Olympus trip 35

The desert can provide a bright spectrum of colors, especially in the spring when desert flowers are blooming. Even in the heat of summer, there are the contrasting tones of sage growing on coral sand with a backdrop of bright blue sky.

I love bright colors and I appreciate strong contrast, but every once in a while, I also like a more subtle color palette. And every once in a while, I get just that at dusk out here.

These photos were taken on my Olympus Trip 35 camera using Lucky 200 iso film. They were all from my first roll of film through this camera, and I have to say, I kinda love it.

Reaching

Driving down Babylon Road in southern Utah, I came across this view:

It was late afternoon and the shadows were deep and long, and each shape was pronounced. What first caught my attention was the formations. The curve or the rock, the way the short pinnacles reached toward the sky, it just had such an organic nature to it. If you click on the image to see it larger, you'll also see that there is banding near the top edge of the pinnacles-- white sandstone stripes nearly at the tips of the orange.
The colors were also really lovely that time of day. I love red rock against blue sky. I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.