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Angels Landing Descent

Angels Landing Descent

camera

DSLR-A580

settings

Aperture f/3.5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/640

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2012

Views

1486

Likes

+189

Awards

Featured

Contest Finalist in National Parks Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Paths And Trails Photo Contest by SteeleTraining

Peer Award

+52

Superb Composition

+39

Absolute Masterpiece

+17

Top Choice

+10

Outstanding Creativity

+8

Jaw Dropping

+4

All Star

Magnificent Capture

Exceptional Contrast

Superior Skill

Genius

Love it

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 20 rank week 1

That is really cool.

awesome shot! would love to go on that trail!

Platinum

So very cool! Congrats on being a finalist!

Awesome work, congrats on being a finalist!

Wow! Great capture, and congrats on being a finalist!

Amazing shot ! Congrats on win .

Congrats!

WOW!!

great image

WOW! Congratulations!

Congrats

Congrats... where is this?

PRO+

Congrats on your win! Spectacular!

Platinum

Amazing capture. Congrats. - Jake

Wowsers, this one took my breath away. Beautiful image and well taken.

PRO+

Nice lines. Beautiful. Congrats on your Awards!

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Location

Zion National Park, Angel's Landing

Time

Morning

Lighting

No

Equipment

Sony A580

Inspiration

I thought the combination of the trail, the greenery, the snow, and the fog was incredible. In this section it felt like you were hiking inside a cave since there was a bit of a hang over.

Editing

HDR Photomatix

In my camera bag

70-200 telephoto zoom, 18-55 kit lens, 14-24 wide angle

Feedback

Get outdoors and explore. I took this as a simple snapshot and was happy with the result when I looked at my photos later.

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