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We Stood Underneath the Skies, Overcast as They Were (Badlands National Park)

We Stood Underneath the Skies, Overcast as They Were

And talked while sharing stories of the American West

There are many sights, some with a sad and horrific tale of deeds done

But nature doesn’t stop as the prairie grasses sway with the wind

For across this enchanted land, history had taken place

Under the towering pinnacles of the Badlands eroding in time.

 

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in Badlands National Park from an overlook at Panorama Point. With the overcast skies, I decided to angle my SLR camera slightly downward, minimizing that while also attempting to add a since of depth across the badlands formations from this overlook. I later used a Pro Contrast and Skylight CEP filter in Capture NX2 for the final image to address what I felt was the more muted colors from the overcast skies above.

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Uploaded on July 5, 2018
Taken on May 12, 2018