A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
033: Natural trail
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
032: Bridal Veil Waterfall scenery
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
031: Bridal Veil waterfall
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
030: Yosemite landscape
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027: Trees at a lake
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
019: Between the rocks
Another photograph of Bryce Canyon National Park. That day, I took many photos, all on film. If had a digital camera on that day, I would have taken hundreds of pictures, and maybe some hours of video. Now I was restricted to the use of film, I had to select my preferred compositions with care. This compostion of a indepth view between two tall rocks has become one of my favorites that day. A sunny but very cold day in May. There were still some spots of snow to be seen.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
018: Another view of the Amphitheater
One of the most impressive natural must-see scenes can be found in Bryce Canyon. Although not really a canyon, but a collection of amphiteaters on the eastern slope of the Pauntsaugunt Plateau, it provides several locations for amazing scenic of the amphiteaters. These amphitheaters are composed of a large number of multi-colored rock pinnacles, the so-called hoodoos. They are the silent witnesses of long-term exposure to high and low temperatures and to wind. At the time of my visit, in May, there was still some snow left in shadowy locations, out of reach from sunlight. It was quite cold when walking in the shadow and being exposed to wind. In contrats, walking in the sun was a real pleasure, while we got amazed by the beautiful light combinations of the hoodoos. It was as these hoodoos were the motionless spectators of a long-lasting spectacular event, a natural wonder.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
017: Amphitheater
For me, Bryce Canyon National Park in Southwestern Utah is one of the most impressive locations in the word that I’ve visited. Despite the name, Bryce Canyon is not really a canyon, but a collection of enormous amphitheaters on the eastern slope of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, that contain so-called hoodoos, cliffs and castles. Hoodoos are tall but narrow stone colunms, which were formed by continuous erosion by water, ice and wind. The ongoing erosion make these hoodoos disappear gradually, although it will take roughly tens of thousands of years when the last intact hoodoos will have collapsed. Meanwhile, the Amphitheater is being photographed and filmed by millions of tourists, especially during sunrise and sunset, when the quality of light is rich. At the time of my visit in 1999, I didn’t have a digital camera, but I managed to create a composition of no less than seven printed photographs, in order to show the greatness and splendid beauty of this spectacular natural theater. The picture here is not a composition however, but a single photograph.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
016: Hoodoos
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in the state of Utah, roughly between Lake Powell and Zion Canyon. The 145 square km park receives less visitors than Grand Canyon or Zion Canyon National Parks, but the more than two million visitors wonder the colorful amphitheater-shaped structures that consists of pinnacles that are called hoodoos. These hoodoos can reach a height of more than sixty meters. The pinnacles are a result of ongoing penetration of rainwater into the cracks of the rocks. Water freezes during the cold nights and cause expansion that breaks the rocks. Initially, holes are formed that eventually result in the creation of the bizarre hoodoos. We were told that this process is still going on, and they joked that we had to be fast to witness this natural wonder. It is to be expected that all hoodoos will have broken down in a period of ten thousand years.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
008: West and East Mitten
At the border between the states of Arizona and Utah is the famous Monument Valley. The desert-like landscape counts several giant rocks scattered over the valley. Two of those so-called buttes are named mittens, due to their shape: giant hands with the thumb inward. They are located within a few kilometers from the state border, at a height of almost 1900 meters above sea level. The West Mitten measures 261 meters, while the East Mitten is a bit higher: 313 meters. Compositions with both mittens are one of the most popular among the many amazing scenes in Monument Valley
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
006: Natural trail
The border area between the states of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah hosts a number of very interesting national parks and monuments. However, we could only visit some of these sites: Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, and Zion Canyon. The night before our visit of the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, we stayed in Laughlin, Nevada. From this casino city, we continued our trip along Route 40 in the direction of Kingman. We spend some time at Grand Canyon Carverns, before we arrived in Grand Canyon, late in the afternoon. It was quite cold, but worth a visit! Despite the short time available, we walked one of the natural trails, like the one on the photograph. Unforgettable!
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
Rio Preguiças, Maranhão (MA)
Rio Preguiças, the Lazy River, has a length of only 120 km, runs along Barreirinhas (gateway to the dune landscape of National Park Lençóis Maranhenses), and ends in the Atlantic Ocean, near Atins. The distance between the locations is only 16 kilometers in a straight line, but when following the strong meandering river, the distance is 42 kilometers long. The river flows very slowly. You may even wonder to which direction the river flows. At low tide the flow is seaward, into the Atlantic Ocean; at high tide the flow is in opposite direction, landward. Hence, boat tours can only be performed at certain hours. In our case, our departure time at Barrerinhas was at dawn and at Atins after midnight.
The original picture was taken in July 2007.
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TIMÓTEO (MG)
The city of Timóteo is located at about 215 km east from Belo Horizonte, in the Valley of Rio Doce.
The highest peak inside this municipality is Pico do Ana Moura, with a height of 864 meters.
There is a winding road to the peak, where a genuine forest of radio and telecommunication antennas is constructed.
Near the peak is a ramp for hang gliding. This picture is taken from the ramp.
The picture is a compilation of separate images, joined with the help of Autopano software.
The original pictures were taken with a Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
f/2.7 , 1/250 sec. , ISO – 160
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