Mesa Arch - Light, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States

Following up the previous picture, this shows Mesa Arch during the very next morning. Getting there quite early again, the previous composition in the fog did not work at all. Really at all.

So, swiftly moving around, looking for compositions. Kinda hard to find something original, if not impossible. Tried many different things, position and perspective, and varied focal lengths to change the relative sizes of the distant structures, like the Manti-La Sal Mountains and the Washer Woman Arch with respect to the size of the actual arch, and in the end went for ultra wide, which emphasizes the arch, because that is what makes this whole thing so amazing. Mesa arch, lit from the underside in the sun, just glowing there, opening this wonderful, wide vista. Yes, ultra wide was it for me. So, my Tokina 11-16 at f8, that was the way to go.

Doing all that stuff in winter was great. First, there is the snow, which makes it at least somewhat non-standard, and then, we were quite alone, there was only one other fellow photographer there, which gave me flexibility to walk around and try different things. Can't do that in summer for sure...

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Taken in: United States / Utah / San Juan (show map)

Taken on: February 17, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/8.0, 1/40 sec, 11mm (=16mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:	11.0-16.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	11mm (35mm equivalent: 16mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Ver.1.10
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