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Be One, With Nature

Nov, 2014

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken in Supai, Arizona. Its a long hike at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Time

Photo was taken around 10am. I know, I know...definitely not the most pristine time of the day. However, the canyon walls were so high, that the lighting wasn't so direct...which is always great!

Lighting

Again, not much to lighting here. The sun didn't break over the canyon wall yet, allowing me to lower my aperture...so I could get an exposure around 1 second. I didn't need much of an exposure, because that waterfall was moving fast!

Equipment

I used my Canon 6D, my trusty 17-40mm, and my tough Oben tripod. Oh, and my shutter release cable. You don't want camera shake :)

Inspiration

Over the years (even before moving out to Arizona), I've seen countless photos taken at this location. It was gorgeous!, I thought. However, after being there in person...a photo just doesn't do its justice! The size of this thing was huge, and most of the images all over the web are just of the waterfall. So the viewer sitting home on his computer browsing through, can't really get the realistic idea of how massive this thing is. BUT, when you put a familiar subject in the picture, it shows alot of real perspective, I thought.

Editing

The only post-processing that I did, was up some of the shadows/blacks, which brought out detail in the green/dark moss growing right behind the fall, on the canyon wall. I also adjusted my white balance to what I remember it being like in person! That is it folks!

In my camera bag

I carry my Canon 6D always! I have my 17-40mm, 14mm, and my 50mm 1.2 with me most of the time. My MUST HAVE is my graduated and neutral density filters, as I do alot of long exposure things. A tripod is always with me, and of course extra batteries/memory cards and my new intervelometer.

Feedback

Anything like this location and better, is iconic to tourists! Meaning, it would be very hard to capture nature by the way it is, or the way you want it to be! My advice: go during the off season periods of the year! Havasupai is crawling with tourists during the warm months. So I decided to break through the cold and freezing water and go in November. It is also much more enjoyable and peaceful without seeing so many humans! Also, perspective, perspective, perspective! I can't even fathom how important it is to include something is your photo that we can relate to in size! Lets be honest, most of our images are being looked at online...so why not intrigue the viewer as much as possible and include something in the photograph that he/she can relate to!

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