Living in a tent and depending on spotty Internet access really puts a crimp in my blogging style. When I was in Zion National Park a while back I had to drive 20 km to find a good connection. Here in Grand Canyon there's really only one connection that's not an arm and a leg to access ... at the library in the park admin building. So every morning I lug my laptop (sans battery which has swollen so big it no longer fits in the space allotted) there and plug in. The connection is dirt slow but it's all they have so I'm grateful. So, I have to make choices and the Google map is low on my priority list at this point since my following is a bit slim right now. Once I get in better shape with a loyal group of companions I'll do better.
Grand Canyon for the Last Time ... for a While
I'm leaving the main part of Grand Canyon to explore an area close to the entrance ... Desert View. They have a primitive campground there and not much else. But it's a different part of the park and I'll get different views to admire and capture. So bear with me for this last image. I took this at a place called Yaki Point which lies just to the east of Grand Canyon City. I crawled out on a large rock formation away from the crowds who came to watch the sunset and waited patiently for the main event. You can usually judge a sunset (or sunrise) by the clouds floating around and how clear the air is. Last night there were some very nice clouds, in about the right place and the canyon air has been exceptionally clear the last few days. So I expected it would be at least nice and perhaps spectacular. But ... there's always a but isn't there ... as the sun approached the horizon a band of clouds appeared in just the wrong place and obscured it's progress. So, instead of a fiery sky I got some backlit clouds and a bit of red but nothing to really get excited about. Since I was there anyway I took a sequence. 5 photos per view this time because of the strong contrast between the sky and the deep canyon. The processing is pretty standard so I'll not bore you with those details.
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| Grand Canyon from Yaki Point - 16mm(1.6 crop),f/18,HDR,ISO 100,license CC BY-NC 4.0 |
I'm reasonably satisfied with this picture given the sun's bad behavior but it could use a bit of touchup in Photoshop. Because my Wacom tablet died I'm not really able to do that right now. I've been told the new tablet is on its way so I'll pick it up next weekend. When I get time, I'll go back to this image and make the necessary adjustments. When that's done I put it here again.
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