HORSESHOE BEND — July 4, 2007
Nikon D200: 12mm, 1/45, f/22
Near Page, Arizona the Colorado river bends dramatically creating an amazing, awe-inducing sight known as "Horseshoe Bend" - it truly is a magical place.
HORSESHOE BEND — July 4, 2007
Nikon D200: 12mm, 1/45, f/22
Near Page, Arizona the Colorado river bends dramatically creating an amazing, awe-inducing sight known as "Horseshoe Bend" - it truly is a magical place.
Wow! This is a spectacular landscape shot. I’m assuming you used a polarizer for the sky effect and to make the water so clear, did you have a hard time getting this shot right?
Comment by Andrew Ferguson — July 4, 2007 @ 11:30 pmI’m guessing this is hdr or tonemapped? That spot gets some fairly harsh shadows this time of day but you seem to have gotten around them nicely.
Comment by Jeff Ambrose — July 5, 2007 @ 1:20 amThats some intense colour. What a cool place! Really nice on the wide angle. You are making a pretty good pitch for tourism Arizona with this one Tyler ;-)
Comment by Brant — July 5, 2007 @ 4:34 amWow. Stunning shot! Great dynamic range, and sucha striking composition.
Comment by Dave — July 5, 2007 @ 6:40 amFantastic stuff.
Thanks y’all :)
@Andrew + Jeff: We first visited this location for the summer solstice sunset & discovered (from another photographer) the best time to shot was 10 AM. When we returned the bend was almost completely free of shadow, but it was also very bright. To even out the tones I bracketed five exposures & merged them via layers/blend modes in Photoshop. I did use a polarizer - actually, it rarely left my lens for the duration of the trip, I love it. Thanks again for commenting :)
Comment by Tyler — July 5, 2007 @ 7:34 amA beautiful shot of a beautiful spot. I rafted Grand Canyon earlier this year and now can’t get enough of those Southwestern landscapes.
Comment by Aaron — July 5, 2007 @ 9:35 amBrilliant… impressive..What can I say more ?
Comment by .:CushmoK:. — July 5, 2007 @ 11:18 amBeautiful landscape with an incredible range of colors ! Wow !
Comment by Florian — July 5, 2007 @ 1:05 pmThe water is so crystal clear, what a beautiful photo. This should be on a magazine cover.
Comment by MarkL — July 5, 2007 @ 2:14 pmvery impressive!
Comment by niv — July 6, 2007 @ 3:36 amWow! Pretty amazing landscape and pretty amazing picture. I’m impressed.
Comment by riika — July 6, 2007 @ 5:04 am… unusual to see such photos from you… different style… different mood… not sure… no…. I like the photo, but if I met it somewhere in the web I couldn’t even think that this is WINK’s one…. (sorry for ugly Enlish)
Comment by Rodion — July 6, 2007 @ 6:34 amMajestic landscape - what a beautiful place.
Comment by Daniel Seguin — July 6, 2007 @ 8:46 ambeautiful!
Comment by mnemospection photographie noir et blanc — July 8, 2007 @ 6:09 amJust stunning!!
Comment by Ashish Sidapara — July 8, 2007 @ 6:37 amA-m-a-z-i-n-g landscape. The view and tones are just excellent!
Comment by riesenriel — July 9, 2007 @ 4:14 amAwesome place!! I’m agree with Rodion :-) but it doesn’t matter, this landscape is excellent, stunning colors, brilliant!
Comment by Emma — July 9, 2007 @ 1:26 pmAwesome photo.
Comment by alexandru savu — July 31, 2007 @ 8:23 amwow - stunning!
Comment by Gav — September 23, 2007 @ 5:24 pmnice blend of exposures!
Fantastique paysage.Des couleurs merveilleuses et un cadrage qui s’imposaitde lui même.
Comment by Pascale — September 25, 2007 @ 12:27 amMagnifique site avec vraiment de superbes photos.Merci pour ce dépaysement
Fantastic shot!
Comment by nels — October 10, 2007 @ 1:10 amwow, unreal, great tones and the water looks awesome
Comment by ciprian — December 7, 2007 @ 4:37 pmFantastic - 5 exposures are a lot of brackets - but totally worth it. I just discovered your site, but I’m certainly bookmarking it to see everything you post from now on. Nicely done.
Comment by JVL — December 9, 2007 @ 10:18 amVery beautiful your images.Congratulations why, Do I could use some of them?
Comment by Mabel — December 27, 2007 @ 6:51 pmGod bless you.Happy year 2008
Mabel
beautiful shot.
Comment by Kay — July 13, 2008 @ 5:31 pm