CD Cover Today, I’m honored to have one of my photos used as artwork on New Zealand born Composer Annea Lockwood’s Ground of Being CD album cover.  An Emeritus Professor at Vassar University, Ms. Lockwood creates music from sounds in nature – wind, water and rocks - and “found instruments.” 

Her expansive body of work explores unique acoustic and electronic instrument sounds in natural settings.  The album is available at http://www.recitalprogram.com/ground-of-being/. Nature's Grand Design, The Wave, North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona-Utah Border“Nature’s Grand Design”: Dramatic swirl patterns in Navajo Sandstone formation, laced with mineral deposits, at the other worldly “Wave,” North Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, Arizona-Utah Border. Equipment: Nikon D70 camera, AF-S Nikkor 18 - 70 mm 3.5-4.5G ED lens, B&W Polarizer Filter, Gitzo G1325 tripod, Manfrotto 486 RC2 ball head. Exposure: f/25 at 1/3 sec.

The featured photo, Nature’s Grand Design, is apropos for sounds in nature, showing a cross section of striated Navajo Sandstone at the iconic Wave, North Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, Arizona-Utah Border.   This same image was featured in Capture My Arizona’s 2013 calendar.  Exhumed Sand Dunes, The WaveExhumed sand dunes in an other worldly geological wonderland. The Wave, North Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs.

For more information on the unique geology of the Wave and nearby areas, see:  The Wave: Landscape Photography in a Geological Wonderland; White Pocket Landscape Photography: Weather on the Plateau; Whirlwind Photography Trek: Arizona and Utah – Lake Powell. 

< Nature's Grand Design, Striated Navajo Sandstone, Capture My Arizona Photo of the Day, Nikon D70 0.3s at f/25

My thanks to Producer Sean McCann (Recital Records) and Ms. Lockwood for the opportunity to be part of such a creative, far reaching project.

< The Wave, Nikon D70, 1/15 at f/22

Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer  

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