After a long workshop season I am finally home for a short break. I have, by far, the largest backlog of work I have ever had to process (a great problem I know ) and I decided to go ahead and show this one first.
This is Tatahatso Point on the Grand Canyon proper, and a very special and remote place that I had been skunked 8 times in a row with little to no clouds. The size and scale of the place is simply impossible to comprehend in photos! It is about a mile wide and deep (makes Horseshoe Bend look microscopic in comparison)! And, IMO, one of the very best places on the Grand Canyon to camp in the remote and see the Milky Way at night. Just make sure you get a Navajo permit and have a good GPS!
Last week, I spontaneously decided to give the group the option of a extra FREE day by going to this location with the intent of ending our awesome journey together with a bang. I checked all the weather reports and radar and such and although they predicted clear boring blue skies, I knew by experience that sometimes (especially in the monsoon season) the skies tend to make their own weather.
Those who remained with me, suffered 3 tire blow outs to get here (but I always come hyper prepared) but were treated to both a very nice sunset with the moon right down the middle! Then in an AM, soft morning light and awesome surreal dappled pink clouds across the entire horizon. We had major smiles on our faces while shooting side by side and various hoots and hollers could be heard too. Lastly, a mad dash to Flagstaff (including 3 separate car washes) got me on the plane, as the last person, as the doors were closing!
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Sony A7R
Canon 14L2 (my favorite landscape lens in the world)
16:9 Aspect Ration Mode on the A7R
F/5.6 (the sharpest f/stop for the lens)
1/15th shutter
200 ISO (Native ISO)
Single file with conservative processing.
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Oh dude, this is far and above my favorite shot I have seen from you. Love the symmetry, the lighter tones, the natural looking processing, and of course the clouds. Good job man. I would be proud to have this shot in my portfolio.
Nice work here. And nice work to take a chance on that location. Sometimes one just doesn't know, and also I have found weather reports can only take us so far, and sometimes experience with the weather is more important than the reports themselves.
This has a Horseshoe Canyon feel to it, but with more rocks in the foreground. The clouds definitely worked out nicely.
Hi Mark, I think you really succeeded in capturing this photograph. I love that the land is bathed in light into the deepest crevices and all the way to the distant ridges. The composition is good, if straight forward. A well done photograph, but not one of my favorites of yours ... the light is just so uniform that I don't find it as interesting as some of your other work.
Mark, you need to learn how to fly a helicopter. No more blown tires :P
The image is amazing man. For me the clouds really make the shot. The scattered clouds is just an awesome sight. I am sure in person, the viewing must be heavenly.
) and I decided to go ahead and show this one first. 