Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Desert Glow...
Mesa Arch ~ Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Imagined October 2012, Finished October 2014.
The Morning Star has risen above Mesa Arch, visible for those fleeting moments where sun is still below the far horizon. The light is narrow on the edge of the desert above the La Sal Range. Follow us at louisannimage.com © 2014 All Rights Reserved. A single image - Canon 7D, Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm, 1.6 s @ f/9.0, ISO 100, PS CC, NIK Viveza Custom Profiles
Juniper on the edge.. Canyonlands, NP
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Ancient Juniper #2
White Rim, Island in the Sky - Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Another previously unpublished image from the American Southwest. Canon 7D ~ EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 135.0 mm, 1/200 s @ f/9.0, ISO 200.
Gold Morning...
Gold Morning...
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Ancient Juniper...
Ancient Juniper #1 - White Rim, Island in the Sky - Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Another previously unpublished image from the American Southwest. Canon 7D ~ EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 135.0 mm, 1/200 s @ f/9.0, ISO 200.
Details.. Canyonlands NP, UT
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Green River Gorge...
Canyonlands NP - West from Island in the Sky. 4 image HDR Bracket Set - Canon 7D, EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ f/9, ISO 100
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The sun breaks at Mesa Arch, Version II - Where few tread...
Our #1 'Bucket List' location... Yes, there's no shortage of images of this scene, here on SM or elsewhere. Every image has a different feel, season or perspective - but all are spectacular. But still, we needed our own view. I've long dreamed of standing here to photograph what is likely the most familiar southwestern sunrise view ever published. Red and I planned two mornings and two evenings in Moab, UT. to be sure we could visit Mesa Arch first in the daytime, to plan and scout our our sunrise return. Approximately a quarter-mile hike from the Islands in the Sky Mesa Arch trailhead in Canyonlands National Park, getting to the arch and staking claim to a decent tripod spot meant departing Moab at about 4:30 AM for a 7:00ish sunrise. We had read that some mornings, 40+ tripods are fighting for a view - when in reality, only about 3 spots provide a perfect perspective. We were early enough to claim one of those 3! So, for about an hour - with sunrise at the halfway point, we composed and bracket-shot about 450 images from which to work both single and HDR images. Shifting from our 10-20MM to our 24-70MM we went about feverishly capturing the ever changing scene. Funny thing though... we'd like to return and do this again - without a camera... and just soak it all in.
Viewed in 'Largest Size' you will see 'Washer Woman Arch.' She's the left of two formations rising from the valley floor - just left of image-center. A rock appearing as a woman wearing a long dress working her wash - facing the sun.. The arch is more visable of course, if viewed from further south (right) looking back northward (left.)
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Some ask why the bottom of the arch glows so.. As the sunlight illuminates the red earth of the cliff below the arch and then bounces upward, it strikes the bottom of the arch and creates the mystical red/orange glow...
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Red at Canyonlands NP, UT
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Desert Life...
Mesa Arch Trail, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands NP, Utah
Face of the Chief - Green River Gorge Overlook, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands NP, Utah
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Green River Gorge Panorama - Nine Image Merge - From Green River Overlook, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park
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Green River Gorge at Sunset - From Islands in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park - Utah
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Green River Gorge, Canyonlands, NP
6 Exposure HDR
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November 18, 2012 - Mesa Arch - A stitched set of ten portrait-aspect images, depicting an ultra-compressed, 180 degree view, standing about 30 feet to the right of the arch. From Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
One needs to have stood here to really appreciate how large this scene really is.. The LaSal Mountains float on the middle horizon and right below, although not easy to see, is Washerwoman Arch and the further back, the formation known as the 'Airport.' The Colorado River has cut a gorge so deep, the view from the east side of the Island in the Sky area almost never allows a glimpse.. Open this in X3 to get a better sense of the view..Mesa archcanyonlands national parkcanyonlandsutah
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