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A short ford from Mexico, horses graze and water along the United States bank of the Rio Grande. My vantage point was the Rio Grand Overlook along the Ernst Ridge Trail in Big Bend National Park in west Texas.
Horseshoe Bend is a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River near the town of Page, Arizona, United States. The meander is located slightly downstream of Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, about 6 kilometers south of Page. There is a lookout 1.2 kilometers walk (partly paved, partly unpaved) of the U.S. Route 89, where the meander can be viewed. The Horseshoe Bend can be visited daily from sunrise to sunset.
Source: Wikipedia
This is another shot from my time in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This is sunset at one of the many rock formations in the park along the scenic drive down to Santa Elena Canyon. I believe the light grey hills are actually ancient volcanic ash. The dark colored rocks scattered about the hills really made for some interesting contrast at this location.
Nikon Z 7 with NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8 lens and FTZ adapter @ 14mm, ISO 64, f/11, various shutter speeds. I focus stacked 4 images for depth of field, and 1 of those and another shot were for dynamic range in the sky, for a total of 5 exposures. Three shots at 1 second, one shot at .4 second, and another at 1/6th second.
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Horseshoe Bend is a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona, in the United States.
Horseshoe Bend is located 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Page. (Wikipedia)
Bend in Collins Creek as it makes it way downstream to the Little Red River...
Collins Creek, near Greers Ferry Lake and Heber Springs, Arkansas.
A path through Eola Bend, a county park attached to Minto Brown Island Park. Taken with a Vivitar 28mm f/2.0 Close Focus (by Komine).
Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona
I've always wanted to shoot Horseshoe Bend, which is part of the Colorado River Valley and located within Grand Canyon National Park near Page, Arizona. It's just one of those iconic shots that every landscape photographer seems to have, it's an amazing location and scene, and frankly, I was a bit tired (or perhaps jealous) admiring everyone else's great shots and not having one of my own. Fortunately, I got the opportunity to visit "the Bend" during my recent trip to the Southwest with Kevin Benedict and Sky Matthews.
Despite seeing literally hundreds of shots of from Horseshoe, I was not prepared for just how close you needed to get to the edge of the cliff to get the shot and just how sheer a drop off it really is - literally a thousand feet straight down despite what appears in the pictures to be a gentle slope off the edge. Making matters even more precarious was that the ground was still covered in snow which had become icy after several days of melting and refreezing. Needless to say, I was quite apprehensive as I approached the edge of the cliff (which has no rails for safety) to set up for my shot. In the end, I think my shot was well worth the effort (its pretty high up there among my list of personal favorites). That said, as I type this description, I am admittedly a bit queasy recalling my hour or two on the lip of the Bend. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do. Thanks for looking!
My son John is in the yellow hat.
John found the sport of rowing after many years of soccer. He fell in love with the sport. It was one of the best sports he could have chosen for building himself and his self confidence. The initiative and drive resulted in his excelling in athletics as well as academics and receiving a full ride scholarship to East Tennessee State University where he is completing his second year in Pre-Med. I would highly recommend rowing to anyone who has access to water and a team.
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CSXT 3324 leads manifest train CSX M653 eastbound out of Big Bend Tunnel in Talcott, West Virginia, along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision.
A different view than my last posting. This photo was taken at 21 mm vs. 14 mm which makes it less wide but also make things appear a bit closer. It was taken from a different location and is also framed differently.
The clouds provided by a recently passed storm soften the light at the Horseshoe Bend created by the erosion of the Colorado River. The site is located near Page, AZ and is upstream of the Grand Canyon and shortly downstream of the the Glen Canyon Dam that forms Lake Powell. As with other sites, people endanger themselves by doing such things as sitting on the edge of the cliffs which rise about 1,000 ft above the river.
Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 mm f/2.8 at 21 mm
1/250 sec at f/8 ISO 250
October 21, 2015
Oxbow Bend is beautiful in the morning light. But I think it's even prettier in full sun in the fall.
This is the first place I headed to as I came to Grand Teton NP. I'm glad I did, the trees seemed to be glowing in the sunlight. This is a two shot panorama.