Sunbathing
This photo was shot back at Zion National Park during that same mini-vacation trip with my girlfriend and her family. The landscapes, peaks and rivers were so absolutely beautiful but I’ll share more about those in a future post, however, the next best thing to the nature around me, was all the damn tourists. It felt like each country in the world had a representative tourist at Zion that day, I heard all kinds of languages, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish, Tongan, YOU NAME IT, them foos were there. Anyway, the point is, the next best thing from nature watching was all the people watching I got to do.
Everyone stuck to their little tribes, as usual, but every now and then you would find a stray. Someone that disconnected from the group to explore on their own accords. THOSE were the people worth watching and here’s why. Usually those who stick within the group are doing it for one reason or another, it could be that they’re young and unable to leave their parents sights while in a large national park, reasonable in honesty. Other times, it could be that some people enjoy the safe bubble, reasonable as well. HOWEVER, those who say FUCK IT and wander off a bit off the path (with sensibility of course)are usually rewarded with that once in a life time experience that only themselves will ever hold in their memory banks. I saw one of those people and I watched.
What ended up happening lead to a pretty sweet shot. There was a group of french travelers that were resting under a tree near the Virgin river that runs through all of Zion and as I crossed a bridge heading back from a trail, I noticed one of them, the female in the photo, walk away from the group. She began to tighten her sandals and walk straight into the cold running river. I watched, took notice and saw that she made it to this rock that was dead center in the river. She then laid on the rock and sunbathed for a while. I saw the opportunity, as she did and took the shot. (idk whats the story with the people sitting behind her lol)