Horseshoe Bend

  1. HDR Photo the Horseshoe Bend of Glen Canyon

    If you've been to the Grand Canyon and though it was cool, the Horseshoe Bend of Glen Canyon is just as cool if not cooler. It doesn't compare to the scale of the Grand Canyon and there isn't as much to do, but the subject matter itself is something to behold. I wasn't there at the best time of day but I was able to get a couple nice HDR photos out of it. I was also fortunate to have some nice clouds to decorate the sky. This place could probably produce some amazing photos if shot at the perfect time of year during the perfect time of day. Which is what photography is really all about right?

    One of the most important things I've learned recently about trying to make photo real HDR landscapes, is you literally have to turn the strength in Photomatix all the way down. Close to zero if not at zero. This one was on zero. Another challenge with the Grand Canyon or the Horseshoe Bend not losing your contrast through the atmosphere on the farther canyon walls. I try not to over do it, but I'll usually go in with a gradient filter or brush in Lightroom and just enhance them a little. Helps make a little more of an even contrast throughout the image. 

    HDR Photo, Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon

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  2. Glen Canyon and the Colorado River

    This is a shot of the Colorado River cutting through the Glen Canyon. This specific location is actually called the Horshoe Bend. It's one of the most epic sites I've ever seen in person. If you were to look at a map this would be at the very top of the Grand Canyon. Not technically the Grand Canyon yet, since this is not nearly as grand. But still epic. It's quite terrifying though standing on the edge of a huge cliff with no gaurd railing.

    You would never think it but, getting the colors to try to look perfect on a shot like this is actually really hard. It's probably the mian reason why you'll see me and most photographers always put some sort of cross processing on our photos. To get a photo like this perfect it takes me hours. 

    Glen Canyon Horseshoe Bend

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  3. One Foot from Death

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    This is a photo I took while standing on the edge of the cliffs over looking the Horseshoe Bend in Arizona. This area has probably one of the most amazing landscapes in the world, it feels like Mars. And it's all a Navajo reservation. Lucky Navajo. The scale of the Horseshoe bend is spectacular. Easily just as amazing as the Grand Canyon. I guess it's kind of part of the Grand Canyon since the Colorado River leads through it. 

    It doesn't look that huge in this photo but doing this was terrifying. All it would have taken is one slight push and I'm gone. Needless to say my wife was not happy about me doing this. 

    Horseshoe Bend Arizona