Water and the desert, a photo from Arizona, West

Photographer's Note

Here goes the view from the Silver bridge which i promised to show you yesterday :)

The Colorado River was originally named Rio Colorado or "Red River" by the Spanish. A person looking at the river today may not understand how it came to be named in this way, as the present day color of the river is more of a blue-green. However on this picture and that day when i hiked down it had orange-brown colour, i have no idea why, probably it was my "luck" to see it like this :)
There are other rivers with the name Colorado River, but this one is the longest and the largest by volume.

I hope you liked my Canyon hiking serie of pictures, i think this is the last one that i post for now (some Te members asked me to "stop" with this heat :)
And i hope that you enjoyed the beauty of the Grand Canyon at least on my pictures, as i enjoyed it when i was there.

ngythanh, fijiphil, imrek, elihesamian, sergecross, jafadabret, Cretense, AiresSantos has marked this note useful

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ngythanh (8458) 2006-06-04 5:46

You scared me with this terrible photo, but it also striggered my curiosity: I will follow your path!
Thanks. Keep up your wonderful reportage, Vero.
Thanh

Dari (24) 2006-06-04 5:58

Good final point, Vero! All the seria is very good. Maybe i like it so much coz i'm in love with red (nor pink :)) colours :). Here you have special view, the same brown water i saw once in Altay mountains - Katun river. Up-stream it was raining and roaring flow was deep brown.
I see you are very lucky girl: to find tasty fish everywhere ;), to see rare water and generally to visit such place :)
Dari

fijiphil (1355) 2006-06-04 6:04

A really nice composition, colours look maybe a tad oversaturated but nevertheless a beautiful image. TFS.

imrek (4) 2006-06-04 6:55

HI Vero,
good compo and nice rich colours, the river is same colour as red stone, good POV...well done!!!
Have a nice sunday!
regards, imre

nex (2738) 2006-06-04 7:35

Wooow Vezo, pekna fotka, myslim, ze tato patri medzi tvoje naj, chcelo by to este troska doostrit a mohla by si to pridat medzi fotky z toho kalendara:)
Mizu

sebinho342 (19329) 2006-06-04 8:35

Hi Vero, of course we enjoyed your "heat serie" !! It was a delight seeing them and you conclude with this brown sugar river, here mother nature did such a great job :)))
So what will be next serie princess lemon ? :)
Kisses and good sunday !

Cleo (7) 2006-06-04 8:58

Óooo moja zlata. Tak tato fotka je fakt dobra. Inak bolo by treba zmenu ty chlapi by boli lepsi ha ha ha cmuk kote

nika (0) 2006-06-04 9:51

Hola Vero ! How are you guapísima !We are a bit tired , slept few hours and don't hardly have time to post pictures (but made thousands !!!) How are you doing ?

That serie of Gran Canyon is a real portfolio , a tribute to the wildest nature , the living colours and almost can feel that sensation of draught , sweat and need of water as well as check how human breath can surrender to those beauties mother nature once put in this planet

Never get tired of this pictures , i love colour contrast a sort of impresionism in photography !

besos !

AthaPan (0) 2006-06-04 11:10

Hello Veronika

The colours attracted my whole attention.
Just vivid and "dusty".

Well done
Sakis

mopinia (153) 2006-06-04 11:39

Hi Vero!
Are you still in Arizona? Funny how some parts of this river is muddy in color and other parts it's green! Can you imagine owning a home at this spot? People will ask:
"So what do you grow?"
"Rocks." I reply.
Take care! By the way, any more pics of San Francisco? Regards! - Mike O.

Wahclellaspirit (4125) 2006-06-04 13:14

Hello Vero,
The canyon looks incredibly different from the lower aspect of the river. Such intense reds and the sparse greens truly makes this a Southwestern Painting.
Steve

elihesamian (26149) 2006-06-04 14:00

What a nature Veronika !
great serie,wonderful colors and very attractive and wild one !
the perspective is great with excellent sharpness and details and very well composed,too,I like it,nicely done,Veronika !

Best Wishes
M

carper (96) 2006-06-04 14:04

very nice one Veronika,
the colours are fantastic, the shot is well taken the point of view is good and I like the frame, well done.
gr. jaap

mammad (3572) 2006-06-04 14:54

Dear Vero ,
Yuor desert theme is geeting outa control,How did u manage to get so many great shots ? I'm really getting nervous ,I'm chewing my nails right now ! Great great colors and great DOF.Thank u so much for sharing .
Best Regards Mammad.

sedmikraska (69) 2006-06-04 16:08

Az mi je teplo ked sa pozeram na tuto foto, dobre ze uz s tym koncis :)
Cau Ve

Davidwh (3662) 2006-06-04 16:13

Hi Veronika,
You have a nice selection of images from the GC this one included.Quite amazing colours, very vibrant emphasising the dark earthiness of this amazing place.Composed well with the river leading off into the distance.See you again.
Regards, david

startacked (1395) 2006-06-04 17:48

Hi Veronica,

Excellent detail and sharpness front to back. When I first saw it I thought it was from 'euryan'. (: Excellent contrasting colors! Gilbert

kabo (356) 2006-06-04 18:49

Super fotka Fevero ;p
paci sa mi hlavne ta pekna zelena v takom pustnom prostredi :)
dobru noc :)
KaBO

sergecross (3438) 2006-06-04 19:35

Vero, i like the balance that your used in this series and the point of view is very nice. I like too, the blue sky and the rocks contrast.
Well done!
Sergio

jone (3231) 2006-06-05 2:34

Hi Vero,
this is great composition, more than a beautiful colours and very nice sky with little clouds, congratulations,
J.

Paolo (41258) 2006-06-05 6:46

Hi Veronika, wonderful that one!
the red earth and the red river have a great feeling.
excellent POV, light and colours.
thanks, ciao

talikf (1290) 2006-06-05 7:38

Wow Veronika, you have some amazing landscapes posted. I haven't visited your posts for a while and I am quite surprised. You did a great job! Keep shooting!

jafadabret (56501) 2006-06-05 13:41

Veronika, les couleurs sont vraiment extraordinaires aussi bien celles des rochers que celles du rio. Le ciel bleu naturel est là pour faire contraste avec ces jaunes orangés du reste du paysage.
Belle photo !
Jacques

Cretense (68709) 2006-06-06 6:08

Oh no! I just got out of the shower and now i have to go back in!

AiresSantos (56155) 2006-06-06 9:47

Great capture with fantastic tones, Veronika !
It seems that the colors are a little over saturated but the composition is gorgeous and very well framed.
Thanks And have a nice trip.
Aires

rhizomes (15343) 2006-06-07 6:24

Hi Veronika,
Very nice landscape with great angle of view and impressive colors !
We can feel the immensity and the wild life through your picture !
Christophe

hdl (7035) 2006-06-07 7:48

Impressive! Good colours and you make good use of the river for depth. Must have been a wonderful experience!

bazal (7900) 2006-06-09 3:40

Hi!
You were right in your last post. It was really worth going on the small bridge to capture this shot! The various colors that are taken by the river are linked to the mass of sediments which are in suspension in the water. When a big storm occurs somewhere around the area, the red-brownish roks are washed and the water carries out fine particles of red clay and other minerals to the main river that takes a red color. When the weather is more calm, the amount of particles in suspension gets lower and the color of the water gets more transparent and reflects more or less the color of the sky, which causes the green-blue aspect.
Always dealing with colors, I must say that your composition is incredibly colorful and that you've managed to make it relatively dynamic, thanks to the nice perspective on the river.
Thanks for sharing.

donluicu (24741) 2006-06-12 11:23

hi Veronika
again a wonderful image of your amazing trip..
very good pov, and great colors.

bye

loic

dominique (11414) 2006-06-14 17:07

Lumiere parfaite ce qui permet un contraste puissant avec le ciel , jolie composition .

Rockyboy (20598) 2006-08-14 7:01

What a light you had there! This red is facinating! It remind me my hike there and to go back from there to the campground, it was really long and hard but as I have done it in October, the temperature was more acceptable.

wmoraga (319) 2006-10-24 18:58

Seeing the canyon from your perspective made me so envious. Thanks for presenting it so well.

Walter