The Immense Vastness of Canyonlands National Park

            A look amongst many while standing at the Candlestick Tower View Point and a view to the west. By including some near and far canyon walls, I found it allowed for a sense of depth...across this immense canyon as part of the Island in the Sky District. As I've come to understand, this district in the national park is itself on a tall mesa that has rather obvious sheer sandstone cliffs of over 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain...which I found quite easy to take in from these overlook points. Anywho, I found angling my SLR camera slightly downward helped to bring out this vastness I was taking in. I later used some CEP filters (Low Key, Polarization and Graduated Neutral Density) in Capture NX2 which seemed to best bring out the look I wanted for this late morning image.
   

Taken in: United States / Utah / San Juan (show map)

Taken on: October 9, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, 62mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	62mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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