August 28, 2017
When a friend and fellow photographer visits the North Rim we go shooting at Point Imperial before dinner at the lodge.
I worked that day until 4pm and went home for a quick change out of uniform. Rebecca picked me up and we headed to Point Imperial to photograph the late light and sunset before our rather late 8:45 dinner reservation at the Grand Lodge. You really have to reserve far in advance to get an earlier table.
On the way saw a rather lean coyote along the Cape Royal Road. It paused long enough to make a statement. Notice how the ferns are turning to fall colors. Won’t be long before the aspen turn gold.
During monsoon it’s difficult to second guess what a sunset will do. Yet the virga clouds are dramatic. That’s what happens when the rain evaporates before hitting the ground.
Shafts of light and cloud shadows danced rapidly about quickly changing moves like John Travolta or Patrick Swayze (because I haven’t seen much other dancing since that time).
Nice to share the time with a friend and more experienced photographer with a shared interest and love for the North Rim.
Navajo land and Echo Cliffs light up to the south and east of the Colorado River while shadows to the north darkened the Vermilion Cliffs.
As the sun sank behind our overview rays of light continued to dance across the canyon’s topography.
We made a plan to meet again in a few days and join some more Facebook friends and photographers for another night of sunset this time at Cape Royal.
Fortunately, I know people working the dinning room and we were seated around 8 and enjoyed a delicious dinner.