3 October 2020

The Grand Circle

The Grand Circle is a stunning, immense expanse of land located in the South-western United States. It encompasses parts of five states – Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Not surprisingly it also holds the largest concentration of national parks and monuments in the country. It takes in Arches National Park, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Antelope Canyon, the Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Mesa Verde, Natural Bridges, Canyonlands, and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

If the description is attractive enough, wait to you see this mesmerizing piece of timelapse film by Blue Eden (collaborative project by Patrick Shyu and Henrick Shyu). Shot with the Nikon D800 and Sony a99 there were moments where I had to halt the film and play it back – and I still can’t quite fathom how they managed to capture the shots. Amazing.

7 March 2015

Monument Valley by Drone


The magnificent sandstone buttes of Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah state line – what a perfect site to send a drone up high and capture some amazing footage.  That is exactly what the folks at FreewayDrone did, getting special permission from  the Navajo Film Office to fly for two days.  The results are something quite ridiculously beautiful: the serenity and sheer immensity of the landscape is perfectly caught.