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Art depends on luck and talent…

- Francis Ford Coppola.

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One of the cool aspects of the southwest united states' deserts is that you can see various timelines unfolding in real-time. When I was at Arches NP, I saw a documentary on how the NP got its namesake Arches. You can see a couple of examples of this geological process on some of the hikes. While we were visiting Valley of Fire SP in Nevada, we saw one of the best examples of a fin formation that a precursor to a natural arch. If you zoom into the image, you can see a hiker to the left of this massive fin formation for understanding scale.

This is another example of an image where the presence of darker elements enhances the bright parts. Now I would have been a much happier person if the light was on the other side of the fin, but that’s the reality of being a travel photographer. As soon as I saw this rock formation, I knew I wanted to photograph it. The light was not coming in from the direction I wanted, but the light's quality was spectacular. I also thought of using the shrubs as a leading line, but I couldn’t get a composition that satisfied me. This would have been a spectacular sunrise location, though, but unfortunately, I had planned a hike to pastel canyon for that time slot, which by the way, didn’t disappoint.

Taken in: United States / Nevada / Silver City (historical) (show map)

Taken on: December 15, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 52mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	52mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	NIKON D850 Ver.1.03
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