Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 03/01/2026A old gas station in Levan Utah. At one time this road was one of the main routes through the state. After the freeway bypassed the town there was lees need for as many gas stations and it's slowly crumbling away. 📷 #ShenHao hzx45-iia 🎞️ #Kodak #TMax 400 📍 #Levan #Utah #LargeFormat 0130
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 30/12/2025An oddity of Delta Utah. These are supposedly solar collectors to generate cheap electricity. Turns out it was a scam to get money, they were never proven to work. Now these 4 story tall arrays slowly crumble outside the edge of town. 📷 #Hasselblad #503cxi 🎞️ #Kentmere 400 #Delta #Utah 070
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Bison grazing in the Upper Geyser Basin outside the Old Faithful Inn #Bison #Yellowstone #UpperGeyserBasin 000
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Picture from our Trip to Yellowstone + Grand Teton and the shores of Jackson Lake. #GrandTeton #JacksonLake #Nikon 000
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Made a new video! youtu.be/Aw-zH75A7Mo #Overlanding #SanRafelSwell #BLMyoutu.beCLIMBING THE REEF: 5 Arches, 3 radioactive mines, 1 pictograph, all in an afternoon (E2/3)YouTube video by Explore Southwest 010
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Hauled a Large Format camera into the desert. I never know exactly how the colors with B&W will react. Still learning. Full video of the trip: youtu.be/lj1Gr2GrolU 📷Shen hao HZX45-IIA 🎞️Ilford FP4+ 🧪DDX #believeinfilm #filmphotography #LargeFormatFilm 2240
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though. #SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm 030
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though. #SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm 020
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though. #SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm 020
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though. #SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm 030
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though. #SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm 030
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though. #SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm 030
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Found these interesting terraced springs in the #Moab desert. They a result from 1940's drilling, not natural, but now all the high mineral content water is making #Yellowstone style terraces. New video about the trip: youtu.be/GpW0XHNVBmk #Utah #Overlanding #Canyonlands 090
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Basketball court with a view. I'm able to walk again. Got a new truck. Not the most ideal time of year for photography but it's literally been 2 months since I took a picture. It's about time to load another roll of film in the camera, go for a drive, and see what we discover. 🎞️#AnalogPhotography 0150
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Good to hear the Getty Villa survived the Palisades fires raging right now. It was a beautiful place to wander and admire ancient art. People are trying to politicize and divide the nation with this tragedy. People have died. Instead of joining the hate remember to #Lookforthehelpers 060
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Some of the abandoned farm houses around Ibapah from the end of my #PonyExpress trip. But I don't think any are old PE station remains. I know it's cliche but I wish I had brought some B&W film to shoot the old buildings. youtu.be/5y_kDfROzHw?... #LandscapePhotography #Overland #UtahHistory 030
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Sometimes the desert #sunrise will just blow up for you in purple and pink. From the second day driving on the #PonyExpress trail. We camped at the northern end of the #FishSprings Mountains. I got video of the amazing Deep Creek mountains but no pics. #LandscapePhotography youtu.be/5y_kDfROzHw 0120
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Here's an #astrophotography shot of #BalancedRock in #ArchesNP. (Mainly to see if an Arches feed is working). 2584
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 24/12/2024This is an abandoned bus in the middle of the #UtahDesert along the old #PonyExpress, #LincolnHighway trail. It's actually located in the middle of a hot springs complex in the salt flats. I just released a video of the trip out there: youtu.be/ZASYPuUPxJU?... #LandscapePhotography 2100
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 21/12/2024This is an old #WinterSolstice picture I did. It looked like the sun might line up with the two arches at sunset. Close but it set just to the right instead of through Tower Arch. This was also the most amazing #sunset I've ever experienced. Perfect conditions. #ArchesNP #LandscapePhotography 0150
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Testing how much of a panorama Bluesky will allow with a shot at the park. Shooting some #Ilford Delta400 on a modded #Fujifilm GW690II 6x9 medium format camera. It took some work to try to imagine the wide shots in the viewfinder. #Filmphotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #BlackAndWhite 0140
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I know they're out there but they usually hide from the crowds. This was the first time I saw a #DesertBighorn in the #SanRafaelSwell This was when I was down there recording a video about #RTT s. youtu.be/ZCVavqvwYvw?... #LandscapePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Utah 2482
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Totally unneeded personal update. The doctor says I can start putting weight on my foot again after 4 weeks. The healing looks amazing and I may be a hiker again in the future. But I have crazy cabin fever. This spring I want to do everything and go everywhere. So many plans of places to go. 020
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I saw this guy while while gardening and I had been wanting to try some macro photography. To me he was just a black spider but up close had some much more interesting color. Also the whole time he'd keep looking at me and I was terrified he was going to jump onto my camera. #macro #photography 1150
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Alignment of the Sun Tunnels out in Utah's West Desert. The art installation lines the tunnels up at the rise and set points of the sun at the summer and winter solstice. youtu.be/GVQ8RGh-PTw?... #SunTunnels #WestDesert #Utah #Photography #NikonZ8 #Overlanding #Offorad 0110
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Zion Narrows This is up at the beginning of the #WallStreet section of the #Narrows in #ZionNP. You have to head up early to beat the crowds to it but a few people are good for scale. Plus most people turn back earlier on the trail. Don't fear the crowds, expect them. #LandscapePhotography #NPS 0210
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 11/12/2024A collection of film shots from around the state. 🎞️ #FilmPhotography #Analog #landscapephotography #Ilford #NikonFM3a 0261
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 09/12/2024A little Bluesky engagement test. Instagram (1574 followers) vs Bluesky (131 followers) Even though Bluesky is a smaller platform and I got less followers it got more activity (plus they don't crop my vertical shots!) #Bluesky #Instagram #followers #photography #engagement 1120
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Lone tree on the #Oregon coast I wasn't used to shooting in thick but low coastal fog. It made the lighting really weird but that worked in the end to make it a little unreal. #SiletzBay #LandscapePhotography #NikonZ6 1151
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Rocks on the coast of Oregon. I'm much more of a fan of the rocky coasts than the sandy coasts. #CannonBeach #LandscapePhotography #NikonZ8 0290
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Planning trips for next year while bedridden. This was taken this spring looking out the back of the #HeadofSinbad in the #SanRafaelSwell. I noticed a road in the valley beyond. I found the route to it but is it truck sized or UTV? I wanna see that spire. #NikonZ8 #LandscapePhotography 0260
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 04/12/2024A collection of film photos from the desert and the salt flats. Cameo by my furry travel buddy @benjiwithonei.bsky.social who doesn't know how to clear the shot. 📷 #NikonFM3a 🎞️ #IlfordFP4+ ⚗️ #IlfordDDX #Utah #Westdesert #filmphotography #analogphotography 1320
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 04/12/2024It's so smoggy we can't see mountains anymore. Oh, to be back in clear skies... #photography #landscapephotography #utah #nikon 0131
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Wandering the downtown #Rome after the sun goes down. I always love the streets and tourist vibes after dark. #photography #streetphotography #NikonZf 1150
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This was on the back of a tombstone. In the cemetery of ghost town. In the middle of Utah's West Desert. Along the now unused section of the Transcontinental Railroad. Always keep your eyes open for the little things. Video of the trip: youtu.be/GVQ8RGh-PTw?... #Nikon #Utah #Photography #Railfans 0120
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Brian Head fire 2017 from Cedar Breaks. Apart from when it's on fire #CedarBreaksNM is an awesome overlooked National Monument. youtu.be/ZZGHRn7MKvQ?... #photography #landscapephotography #utah #nationalparks #GrandCircleTour 0240
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Room with a view. I'm going through old plans, maps, and documents thinking of where to go in spring when I'm mobile again. I've only ever seen 2 other pictures of this ruin so I can always recognize who's shot is being used by the clouds. #LandscapePhotography #Photography #NativeAmerican 0333
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Winter in the desert is amazing. The white of the snow, orange of the rock, and blue in the skies come together so well. #ArchesNP #Landscape #Photography 1180
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I did a solo trip to #Yellowstone one year; no plans, just pictures. Best pic I took was 200ft from a bustling campground. To the left is National Park Mountain. The apocryphal story is the Hayden expedition camped here and decided this should be preserved in some kind of national "park" system. 0100
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I don't have many pics taken on Thanksgiving but here's a mid November picture from Antelope Island. It's nice when the temps get low to kill off the bugs and the nightmare swarms of spiders. This year was very much a year for exploring the west desert. #Landscapephotography #Photography #Utah 0111
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I always see this on Thanksgiving, "Thanks to those on duty for the holiday" Yes, thanks. But equal thanks to all working today who AREN'T first responders. Just because you work at Taco Bell doesn't mean working on a holiday sucks less. You're not forgotten either. Thanks to ALL who work. 030
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Late season in the #Uintas. The plants are still green but storm was blowing icy sleet when it came down off the mountain. The warm summer weather is so fleeting in the mountains it's a wonder anything lives up there when you only get about 3 months between snows. #Landscape #Photography #Nikon 0210
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I'm laid up due to ankle surgery, but if it all goes well I can be a hiker again. Looking forward to hauling a bunch of film gear into the backcountry like a maniac. #Uintas #Photography #Largeformat 📷 Shen Hao 4x5 🎞️ #Kodak Tmax 400 ⚗️ #ilford DDX 3320
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024A dusting of snow always helps. An #astrophotography shot of the Milky Way in the Kolob Canyons section of #ZionNPS shot using a MoveShootMove tracker. Oddly enough you need two separate exposures with these, not because the sky is too dark but because the sky is too bright. #photography #Nikon 0160
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024My trusty #Toyota truck exploration vehicle hit a quarter million miles right at the east entrance to the #ZionNPS tunnel. Unfortunately I may be replacing it in the near future. But it's served me well. 010
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The end of a big storm always brings out the most dramatic skies. #photography #landscapephotography #utah 0270
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024#Utah specific post but my current post pandemic game is to order from Cafe Rio and see how close the actual order they get. They must have made some changes, they finally broke the 80% correct barrier. 010
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 26/11/2024It's gloomy cold and overcast today. Memories back to when things were warmer. #photography #Nikon #landscapephotography 0130
Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Shooting film and shooting B&W in such a colorful location isn't common, but it wasn't a "photo trip", just a fun relaxing overnight vacation to ZionNPS with 2 rolls of Ilford Delta 100🎞️. #Nikon #photography #NPS 0170
