Red Rock Canyon


Album Cover Just around 20 miles west of the Las Vegas strip is the neon-free Red Rock Canyon, thats really quite a pleasure for nature lovers and photographers.

The striking red sandstone formations are very prominent, and its interesting to see the layers of rock exposed as the result of geological activity.

In addition to the natural formations, there are some faint but still visible ancient rock artwork (pictographs and petroglyphs) created by natives.

Read the associated blog post...

Canyon

     
   
     
Panorama
     
   
     
Valley Expanse
     
   
     
Road Shot
     
   
     
Mountain Backdrop
     
   
     
Vegetation
     
   
     
Rock Layers
     
   
     
Rock Layers and Desert Pines
     
   
     
Calico Rocks Trail
     
   
     
Another Road Shot
     
   
     
Calico Red Sandstone Rocks
     
   
     
Rock Zoom #1
     
   
     
Rock Zoom #2
     
   
     
Sliding Rock Layers
     
   
     
Red and Yellow Sandstone
     
   
     
Yellow Sandstone
     
   
     
More Vegetation
     
   
     
Icebox Canyon
     
   
     
Cliffs for Rock Climbing
     
   
     
Willow Springs
     
   
     
Dry Creek
     
   
     
Airplane View

Indian Art

     
   
     
Petroglyphs
     
   
     
Pictographs
     
   
     
Pictographs
Google
   
All Albums in the Gallery...

My Photo Gear

Camera and Lenses

Mostly Canon stuff... specifically I use the Canon Digital Rebel XTi, along with a zoom lens, the Canon 75-300mm IS USM and a wider lens, the Canon 17-85mm IS USM as well as a few filters such as a circular polarizer and a tripod.

Software

Adobe Lightroom 2 for RAW image processing.