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A setting looking to the west-northwest as the sun just starting setting behind the Chisos Mountains from an overlook along the Window View Trail in Big Bend National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to capture the varied landscape leading up to the peaks and ridges present in the basin and mountains. I closed down on the aperture so that I could create more of a starburst effect with the sun and light.
Some editing was required in Photoshop to minimize the lens artifacts created from the sun. I later did a conversion to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 3 where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.
Five minutes enjoying the night setting in at Arches National Park in The Windows area, about an hour after sunset ... had this spot all to myself ;)
The Windows.
Di fronte alla zona con gli archi North, South e The Turret è sito un gruppo di arenarie pieno di grotte, monoliti e il famoso Double Arch.
The Windows.
In front of the area with the North, South, and Turret arches is a group of sandstones filled with caves, monoliths, and the famous Double Arch.
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The Windows - North and South Window Arch.
Il Double Arch (Gli Occhiali) ha una forma diversa dalla maggior parte degli archi del parco.
È quello che viene definito un arco a buca, formato dall'erosione dell'acqua dall'alto anziché dalla più tipica erosione laterale.
L'apertura più grande ha una campata di 45 m e un'altezza di 32 m.
Queste dimensioni rendono l'arco l'apertura più alta e la seconda campata più lunga del parco.
The Windows - North and South Window Arch.
Double Arch (The Spectacles) was formed differently from most of the arches in the park.
It is what is known as a pothole arch, formed by water erosion from above rather than more typical erosion from the side.
The larger opening has a span of 148 feet and a height of 104 feet.
These dimensions give the arch the tallest opening and second-longest span in the park.
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A view that I never tire when I’ve visited Big Bend National Park over the past 10 years with the sunset looking to the west with The Window off in the distance. Composing the image was a matter of balancing the Basin area in the foreground with the mountain peaks of the Chisos Mountains and then skies above with the sun setting. Metering was a little trickier, given the what I perceived as the large dynamic range between the brighter areas caught in sunlight with the more shadowed portions in the Basin and on the back sides of the mountains and ridges. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
Long exposure at Arches National Park as sunset approaches. Nice view here with the streaming clouds. I re-approached the processing of this image within Lightroom based on some new ways to reduce noise. This image RAW file is full of hot spots from the extensive captures that day in the high heat of the desert (was about 104 degrees F at this time), so by this time of day with multiple long exposures, the sensor was getting very hot.
Was able to reduce those hot spots playing with the 'detail' levels within the color and luminance noise sections.
I also reduced the orange and red channel luminance levels a little within LR. This helped bring out a little more detail in the rock face.
The Windows area of Arches is such a lovely location, and on this sunset the colors were amazing having the clouds around. At this time there was also the rainbow, that I was capturing with the other lens hand held. See comments section below.
Vendredi 20 octobre – Il y en a qui chantent sous les fenêtres de… et puis y’en a qui ne font que passer.
A wider angle image of an area I'd previously captured that showed more of the details and color contrast in addition to those area caught in sunlight with others still in the shadows of the late morning sun.
This is a feature in Arches National Park officially known as The Windows. However, I've always thought these openings look more like feline eyes than windows. Just an overactive imagination I guess.
This was a view to the northeast while hiking to The Window. With some adjustments of metering in manual mode, I was able to bring down the exposure for some of the bright sunlight coming across these mountain peaks one late morning. What I wanted to capture with this image was the color and light contrasts across Pulliam Peak and Mount Huffman. I found the jagged peaks across the mountainside added a nice texture to the setting, complementing the different contrasts that I previously mentioned.
From this one rise along the hiking trail, I was able to not only look down to The Window itself, but it happened to have of view beyond to Burro Mesa and other mountain peaks in the western park of Big Bend National Park. It was as if the rolling hillsides and folds across this setting were funnel to direct the view to The Window and that view beyond. Another thing that I I liked about this image was the color contrast looking across this desert-mountain setting. Nearby and across the Chisos Basin were yellows and greens of the grasses, trees and other plantlife. All around with the mountain peaks were browns and oranges. Finally off in the distance were the blues of the skies above.
A setting looking to the west while taking in views across valley and mountainsides present along the Lost Mine Trail. My thinking in composing this image was to take advantage of the layers present from the different ridges and mountainsides as a seemingly crisscrossed the other. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
Arches is one of our favorite National Parks - we have been there many times but still find something new every time we visit. This time we learned not to go over Spring Break when the otherwise quiet park was absolutely mobbed. Despite that we had a great trip.
I took these photos at Arches National Park near Moab, Utah in March 2019.
Here I zoomed in the focus on some rugged peaks of the mountain side that easily showed the volcanic remnants of an eon long ago in the Chisos Mountains. With some work in Capture NX2, I was able to bring out the feel for a lower exposure by using a Low Key CEP filter that really complemented the settings with its colors in greens, yellows, browns, and oranges.
240 seconds of the stunning sunset there in Arches National Park. It was a dream come true to have a sky like this when I started to plan out our trip in December of 2012 ... who knew that when we were there come July that the elements would come together allowing me the chance to climb to the high ledge there in the Windows Area to get this long exposure of the clouds passing Turret Arch and The Windows by.
The 20 or so people that were standing in the Arch as the sun set were wondering what I was doing over there ;) I actually got to meet them afterwards when I climbed back down and made my way back into the arch there. Met 4 nice families and group of people all discussing how lucky we were to see such a sunset there in the park, and then was describing the filters used to get the long exposures I was taking.
You can compare this longer exposure to the one taken that was 30 seconds with only one of the ND filters on, and not the two stacked that it took to take this capture.
After this capture, I did take some others without any filters that were about 1 second long as it continued to darken there ... and I like those shots as they show the people there in the arch giving it some nice scale.
The pretty area that is called The Windows, in Arches National Park. Another in the long exposures taken at this area when we visited, lucking into having the clouds around in Summer ... these helped to keep it cool, it was around 102 degrees F at sunset :)
Morning view of Turret Arch through the North Window. Stitch of several wide snaps to get the wider view there.
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From May 8-12, 2014 I traveled to and extensively scouted from Monument Valley to White Pocket, Arizona (USA).
Of all the places I saw, White Pocket is the most bizarre but interesting place I have ever been to. It is so interesting that I will return and camp out for about 2 full days of photography now that I know what areas are the best for sunrise and and sunset.
If you've never been in Arches National Park or have been but aren't familiar with the best sites for great photography, you just may want to take a look at my ebook ... Arches National Park - A Photographer's Site Shooting Guide.
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Time to chill out to Mars Lasars's song ... Tahoe Spirit.
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While hiking to The Window that morning in late October, I found myself constantly smiling as I took in these views of the mountain peaks all around me. I could see from the jagged and rugged mountainsides, the volcanic remains of eons long ago. What I loved about this view looking to the northeast that morning was how the sunlight brought out a nice contrast of colors and lights. The greens and the yellows blended together across the rolling hillsides until one came to the browns and oranges of the mountain peaks far off in the distance. To finally complement the entire image, there was blues skies above with that barely visible white from the wisps of clouds.
While taking in views from a parking area along the Oak Springs Road in Big Bend National Park. The view is looking to the east with the peaks and ridges of The Window more or less in the image center. The rest of the composition was including some of the desert plant-life and vegetation in the foreground to lead a person into the image. Blue skies above would be that color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
Here is a wider view taken there at Arches National Park from the far ledge there in the Windows Area of the park. The sun has set here, and Turret Arch can be seen through the North Window from this location, and just a wink of light from the South Window Arch.
This is a widescreen aspect ratio crop from one image taken there with the 10mm. To get a similar view back in 2011 at sunrise, I had to stitch together 8 images taken with my 17mm. Having that super wide 10mm lens paid off there.
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The cover to Bob Seger's new album was the motivation behind posting this image.
March 2016 Arches National Park four night Milky Way night sky workshop is now full
In early March 2016, I will lead / host a four night Milky Way night sky workshop.
During that workshop I will take my group to Arches National Park, Professor Valley, Canyonlands, Monument Valley and down to Kayenta, AZ. After shooting the Milky Way, we'll shoot sunrise and many other sites in the best morning light.
I'm already thinking about that incredible drive from Moab, UT down to Monument Valley, AZ and on down to Kayenta. As we drive beyond The Mittens area in Monument Valley, we''ll see the ancient volcano Agathla Peak, just north of Kayenta.
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Time to chill out to Anhid's song ... Where Joy Shall Reign.
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From this angle on The Windows arches, they appear to be peering at us. A wonderful formation that I was lucky to have some fine clouds around for sunset. This was taken about 30 minutes after sunset.
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The desert landscape on a blisteringly hot summer day at the Windows, in the heart of Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah.
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Rich evening light finds its way under the clouds to illuminate portions of the distant Windows and Balanced Rock in the foreground, Arches National Park, Utah.
Glowing mudstone in low-angle light is a simple pleasure of which I never tire. We have a National Park Service puzzle that shows this view from a very similar perspective but with even more outrageous light. Every time I am compelled to complete the puzzle I am driven to return to this extraordinary place. Of course, the desert of the Colorado Plateau finds its way into my thoughts in puzzle-less contexts too. On our recent visits, it is apparent that many others now feel the same impulse, as Moab is booming with hotel and condo construction and the price of staying for a week is significantly more than it was even a few years ago. Progress raises its double-edged sword…
Sunset at The Windows are of Arches National Park. Clouds were around, so a long exposure was needed. I also snapped off plenty of "static" shots this evening with the other camera. You may remember the nice rainbow captures at this time. They were taken while this long exposure was underway. The rainbow popped into view off to the right of camera.