This morning, the workshop group traveled to Mesa Arch for a sunrise shoot. Since I had been here two days ago, I concentrated  on photographing the scenery around the arch like the rock formation above known as the Washer Woman. I think using black and white better defines the various layers in this image.

Just before sunrise, the trail to the arch turned into rush hour as a bus load of visitors from China flooded into the arch viewing area.  No one could recall ever seeing this many people in this spot, this early in the morning.  All of the visitors wanted to have their picture taken under the arch and one by one, they each got their picture. It made for quite a comical scene. I was amazed so many folks could crowd into an area that I thought was crowded with 11 photographers when I was here two days ago.

After the mayhem had subsided, I took another image of Mesa Arch…