Winter in Utah

DanOstergren · Mar 8, 2023

A couple of landscape shots I took while on a road trip from Oregon to Wisconsin. My best friend and I took a less direct route so we could go through Utah on our way to Wisconsin, and the extra time spent on the road was more than worth it. I'm not a landscape photographer, but there were several times where I just couldn't help but take a photo of the beautiful landscapes in Utah. These two particular shots were my favorites. The first was close to sunrise, and the second during blue hour later the same day.

Some may not like the road in this one, but I like it a lot for capturing the feeling I had being on the road with my friend.

terri · Mar 8, 2023

Utah is beautiful. I love red rock country! It's hard to capture the immensity of the area, but shots like that long, straight road do speak to it. Like you could drive forever through the vastness - perfect for a road trip!

Hope Vinnie is settling in after the big journey.

wobe · Mar 8, 2023

Great shots, I like the road in No.2 personally, especially seeing it snake away to the right in the distance, lends scale as well as atmosphere IMO.

Jeff15 · Mar 9, 2023

Lovely shots, it looks cold.... :onthego:

PJM · Mar 9, 2023

Awesome country out there. I like the road pic too. Makes me wish I could go back there.

DanOstergren · Mar 10, 2023

terri said:
Utah is beautiful. I love red rock country! It's hard to capture the immensity of the area, but shots like that long, straight road do speak to it. Like you could drive forever through the vastness - perfect for a road trip!

Hope Vinnie is settling in after the big journey.

It really is so beautiful there.

He seems to be. He's getting lots of work hours which makes me worry less, but I hope he's making friends. Jeez I feel like a mom lol.

DanOstergren · Mar 10, 2023

wobe said:
Great shots, I like the road in No.2 personally, especially seeing it snake away to the right in the distance, lends scale as well as atmosphere IMO.

Thank you so much. I like that the road allows me to get a sense of that memory just a little better, for me at least.

DanOstergren · Mar 10, 2023

Jeff15 said:
Lovely shots, it looks cold....

Thank you. It was VERY cold. It was below 20 most of that day, and then dropped to the negatives that night.

DanOstergren · Mar 10, 2023

PJM said:
Awesome country out there. I like the road pic too. Makes me wish I could go back there.

Thank you. It makes me want to go back too.

jeffashman · Mar 10, 2023

Wonderful shots, especially #2, it really captures the "endless road" feeling out West.

DanOstergren · Mar 11, 2023

jeffashman said:
Wonderful shots, especially #2, it really captures the "endless road" feeling out West.

Thank you Jeff.

slat · Mar 12, 2023

Nice shots. I think you did well to portray the beauty of what you saw.

DanOstergren · Mar 12, 2023

slat said:
Nice shots. I think you did well to portray the beauty of what you saw.

Thank you so much.

Warfarin · Apr 17, 2023

I like both. Where was this? And yes it is cold here in UT. Where I live we are still getting below freezing at night. But the great thing is there are places in UT where it is in the high 70’s. I can go snow skiing one day then drive south and water ski the next.

DanOstergren · Apr 25, 2023

Warfarin said:
I like both. Where was this? And yes it is cold here in UT. Where I live we are still getting below freezing at night. But the great thing is there are places in UT where it is in the high 70’s. I can go snow skiing one day then drive south and water ski the next.

Thank you. The first shot was taken at Capitol Reef, and the second shot was taken near Canyonlands.