One of my favorite things that happened on my recent trip to the Grand Canyon: snow! Near-total white out in the canyon itself led to some fairly unusual shots of the canyon (see linked picture’s sign for “what you see here” vs. the blanket of white). This was the view as we arrived on the south rim; some grumpy tourists heading the other way were complaining to me that “you won’t see anything” and “this weather is terrible” and “we shouldn’t have come”. I feel sorry for those folks. The views were still fantastic, and were probably better than just seeing the canyon the same way that you see it in just about every postcard shot.

On this trip, I rented a 16-35mm specifically for the canyon. I thought it might be too wide on the wide end, but in the end I’m really glad I took it. This shot was on the wide end of that spectrum, a full 16mm. Aside from the slight vignetting (which I left in, to push your eye back into the middle of the frame) I had no complaints with this lens.

The shots I’ll be posting for the next two-ish weeks are all from this series, which I call “Grand Canyon Perseverance”. You might have to persevere to get through it. 😉

For some of these shots I’d like to say a little about what I found interesting in the landscape that made me capture it. Other opinions are, of course, welcome!

On this particular shot, the crowd in the fog was obviously an attraction. I love fog, and the story of people coming to see the Grand Canyon, but seeing whiteness, was very attractive to me. The snow-covered trees in the foreground helped me give some depth to the shot, and help the story a little.