You Wanted A Hit

....but maybe we don't do hits.

Yeah, not many of you will get the title and that's ok. I have recently been immersing myself with music and one of the bands I am stuck on is LCD Soundsystem. They have a new album and the title here is from that album. This one particular song's meaning, at least to me, is a response to another song on the album that they created to please their record label, changing their style a bit by making it more suitable to the masses.... not a long song, more catchy, etc. They seem to say, "Here's your hit song. We really don't do hits and we feel it's kinda weird. "

That's the background behind the title in a nutshell. How does it relate to my images? Well, I traveled to Zion a couple weeks ago to shoot fall colors there. My small group hit the Subway, the Narrows... although I decided not to go....the east side of the tunnel, Taylor Creek in the Kolob Canyons area, and some smaller, lesser known canyons outside of the park. Lots of great scenery with some nice fall colors in some areas. I think I went there trying to make a hit, trying to find that large view with amazing skies, large sandstone walls, fall colors all over, etc. However, none of that really made sense to me when I arrived. Instead, I had more fun and felt more comfortable slowing down and just taking it all in... finding fall color in the shadows of the bigger scenes. Maybe the fact that we had mostly bald blue sky helped, or I had simply wanted something different. Regardless, it felt right and I had fun.

Hope this all makes sense... or not

Canon 5Dmk2, 90mm TS-E