Grapevine Hills, Texas -Anne McKinnell Photography

Grapevine Hills, Texas

This is Grapevine Hills in Big Bend National Park, Texas. You have to drive 7.5 miles on an extremely bumpy road that requires a high clearance vehicle or 4 wheel drive. It took a lot longer than expected because you have to drive so slowly. That’s why I always like to leave early for the sunset shoot – you just never know what is going to try to stand in your way! The trail you can see in the valley is the trail we hiked out to get to balanced rock from yesterday’s post.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 at 9:37 am. It is filed under Big Bend National Park, North American Adventure, Texas and tagged with big bend national park, grapevine hills, national park, texas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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Alexander says:

March 28, 2012 at 10:16 am

What a beautiful image, no words needed!
Alex

LensScaper says:

March 28, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Super view through to those distant hills and wonderful evening light.
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Siddhartha Joshi says:

March 28, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Wow…stunning! I am traveling through some rocky mountains too for the past few days…I look forward to sharing some of those. Nothing quite as spectacular as this though
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Chuck Bruton says:

March 28, 2012 at 3:08 pm

Anne,
I posted that this is one of the best images I’ve seen from the
Bid Bend area………well done !

John S. Mead (@BlueLionPhotos) says:

March 28, 2012 at 6:09 pm

Amazing shot! Reminds me of Mars!
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Steve says:

March 29, 2012 at 3:27 am

Very nice, Anne. Great exposure(s). Looks illustrative more than photographic. Looking forward to your new book.

Mark Neal says:

March 29, 2012 at 6:58 am

Beautiful shot, Anne. The overall tone is very nice. Dramatic and peaceful at the same time. Great work.
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Toad Hollow Photography says:

March 29, 2012 at 9:26 am

What an absolutely gorgeous scene, Anne!
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Jay Taylor (aka Sirfishalot) says:

April 2, 2012 at 11:42 pm

Wow, what a breathtaking scene Anne! Awesome detail and color, thanks for taking us there.
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Anne McKinnell says:

April 14, 2012 at 3:38 pm

Hi Jay, Sorry for the late reply, I have had very limited internet access lately. Thank you very much for your comments on the Grapevine Hills image. It was an amazing scene to behold! I’m glad I did it justice. It was one of my favourite places in Big Bend.