Mesa Arch
The rumors are true in getting a photo from this famous spot... GET THERE EARLY!!!
I had read and heard that to guarantee a desirable spot you needed to be at the Arch an hour before sunrise. If you know me, I'm the furthest thing from a morning person. I hate mornings. The location was roughly 45 minutes from where I was staying, in Moab, so to make sure I got up in time I set the alarm for 4:00-freakin a.m.
I arrived right on time, about 5:00-Freakin a.m. Sunrise was slatted for 6. A few cars where there when I arrived and I walked down the trail with 2 chicks who had arrived when I had. Once we arrived there was a group of 4 or 5 people already hanging out, but I pretty much had my choice of where to set up.
Over the next hour more photogs started to trickle in. The best was some dude, who I'm pretty sure was doing video, started bitching about everyone being too close to the arch. I guess if he would have shown up early, like all of us who had a choice spot... :)
As the sun hit the horizon everyone was clicking away. several times I noticed a hand held camera squeezed in between myself and the guy just next to me. Needless to say this was the most "intimate" photography I've probably ever done... Doing nature/Landscapes anyhow...
So, this is the first of several I took at sunrise of Mesa Arch and the window to Canyonlands it gives... I'm pretty stoked on how it came out. Sorry for the long rambling story...
Mesa Arch
The rumors are true in getting a photo from this famous spot... GET THERE EARLY!!!
I had read and heard that to guarantee a desirable spot you needed to be at the Arch an hour before sunrise. If you know me, I'm the furthest thing from a morning person. I hate mornings. The location was roughly 45 minutes from where I was staying, in Moab, so to make sure I got up in time I set the alarm for 4:00-freakin a.m.
I arrived right on time, about 5:00-Freakin a.m. Sunrise was slatted for 6. A few cars where there when I arrived and I walked down the trail with 2 chicks who had arrived when I had. Once we arrived there was a group of 4 or 5 people already hanging out, but I pretty much had my choice of where to set up.
Over the next hour more photogs started to trickle in. The best was some dude, who I'm pretty sure was doing video, started bitching about everyone being too close to the arch. I guess if he would have shown up early, like all of us who had a choice spot... :)
As the sun hit the horizon everyone was clicking away. several times I noticed a hand held camera squeezed in between myself and the guy just next to me. Needless to say this was the most "intimate" photography I've probably ever done... Doing nature/Landscapes anyhow...
So, this is the first of several I took at sunrise of Mesa Arch and the window to Canyonlands it gives... I'm pretty stoked on how it came out. Sorry for the long rambling story...