can also find gold. Little Cottonwood Creek tumbles down Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Cache National forest, near Snowbird, Utah.

Mesa Arch Sunrise

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:45 GMT

]]>Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park is a "Southwest Classic" for photographers.

Zion Mesa and Hoodoos

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:33 GMT

]]>Large Sandstone Mesas and strangely shaped rock spires, or "Hoodoos" found in the wonderland that is Zion National Park's East Plateau.

While less common that those found in Bryce Canyon National Park just up the road, hoodoos can be found in Zion National Park too. However, their formation is different in the two parks. In Zion, the hoodoos are capped by a hard of iron and manganese layer laid down by volcanic processes, over softer sandstone laid down by wind deposition when the area was a great dune field. The soft under layers erode while the hard caps protect the hoodoo. The hoodoos will eventually collapse, as can be seen in the foreground of this image.

Ladder to the Light

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:38 GMT

]]>Sunlight illuminates a ladder inside an ancient (reconstructed) Kiva, or ceremonial structures built by the Ancestral Puebloans.

The exact use of of these structures is not known. Some theories are that the Ancestral Puebloans used them conduct healing ceremonies or to pray for rain, luck in hunting, or good crops. They are usually partially or totally subterranean.

Small Cascade

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:55 GMT

]]>A small but beautiful little waterfall fed by a natural spring. It's located in American Fork Canyon, in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah.

Zion and paintbrushes

lonnie@landshapephotography.com (LandShape Photography) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:28 GMT

]]>Indian Paintbrushes (Castilleja sp.) grace the flanks of a massive mesa in Zion National Park's East Plateau.
I awoke the day of this shot to overcast sky, not really what you want for great landscape photography. After getting shutout at a few different locations, I happened across this scene. Unfortunately, with the gray skies, it was boring an dull.

As the storm cleared, I could see shafts of sunlight penetrate the clouds and start traveling across the East Plateau from west to east. One by one, they all bypassed this scene and illuminated other features. Finally after waiting in this spot for close to an hour, I saw one of the spots of sunlight traveling my way. It looked promising that it might strike this mesa. Luckily it did, and in the 30 seconds or so that the top of the Mesa was illuminated, I snapped about 4 or 5 pictures. Then it was over.

Sometimes photography is about being in the right place at the right time. This was one of those times.