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Today’s phot is a from one of my favorite locations in all of American Southwest, Dead Horse Point State Park. We were at Moab, UT as part of our 10-day long roadtrip across most of the Southern Utah. We passed this little state park on our way to Canyonlands National Park everyday. During our planning we only allowed a sunrise slot to this park because I knew that there was only really one composition here.
I am glad to report that this little statepark proved me very wrong, while it has only one composition what composition it is. We were quite blown away by the grand scene that unfolded in front of us during sunrise. Also, the sheer amount of foreground interests to compose at the park is just tremendous, all you must do is safely traverse to the ledge while keeping in mind about the sheer drop to the canyon.
This is a panorama shot made of stitching two images taken in landscape orientation. I used a 2 stop ND grad filter to balance incredible light in the sky and some of the cliffs to ambient light in the canyon. I also used a bit of the canyon ledge to provide some perspective to the sheer size of the canyon the Colorado river has created.