A View Across a Mountain Desert Landscape and Albuquerque to the Sandia Mountains (Petroglyph National Monument)

            From an overlook along the Volcanoes Trail with a view looking to the southeast across the volcanoes part of Petroglyph National Monument. My thought on composing this image was to capture a little above centered, leveled-on view, raising the horizon a little bit. I wanted to capture a sweeping view looking across this landscape with Albuquerque off in the distance. The mountains were the backdrop that would eventually drawn in the eyes for the image. The rest of the composition was the blue skies and clouds above the mountains. I felt the blue in the skies above were a color contrast to complement the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
   

Taken in: United States / New Mexico / Taylor Ranch (show map)

Taken on: September 16, 2023

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Azimuth 110

Blue Skies

Colorado Plateau

Day 1

Desert Landscape

Desert Mountain Landscape

Desert Plant Life

DxO PhotoLab 7 Edited

East Albuquerque Ranges

Intermountain West

Landscape

Landscape - Scenery

Looking SE

Mountain Peak

Mountains

Mountains in Distance

Mountains off in Distance

Mountainside

Nature

New Mexico and Mesa Verde National Park

Nikon D850

No People

North San Mateo Mountains

North Sandia Peak

Olivine Tholeiitic Basalt

Outside

Petroglyph National Monument

Project365

Ridge

Ridgeline

Ridges

Rincon Ridge

Rock Formations

Sage brush

Sandia Mountains

Sandia Peak

Scenics - Nature

SnapBridge

South Sandia Peak

Southeast Colorado Plateau

Southeast New Mexico Ranges

Southwest Basins and Ranges

Sunny

Travel

Volcanoes Trail

New Mexico

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.0, 1/1000 sec, 55mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24-120mm f/4
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	55mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	DxO PhotoLab 7.0.1
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