Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah

By loweho
6
written 10/24/07 12:15 PM, published 10/25/07 4:45 AM
    I hope these look ok I did them at the library on my laptop.
   They are all from Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah, about 30 miles from Arches National Park.  Legend has it the park got it's name from the fact that they would herd horses out on the point and close off a narrow neck of land to corral them.  Once they were left there and died hence the name, or at least that's the story.  The neck is pretty narrow about 30 yards with about a 2000 foot drop on either side but it wasn't as bad going across it as it was thinking about going across it.  There's enough plants and obstructions that it's not real obvious.  Barb was freaking out anyway.  When we left I told her to pull over and let me out and I'd take a picture of her driving across then I'd catch up with her.  She said she didn't want to do it because, "If I'm not with you you'll get too close to the edge!"  I said, "If you weren't with me I wouldn't NEED to get too close to the edge!"  She dropped me off.  The picture sucked though cause you couldn't tell it was narrow there.
DHPSP 1
DHPSP 2 Dead Horses aren't the only animals here there's also Dead Donkeys and Dead Asses!
DHPSP 3
DHPSP 4
   I could enter this in the challenge cause I'm sure Barb thinks a 4500 mile roadtrip with a smartass is purgatory, if not hell itself.
Oh, these are a squarish 8x10 format cause I was making them for Amber.  She wants to decorate her apartment with pics we shot on vacation and she wanted 8x10s.


 
  • loweho
    6
    I forgot, what looks like a blue lake in the distance of #4 is actually a potash mining plant evaporation pond.

    - Fickle Finger of F8

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  • Awesome Scapes, Don...NATURE RULES!!!

    - NATURE RULES!!!

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  • Beautiful View...

    - Have a nice day...

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  • RobinG
    3
    Wow, these are gorgeous! They will look awesome on Ambers walls. :o)

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  • Pyro43
    6
    *WOW!* I had to look at these several times. They kept drawing me back. Very, very nice, Don.

    - Mmmmmm... Multiplicative

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  • Ashton
    3
    WOW x 4, I gotta get to Utah sometime.

    - Say...CHEESE

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  • Birdie
    4
    feels like I'm there again! nice comps

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  • KayN
    5
    Yet another place I'd like to go someday...........beautiful shots, Don! I'm pretty sure Barb would want you to enter these in the challenge..........for *her* benefit.........

    - Ms.N

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  • Wildman
    4
    Views there just blow you away, great shootin buddy.. Wish I could turn back the calendar to last May when we were behind the lens.. You're lucky Barb didn't turn you into one of those Dead Horse Myths....

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  • msjudi
    3
    awesome shots.. love the thumb...

    - Smile ; )

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  • Nice shots.

    - Oh Bull!

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  • Beautiful scenery.

    - A quack with an camera

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  • bugaboo
    4
    Such an awesome place, I hate to think the name is true and such beauty was used for such horrific actions.

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  • Another beautiful area....and enjoyed the history lesson....

    - Blessings

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  • Pablo57
    6
    Beautiful photos, enjoyed the story and reflections.

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  • OutFrickinStanding.... yep...

    - Growing Up is Optional...

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  • TURBO
    7
    Wow. Don... gorgeous, wonderful set. Love how 4 isn't hazy in the clouds, very clear on that one. Great detail.

    - Hmm...Blonde or Brunette?

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  • Great stuff Don. # 1 is wonderful perspective and 2 shows good scale. # 4 with clouds,shadows and blue pot. pond in bkg. is killer.

    - Light warms the heart...

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  • grami
    3
    Beautiful shots.

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  • colbb
    3
    I think you made a good investment in the new camera, already paying off, great post. Rates 3 1/2 UURRAAHHHs.

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