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Diamond Creek Beach 2016

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We had the executive campground with 4 private stalls. Fortunate since we forgot the shovel. Unedited windows phone pic.

View of the Diamond Creek Campground south of the beach we camped at. Unedited windows phone pic.

View of Diamond Creek Beach and the Colorado river from the campground above the beach we camped at. 3 shot pano from my Windows phone with no edits.

Hualapai River Runners setting up before the tour group comes down.

View of Diamond Creek Beach and the Colorado River from the bottom of the Grand Canyon. 13 pictures of 5 shot brackets HDR'd in Photomatix set to Exposure Fusion Natural for a total of 65 shots.

Hualapai River Runner crew setting up

Hualapai River Runners arriving at 9am

5:13am at Diamond Creek Beach. Astronomical start at 4:50am, Nautical start at 5:21am, civil start at 5:51am and sunrise at 6:17am

Milky Way from the bottom of the Grand Canyon at 5:09am. My first time out trying this type of shot.

structure on the way to Diamond Creek Campground

Star trails from the Colorado river. My first attempt ever at star trails. Unfortunately this one came out the best.

Campfire at Diamond Creek Campground.

It was a bit dark with not too many stars out yet... luckily we had a campfire, flashlights and a head lamp walking into my brackets :) I swear i kept hearing something moving in the water and something moving in the bushes.

Diamond Creek that feeds into the Colorado River. Had to drive through the creek serveral times on the way down as it criss-crossed the gravel road. Luckily there wasn't much water. 13 second exposure at 7:22pm. Increased saturation & exposure levels

Hualapai River Runner boats. 3 pictures at 3 brackets stitched in Photomatix. The next morning the Hualapai River Runners came and atatched motors to these and used hand pumps to fully inflate them.

Single shot view of Diamond Creek Beach at 6pm with 3 shot bracket using 8mm fisheye for about a 112 degree view.

Colorado River in the Grand Canyon as seen from Diamond Creek Beach. 3 shots with 3 brackets each at 8mm combined in Photomatix, stitched in Autopano and tweeked in photoshop.

Finally got to Diamond Creek Beach. Took about 2-1/2 hours for the 21 mile drive down. This is the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. 2 8mm fisheye shots stitched together for more than a 180 degree view.

A shot of what was behind us during the drive down to Diamond Creek Beach. This was about 5:30pm.

Heisman pose

setting up the Theta

of couse somebody had to check it out. here's the 2nd trip down with the Theta.

Interesting structure at the entrance of Indian Route 6

Diamond Creek Road entrance