Rio Grande Surrounded by the 1200 Foot Walls of the Boquillas Canyon (Big Bend National Park)

            It's hard not to be taken in with this setting of tall canyon walls with the Rio Grande going by...it is truly peaceful and serene! But capturing that view seemed a little more difficult. Or at least with the perceived dynamic range I saw with those part of the canyon caught in sunlight and the shadowed areas below. Deciding not to lose those highlights and textured colors along the left-most cliff wall, I was able to find a mean point in the upper portion of the walls in the middle of the image. I later used capture NX2 to bring out colors in the lower and shadowed portions of the image. I then used a Graduated Neutral Density CEP filter to adjust the light across the entirety of the image. 
   

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

Taken on: October 28, 2016

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Nikon D800E

Day 3

Big Bend National Park

Boquillas Canyon Trail

Boquillas Canyon

Rio Grande

River

Looking North

Capture NX2 Edited

Color Efex Pro

Desert

Desert Landscape

Desert Plant Life

Desert Mountain Landscape

Outside

Nature

Landscape

Sunny

Blue Skies

Mountains

Mountains in Distance

Mountains off in Distance

Mountainside

Trees

Chihuahuan Desert

US Biosphere Reserve

Sierra del Carmen

Sierra Madre Oriental

Looking into Mexico

US Mexican Border

Intermountain West

Southwest Basins and Ranges

Trans-Pecos Texas Ranges

Big Bend Ranges

River Canyon

1200 feet high

Cliff Walls

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 38mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	38mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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