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Grand Canyon West

Fires in California created smoke to give this scene a dramatic blue haze when the sun was low in the sky.

Fires in California created smoke to give this scene a dramatic blue haze when the sun was low in the sky.
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May, 2018

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this picture from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. This was an unscheduled trip due to our evacuation from Florida due to an approaching hurricane. It was hard to get airline tickets to other locations, but there were seats open to Las Vegas. My wife and I rented a car and headed to the Grand Canyon spur of the moment.

Time

This was taken about a half hour before sunset.

Lighting

What made this image special was the low light shining through the smoke caused by extensive fires in California, September 2017.

Equipment

This was shot with a Sony DSC-RX10M3 24mm equivalent, aperture priority f/11, EV -7/10, hand held 1/80 sec.

Inspiration

I was lucky to witness the smoke and low sun combination with the awesome canyons. Especially as I only had about an hour of daylight at the canyon to scurry around and capture what I could.

Editing

I processed in Lightroom and also minor adjustments with Topaz Plug-ins DeNoise, Adjust and Detail; but kept it close to what I saw. I cropped to get the 1:2 pano look. I also used On1 Resize pug-in to allow for big enlargements with no degradation in resolution. See slsphotoart.com.

In my camera bag

I was also carrying a Nikon D750 with a 20mm lens and a 60mm lens; but given the short amount of time I had to get as many good shots as possible I mostly used the Sony with it's 24-600mm zoom. With good processing the Sony can yield pro level quality close to that of larger sensor cameras.

Feedback

It's hard to beat the Grand Canyon for great landscape images. And though I love Nikon full frame cameras I can also recommend the versatile and light Sony RX10 as a great travel and/or backup camera.

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Grand Canyon West

Fires in California created smoke to give this scene a dramatic blue haze when the sun was low in the sky.

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