{"id":155,"date":"2012-09-20T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2012-09-21T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T21:55:14","slug":"a-little-behind-the-scenes-at-petrified-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"A Little Behind the Scenes at Petrified Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.<\/em> \u00a0— \u00a0Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek<\/p>\n

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. \u00a0Afterward, Matt took me and Anna Marie (the other resident artist) on a tour through \u201ccollections\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

We also met Andy the wildlife biologist. I will be going out with him and someone else for a \u201croad survey\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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