In 2017, my wife and I embarked on a three-week journey to explore the "Mighty Five" National Parks in Utah: Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches. For me, the highlight was Bryce Canyon. It is truly unique, with its vast expanse of towering sandstone hoodoos that create a visually mesmerizing landscape.

Bryce Canyon stretches for miles along an east-facing escarpment on the regional plateau. The distance from the Visitor Center to the southern end of the park is 17 miles, or 27 kilometers. Along this route, there are numerous overlooks and trails that offer stunning views of the hoodoo formations. The canyon is named after Ebenezer Bryce, a Mormon pioneer rancher who settled in the area in the late 1800s. He famously described his canyon as a "hell of a place to lose a cow."

There is so much to see here, and we spent three days exploring. To capture the grandeur of the scene, I primarily used a 16-35 mm zoom lens on a full-frame camera. However, more than in many other places I've visited, I discovered smaller, captivating scenes within the expansive landscape.

One example of this is a shot taken from Bryce Point with a 100 mm lens on a crop sensor camera. It captures a section of hoodoo ridge where the Peek-A-Boo Trail passes through an opening, and a couple of hikers have paused to chat.