The Sun and the North Window (Arches National Park)

            A challenging image to capture for two reasons. One I knew I'd have the streaks and spots across any lens with the sunlight directly overhead. After some initial work with Capture NX2, I exported a TIFF image to Photoshop to heal out some of the more distracting ones. The other part was the obvious dynamic range. An image at the sun is going to easily blow highlights so I minimized what I could and then brought out shadowed areas and removed color casts present in Capture NX2.
   

Taken in: United States / Utah / Castle Valley (show map)

Taken on: October 10, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec, 28mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	28mm
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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