Mike Gettin The Shot Bryce Canyon Jun 19 2009_DSC6540

Mike Gettin The Shot Bryce Canyon Jun 19 2009_DSC6540, originally uploaded by VancouverDoug.

Here's my brother Mike workin' his Nikon D200 at the start of the first day of our Bryce Canyon photo shoot. I'd flown from Vancouver to Las Vegas the day before to pickup Mike who had spent the week at a Hewlett-Packard storage conference. If you zoom in on the capture you'll notice a few HP logos (cap and shirt). Ahhh ... nothing says lovin' like conference freebees.

Sigh ... my bro went to Vegas and all he got was a cool HP shirt. :)

The drive from Vegas to Bryce Canyon is a lengthy one (5 hours with traffic) but pure desert richness - at least for the first 3.5 hours or so. The route scoots through 3 US states (Nevada, Colorado and Utah) and is visually stunning for someone used to the lush mountains of British Columbia. By the time we arrived near Bryce however it was quite late and nearly pitch black. I turned to Mike and said "This sucks! I was hoping for awesome views but it's all black and dark!! Grrrr." :)