About Janice

I love California, both in and out of my garden. My passions are gardening and photography. My goal is to make Plum Bird Corner a happy place to visit often.

Touring Kolob Canyons-Zion National Park

Cloudy-mountain-1Even though today was a rainy day, we went for a drive with good friends and toured Kolob Canyons, which is in the more isolated northwestern section of Zion National Park. This section is less crowded than the main canyon, but as you can see in the above photo, there are spectacular views there as well.

Mountain-and-cloud2I started photographing in color, but quickly changed back to monochrome. I really do like the look.

smith-miningLater, back in Virgin Utah, where we are staying, I photographed this replica of a mining company. I was fascinated and took the photo below of the water sluice that was part of the display.

watershootThis is my third day taking photographs in monochrome and I’m still enjoying it, which surprises me, because generally I love bright colors. Tomorrow we are going to tour Zion National Park, and because of the red rock and blue skies, I will probably switch over to color. I’ll make that decision tomorrow when we reach the park.

 

 

 

Another Monochrome Day

Annika-black-and-whiteWhile our little dog, Annika was looking up at me, I grabbed my camera and took her picture. She wanted to go for a walk, so we did. We’d had an early morning rain, but it had stopped and the roads were dry. We walked around the RV park and I took the photo below of one of the cozy cabins available to rent. We are in our 5th wheel trailer, but maybe next time we’ll rent a cabin.Cottage-black-and-whiteAfter our walk, we went home and I had a cup of coffee. Seemed like another good subject for a monochrome.

black-and-white-coffeeTomorrow I plan to move on to the sepia setting, but this won’t be the last monochrome photos you see on Plum Bird Corner. I think I’m hooked.