1109_0648 Killdeer Badlands - a photo on Flickriver

1109_0648 Killdeer Badlands

            It's almost surreal. The dawn light  poured its fire down on the badlands formations, while cool shadows added some complementary green and blue. Thirteen years later, I finally noticed that I had not processed this vertical. Maybe I became distracted by the horizontal shots, one of which made a calendar cover. At any rate - and the rate is slow - I finally got around to it.

The Killdeer Badlands were the site of Canada's first dinosaur fossil discovery (in 1874), and today are the primary feature in the East Block of Grasslands. I live a stone's throw from the West Block, but it's a two and a half hour drive to reach this place, so my visits are relatively infrequent. But they are usually rewarding. 

Camping there allowed me to get to this viewpoint just as the sun rose, and the light was fabulous.

Note: The ISO 800 setting was a mistake. That old camera, the Nikon D300, didn't handle noise as efficiently as today's sensors do, and considering that I was working from a tripod, I should have been shooting at 100. But I didn't notice for the first 15 minutes that morning, when the best light happened. Probably needed an extra cup of coffee. Noise reduction in processing took care of it, though; mistakes happen.

Additional note: I made this shot in Saskatchewan, not Montana.

Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: United States / Montana / Roanwood (show map)

Taken on: September 5, 2011

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landscape

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warm light

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Bentonite clay

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Killdeer Badlands

Grasslands National Park

Saskatchewan

Canada

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James R. Page

2011

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/22.0, 1/8 sec, 50mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:	18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Macintosh)
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