Cottonwood Trunks, Autumn

Cottonwood Trunks, Autumn
“Cottonwood Trunks, Autumn” — Twisting and bending cottonwood trees with autumn foliage, Capitol Reef National Park.

About a decade ago I took a long autumn photography trip to Southern Utah. I started in Kanab, then headed up to Capitol Reef before backtracking to Grand Staircase-Escalante, making a quick visit to Boulder and then visiting Zion. Whew! This holograph comes from my visit to Capitol Reef, where I met up with a photographer-friend to spend a few days poking around and making photographs.

If I remember correctly, we had spent the day of fin a fairly remote part of the park, and late in the afternoon we headed back toward the campground at Fruita. It was getting late, but there was still decent light when we spotted autumn foliage on trees at the base of sandstone cliffs along a creek. I was fascinated by the undulating forms of these cottonwood trunks.


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