{"id":24292,"date":"2019-05-09T10:37:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=24292"},"modified":"2019-05-09T22:16:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T03:16:52","slug":"favorite-photo-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=24292","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Photo, April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/110430_Balanced-Rock_Arches_5D_9191_w7.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock, Arches National Park\" class=\"wp-image-2695\"\/><figcaption>Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah. April 30, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After four days in California doing the family history thing (see the prior articles in this series), I had a change in plans. The next leg of my family history trip had to be postponed to a later date, which meant I had two extra days to do whatever I wanted. I decided to take the two extra days and go back to southern Utah. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I arrived in Arches National Park in the late afternoon and headed for Balanced Rock. I looked for a spot where I could get balanced rock and two other sandstone formations. I wanted some large boulders in the foreground too. When I found my spit I put on a 17mm wide angle lens and set the aperture to f\/11 to give me plant of depth of field. This is my favorite photo for this date.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15666\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/110430-Turret-Arch-5D-9242-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/110430-Turret-Arch-5D-9242-w7.jpg\" alt=\"Turret Arch at Dusk, Arches National Park, Utah\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turret ArcTurret Arch at Dusk, Arches National Park, Utah. April 30, 2011.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After sunset I was at Turret Arch to capture the lovely colors at dusk. This is another favorite photo for April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/110430-Three-Gossips-5D-9257-w7.jpg\" alt=\"The Three Gossips, Arches National Park\" class=\"wp-image-24293\"\/><figcaption>The Three Gossips, Arches National Park. April 30, 2011. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stars were out by the time I got to the Three Gossips, the large sandstone formation on the right. My settings for the night sky were f\/8 and 25 seconds, at ISO 800. This is my third favorite photo for this date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Needless to say, Arches is a great photography location, one of the best in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160430-Ryan-soccer-7D2-3226-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24298\"\/><figcaption>Ryan, Soccer, Keller Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were visiting family in Texas and our grandson Ryan had a soccer game. He is one the left in blue. This is one of my favorite photos for April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=20584\">Series: Favorite Photos by Date<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c&nbsp;all about this series<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/arch\/index.htm\">Arches National Park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four days in California doing the family history thing (see the prior articles in this series), I had a change in plans. 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