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There are two arches visible in this image. These arches are found along a 4 wheel drive road in the southern portion of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
These images are from a recent trip to the American Southwest, with destinations of Arches National Park (Utah) and Monument Valley (Arizona). With me on the trip was Charlie Chapman 75 . We camped at both locations to have a better opportunity to photograph early and late in the day.
The landscape of the Double Arch, Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah, USA.
Le paysage de l'arche double dans le parc national de Arches, près de Moab, Utah, USA.
Double Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
A double arch is a variant of the basic arch recipe. Start with a sandstone fin. A depression on the top (aka, pothole) collects water which eventually seeps down and starts creating an alcove on either side. Eventually through freeze and thaw cycles coupled with wind erosion, the pothole and the alcoves erode to the point where they connect.
Explored June 1, 2014
Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA
This is one of the few night shoots I have been able to accomplish during my recent southwest trip, since most of times the sky was cloudy or overcast.
I arrived in the park around 1AM just before 1:20AM moonset, and realized the above clouds were covered most of park except some openings around Balanced Rock area. So I started the night shoot over there, and moved to the windows section while the clouds were moved. And I rushed to Double Arch area as soon as I saw the sky was clear at the top. There were two photogs were already there before me. We worked from different spots at different patterns to illuminate the rock, therefore most of my shots were not satisfactory with the distractions of light paint from others. We finally came to the agreement that each one took the turn to illuminate the rock, so everyone has his own time to do his own shoot. We tried on different ways of rock illumination, such as flash, light paint, reflection on the back. While we were busy coordinating each one for the shoots, the clouds gradually moved in, and ended our star exploration.
"Pot'O Gold Arch"
Shot it this arch yesterday morning's rain storm in the Alabama Hills.
Most of the time we see a rainbow we are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Eventually we will be in the right place at the right time. When the sun light is coming from behind your camera while it's raining overhead you're chances of catching a rainbow are a lot better.
Just before dawn this morning when I poked my head out of the tent, I noticed the cloudy sky had one of those "this is going to suck today" kind of skies but I went out and shot anyway. So, glad I wasn't watching the rainbow while having a latte with a saugage biscuit in the town of Lone Pine. Last rainbow I saw, I was delivering tri tip to a friend's BBQ. You know the excuses go on and for not catching any rainbows before.
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Bridge #161, The Double-Arched Bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, at East Marton
The original packhorse bridge was unsuitable for the heavy traffic of the busy A59. The solution was to build a second arched level to carry motorised traffic, over the top of the first
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Arches National Park - view with a fisheye lens inside the "dome" area for Double Arch. According to Moose Peterson - a bridal shoot happened during one of his visits and the couple posed on the rim of the arch in the lower right of this shot. She must have REALLY wanted that shot to climb up there in a wedding dress!
Outdoor Photographer now features a blog post that I wrote on night photography in Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
Here is the blog text:
"Of all the National Parks that I have ever visited in the US, Arches National Park is without a doubt the most iconic. Many millions of photographs have been shot here, and to come up with something different is not easy. That does not mean one shouldn’t try though, and I personally greatly enjoy the creative process of coming up with new possibilities to photograph iconic subjects.
Double Arch is one of them. One of the reasons it has been photographed so much is probably because it’s so close to the car park, but also because it’s a stunning piece of architecture by mother nature. When you’re standing below this imposing marvel of nature, it’s hard to not be impressed by the size and the beauty of this amazing structure. From my research for my visit to Arches, I learned that 99.9% of all the images of this arch are more or less taken from the same viewpoint. I’m sure one of the reasons for this is that you need some distance to get the whole thing to fit inside your frame – standing inside the arch is not going to work. However, if you don’t try to fit the whole scene into the frame, new possibilities arise.
I decided to move into the scene and resist the temptation of showing everything. Instead of moving as far back as possible to see the entire structure, I tried to find an interesting foreground and move in with my 14-24mm wide angle lens. The opening inside the smallest arch was my main point of interest, so I opted for a vertical composition with some room at the bottom for the rocks in the foreground and quite a bit of space at the top to show the height of this place. Another good reason to go for a vertical was that the vast majority of images taken of this arch are all horizontals.
My second decision was to photograph the arch at night and to bring out the details and colors by using a flashlight. The light painting would give me a lot of creative control over the look and feel of the image, so that was an important part of the shot. I wanted to include part of the Milky Way, which meant that I had only a very short window of time to take the shot – the position of the Milky Way in the night sky changes constantly and I wanted it to be in a diagonal direction.
I knew that this was going to be an exposure blend; one for the sky and one for the rocks. In order to get a many stars as possible, you need at least an ISO of 1600, but more often around 3200 or even 6400. Your shutter speed can not be longer than approximately 30 seconds, otherwise the stars will start to streak. For the rocks exposure I could shoot at a fairly low ISO to prevent noise, with a considerably longer shutter speed. And I needed some extra time to light paint such an enormous subject.
For the light painting I used my trusty assistant, my wife Daniella. She was positioned outside of the frame to the left, armed with a Surefire Invictus flashlight and colored gels. I first decided on the color temperature of the light, and then we started experimenting with the light painting. Light painting is all about seeing the unseen, so you have to previsualize everything. After a few test shots, I decided to focus most of the light on the foreground and the main arch so that those areas will grab your attention first. However, the inside of the main arch didn’t catch enough light at the angle that I preferred for the whole scene, so I decided to shoot a second exposure just for the main arch with the light positioned directly below it. I would then later merge these two exposures.
Meanwhile I constantly checked the night sky for the position of the Milky Way, and when it looked good, I shot my third exposure for just the sky, without any light painting. The three exposures were later merged in Photoshop." – Marsel van Oosten
Equipment and settings: Nikon D3, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G lens – Rock exposure: 1 minute @ f/5.6 and ISO 800; Sky exposure: 25 seconds @ f/5.6 and ISO 3200
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Looking for all the world like the remnant of an ancient gothic cathedral, Grosvenor Arch is a magnificent 200-foot tall sandstone double arch. Located in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Amazing Double Arch sunrise in the Arches National Park, Utah
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My wife and I visited Arches National Park today and I was lucky enough to come away with this capture of the Double Arch.
And the HDR shot of Double Arch. I just loved how this turned out! (Maybe it's b/c it was one of the last shots I got without people in it?)
Double Arch is located in the Windows Section of Arches National Park. It can be reached by a short hike and is amazingly beautiful to see up close. The arch has been used as the backdrop in filming many movies including "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Loved that movie!
Explored 11/22/2011 #142
The first night on my 2013 trip to Arches NP was a little too windy for me. I captured a few shots before going back to my hotel and getting out of the blowing sand.
For this image, I decided to try out this "Ansel Adams Look" I'd read about in Jason Odell's book on Capture NX2. The idea is to work with the LCH editor, making some adjustments, and then use a Black point and White point before converting to black & white.
The surroundings are almost better than the arch - this is a colorful area.
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Spring Break 2014 Day 2: St George, Utah area.
Light painting on this arch was assisted by my two new friends, Allen and Craig, from Texas (standing at the bottom of Double Arch). This northwestern view of the arch and the night sky was captured with a 30-second exposure (15mm Fisheye, f2.8, ISO 6400). Arches National Park, Utah.
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Light Painting light sources: The bluish light output of LED flashlights is NOT recommended for light painting natural formations. This arch had to be selected in PS and heavily color corrected, as the yellow-red part of the spectrum is almost totally missing from "white" LEDs. Incandescent lights (i.e. halogen) are preferred, even though they consume more battery power.
Filtering LED flashlights: Because of the comments made by Dylan and ViSHal, I've decided to add them to the first comment directly below.
Behind the scenes: The NightScape Story
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(10/27/2011 - 1:58:23 AM; 453v, 63c, 90f, 3g)
As I stood beneath Double Arch shooting up at the top of the arches (8mm under Double Arch), a visitor from the tropical rainforest on Maui climbed up through the arch.
When she arrived underneath the arch and looked back, her first words were "From here you really feel how small we are".
After she left, I tried to capture that feeling.
The 8mm fisheye view from underneath Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah features a monolith on the right standing to the left of the Parade of Elephants.
North and South Window Arches as well as Turret arch are on the left and center of the window.
And, oh yes, that's a tiny person a little below the center :)
The view looking out from inside double arch, in arches national park, Utah. When you walk upto thi location, you are so in awe the arch in front of you that you can miss other great sits in the area, I climbed up into the archway and turned back to view the way out which gives just an impressive view.
Double Arch in Arches National Park.
30 seconds at ISO 6400, f/2.8. 16-35mm II at 16mm. Lit by 4 full power flashes from a 580EX, bounced off of the yellow jacket I was wearing as I hid behind a boulder under the arch. Triggered with an eBay timer to give me 3 minutes to run up in the arch before the exposure started.
Temple of the Stars, Arches National Park, Utah
It's been crystal clear since my arrival in Moab on Saturday, so I have been concentrating my photography to twilight and nightscapes. This is Double Arch 1 hour after sunset with a little twilight blue still in the sky and stars just beginning to shine brightly. I painted the huge arch with a 1 million power candle light.
Much more to come, but for now it's back to work. Going to be scouting some remote BLM locations north of Canyonlands this afternoon. Ya'll be good!
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Double Arch is a close-set pair of natural arches, one of the more known features of Arches National Park in Utah,Double Arch was formed differently from most of the arches in Arches National Park. It is what is known as a pothole arch;[3] it formed by water erosion from above rather than more typical erosion from the side. The larger opening has a span of 148 feet (45 m) and a height of 104 feet (32 m). These dimensions give the arch the tallest opening and second longest span in the park.