Using Mother Nature for my off camera flash as I captured this scene on the west side of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend. Reminds me of scenes I've seen in Texas Highways magazine. I saw the Yucca as I drove passed it and thought it would really add to the scene I wanted to capture of sunset in this great national park treasure. It's definitely worth an evening drive if you are ever in Big Bend at sunset and want to see some dramatic scenery that can only be enjoyed this way during the last hour of sunlight. Photo by Steve Coyle Photography (www.stevecoylephotography.com)
This century cactus was in bloom close to the entrance to the Window trailhead in the Chisos Basin campground while we were there last week. Unfortunately it was in a position that necessitated going into a campsite to get this angle for the image I wanted to capture and there was someone in that campsite. They left before we did on our last morning in the park and the late morning sun lit the blooms on the cactus quite nicely. I'm glad I got to see this in bloom. A beautiful temporary addition to a beautiful scene. Photo by Steve Coyle Photography (www.stevecoylephotography.com)
Sunrise last week on the road that descends from the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park. A front had moved through the day before and brought rain to the Chihuahuan Desert. The fog developed over night and as we drove down from the Chisos Basin to catch sunrise, we could see the fog starting to come up the roadway. Luckily the timing was perfect to catch the sun peaking on the lower mountains of the Chisos Basin in the direction of Panther Junction and the fog that had enveloped the desert floor. Being above the clouds like this in the desert was a unique experience that I had never seen in my previous visits to this remote area of Texas. Photo by Steve Coyle Photography (www.stevecoylephotography.com)
