Balanced Rock - Arches National Park - Click image to view larger!

Tm, I know it well, but you had the good fortune of snow too! Curious what you used to light paint the foreground? I'm so glad you had a good time in my stomping grounds.

Thanks David! I was out there 2 days/nights in a row at 4,5AM in 9 degree Fahrenheit  to do startrails images but it's fullmoon and my remote timer sort of broke. So, I gave up on the 2nd day and decided to do some paint with light. The rock was painted with my Stanley $17 LED light from Walmart (it's a big flash light). I've done a bunch but only this one came out ok since it's my first time trying something like this. There's a lot of potential if the background was more spectacular, I think. 

Spectacular.

I guess the experience and the image worth the two days out.

Regards.

Thanks Saad! LOL, what you said probably sum it up well since this is the third time I've been here and there is still a lot I've not seen. I will be back for sure ... may be, in the summer when it's warmer  :-)

Tm, I personally recommend late spring or into the autumn. Temperatures are brutal in Arches and Canyonlands from late June through mid-September. We go in mid-October about every two years, and always have lovely weather. Timed with specific moon phases can make for some awesome star/moon photo opportunities. Winter, as you have seen, can also be a wonderful time, but it is harder for my wife to get away.

Thanks David! I will keep your infor. in mind. We've been here 3 times and still have a lot of stuff we have not seen yet