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I'm really excited to share this one.
Though often photographed, Horseshoe Bend is one of my favorite views in the world. Because you can't see the immense vista until you walk up to the precipice, the combination of heart-stopping beauty and adrenaline-pumping vertigo packs a punch unparalleled by any other view I can think of, including the Grand Canyon.
The New Year's Eve blizzard buried Page in a rare blanket of snow, and this was the incredible result on Horseshoe Bend.
this has hung in a window in our home for as long as I can remember. on those rare sunny afternoons, it casts beautiful little rainbows all over the library and the stairs.
boosted a little to bring out the colours.
check out the physics of the rainbow.
Explored, 18 November 2013. Thank you all for your kind comments, faves and group awards for this image!
Canyon Bend. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
A bend in the canyon narrows, Death Valley National Park.
Slot canyons and “narrows” are among the most compelling desert landscapes. Most desert spaces tend to be exposed, open to the sky and wind, and blasted by the midday sun. The spaces seems horizontally oriented, often with a distant horizon and perhaps low mountains ascending from playas. The canyons contrast with this in almost every way. They are places of shade, often protected from wind, and the distant horizontal views are cut off, replaced by close surfaces covered with angles and curves.
It turns out that there are many smaller canyons in Death Valley. In fact they may be among the least-known and most interesting features of the place. There are a few that are popular, but most are a bit off the beaten path and some are downright difficult to get to. Their lonely quality is part of their charm, and I hope it stays that way. This particular spot presents a fascinating combination of the blue-light shadowed stratified walls, the water stained face in the warmer light above, and the canyon floor covered in gravel washed down by flowing water.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Yet another image created using intentional camera movement (ICM) techniques.
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A monochrome version of Horseshoe Bend. I posted a color horseshoe bend pic a couple of weeks ago. This is not an identical comp, it was taken from a different (and less precarious) perch that provided a bit more angle on the river.
I keep thinking I am coming to the end of the postable photos from my New Years trip to Nevada/Utah/Arizona with friends Kevin Benedict and Josh Krasner, but then I keep finding "one more thing" that I like enough to work on. Sometimes monochrome shots reveal detail and beauty in landscapes that appeal greatly to me. I particularly liked the "oily" look of the water in this picture. The monochrome also lends a sense of the timelessness of this classic western US landscape.
Horseshoe Bend is one of the most photographed areas on the Colorado River, located just north of Grand Canyon and outside Page, Arizona. It is accessible via hiking a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) round trip from U.S. Route 89. The overlook is 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above sea level, and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet (980 m) above sea level, making it a 1,000-foot (300 m) drop.
For Flickr Lounge weekly theme - A curving line.
And 52 weeks the 2015 Edition weekly theme - Breaking the rules.
The Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona. This is one half of the bend.
I've shot this location twice, once during the daytime and again at sunset. While I was there for the sunset I decided that I was going to try to get more comps than just the wide shot of the bend that everyone that goes there gets. This is one of the shots.
I still have allot of photos from Utah and Arizona that need to be processed.
Explore - Sep 14, 2011 #74
Long story short, moved out on my own right after Brickworld this year, car blew up on me, and life was generally crazy. Just last month finally got my entire collection set up to a usable state!
So builds will be coming more frequently!
Anywho, here's SteamBoat Bender.
Playing with the 'Pixel Bender' plug in from Adobe with the previous post for fun and creativity.
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I dug this out of my files, this was taken on April of 2010. Its quite a rush standing on the edge of a 600+ foot bluff. I actually lowered my tripod and sat in the lotus position to get these shots, much safer. Its a great location, I was hoping for a boat to come around the bend to offer a bit of perspective but it never happened.
All C&C is welcome
Desert Bend
Kelc surprised me with a trip to Lake Powell for my first *almost* father's day. It was an absolute blast! On our way back home we stopped at Horseshoe Bend, the Grand Canyon and a few other places. To top it off we even got caught in the middle of severe thunderstorm and I snagged a few pretty ridiculous lightning shots from inside the hail core.
Here's the first shot from our trip. I tried to do something different from here, but man has this area been overshot. In any case I hope you enjoy this one. I've got a handful of other shots from here that I may end up doing something with, at some point.
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
I have always wanted to take this picture, and make it pretty since I got serious with photography. This photo shoot took most effort, i had to extend the tripod about 2 yards off the edge of a hundred yard drop, lay on the edge, and try and pray it comes out. Total shoot out time = 2 hours, and scratched up tripod, totally worth it! (14mm, f16, 1/30s, 5 exposures, photoshop, photomatix hdr, nik color pro4)
Fairly typical shot of Horseshoe Bend but I wanted one for myself. The shooting of this was anything but typical for me. I had read multiple times that you have to get right up to the edge of the canyon to get this shot but nothing prepared me for reality.
It clearly was not a big deal for most people as they were skipping around from rock to rock flirting with death as far as I am concerned. I'm not sure when exactly I became afraid of heights. I still distinctly remember hanging over balconies and even jumping from apartment to apartment back when I was in College but somewhere along the line I became paralyzed by heights.
I never actually even saw this scene with my own eyes. I had to crawl up to the edge with live view on and shoot this series. I was a bit away from where people usually setup as I figured it would look fairly awkward to be the lone guy crawling to the edge amongst a sea of photographers...
Anyway, my take on Horseshoe Bend, beautiful place but I doubt I'll ever go back.
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A nice little scene with ivy-ranked trees in my local forest. The bending road caught my eye as the scene was flooded with golden light of the setting sun. By the time this photo was edited, the scene had already turned into green.
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