Yep, that was angel's landing... and I'm not the biggest fan of heights, but I made it! :)

Me and a friend took a week and hit up those three in Utah, the Glenn Canyon Dam in AZ, and Rocky Mtn NP in Colorado... we spent 70 hours in the car, 4000 miles on the road, and hit the 4 NP's w/ over 26 miles of hiking in a 32 hr span. It was great! :) (and we did it all for under $400 a piece, though some of the hotels were...uh...interesting...)

Here's a few of my favorites from last week in Colorado, around Salida and Colorado Springs.

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Dart - you must have your privacy settings turned on or something. Those are all red X's.

I was using the wrong URLs. Can you see them now?

Yep - very cool.

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I got some pretty decent fireworks shots over the 4th of July holiday:

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You can find the whole set here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmcm...7624303016491/

I enjoy dogtography.

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Especially with photogenic dogs!

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My wife took this in Alaska coupla weeks ago.... full telephoto on a little auto-camera:

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Dogtography is the best.

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Do we have any places around town that rent lenses? I bought a Canon and glass is very expensive so I would like the chance to shoot with a few before dropping 500-1000 bucks.

Absolutely. Digital Labrodor. You can rent them over the weekend for a single day's prices...pretty cool.

http://www.digitallabrador.com/

From my recent trip to Chicago:

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