The End of a Trail and Base of a 100-foot Pour-off (Big Bend National Park)

            This was at the end of the Lower Burro Mesa hike and looking to the northeast and slightly upward. The 100' difference is listed on the national park site between the Lower Burro Mesa and the Upper Burro Mesa trails. While I could have used more of a landscape orientation and just walked back, here I decided to use a portrait orientation to capture the elevation differences between these two sections of this area. One could see the many different layers and events in the rocks. One of the things I did have to work on was metering this image properly with the highlights in the upper portion and the shadow areas in the lower portion. I found some spots that worked in the upper portions near the boundaries of lighted and shaded areas. I then worked with control points and color control points in Capture NX2 to bring out the final image.
   

Taken in: United States / Texas / Lunas (show map)

Taken on: October 30, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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