Peeking Through the Crevice

Peeking Through the Crevice landscape photo by Dan Bourque

  The sun shines through a tiny crevice illuminating the beautiful carved red walls of a sandstone slot canyon in Arizona. Details: the sandstone slot canyons of northern Arizona are a photographer’s dream with stunning and impossible looking compositions everywhere you look, especially up. Even a few minutes of time…

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Emerging from the Rock

Emerging from the Rock landscape photo by Dan Bourque

  A graceful silhouette with flowing hair of sandstone emerges from flowing walls of carved sandstone in a slot canyon in Arizona. Details: Arizona’s slot canyons of sandstone are narrow, colorful and spectacular! While many of the walls look like striated waves, some feature dramatic formations resembling human and animal…

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Sun Through the Thumb

Sun Through the Thumb landscape photo by Dan Bourque

The rays of the rising sun shine through the thumb of the East Mitten in Monument Valley, Arizona as West Mitten looks on. Details: This was an amazing morning. It was freezing cold, but the cloudless sky offered the promise of seeing the sun as it first broke the horizon….

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Stormy Sandstone Sea

Stormy Sandstone Sea landscape photo by Dan Bourque

  Light and shadow on waves of red and purple sandstone resembling a tossing sea. Details: the slot canyons of northern Arizona are incredible. The narrow openings cause the light and shadows to fall in unique and dramatic ways that change throughout the day and accentuate the already mesmerizing lines…

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Stars Over Monuments

Stars Over Monuments landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Stars leave their multi-colored trails over a moonlit Monument Valley in Arizona. Details: iconic Monument Valley in Arizona is stunning, and star trails are cool, so when you can combine them in one image it’s a real treat! This is the result of more than three hours of total exposure…

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Snowcapped Hoodoos

Snowcapped Hoodoos landscape photo by Dan Bourque

Brilliant orange hoodoos reach through the snow to glow in the springtime sun at Bryce Canyon National Park. Details: Bryce Canyon National Park is just one of those places that so unique it’s tough to describe. This image zooms in to capture the details of a few of the tens…

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