Thursday’s Task

[John Holbrook]

View from the edge. Photographic viewpoint from edge of cliff, shoreline, etc. Your interpretation. My examples below:

Horseshoe Bend, AZ (2013) Lying prone with head and shoulders over the edge to shoot the image.

Bryce Canyon, UT

Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ

 

[Rick Nantais]

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View from the edge. Photographic viewpoint from edge of cliff, shoreline, etc. Your interpretation. My examples below:

Horseshoe Bend, AZ (2013) My head and shoulders were over the edge to shoot the image.

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Bryce Canyon, UT

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Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ

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Beautiful, your horseshoe picture is just wow !

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

This is the Trinity River in Northern California along SR 299.

 

[John Holbrook]

Michael, a beautiful landscape you’ve composed—love the bend of the river leading to the fog beyond. Very nice!

 

[AlanLichty]

Fun topic. As photographers we tend to seek out expansive views which is one of the main reasons I have doing shooting so much aerial photography recently. All of the shots below were taken from the ground.

Sipapu Bridge - Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah:

Blue Basin Overlook Trail - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Oregon:

Palouse Hills from Steptoe Butte Washington:

Sunrise at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley California:

Moonstone Beach near Trinidad, California:

Arch Canyon from Lewis Lodge, Utah:

 

[ckcarr]

Postcards from the Ledge.
I have lots of these!

 

[Ken Rennie]

My images are all from the far NW of Scotland.
My wife on Stac Pollaidh, step back and it is over 1,000ft straight down

Looking North from Stac Pollaidh

Climbed another hill, this is the view from Sgur an Fhidhleir

Sugar an Fhidhleir again with a better view of the 1,600 ft drop

 

[John Holbrook]

Fun topic. As photographers we tend to seek out expansive views which is one of the main reasons I have doing shooting so much aerial photography recently. All of the shots below were taken from the ground.

Sipapu Bridge - Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah:

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Blue Basin Overlook Trail - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Oregon:

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Palouse Hills from Steptoe Butte Washington:

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Sunrise at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley California:

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Moonstone Beach near Trinidad, California:

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Arch Canyon from Lewis Lodge, Utah:

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Beautiful examples Alan! I really like all your images and especially favor the Death Valley—love the sunrise colors, and the Moonstone Beach—ove the foreground images.

 

[John Holbrook]

Postcards from the Ledge.
I have lots of these!

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Craig, yes, you have lots of these “edge postcards” and I’m happy you shared them as well! It’s difficult to choose favorites they are so well captured and composed. I will say Trail’s End, New Day’s Energy, and New Day’s Energy are among my favorites.

 

[John Holbrook]

My images are all from the far NW of Scotland.
My wife on Stac Pollaidh, step back and it is over 1,000ft straight downView attachment 68986
Looking North from Stac Pollaidh
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Climbed another hill, this is the view from Sgur an Fhidhleir
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Sugar an Fhidhleir again with a better view of the 1,600 ft drop
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Beautiful landscapes Ken, and I’m glad your wife was careful modeling in your first image. I especially favor the second and third images—beautiful expanses well seen and captured.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Here are a few from some varied locations...

1) Dead horse point

2) The top of Clouds Rest

3) Looking down into Gullfoss in Iceland

4) Canyon Overlook in Zion

5) Of all of them, this is the one that had me afraid of going over the edge. This is Panther Falls along the Icefield Parkway between Banff and Jasper. The falls were frozen and I REALLY wanted to scoot out onto the ice and get a shot from behind the fall. Even with spikes on, I couldn't convince myself it was safe to try.

 

[BlackRockArt]

Fun topic. As photographers we tend to seek out expansive views which is one of the main reasons I have doing shooting so much aerial photography recently. All of the shots below were taken from the ground.

Sipapu Bridge - Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah:

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Blue Basin Overlook Trail - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Oregon:

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Palouse Hills from Steptoe Butte Washington:

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Sunrise at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley California:

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Moonstone Beach near Trinidad, California:

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Arch Canyon from Lewis Lodge, Utah:

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Alan, I love the Sipapu Bridge and John Days trail, both look great.

Oliver

 

[larryj]

Here are a few from my archive!

Green River Overlook, CanyonLands

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Grand Canyon

Colorado National Monument

Sunrise Dead Horse Point

 

[DES]

El Malpais

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Fun topic. A couple from me. I have others but a lot of locations are already covered.

Skyline overlook, Hanksville UT

Horseshoe Bend, Page AZ

 

[Jeffrey]

Toroweap, Arizona. Inches from death.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Great task, John. Your image of The Great Bend and some of the other images in this thread had me squirming in my seat. No way in the world would I have my head hanging over a cliff to get an image.

Toroweap from a different perspective.

Toroweap from the typical viewpoint.

Canyon de Chelly

Tatahotso Point

 

[Trent Watts]

Here are a couple from my archives.

At the top of a Bute in Grasslands National Park.

Riding our bikes from Montreal to New Brunswick. This is in Quebec.

 

[John Holbrook]

Here are a few from some varied locations...

1) Dead horse point
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2) The top of Clouds Rest
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3) Looking down into Gullfoss in Iceland
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4) Canyon Overlook in Zion
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5) Of all of them, this is the one that had me afraid of going over the edge. This is Panther Falls along the Icefield Parkway between Banff and Jasper. The falls were frozen and I REALLY wanted to scoot out onto the ice and get a shot from behind the fall. Even with spikes on, I couldn't convince myself it was safe to try.

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Kyle, beautiful images all! Glad you made the safe decision on your last image (it could've been your LAST image) and captured Panther Falls NEAR the edge! My favorite is the winter Dead Horse Point image––beautiful with the snow enhancing this perfectly composed image.

 

[John Holbrook]

Great task, John. Your image of The Great Bend and some of the other images in this thread had me squirming in my seat. No way in the world would I have my head hanging over a cliff to get an image.

Toroweap from a different perspective.
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Toroweap from the typical viewpoint.
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Canyon de Chelly
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Tatahotso Point
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Gorgeous images Doug! Love them all, especially Tatahotso Point––good composition and beautiful colors as well. Nice!