Rory W Photography Blog

Autumn Morning

70-200mm f/4L | 1/200 sec | f/11 | ISO 100

I was very lucky to be in the right place at the right time for this shot, because it wasn’t what I set out to get. But now it’s one of my favorites. I took it a few weeks ago when there was still some fall color left around here…

And yes, it’s been quite a while since I posted anything. For the last several weeks I’ve been spending my free time either out shooting or working on my photography website, and it’s finally finished (other than a few details)! I essentially replaced what was just a blog before with a full catalog of my images, which are now available for purchase.

Bridal Veil Falls

70-200mm f/4L | 1 sec | f/16 | ISO 50

My take on Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon. During the past few weeks I’ve pretty much traversed the entire Wasatch Front, with the exception of Logan, hoping to capture some of the great fall colors to which Utah is host. It’s been rough. This is one of the photos I took a couple weeks weeks ago.

And could anyone tell me how to actually drive down to the base of the waterfall where you can get out and hike up to it? Is the road farther east or west of the higher viewpoint? I couldn’t figure out how to get there and didn’t want to drive up and down the busy highway looking for it.

Snowcapped

17-40mm f/4L | 1/6 sec | f/11 | ISO 100 | 2-stop GND

The Snowbasin range and autumn colors after the season’s first snow.

Autumn Glow

70-200mm f/4L | 1/30 sec | f/16 | ISO 100

The first of the autumn pictures! When I went up toward Monte Cristo this year, I had an unpleasant surprise – it’s been so cold lately at the higher altitudes that instead of changing to yellows and other colors, most of the aspens just froze and died. There was very little color. But I did find a few patches here and there. This is one of them.

And then of course the snow kept falling and falling today. That may be it for the fall colors this year!

First Autumn Colors

Double feature today. I took a short trip up a canyon yesterday evening to scout out new locations for the upcoming autumn colors. I stopped and grabbed a few shots along the way.

Canon 40D | 17-40mm f/4L | 1/4 sec | f/11 | ISO 100

These maples standing among the aspens were among the first to change colors.

Canon 40D | 17-40mm f/4L | 1/160 sec | f/4 | ISO 400

These autumn reds coming out of the desert sands and rock were brilliant.