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2023 Goosenecks State Park

Goosenecks State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Utah, overlooking a deep meander of the San Juan River. The park is located near the southern border of the state a short distance from Mexican Hat, Utah.^[1] Millions of years ago, the Monument Upwarp forced the river to carve incised meanders over 1,000 feet (300 m) deep as the surrounding landscape slowly rose in elevation. Eroded by water, wind, frost, and gravity, this is a classic location for observing incised meanders.

Photo: Ulrich Jobs

Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 24 @ 24mm SS1/125 f11 ISO100 (Four photos merged to Panorama in Lightroom Classic)

2023 Arches National Park

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Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, as well as a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park contains the highest density of natural arches in the world.^[3][4

We visited the park beginning of May 2023. Here just a few impressions shot in brought daylight, nothing fancy, some pictures jpegs straight out of the camera. you just want to press the shutter button again and again and again, so beautiful.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs

Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 24 @ 24mm SS1/125 f13 ISO100

Canon EOS R5 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM 159 @ 159mm SS1/500 f9 ISO100

Canon EOS R5 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM 100 @ 100mm SS1/500 f7.1 ISO100

Canon EOS R5 RF16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f16 ISO100

2023 Vermilion Cliffs

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IPhone Photo: Ulrich Jobs

2023 Arizona Desert Flowers

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2023 Monument Valley

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Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor.^[1] It is located on the Utah–Arizona state line, near the Four Corners area. The valley is a sacred area that lies within the territory of the Navajo NationReservation, the Native American people of the area.^[2]

Monument Valley is one of our favourite destinations to visit. A few pictures cannot show the true beatuy of this place on earth. Sacred and very special.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs

Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/500 f8 ISO100

Canon EOS R5 RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM 105 @ 105mm SS1/250 f16 ISO200

Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f11 ISO100

Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM 16 @ 16mm SS1/125 f22 ISO320

2023 Japanese Geisha

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Besides all wildlife experiences during our winter trip to Japan at the very end in Tokyo we experienced a very special cultural evening with Geisha performance. Geisha are a class of female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient conversationalists and hosts. Their distinct appearance is characterised by long, trailing kimono, traditional hairstyles and oshiroi make-up.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/400 f/4.5 ISO3200 31mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/320 f/4.5 ISO3200 43mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/400 f/4.5 ISO3200 53mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/400 f/4 ISO3200 105mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/30 f/4 ISO320 58mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

2023 Japan in Winter

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Hokkaido is famous for it´s red crowned cranes and stellar sea eagles. But the snow monkeys in Yamanouchi are incredibly photogenic too.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/800 f/8 ISO100 159mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1600 f/5.6 ISO2500 270mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1600 f/6.3 ISO3200 428mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1600 f/7.1 ISO4000 500mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/6.3 ISO320 343mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1600 f/8 ISO400 400mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/2000 f/6.3 ISO125 363mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/2000 f/6.3 ISO250 400mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/8 ISO1600 500mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/8 ISO800 500mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/7.1 ISO200 500mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/6.3 ISO320 145mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/800 f/6.3 ISO160 324mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/800 f/6.3 ISO100 324mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/640 f/5.6 ISO640 270mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/320 f/6.3 ISO800 428mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/800 f/7.1 ISO5000 324mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

2022 Yellowstone in Winter

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New snow over night and then a temperature drop to -40F created a Winter Wonderland which was beautiful but bitterly cold too.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/320 f/6.3 ISO100 200mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/125 f/8 ISO640 45mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/250 f/14 ISO250 47mm RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/640 f/10 ISO1600 363mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/640 f/6.3 ISO800 363mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

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The name of the refuge means “woods of the Apache” in Spanish, named for the Apache tribes that once camped in the forests along the Rio Grande.^[4]

The heart of the refuge comprises approximately 3,800 acres (15 km²) of Rio Grande floodplain and 9,100 acres (37 km²) of irrigated farms and wetlands. In addition to this, the refuge contains 44,300 acres (179 km²) of arid grasslands and foothills of the Chupadera and San Pascual Mountains.^[5] About 30,000 acres (120 km²) of this is designated as wilderness.^[4]

Late November to late February is the best time for large numbers of birds, typically over 10,000 sandhill cranes and over 20,000 Ross’s and snow geese. Below a few pictures of sandhill cranes early morning and at sunset.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs

Dawn Patrol

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/5.6 ISO100 840mm EF600mm f/4L IS III USM +1.4x III

Difficult Flight Control

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/5.6 ISO5000 840mm EF600mm f/4L IS III USM +1.4x III

Coming back for the night

Camera Canon EOS R5 1/1000 f/4.5 ISO1600 100mm RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

2022 Polar Bears River Seal Lodge north of Churchill

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Churchill is a town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname “Polar Bear Capital of the World”.

October and early November are the most feasible times to see polar bears, thousands of which wait on the vast peninsula until the water freezes on Hudson Bay so they can return to hunt their primary food source, ringed seals.

We spent five nights in the exceptional River Seal Lodge in October 2022 and were privileged to go on walks finding opportunities to take photos on eye level with these wonderful animals. Some of the nicest are posted below.

Photos: Ulrich Jobs