Quick post here to let anyone seeking fall colors in Arizona that Escudilla Mountain is ablaze in golden aspens right now. I haven’t finished a full portfolio from my trip, but wanted to share a few shots from the area in the event any googlers out there are wondering if they should go. The mountain seems to be peaking right about now — first week of October 2009. Some patches of aspens have already dropped their leaves while others are still green, but the bulk of the mountain is gorgeous!

Here is my lovely campsite looking North to Escudilla Mountain. Excellent sunrise and sunset spot!

Other areas like Fossil Springs, Mogollon Rim, Oak Creek Canyon are probably a week or two out from peak. I did some scouting on my trip and found Escudilla (at ~8000 feet and higher) the best. Check these links from the US forest service, however remember that these reports are spotty at best!

• Coconino National Forest
• Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
• Kaibab National Forest

I spent last weekend at Fossil Springs with the Arizona Wilderness Coalition picking up trash and breaking up fire rings. Fossil Springs is one of Arizona’s great wonders — a truly remarkable place. Much of the canyon is designated a federal wilderness area and thanks to the hard work of the AWC Fossil Creek is now Arizona’s second wild and scenic river.

Here is a slide-show of my still photos from the trip.

And here is a video I made with my Canon G10 doing some underwater video of the spring. Make sure the HQ is on for the best quality!

Again, many thanks to the Arizona Wilderness Coalition for not only a great trip, but for all the dedication and hard work on preserving Arizona’s wild places! Please check them out and consider joining! www.azwild.org.

I finally got around to making my time lapse video from my trip to Utah in early August. Been so busy!! Time lapse is fun, but it takes a lot of patience to shoot and a few hours at least in Sony Vegas to render. Just to make it longer than a 20 second video, I peppered in some of my photos from the trip to and tried my hand at some Ken Burns effects.

Alpine Awesome in Utah from Jason Corneveaux on Vimeo.

The 2 of the 3 time lapse sequences were all shot with my Canon 40D in sRAW (one shot in jpg) and triggered with a Canon TC-80N3 intervalometer. sRAW files were batch tonemapped in photomatix. Vimeo won’t allow me to embed the HD version, so if you want to see it, check it out here: www.vimeo.com/6441791

I’m back from an amazing adventure to the high mountains of Utah. Spent some time with my dad and step-mom, and captured some great new images. Much of my previous photography has focused on desert southwest subjects, so this trip was particularly fun because I got to visit some places of my childhood and experience them from behind the camera lens. It sure was a nice time!

I have the pictures available for viewing and print ordering in my zenfolio gallery here: photos.corneveaux.com/alpine Below is also a nice sideshow if you prefer.

And finally, here is one of my ‘ridiculuoramas’ — a 360° panorama taken from the top of Mount Timpanogos. Sitting by the hut at the top you can see my hiking buddy Szabi. Please note you have to scroll to the left to view the entire image.