Big Bend National Park

[DMLarson]

I just spent Thanksgiving at Big Bend National Park in Texas. It was a loooong road trip, I think I drove about 2900 miles total. It was also a wonderful time to visit with highs in the 70s to low 80s. We (me, wife, kids, and some in-laws) got to hike in November, a time of the year when Idaho is drab and boring. We even got to see some butterflies and other bugs weeks after they have left our home in Idaho.

 

[Binnur]

Nice set Dan. I love the B&W image. Also #8 and #9.

 

[Butlerkid]

A delightful set of images - from landscapes to butterflies!!! Well done!

#2 is stunning!

 

[NCV]

Lovely series, i particularly like the canyon shot.

 

[DMLarson]

Nice set Dan. I love the B&W image. Also #8 and #9.

A delightful set of images - from landscapes to butterflies!!! Well done!

#2 is stunning!

Thank you Binnur and Karen. The Chisos Mountains were pretty spectacular, especially the drive up into them. This was just from below and I didn't get any good shots in the canyon on the way up.

 

[DMLarson]

Lovely series, i particularly like the canyon shot.

Thanks Nigel. I was lucky that the river was so glassy when I took that. A few minutes later and it was much more choppy.

 

[Creative Edge]

beautiful series

 

[DMLarson]

beautiful series

Thanks.

 

[...Daniel...]

Nice images!
That 300 olympus lens is great and the hardest to replace (i bought the 500pf when i went nikon)

 

[DMLarson]

Nice images!
That 300 olympus lens is great and the hardest to replace (i bought the 500pf when i went nikon)

Thanks! The Olympus 300mm is the only reason I still have Olympus gear. And I have 10 batteries for my EM1.2 just to keep it going. I hope that at some point I find a lens in Z mount that can do for butterflies what I do with the 300. I might be a one system user at that point.

 

[catalyst]

I hope to get down there next Spring or Summer so thanks, Dan, for keeping me inspired. I especially like #1 and each of your butterfly images.

 

[DMLarson]

I hope to get down there next Spring or Summer so thanks, Dan, for keeping me inspired. I especially like #1 and each of your butterfly images.

Thank you. Santa Elena Canyon was one of my favorite things on that trip. From what I understand there are 65! species of cacti in Big Bend. I really want to get there one spring to photograph as many in bloom as I can. I suspect late April to mid May is the right time for cacti, but it would probably be getting hot in May.

 

[catalyst]

Thank you. Santa Elena Canyon was one of my favorite things on that trip. From what I understand there are 65! species of cacti in Big Bend. I really want to get there one spring to photograph as many in bloom as I can. I suspect late April to mid May is the right time for cacti, but it would probably be getting hot in May.

I'm more of a birding guy, but cacti would present opportunities also!