Re: [Largeformat] Red Dot Artar 14" f:9

[Clive Warren <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>]

> Clive,  I've spent a lot of time shooting around Moab and some time in
>Monument Valley.  Get yourself some good maps at the visitor center
>in Moab and you can find out how to get anywhere.  If I may be so
>bold as to suggest some roads to take (4wd - rent a Jeep or an Explorer),
>Lockhart Basin road which hugs the eastern edge of Canyonlands Nat'l Park,
>Valley of the Gods scenic drive, The White Rim road around Islands in the
>Sky at Canyonlands.  You also should take in the Needles Overlook and
>the Anticline Overlook (both in either sunrise and sunset, about an hour
>and a half drive from Moab.  The Goosenecks of the San Juan river are
>just outside Mexican Hat, UT.  In that area, there is Muley Point
>Overlook (morning or evening), the Moki Dugway overlook (morning and late
>afternoon, you are looking into the Valley of the Gods) and Natural
>Bridges National Monument (three bridges, each looks best at different
>times of the day, ask the rangers I haven't hit it right yet).   I don't
>go to Monument Valley much, once the Navajos see a nice camera and tripod
>they start hitting you up for money.  Beware, they do enforce their
>property rights and they are expensive.  The Navajo Nation has been
>spoiled by Hollywood, so if you want to use any image of their reservation
>for commercial use you need to have a release.  The other problem is
>that outsiders are not allowed to visit  much of the Valley without a
>Navajo guide and that guide is expensive.  The Valley of the Gods is
>not on reservation land, it is operated by the BLM, it looks much the same
>as Monument Valley and you don't have to pay someone to occupy your front
>seat to travel into it.  I hope you have a good trip.  Drew

Drew,

Thank you very much for the suggestions - they will be very useful and
exactly the sort of information that will help make the trip successful.

Am still firming up the plans for the trip and will now be having a closer
look at the map. From what you say I am guessing that if an ordinary hire
car is taken along the roads you suggest then it may well stay there for
while :-) Does the Valley of the Gods requure a 4WD?

Had a chat to Steve Grimes and he is sending out a batch of push-on holders
for anodising - they will not be ready in time even for shipping within the
USA. So will be holding filters over the 203mm Ektar. Have finished the
lens boards and now with a lick of black paint am all set for mounting a
90mm Angulon and the 203mm Ektar.

Better get on with the preparation.




All the best,

            Clive    http://www.cocam.co.uk
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