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Hey all!

I joined a few weeks ago and could not be more thrilled. These forums are an absolute blessing. All I want to talk about is graphic design, art, music, and modern culture. Thank you for having this place.

This is me. I’ve been working prepress for over 20 years, designing, building and administrating simple websites (HTML and Flash) for 5 years and am now finally starting off on a freelance design career.

If I won the lottery I would travel a lot, party, buy a couple of houses and get a Master’s Degree in something.

The whole Zendada thing started waaaaay back. I actually came up with the term after watching Zardoz starring Sean Connery directed by Boreman. Great flick.

Anyway, I’ve just returned from a two week mental palette cleanser. No better place than here to show it.

Here is a pictorial series of posts about my trip with brief commentary.

I have pictures to astound, amaze and entertain you with. These are the select few but only being able to post three shots a post, this thread will undoubtedly roll over.

Comments proceed the pics.


We flew into Houston to catch another flight. It was a stormy day. A shot from the airplane.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c001m.jpg



We caught our flight then headed to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon!
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c002m.jpg



These little steel disks are all over the place there. But you really have to look for them.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c003m.jpg

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The Grand Canyon is amazing. Another shot from above.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c007m.jpg



This is a chick that fell down from a nest over our doorsill when we stayed at the Marble Canyon Lodge. It was rescued.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c008m.jpg



The next day we hit the Colorado River. Yep, we rafted right through the Grand Canyon.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c009m.jpg

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Here I am doing a Slim Pickens ride on the side pontoon of our raft. We had a group of 30, two rafts, 15 people each.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c011m.jpg



Soaking in the amazing views.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c013m.jpg

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Here I am sitting in what they call the “bathtub”.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c016m.jpg



This is why they call it the “bathtub”.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c017m.jpg



I felt like a tourist in NYC always looking up.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c021m.jpg

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Guess who?
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c026m.jpg



Another great view from the river.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c032m.jpg



The rock formations were incredible. Riding through the Grand Canyon on the river really gives you perspective not only in size, but in age.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c033m.jpg

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A view from my boat to the other.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c035m.jpg



No rapids this day. Just cruising and chilling.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c036m.jpg



A waterfall we hiked up to see.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c041m.jpg

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After the whole river thing, which was 6 days and nights of camping, we hit Vegas!
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c054m.jpg


Man was it nice to get a hot shower, room service, and get back to civilization again.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c050m.jpg



We stopped at M&M World. Surreal.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c057m.jpg

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Much like quicksand, m&ms will shift to afford the least space needed as demonstrated by the pink as opposed to the aqua.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c056m.jpg



We also caught the second night of the opening of the new Cirque de Solel show, Love. This is the display in the Mirage. All original Beatles music. Its an ok show. Theyhave done better.
http://www.zendada.com/canyon2006/images/c051m.jpg



Gah! What a long series of posts. Hope it was enjoyable and inspiring.

[morea]

WOW! What incredible photos! What are you shooting with?

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WOW! What incredible photos! What are you shooting with?

Canon PowerShot S500 are the first few until I dropped it in the sand. :(

The others are Pentax Optio Waterproof, which I had to borrow.

[morea]

shoot, mines a Canon PowerShot S2 1S - I wonder if they're related :D

[balou]

What a great trip! So what strange M&M trinket did you carry home?

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What a great trip! So what strange M&M trinket did you carry home?


Just the pics. It was fascinating surreal marketing.

[D-Frag]

awesome pics man, I love the canyon I try to go up north as much as possible.

welcome to the GDF! enjoy your stay ;)

[reuber1]

Those are some pretty solid pics, man. Great shots! I want a camera of that quality.

[cornfed]

Nice pics! I shoot with an old Canon AE1 and a really old Grayflex Century Graphic Special. I love them both!

Those little discs are geological survey discs. I saw a website a while back that lets you register your photo and the location of the discs. They are all over the place in the wierdest of places. I'm not sure how, but they are somehow related to gps devices now. I think the older and more hidden they are, the better the find.

Welcome! I'm new here, too.