Sean's New Mexico Photos: 2013

Photos of Carlsbad Caverns, NM - 03

Carlsbad caverns is as much a beautiful lighting art-installation as it is a wonderful natural phenomenon. It has been designed expressly to enhance natural formations. Experienced cavers maintain this extraordinary array of hidden light sources so we can all enjoy it from the park's comfortably paved paths.

Cave lighting - Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Carlsbad, New Mexico

Stalagmites and stalactites in Carlsbad Caverns

WTF is that!?

Caving Expedition rope ladder, Carlsbad Caverns, Carlsbad New Mexico

An old ladder left behind by one of the original
exploratory expeditions into Calrbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns Film Photos - 02

Some more film photos of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico Big Room, NM - Stalagmites and Stalagtites

Carlsbad Caverns Gypsum close-up New Mexico

NM Carlsbad Caversn NM Caves Caverns Stalagmite

Carlsbad Caverns Film Camera - 01

I took an old film Pentax down into Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico.

WTF?

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico - Popcorn cave formation - NM

Cave popcorn!

Carlsbad Caverns - Carlsbad, NM - New Mexico caves

Carlsbad Caverns closeup formation, Carlsbad, NM, USA

I've dabbled a bit with fully manual black and white film photography. I hadn't messed with color too much. Not having access to color film processing other than the local store, I pretty much wound up having to scan and salvage what I could digitally. Overall, it was an important learning lesson. Still, I think I got a few interesting images out of it.