A Little Behind the Scenes at Petrified Forest

I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.  —  Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek

My first and only required presentation for this park went OK, but only 4 people attended, one of whom was the other resident artist. The presentation was on my photographic influences, but I added a section on technology — stacked focus and diffusers — hoping it might be useful.  Afterward, Matt took me and Anna Marie (the other resident artist) on a tour through “collections” of fossils and specimens. Matt is a paleontologist who curates the various fossils and artifacts and prepares various presentations and public materials. Really fascinating work; he was very generous with his time considering his workload.

We also met Andy the wildlife biologist. I will be going out with him and someone else for a “road survey” tonight from 6 until they stop finding animals. Many desert animals are nocturnal and/or come out to warm themselves on the road. I haven’t seen much wildlife during the day, so I hope to capture some at night. Depending on how many animals they encounter, could be out until 1 AM…won’t be getting up for dawn light on Friday. Also found out that they have images of many of the local flowers, which will really help with identification.

Increasingly I think I am tending toward simple graphic images of the red formations: black shadow, red crumbly rock, and bright blue sky. Somewhat reminiscent of Namibian dunes.

 

 

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