Photographing White Pocket

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Friday, 6 May 2022 - A full day in White Pocket photographing the swirling red and white sandstone formations with early morning sunrise hikes up the mountain, explored and captured the "Lone Tree" and other fascinating rock shapes, hiked to a cave with petroglyphs, observed dramatic rock fins and colorful layers under varied light, and finished the day with sunset views and camp dinner under the stars.

Up early to catch sunrise meant hiking up the mountain in the dark. Fortunately, the outfitters had coffee ready at 0430.

whitepocket2022 — Unfortunately, the sun stayed behind the clouds, so the sunrise was not very spectacular. We had hiked over to the "Lone Tree" - still pretty in the early morning light.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock flows from large red rock formations. Almost like lava flowing from a volcano, the red rock flows.

whitepocket2022 — I came on a small patch of growth - sort of star shaped and like the rock - several colors.

whitepocket2022 — The "Octopus" can be seen on the left side of this rock garden.

whitepocket2022 — Tube of red and yellow rock

whitepocket2022 — Yellow rock formations

whitepocket2022 — White pillows with a splash of red.

whitepocket2022 — Yellow rock rises up like a wave.

whitepocket2022 — Swirling into a tower of rock.

whitepocket2022 — A small ridge of rock flows to a hill.

whitepocket2022 — Swirling red rock

whitepocket2022 — Rare straight lines along the ridge line.

whitepocket2022 — Wave of rock

whitepocket2022 — Light was hard in the afternoon - like a moonscape.

whitepocket2022 — An odd rock formation sticking up in the red swirls.

whitepocket2022 — A strange sand creature created patterns with their tunnels.

whitepocket2022 — One of the several pillow mountains.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock flowing from a pillow mountain.

whitepocket2022 — Pillows in black and white.

whitepocket2022 — Not sure of the formation which caused these patterns - white rock with small black rocks on the edge.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock tower.

whitepocket2022 — A brain?

whitepocket2022 — A chicken wing rock

whitepocket2022 — A large mountain next to the area we were exploring. We did not climb.

whitepocket2022 — Yellow rock flows under red rock.

whitepocket2022 — Golden rock

whitepocket2022 — Almost like water, the golden rock flows at the bottom of the formation.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock field - pretty easy to move across the rock as messy as it looks.

whitepocket2022 — Pillow rock formations in the blue sky.

whitepocket2022 — Pillow Pile

whitepocket2022 — A small valley between the pillow rock piles.

whitepocket2022 — Like the back of a fish this rock rises up.

whitepocket2022 — Some lichen on the rock with some little rocks.

whitepocket2022 — A sharp white rock - odd with all the white pillow rock piles.

whitepocket2022 — In the afternoon we took a short hike to a cave with petroglyphs and then part of the park we had not yet explored.

whitepocket2022 — A rock like sandstone carved by water and wind.

whitepocket2022 — A very close photograph of a rock which is being revealed in the sandstone. There are hundreds of these marble-like rocks on the ground.

whitepocket2022 — Sandstone fins on the edge of a cliff.

whitepocket2022 — Marbles collecting in the cracks of the pillow rock floor.

whitepocket2022 — A weak line in the wall allowed for a small hole to form in the red rock wall.

whitepocket2022 — One red patch in the puffy white rocks.

whitepocket2022 — A lot redder in the white rock

whitepocket2022 — The mountain behind our camp. This is the view as we hike off the mountain after the afternoon session.

whitepocket2022 — We went out again for sunset session as the red rocks reflected the setting sun.

The area for sunset is all red rock - with swirls. This is looking north, but most of the pictures will be to the south.

whitepocket2022 — Black and white of the scallop area.

whitepocket2022 — Black and white makes for good pictures where there is a lot of contrast - prior to the sun setting, the light was very hard, so black and white is effective.

whitepocket2022 — The scallops are the red rocks in the background - as sunset works it magic.

whitepocket2022 — The shadows from the near mountains begin to creep over the rocks.

whitepocket2022 — The red glow from the rocks in the setting sun.

whitepocket2022 — The scallops up close.

whitepocket2022 — Red rock all over - the scallops are the red rocks at the top of the picture.

whitepocket2022 — The last picture as the sun set.

Back to camp for a second steak dinner and a moon-filled night under the stars. I did not sleep much better - even after a few beers!!!

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