Arches National Park / Moab ~ TR-3

So after leaving Bryce canyon, i had originally planned to visit a few slot canyons along the way. Unfortunately with thundershowers in the forecast it just was not safe enough. So i continued all the way to Moab taking the scenic route through Capital Reef National Park. The scenery was amazing the entire way. I would highly recommend this route to anyone traveling southern Utah. I planned to shoot in Arches that night but with the clouds still hovering about i went straight to the hostel. The Lazy Lizard Hostel in Moab is probably the cheapest place to stay but it is not easy to find, as you have to drive through a storage yard to get to it. I booked 2 nights and they put me into a off location house about 3 blocks away which i had to myself, After a shower and doing some laundry, i called it an early night.

The next morning i was of to arches. Another amazing National park, that i can never get enough of. The clouds we still overhead so the photography was not that great, but i did do a few hikes to some of the bigger arches. I was just heading out on another hike when off in the distance the lightning storm began. I quickly returned to my car to get to a better vantage point to shoot the lightning, but after about 100 exposure, i came up empty handed.

Just as the sun was setting the clouds began to clear so i was able to get some great sunset shots. I then headed back to the hostel for some dinner and to empty my flash cards which i had filled. then header back out for some star shooting. unfortunately my timelapse ideas were out of the question with the nearly full moon, but i was able to get some great moonlight arches shots. I even tried tome self portraits with my headlamp while waiting for the moon to set.