(Nikon D90, f11, 1/125s)
Here is another image from our trip out west last fall. Monument Valley was one of John Wayne’s and Director John Ford’s favorite locations for filming westerns. It’s easy to see why. While the vastness of many scenes from the Great American Southwest call for a wide angle lens to appreciate the grandeur, I chose a medium focal length of 56mm (84mm equiv.) here because I wanted to focus on these three buttes, which create three strong elements in the shot.
I have more images from this trip and will be sharing them from time to time.
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Love this shot, Ed. The deep orange against the baby blue sky is very distinctly Southwestern U.S.. To the uninitiated, you might suspect an unnatural saturation boost in post processing, but having been there myself, I know that your photo captures the reality of the landscape. The three buttes nicely frame and serve as subjects at the same time.
Posted by Rey
Beautiful sky/land symmetry and balance in this pretty shot.
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