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Watching sunrise



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cameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III

settings Aperture f/20 ISO 100 Shutter 1/15 Focal Length 17/1 

upload_dateJul, 2015

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9 Comments |
TammyN
 
TammyN August 18, 2015
Awesome image :)
MRueffer PRO+
 
MRueffer August 19, 2015
Very artistic!
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo August 19, 2015
Excellent. (I'm going there in 3 weeks!) Congrats on being a Finalist!
Silversldr
 
Silversldr August 20, 2015
This is crazy good. Beautiful tones
Mother_Nature
 
Mother_Nature August 29, 2015
Congrats at your finalist entry, This Capture is fantastic and thank you for sharing the Image :)
rohiniganesh
 
rohiniganesh August 29, 2015
Thats breathtaking !
thunderlake Platinum
 
thunderlake August 30, 2015
Well deserved - amazing and downright breathtaking capture!
amarinkongyin
 
amarinkongyin January 27, 2016
Great
GeraintRowlandPhotography
 
GeraintRowlandPhotography October 03, 2016
Awesome shot, and what a place!

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Behind The Lens

Location

Mesa Arch, Moab, Utah

Time

Just after sunrise around 6:10am

Lighting

This is one of most photographed arch in that area. Sunrise time is generally over crowded; people reachs there almost 1.5 hr before as the space is limited. As the sun went up the sky, light started changing to golden. People started packing and all of asudden we saw this felow climbed on the arch.. and my camera shutter clicked!!

Equipment

Canon 5d Mark iii, Canon 16-35 F2.8L, Oben Carbon Fiber tripod and shutter release cable were my gears for this shoot

Inspiration

The lighting, location and composition during sunrise inspired me to take this image

Editing

This was single shot processed in Adobe Camera Raw. Carefully processed the highlight and shadow to retain the natural gradient formed by the morning light. Balanced the colors and contrast and made black & white version for this posting

In my camera bag

It was a week long vacaion in Utah. Was carring Canon 5D Mark iii, Canon 60D, Canon 16-35 f2.8, Canon 100-400, Canon 24-105 f4, Sigma 10-20 f3.5, Rokinon 14mm f2.8, extra batteries, memory cards, shutter release - intervelometer, lots of LED lights and an Oben carbon fiber tripod

Feedback

Sunrise is the most preferred time here but it is kind of a window arch so space is very limited. Try yo get there atleast 1.5hr before sunrise on a partly cloudy day. Don't leave the place immediately after sunrise shoot: look for other opportunities like this. Make use of zoom lense for some closeup of the valley below. Check some night sky software and comeback at night to capture rising milkyway over the arch

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