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Mesa Verde National Park, Cliff Palace, Sunset on Cliff Palace



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Photography tour, only ten people and a ranger - artist - historian guide . . .awesome experience at sunset.

Photography tour, only ten people and a ranger - artist - historian guide . . .awesome experience at sunset.
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Winner in Mesa Verde National Park USA Photo Challenge
Winner in Ancient Ruins Photo Challenge
Winner in Ancient Ruins Photo Challenge
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7 Comments |
KatieMcKinneyPhotography
 
KatieMcKinneyPhotography September 14, 2015
Beautiful!
Flosno
 
Flosno September 02, 2016
Wonderful image....thanks for sharing....sadly I wasn't fit enough to do this climb, so only saw the surrounding area
lhartney Ultimate
 
lhartney October 10, 2016
A truly beautiful capture of a location close to my hometown and therefore my heart! Your use of the light to highlight the details is impressive!
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel April 18, 2017
Great composition and timing. Sunsets bring to the best.

Thank you for supporting my pics. You are quite skilled.
Irys
 
Irys July 08, 2017
Beautiful, magic, super composition
Vash01Photo Platinum
 
Vash01Photo January 25, 2021
Beautiful composition with light and shadows.
Vash01Photo Platinum
 
Vash01Photo February 01, 2021
Congratulations on winning my challenge Mesa Verde National Park.
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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Once per day, at sunset, a ranger/photographer will take 10 fortunate hikers to the ruins of Cliff Palace after all other visitors have left. Amazing Experience!

Time

Sunset

Lighting

The Golden Hour at sunset provided amazing contrast and color to the Ancestral Puebloan ruins at Mesa Verde.

Equipment

Nikon D5100

Inspiration

The beautiful location inspires many visitors to Mesa Verde and the amazing sunset light was perfection.

Editing

Slight cropping

In my camera bag

Nikon D5100, a few lenses and filters, spare batteries and SD cards. I also carry a Canon SX710 HS compact camera.

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