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We have completed now about 6 years as residents of the city of Los Angeles, California and I have been hearing about the Valley of Fire state park in Nevada since our first trip to Las Vegas. We never had a chance to visit since we usually are only in Las Vegas when we pass through to go to Zion. While thinking about short trips to take on weekends, suddenly the name popped up again and we decided to head to this little state park that we have heard so much about.
Since its winter here and not season at Las Vegas the park was pretty much empty. We were doing parts of the 7 wonders trail and suddenly came by the pastel canyon part of it. This is a slot canyon much in the lines of antelope canyon. The walls of the canyon are made up of multiple layers of sandstone deposits in every shade of pink and orange imaginable and the canyon floor has tons of pebbles from the valley’s ancient oceanic origins.
From multiple trips to slot canyons I have learned the rules of shooting in canyons. Rule number one, avoid the sky as much as possible while composing your shots. Rule number two, using a wider focal length and get as close to the foreground as the scene allows. Rule three, while a traditional ultra-wide focus on foreground and background, provide mid-ground details for the image. Also, important to get an edge to edge sharpness in the image. Here in this image I have followed all my rules and was lucky enough to take the shot at a location so beautiful it renders perfectly as a landscape image.