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Double Arch Arches National Park Moab Utah 2019

Arches National Park – Americana Collection

Double Arch began as a pothole collecting water atop the Entrada Sandstone comprising most of the formations in Arches National Park. Centuries of erosion resulted in the negative space around the current stone formation.


camera: NIKON D3 | lens: AF Nikkor Zoom 14-24mm f/2.8G
focal length: 15mm | exposure: f/13 – 1/500th second – ISO 250


Double Arch Arches National Park Moab Utah 2019

Arches National Park – Americana Collection

Double Arch is easily accessible and one of the most visited sites in Arches National Park, Moab Utah. A path meanders through desert greenery from parking lot to the base of the unique Entrada Sandstone geological formation.


camera: NIKON D500 | lens: AF Nikkor Zoom 24-70mm f/2.8G
effective focal length: 75mm | exposure: f/13 – 1/500th second – ISO 250


Weathered Red Door urban art Danville Illinois 2019

Weathered Red Door – Americana Collection

In Feng Shui, Chinese philosophy of colors, relationships, and arrangements, a red door means welcome. However in art symbolism related to Western culture, a closed red door carries the messaging of secrecy or prohibition of entry. As the only apparent opening in a brick wall mosaic, how do you read the meaning of this weathered red door as urban art in Danville, Illinois?


camera: iPhone 5s | lens: back camera 4.2mm
focal length: 4.2mm | exposure: f/2.2 – 1/275th second – ISO 32