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This was one of my first star trail images, shot 10 years ago in Natural Bridges National Monument, on my Nikon D80, with like 3 megapixels... #naturalbridges #magnificentearth #homerange #Canyonphotography #exploresouthwest #canyonhiking #wilderness #highcolsdeepcanyons #hikingutah #utahphotography #bearsears #nationalmonument #utahphotographylocations #backedits

5/23/2024, 6:00:20 PM

From above, it's almost impossible to tell that in the shallow canyons below are Ancient Pueblo ruins that date hundreds, if not thousands of years old. #magnificentearth #bearsears #hikingutah #Canyonlands #highcolsdeepcanyons #canyonhiking #homerange #utahphotographylocations #Canyonphotography #exploresouthwest #Utah #backedits #naturephotos #utahphotography #nationalmonument #wilderness #springinUtah #lifeintherockies #authortalk

5/14/2024, 7:12:06 PM

Part of the lythic scatter found around a lovely set of ruins set under overhanging cliffs, deep in the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Context is everything: flint shards, tools and bits of pottery are so much more lovely in the wild than on your bookshelf collecting dust. #bearsears #backedits #utahphotography #naturephotos #magnificentearth #wilderness #exploresouthwest #canyonhiking #Canyonlands #Canyonphotography #utahphotographylocations #springinUtah #highcolsdeepcanyons #Utah #homerange #hikingutah #nationalmonument

5/13/2024, 11:47:08 PM

This ruin in the Bears Ears National Monument stands out for its intricate details in the morter. Jenn is checking to see if any artifacts have survived the pot-hunters. #utahphotography #canyonhiking #Canyonphotography #utahphotographylocations #wilderness #highcolsdeepcanyons #springinUtah #exploresouthwest #backedits #nationalmonument #naturephotos #Canyonlands #Utah #bearsears #hikingutah #homerange #magnificentearth

5/13/2024, 4:21:40 PM

I'm a little all over in posting images and stories right now, in part because the push to get High Cols and Deep Canyons out the door has taken up a lot of time, and in part because my day job - which I shared a little bit about yesterday - is both all-encompassing and a lot of fun! This morning my wandering fingers landed on a large set of unedited images from 2014 when Jenn and I spent a few weeks hiking with friends in the Bears Ears National Monument in South-Eastern Utah. I'll post a few of these a day until I've plowed through the #backedits. I hope you enjoy them. #wilderness #homerange #backedits #magnificentearth #naturephotos #utahphotography #utahphotographylocations #Canyonphotography #springinUtah #exploresouthwest #Canyonlands #highcolsdeepcanyons #hiking #canyonhiking #hikingutah #bearsears #nationalmonument #Utah

5/10/2024, 4:56:10 PM

Friends - I'd love your feedback on this, please. I'm beginning to design my book launch show for High Cols and Deep Canyons. I'm thinking about doing it as a "5-act play," with separate readings and mini-slide shows set to music. This is one of the readings I'm considering. What do you think? Any suggestions or advice? The show to launch High Cols and Deep Canyons will be delivered live online, and in person, starting at the end of June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yoo2zFdfaU&ab_channel=StephenLegault #wideopenspaces #backedits #magnificentearth #naturephotos #Albertabooks #Canmore #wilderness #mountainparks #treaty7 #Alberta #Rockymountains #lifeintherockies #Albertawilderness #homerange #localauthors #writerevent #canmoreevent #storytelling #authortalk #video #utahphotography #Escalante #utahphotographylocations #bookreading #Canyonphotography #springinUtah #exploresouthwest #highcolsdeepcanyons #reading #feedbackplease

5/5/2024, 12:21:36 AM

The walk down to Honolulu Bay on Maui, Hawaii. #hawaiian #hawaii #hawaiilove #backedits #hawaiistagram #hawaiilife #naturephotos #magnificentearth

5/3/2024, 7:11:10 PM

Another image from the #backedits file, the view of the Bow Valley from the first bench above my modest home in #Canmore #Alberta. #localauthors #photobooks #Rockymountains #backedits #lifeintherockies #wilderness #headwaters #southernAlberta #homerange #wideopenspaces #Alberta #magnificentearth #Albertabooks #naturephotos

4/30/2024, 5:00:31 PM

A spectacular sunrise from the bluffs at Mount Yamnuska at the mouth of the Bow Valley, looking over the Stoney Nakoda Nation. I shot this while working on my second book of photos, Where Rivers Meet. #mountainparks #Albertawilderness #wideopenspaces #backedits #Alberta #Rockymountains #wilderness #magnificentearth #homerange #headwaters #lifeintherockies #naturephotos #southernAlberta #Albertabooks #treaty7 #photobooks

4/30/2024, 1:02:43 AM

I had a hard time deciding between this version and the black and white edit; it's a rare day I choose colour over black and white, but today colour triumphs. #naturephotos #magnificentearth #wilderness #wideopenspaces #backedits #headwaters #homerange #southernAlberta #mountainparks #Albertawilderness #lifeintherockies #Alberta #Rockymountains

4/28/2024, 8:27:11 PM

Here are some heretofore unedited, unposted images from my "backyard" - Kananaskis Country. There are fewer stories about K-Country in High Cols and Deep Canyons as you might imagine, given how much time I've spent there over the last 30 years. My photo book Where Rivers Meet has a bunch of stories, and there are certainly a few in High Cols. I'll dig one out to share sometime soon. #Alberta #treaty7 #naturephotos #highcolsdeepcanyons #wilderness #magnificentearth #Rockymountains #Albertabooks #Albertawilderness #mountainparks #southernAlberta #lifeintherockies #homerange #wideopenspaces #backedits #headwaters #Calgaryswater

4/25/2024, 6:06:28 PM

Navajo Mountain on the right, is known to the Navajo people as Naatsis'aan, “Head of the Earth Woman.” Photo: 1999, shot on Velvia50 transparency film. #exploresouthwest #Escalante #BLM #utahphotography #utahphotographylocations #Canyonlands #naturephotos #springinUtah #highcolsdeepcanyons #magnificentearth #wilderness #Canyonphotography #wideopenspaces

4/23/2024, 7:11:08 PM

The Henry Mountains, the last named range in the Continental United States, and one of four laccolithic (volcanic) cinder cones that ring the desert Southwest with snow-capped beacons of hope. Shot in 1999 on Velvia50 with a Nikon FM2. Scanned on a Nikon Cool Scan IV and edited in Lightroom. #Escalante #Canyonphotography #springinUtah #highcols #highcolsdeepcanyons #utahphotographylocations #Canyonlands #BLM #wideopenspaces #utahphotography #exploresouthwest #wilderness #magnificentearth

4/22/2024, 11:00:21 PM

A rare black and white from that window. I was shooting Fujichrome Velvia 50 and have recently scanned the images into high-resolution RAW and JPEG files. I find they don't convert to black and white as cleanly as do modern digital files. I suspect its got something to do with the tonal range of current RAW files that allows for sharp contrasts and well-developed mid-tones, but what do I know? Opinions welcome. This image is from the Devil's Playground in the Escalante. #Canyonlands #wilderness #Canyonphotography #magnificentearth #Escalante #exploresouthwest #wideopenspaces #BLM #highcols #highcolsdeepcanyons #utahphotography #utahphotographylocations #springinUtah

4/21/2024, 11:26:10 PM

The Devil's Garden, Escalante - Grand Staircase National Monument. These images are all from a 5-week visit to the southwest in the spring of 1999. I was shooting Fuji Velvia50 on my Nikon FM2 body with Nikkor lenses. Several adventures from that trip - including a $500 US towing bill immortalized in the essay Rough Breaks on the Red Breaks Road - are included in the forthcoming High Cols and Deep Canyons. #Canyonlands #highcolsdeepcanyons #utahphotography #utahphotographylocations #exploresouthwest #wilderness #springinUtah #highcols #Canyonphotography #magnificentearth #wideopenspaces #Escalante #BLM

4/21/2024, 9:23:10 PM

The corrugated landscape looking north towards the Escalante River from the Hole in the Rock road. #wideopenspaces #highcolsdeepcanyons #exploresouthwest #utahphotography #wilderness #utahphotographylocations #highcols #Canyonphotography #magnificentearth #Canyonlands #springinUtah #Escalante #BLM

4/21/2024, 6:58:45 PM

The upper reaches of Little Box Death Hollow, Escalante, Utah. #exploresouthwest #Canyonphotography #highcols #utahphotographylocations #utahphotography #springinUtah #wilderness #magnificentearth #Canyonlands

4/20/2024, 11:40:08 PM

Please feel free to caption as you see fit. I'm guessing this landform in the Escalante National Monument in Utah has heard it all. Photographed in 1999, Nikon FM2, Velvia50. #Canyonphotography #springinUtah #exploresouthwest #utahphotography #highcols #utahphotographylocations #magnificentearth #Canyonlands #wilderness

4/20/2024, 7:18:33 PM

Rain in the desert and the Straight Cliffs. Escalante, Utah. 1999. #utahphotography #springinUtah #Canyonlands #utahphotographylocations #exploresouthwest #highcols #magnificentearth #Canyonphotography

4/20/2024, 1:00:15 AM

A bend in the sky. Escalante canyons. Utah. 1999. Fujichrome Velvia 50. #exploresouthwest #utahphotographylocations #Canyonlands #Canyonphotography #utahphotography #highcols #springinUtah #magnificentearth

4/19/2024, 7:11:09 PM

More big open country, and the invisible folds and fissures of the Escalante canyons. This image was shot on Fuji Velvia50 - a transparency - in 1999 and scanned recently, then processed with Light Room. Observe the dark shadow on the left-hand edge of the image, likely a crease in the original photograph left in a dark filing cabinet for 25 long years. #highcols #exploresouthwest #signsofspring #Escalante #utahphotographylocations #Southwest #Canyonphotography #magnificentearth #backedit #springinUtah #Canyonlands #utahphotography

4/19/2024, 4:00:18 PM

Another look at Neon Canyon, highlighted yesterday, this time looking through the ceiling of the Golden Cathedral. There are three giant holes in the ceiling which provide egress for both flash floods, and canyoneers descending from the head of Neon Canyon - a technical descent with deep pools, dry falls, narrow slots and finally a rope-length descent THROUGH this window into the pools below. #utahphotography #Canyonphotography #backedit #utahphotographylocations #Canyonlands #Escalante #exploresouthwest #Southwest #spring #highcols #magnificentearth #signsofspring #highcoldeepcanyons #springinUtah

4/19/2024, 12:00:28 AM

I use a Nikon Coolscan IV and VueScan64 software to digitize my HUGE collection of slides shot before 2007 when I made the transition to digital. (Yup, pretty late, but I wasn't shooting a lot between 2004 and 2010.) I've noticed that despite my penchant for converting images to black and white - something about spending the entirety of my high school life in a black and white darkroom - the image files don't reduce to B&W as well as RAW digital files. I'm sure there is a reason which someone will share with me. Here's one I converted. I like the clouds. The texture isn't as sharp as massive RAW files, but it's got some pleasing mood and tone that I really like. Shot on Velvia50 with a Nikon FM2 in 1999. Digitized and edited 2024. That's 25 years. Good God. #Canyonlands #Canyonphotography #utahphotography #escalantenationalmonument #exploresouthwest #Southwest #springinUtah #utahphotographylocations #Escalante #backedit #blackandwhite #naturephotography #perfectmoments #magnificentearth #spring #signsofspring #highcols #highcoldeepcanyons

4/18/2024, 7:11:08 PM

It's been two very busy weeks back to back, and I regret not having more time in the day to work through images and post more here. Rest assured, however, that my time is being spent in what I can only hope will be the finishing touches of a project started 32 years ago: High Cols and Deep Canyons. This includes the aforementioned revisions to the book's 16-age (not 12-page) index, with hundreds of entries and thousands of page references, all collated by hand. (Cue sappy music). I'll have some updates worked out on the timeline for publication soon. This image was shot on Kodachrome 25 years ago in a canyon in the Fairholme Range, a place that I considered my backyard when I lived in a dark, but amazing basement suite in the late 1990s up until my first son was born. It stands up; what do you think? #treaty7 #naturephotography #Alberta #homerange #magnificentearth #spring #perfectmoments #backedits #headwaters #southernAlberta #homerange #movingwater #magicofwater

4/13/2024, 7:39:15 PM

An image from one of the strangest backpacking trips I've ever done. We planned a line from the Saskatchewan River Crossing region of Banff National Park to Peter Lougheed Provincial Park; a day day hike through glorious country. Two weeks before I pinched (understatement) my sciatic nerve (it was a Lego accident) and was in considerable pain. Half a dozen treatment sessions and it was still on fire, but being in my 30s I said to hell with it and set off on the 300km journey with Jack and J. Grin and bear it was my mantra. That didn't work out so well. By the end of the first day - in the rugged headwaters of Porcupine Creek, I was in agony. It would take three more days to reach an exit point at Dolomite Pass, and some very rough walking that I recommend to NO ONE along the cutline of the Siffluer River. I bailed. Jack and J put a bit more of the line in, but it remains incomplete, and yes, that bothers me still.... There's still time. This is a scan from Fujichrome film, shot with my ole' Nikon FM2. #naturephotography #Alberta #treaty7 #backedits #southernAlberta #homerange #magnificentearth #lifeintherockies #signsofspring #headwaters #highcols #nationalparks #wilderness #mountainparks #scans

4/2/2024, 12:53:09 AM

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3/22/2024, 7:03:53 AM

Devon Mountain on the left, and Pipestone Pass from the headwaters of the Siffluer centre frame. Banff National Park at its best. (The Insta Image is cropped to fit the format). #magnificentearth #lifeintherockies #summer #homerange #highcols #perfectmoments #naturephotography #banffnationalpark #banff #bookpromotion #backedits

3/21/2024, 5:15:08 PM

Waiting for the stars, beneath vaulted peaks, Kananaskis Country, Alberta. #naturephotography #highcols #magnificentearth #perfectmoments #lifeintherockies #Alberta #homerange #southernAlberta #summer #kananaskis #backpacking #hiking

3/19/2024, 9:12:06 PM

Good morning. Sun's up. This is the day before you. Revel in it. #backedits #lifeintherockies #naturephotography #magnificentearth #perfectmoments #highcols #rockymountainfront #montana

3/18/2024, 3:24:10 PM

Awesome overload! 🤩 ¿¡Cómo es posible que aún no he publicado tanta belleza?! #magnificentearth #magnificent #naturelover #naturelove #natureloversgallery #glorious #glorioso #latierra #viajesporelmundo #naturalezaperfecta #esplendor

3/17/2024, 11:51:19 PM

One of the places that cracked me wide open as a young man was the Grand Canyon. In 1993, after my second season as a park naturalist in Banff, I applied to volunteer with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in the southwest. I was assigned a four-month term on the South Rim because I didn't have a car, and I guess they didn't want me to starve to death in the high desert in Canyonlands, Zion or Arches. It was life-changing in so many ways. In the chapter "On Juniper Hill," - which was the name of the street where the trailer I lived was parked - I chronicle that time - hiking, doing talks, working in the visitor centre, and rafting the Colorado on the final Glen Canyon Environmental Studies trip. It was all amazing for a kid of 22 years old, and I cherish that introduction to what has been a lifelong love affair with the Four Corners region. Care to win a copy of the forthcoming book? Help me figure out who's reading what by filling out this short survey: https://forms.gle/xevFXn46DBCvG1Sw9 #winabook #bookgiveaways #perfectmoments #naturephotography #backofbeyondbooks #bookgiveaway #magnificentearth #BookGiveaway #backedits #bookstores #booksellers #bookgiveaways📚 #GCNP #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #Arizona #moab #canyonlands #Utah #ColoradoRiver #SCA

3/16/2024, 8:13:39 PM

Aspens and ponderosa pine on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. There is a chapter in Earth and Sky about the 4-months I spent living on the South Rim in the winter of 1993-94 in High Cols and Deep Canyons, including a narrative of 8-days in November I spent shivering and loving it on the Colorado River. #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways📚 #winabook #magnificentearth #BookGiveaway #homerange #naturephotography #bookgiveaways #perfectmoments #backedits #booksellers #backofbeyondbooks #bookstores #Arizona #GrandCanyon #GCNP #NationalParks

3/16/2024, 3:00:47 PM

What do today's photos have in common? They are all of locations I've written about in High Cols and Deep Canyons. Montana's Rocky Mountain Front, Waterton Lakes National Park, the wild country east and west of the Icefields Parkway in Banff and Jasper, and here, the sheer mind-bending magnificence of Canyonlands National Park. If you'd like a chance to win a copy of the new book, take my short survey here: https://forms.gle/P9jEMfnABCyZMLZx6 #survey #highcols #homerange #bookgiveaway #backedits #naturephotography #magnificentearth #winabook #bookgiveaways📚 #BookGiveaway #perfectmoments #bookgiveaways #Utah #moab #canyonlands #backofbeyondbooks #booksellers #bookstores #greenriver

3/16/2024, 12:04:08 AM

The view of Waterton Lakes from the Bell Tower of the Prince of Wales Hotel. #waterton #watertonlakes #princeofwales #windowonthewild #frame #naturephotography #homerange #lifeintherockies #bookgiveaway #magnificentearth #backedits #Alberta #highcols

3/15/2024, 9:57:09 PM

A bull elk stands guard over his herd, watching for stray cow elk, and competing bulls. #elk #bullelk #therut #canmore #lifeintherockies #backedits #southernAlberta #magnificentearth #Alberta #homerange #perfectmoments #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildĺifephotography

3/14/2024, 4:15:03 PM

From the grand scale to the ground beneath our feet. This prairie crocus from a few years ago reminds me that spring is just around the corner. #perfectmoments #mountainwaters #lifeintherockies #Alberta #homerange #backedits #southernAlberta #magnificentearth #spring #flowers

3/13/2024, 10:27:08 PM