### Sunday Apr 11, 2010 at 00:07

# Monument Valley revisited

A couple from Monument Valley. I was here once before a couple of years ago, but we didn’t have enough time to do it any justice, photographically.

This time round I hired a guide for a sunrise tour of the valley (well, in fact, I booked a sunrise and sunset, but it transpired that only the morning was going to be possible…). It was an early start, but worthwhile – there’s no way you can get to these locations on the self-guided drive, nor at the right time of the morning.

The nice thing about the tour was that for the available light, the sequence of stops was carefully worked out to ensure that you could maximize the number of worthwhile subjects. After shooting the silhouette of the totem pole (above), there was a nice view back across the dunes to the west…

…before driving to catch the totem pole once again, side lit:

I must admit, I’ve have been quite happy just shooting the totem pole front side and getting some even better light on it, but still, I’m quite happy with the results.

I’m now in Page, Arizona in preparation for the “big three”, Coyote Buttes North (aka the Wave), Coyote Buttes South and White Pocket, starting Monday. Better empty those compact flash cards…

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Stephen · Sunday, April 11, 2010, 00:07 · Permalink

## 3 comments on this post

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08:13 30 Aug 2010

carol simowitz said:

I wanted to find out if TPE will available for Droid phones?
If so, when will it be?
Thanks,
Carol Simowitz

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16:08 22 Feb 2011

Lew Abulafia said:

Stephen- Let me add thanks for your great program. Do you remember who you used as a guide for Monument Valley and how to contact him? I’m going to the Wave, White Pocket,etc. first week of April and thought about also adding a trip to Monument Valley.
Thanks,
Lew

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04:36 23 Feb 2011

Stephen said:

Hi Lew – I went with Tom Phillips at <a href=“http://www.monumentvalley.com/Pages/english_homepage.html”>Monument Valley Tours</a>. Sounds like you’re about to do the trip I did last April – I’m sure you’ll have a fantastic time!

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