Southeastern Utah - Fall 2018

[Bosque Bill]

Finally, there is another post on Bosque Bill's Backroads travel & camping blog.

Southeastern Utah - Fall 2018 in two parts. There’s a link at the end of part 1 for part 2.

Valley of the Gods, Mexican Hat Rock, Goosenecks State Park, and Butler Wash Road

https://bosquebill.blogspot.com/2018/12/southeastern-utah-part-1-fall-2018.html
https://bosquebill.blogspot.com/2018/12/southeastern-utah-part-2-fall-2018.html

NEW: Both parts contain Virtual Reality “Magic Windows” to display spherical panoramas. You can look up and down and all around within the window.

I highly recommend that you click the four-cornered icon in the lower right-hand corner of the VR window to view the pano in full-screen to get the full experience. If you’re viewing on a mobile device, you should be able to look around by moving your phone or tablet. If you’re running NoScript, or other javascript blocker, enable 360player.io to get the VR view.

[Update 12/9/18: If you like the VR images, I have a few more here: https://kuula.co/profile/BosqueBill ]

Remember, click on any photo for a larger version.

Hope you enjoy the trip.

Bill

 

[RicoV]

Thanks Bill, I've really been enjoying your posts, and the photo images are superb as per usual.
Rico

 

[N'kwala]

Terrific photos. Thanks.

 

[Happyjax]

Wowza!

 

[takesiteasy]

Would love to be a short drive from Utah- it's an amazing place! Thanks for your report. The 360° panoramas are pretty cool.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Bill, superb trip reports and photos! In particular, the image with the bluff and clouds is outstanding! I’d love to see that converted to monochrome. It would be a SW classic.

 

[Bosque Bill]

Wandering Sagebrush wrote:
Bill, superb trip reports and photos! In particular, the image with the bluff and clouds is outstanding! I’d love to see that converted to monochrome. It would be a SW classic.


Thanks. A good idea. I actually played around with it a bit this morning. Optimizing B/W is an art I'm less experienced doing, so many variables compared to making a color photo look as close to my eye's memory as possible. Nonetheless, I'll link my attempt. Note, I also re-cropped as that seemed warranted: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOMwpW8dWNDcyXQxTogO0JLdfhOuu6J08-CTcoY1kUXiY8nLYijbqc_y5ZIjBP3Dg?key=Mk1UY0d4VWlhV3I5NTBiQUVwUEpod1Uzb2NSLUVB

 

[Bosque Bill]

Rico, N'kwala, Happyjax, and takesiteasy,

Thanks for taking the time to leave those nice comments. Glad you enjoyed the post.

Bill

 

[Bosque Bill]

Update 12/9/18:

If you liked those VR images, I have a few more here: https://kuula.co/profile/BosqueBill

These are slightly better resolution and include Mexican Hat Rock, one more of Butler Wash, and one of a spectacular red cliff in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Bill, if you don’t have the NIK plugins for PS, I recommend them. SilverEfex is a powerful tool for monochrome. Another in that suite does fantastic noise reduction.

Edit: I love your new composition! BTW, I can’t see anything from your kuula link. User not found error.

 

[ski3pin]

Very nice work and trip report! Thank you. We so look forward to new postings by Bosque Bill!

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Thank you!

 

[Bosque Bill]

Bill, if you don’t have the NIK plugins for PS, I recommend them. SilverEfex is a powerful tool for monochrome. Another in that suite does fantastic noise reduction.

Edit: I love your new composition! BTW, I can’t see anything from your kuula link. User not found error.

As it turns out I did use the Nik SilverEfex Pro 2 filter (the one Google gave away) on that image and it did a much nicer job than those built into PS. When I get some time this winter, I may go back and edit in monochrome from the original raw image - this morning I started from the already processed image (since this was a quick experiment.)

Yeah, some extraneous, invisible characters snuck into that Kuula link. I replaced it in the post. Thanks for catching that. Here it is again, if you get another error simply backspace the end until you get to the last 'l' in BosqueBill: https://kuula.co/profile/BosqueBill

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

As it turns out I did use the Nik SilverEfex Pro 2 filter (the one Google gave away) on that image and it did a much nicer job than those built into PS. When I get some time this winter, I may go back and edit in monochrome from the original raw image - this morning I started from the already processed image (since this was a quick experiment.)

Yeah, some extraneous, invisible characters snuck into that Kuula link. I replaced it in the post. Thanks for catching that. Here it is again, if you get another error simply backspace the end until you get to the last 'l' in BosqueBill: https://kuula.co/profile/BosqueBill

I have that same version of NIK. At this point, most of my post processing is done with NIK. I lens correct in LR, open PS, crop, NIK noise reduction, color correct or convert to BW, then add a watermark and save. Sometimes a PS burn dodge layer if needed.

 

[Bosque Bill]

I have that same version of NIK. At this point, most of my post processing is done with NIK. I lens correct in LR, open PS, crop, NIK noise reduction, color correct or convert to BW, then add a watermark and save. Sometimes a PS burn dodge layer if needed.

In a flip from years ago, I do most of my processing in Adobe Camera Raw. The adjustment brush (for dodge/burn, exposure, etc.) is powerful; I often use the ND filter tool (not just for neutral, either), and the blemish removal tool works very well for sun spots. I then go into PS as its shadows/highlights & contrast layers give it just that extra kick. I'll also use PS if I need to clone out something ugly (like my orange 5 gal bucket.)

 

[Bosque Bill]

Thanks, Ski and MDR, for your nice comments!

 

[Dughlas Stiubhart]

Ha, ha! Love the Mexican Hat camp photo, well, and all the others, too.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Bill thanks for the trip.
The desert erosion is beautiful. Nature sure puts on a show with the wind/water erosion.
The colors sure stand out.
The Goose Necks SP what a fantastic view.
Frank

 

[Bosque Bill]

Stew and Frank, thanks for stopping by and leaving such nice comments. Glad you enjoyed the photos.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Bill, I assume you’re using a drone for the 360° panoramas. Can you tell us more about what you’re using, and how it’s done?