Utah!

So yeah, the reason these pictures are so much delayed is because I bought a new camera with a crazy good fisheye lens, which take circular pictures (see previous post), and I had to write my own custom software to perspective remap them because no existing software does what I want (mine can blend any combination of stereographic, cylindrical and rectilinear projections).

The cool thing is that with this camera, I can stop worrying about framing all together, since every shot takes everything in, then at home I decide what kind of projection I want for it, and how to crop it (anywhere from square 1:1 to panoramic 4:1 or so). You'll see some example results below.

Our trip, well, what can I say: this is probably the most beautiful bunch of nature I have EVER seen! ("beautiful bunch of nature", see, I should become a writer). The weird shapes and colors of these canyons appeal to me way more than the usual greenery, and the best part is, that, well, canyons are like mountains, inverted. So whereas with moutains you're always looking at them from below and never get a full overview, canyons you often look at from above, which is way more amazing.

So we landed in Salt Lake city, and took a grand round tour through the national parks of Utah (and a bit of Arizona). We did Canyon Reef, Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon north rim, Monument Valley, Goose Necks, Canyon Lands, Arches, in that order. We stayed in cute bed and breakfast places most of the way, and managed to find some suprisingly good food.

We had already attempted to see Grand Canyon on a previous trip, and failed because we didn't plan the trip there well, so when this time there was the densest fog ever that obscured it entirely, we were quite desperate. Luckily it cleared later that day, Hurray!

Anyway, enough blah, this is what y'all came here for: