#SundayStills: Autumn’s Fleeting Moments


Seeing full-blown autumn colors can definitely classify as a fleeting moment as it’s constantly changing from near peak to peak to past peak. Yesterday was most likely the last real weekend to see autumn colors as we are expecting the temperature to drop about 10-degrees and rain this coming weekend. In my opinion, once rain comes, autumn colors are no longer pretty.

Yesterday’s trip was all my mom’s idea. She saw one of her co-workers post photos of Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon and thought it was pretty. Next thing I knew, she was calling her sister and brother-in-law (BIL), asking them if they were interested. Of course, they were. They’re off every other weekends and after this weekend, they will be working all the way into November. So I wrote, probably the last weekend for autumn colors.

Her BIL was driving. It’s always him who drives and it was a good thing it was him who was driving because I ended up sorta tricking everyone to go to the place I wanted to go.

The whole trip, for me, was full of fleeting moments because I was traveling with three adults who did not want to walk. My mom has back pain and can’t walk a few steps without complaining. She’s currently waiting to do surgery to fix that problem. Meanwhile, her sister and BIL just didn’t want to walk. They aren’t out of shape, they just prefer to sit and look at their phones all day.

Thankfully, they let me roam, for a very short time at least like a dog on a leash. If I venture too far, my phone instantaneously rings, one of them telling me to get back to the car. So I needed to walk fast and take as many photos as I could so I can have it for memory.

This was the my first time going to Provo Canyon. I’ve always stuck to the Alpine Loop as it’s closer to home and I happen to think it’s more beautiful up by Mount Timpanogos with all the aspen trees. If you’ve ever been in the area, you’ll know what I mean. Even in summer, it’s beautiful with its white trunks and its leaves dancing to the breeze. I made a trip there back in August (before the accident) and couldn’t get enough of the place.

I fell in love with this picture as soon as I blew it up on my laptop. Another fleeting moment as we were parked in one of those tiny turnout on the road and as soon as I got out of the car, my mom began yelling, “How can you do such thing?” She was talking about how I led her BIL to the Alpine Loop when I knew fully that it’d be a narrow road that required drivers of one direction to yield to oncoming traffic.

I drove on this road before and didn’t encounter any problem. The only one that might have a problem might be my mom as she doesn’t do well in narrow road situations.

Anyway, I ignored her and focused on finding compositions. After all, I only get this one shot and everyone was waiting on me, so I must make it quick despite I could stare at this golden landscape for hours, maybe days.

The Alpine Loop was surprisingly crowded. I’ve never seen so much traffic that it was backed up. Perhaps maybe because many people knows to come here to see fall colors and that this would probably be the last weekend of 2022 to see such color.

After my accident, I became very anxious whenever something comes too close to the passenger side of the car, almost like a kind of claustrophobia. With the traffic, my uncle was forced to steer the car toward the trees a few times, causing me to panic as I seem to be doing quite a bit lately. These were definitely moments I didn’t want to remember from the trip and was relieve when we were no longer on the narrow road.

All in all, I am very grateful for the trip as I got a photos for memories despite my time there was very limited. I guess my goal to see autumn colors in 2022 is now fulfilled.

#SundayStills

CMMC: September Close Up


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CFFC: Found in Nature


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#Staycation or #Vacation #SundayStills


The last two days might had been the most boring days ever. I did almost zilch.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #215: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles… and the Places They Take Us


John from Journey with Johnbo leads this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge with the topic of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…and the Places They Take Us.

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CFFC: Shadows


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CFFC: Connecting to the Present Moment


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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #211: Photographic Groove


Anne from Slow Shutter Speed leads this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge with the theme of Photographic Groove.

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CMMC: August Close Ups


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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #207: Seeing Double


This week, Jez from Photos by Jez is guest-hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge with the fun theme of Seeing Double AKA Reflections.

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CFFC: Landscape


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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #203: Local Vistas


This week on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #203, hostess Anne Sandler from Slow Shutter Speed is challenging everyone to show a few of the vistas around them.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #202: Minimalism/Maximalism


Sofia from Photographias is the hostess for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge with the theme of Minimalism/Maximalism.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #201: Three of a Kind


Ann-Christine from Leya is hosting Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #201 and she has chosen the theme Three of a Kind but according to the prompt, it’s not the three of a kind one usually thinks about. This three of a kind is sort of like telling a story with 3 photos. I’ll try my best on this one.

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#SundayStills – Finding Inspiration in #Feathered Friends


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Trip to Dinosaur National Monument


Why does it feel like either I’m not taking trips at all or I’m taking trips all the time? It’s the second trip this week (the first was on Sunday) and this time, it was a trip to the Dinosaur National Monument, which is about 4 hours from me in Jensen, Utah. My uncle drove this time while I was in the passenger seat making sure he doesn’t get lost while enjoying the scenery.

I haven’t processed many of the pictures yet but I can tell I got some of my 2022 favorite photos here.

I have been to Dinosaur National Monument before, back in 2017, but as much as I am interested in dinosaurs, I actually came for the natural scenery this time. As we stopped at each location, I tried to find subjects for my photos because one of the recommendation I got from the instructor of the photography composition class I took in April was to focus on something. “Try to focus on something and not just taking pictures of the general landscape.”

I think focusing on something makes a photo that much interesting. Don’t you think so?

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #152: Shades and Shadows


This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #152, Leya has challenged everyone with the topic of Shades and Shadows.

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#AtoZChallenge 2019 – A for Above the Ground


Theme: Wordless Photos

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Technical Details

Sony Nex-5T (f/10, 30 mm, ISO-100, 1/80 sec)

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Fences – Cee’s Black and White


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Which Ways Around the Pond AGAIN!


Yes, indeed I went there again!

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Photo of the Day!


For those wondering if I got to go on my little day trip last Sunday, I did but I didn’t get to go to the place I wanted. Continue reading “Photo of the Day!”

Which Ways from Around the Pond


I shot these which ways a few weeks ago but forgot about them until now. So enjoy and Happy Monday. Continue reading “Which Ways from Around the Pond”