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| Bryce Point Sunrise |
When we were at Bryce Canyon Max and Sloan decided they wanted to ride four-wheelers into the wilderness. While setting this up for the next day the guide told Max that if he got up the next morning and brought him a picture of the sunrise at Bryce Point, he would give him a discount on his ride.
To my suprise when I got out of bed the next morning about 4:30, both of them jumped up and came with me (leaving Denise to fight off the mice in our cabin alone, but that's a story she'll have to tell you). This is an image of that morning.
When we got to Bryce Point it was still pitch black and as soon as the very first light came over the mesa, I took this shot. It was still too dark to see the details in the clouds or the landscape, and this is how it turned out.
The colors are real. It doesn't look that way, but they are. I don't know if it's the time of the day, or if it's the elevation we were at, or what made them that way. But I don't care. I like it the way it is.
Sometimes you get lucky.
Oh, there's a little second story to Max and this picture........The day before we were having lunch and Max and Denise got into a little squabble about something (who knows what anymore), and before it was over he threw a pickle at her (again, who knows why anymore). She was so mad at him, we had to drive into the next town (and out West that's not just around the block) to try and find her a piece of pie to calm her down. If you look REALLY close, that town is WAY OFF in the distance in this picture.
So you see, I have two memories about this picture. Getting the kids up at 4:30 to go with me and the famous pickle fight.
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