Mark Metternich Offline Upload & Sell: On
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Ok, I admit that I am obsessed with seeking out, seeing and photographing all the accessible goosenecks (bends) on all 277 miles of the Grand Canyon from Lake Powell to the Grand Wash Cliffs. I'm already excited about being down there next March combining that obsession with that of photographing the best of the remote canyons of the SW (at least my favorites). For those who have not seen my other posts (of this location) this remote location is NOT Horseshoe Bend. This may be my favorite location I have ever been to in my life. Considerable rock climbing was necessary to get to the location. My first success was with someone from this forum that has a screw as loose as myself. Since then I have found much easier ways to do it.
There is something about this spot that cannot be relayed in photos. A "sacredness" is the only word I can come up with. A quiet. The ocassional sound of the Grand Canyon boat tours. No people. Remoteness. A doubling up of echos (on calm days) when you yell into the canyon that becomes an orchestra of voices. The ocassional sound of thunder that really is chunks of rock ocassionally falling the 1500 feet down the walls. Sacred. Special. I have spent a handful of nights here alone and have relished in it.
Tech stuff:
This was shot with the Canon 5D Mark2, with the 14mmL2. I interpolated a copy of the file up a bit so as to use the same moon in the very same location, but to prevent the ultra wide lens from rendering it a single pixel speck. I wanted it to look more like what the eye saw. Rendering here was conservative, done almost exclusively in ACR.
Canon 5D Mark2
Canon 14mmL2
f/5.6 (sharpest f/stop)
Single shot
100 ISO
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