Mark Brown Photography: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Garin Park: August

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:00:22 GMT

Sunday: Campetition!

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:45:05 GMT

Saturday: Trail Run & Camp Activities

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:36:13 GMT

Friday: Arrival at the Camp

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:35:33 GMT

Day 5, Zion National Park

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:09:02 GMT

Kitty Photos

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:54:56 GMT

Santa Cruz June 2009

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:53:12 GMT

Santa Cruz, CA. "Woodies on the Wharf" event down at the pier. Lots of great old cars.

Big Basin - June 2009

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:09:44 GMT

Fun 12-mile hike to the waterfalls in Big Basin.

May 2009: Ft. Bragg

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:04:01 GMT

Garin Park

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:15:51 GMT

Cat's Hill Race

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:13:33 GMT

OAG Potluck

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:39:08 GMT

Stations of the Cross

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:03:53 GMT

Academy of Art Portfolio 2009

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:46:01 GMT

Poco Winter Retreat 2009

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:49:51 GMT

2009 Subaru Impreza WRX

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:42:27 GMT

January 2009

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:08:17 GMT

Day 4, Zion National Park

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:30:08 GMT

Iron Chef 2008

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:25:37 GMT

Day 3, Zion National Park

markcbrown2003@yahoo.com (Mark Brown Photography) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:13:02 GMT

DAY 3,

I broke camp in the morning in Valley of Fire, NV and got on the road around 9ish. After stopping in at a gas station to fill up, I also got a gallon of coolant for the car, just in case I had any issues (turns out this was a good idea). I came through on route 15 and took route 99 through Springdale on into Zion National Park. I only remember Zion a little bit as a kid, so coming into the valley for the first time was a bit like coming into Yosemite. Awestruck.

I arrived at Watchman Campground around noon and setup the tent and ate lunch. After lunch I walked the Pay'rus trail that runs along-side the Virgin River for about 2.5 miles. Its a very nice flat hike, that is a perfect intro to the Zion Valley. From the Pay'rus trail, I joined the Watchman Trail, which goes up one of the sides of the valley to an overlook where you can see the "the Watchman" formation. Its a good, but steep hike with some great views. Late afternoon light is the best for this trail, although in a lot of cases your looking at the sun.

Trail Linky using google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&t=p&msid=105498728435741349694.00045ebbdce5579c76dd5&ll=37.207568,-112.983398&spn=0.045323,0.062313&z=14

Some of these photos during this day were a little strange because I wasn't that familiar with how to use my polarizer. This resulted in a lot of odd-looking sky's when it didn't need to be. I can probably fix a bit of that in post-processing at some point.