Grand Canyon views

[Ryan10]

I took the family to the Grand Canyon for our first time this past Thursday and Friday nights. Shooting a sunset at the Grand Canyon during Thanksgiving was a little different, but it was the wife's idea to go out there.

Anyways...I feel I got really, really lucky with the weather and the cloud cover. Both were fantastic! This first image is from Thanksgiving evening at Mather's Point.

Mather Point by Ryan Luna, on Flickr


This second image was Friday evening from Yavapai Point.

Yavapai Point by Ryan Luna, on Flickr


Both images are singles. No bracket blend. I used my Hitech-Format reverse grad on the first image and my Lee 3 stop soft grad on the second image.

 

[JimFox]

You really got some awesome shots here Ryan! Way to go. When a family vacation combines with great photography, it's a win/win.

 

[lionking]

Thats very beautiful sight, the 1st is much stronger.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Both are very nice. Great clouds and light.

 

[AlanLichty]

Great pair of images Ryan. I do prefer the neat skies in the second one - the clouds and colors are delightful.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Not only are the images good but your wife suggested you go. How often does that happen?

 

[Ryan10]

You really got some awesome shots here Ryan! Way to go. When a family vacation combines with great photography, it's a win/win.

Thanks.

Yeah...it worked out well. I woke up too early Friday morning at 4:30AM for sunrise, but it worked out. I got a nice Milkyway landscape before the sunrise.

 

[Ryan10]

Thats very beautiful sight, the 1st is much stronger.

Thank you. I have a ton of images to edit, so I may post more through the week.

 

[Ryan10]

Both are very nice. Great clouds and light.

Thanks on behalf of Mother Nature.

 

[Ryan10]

Great pair of images Ryan. I do prefer the neat skies in the second one - the clouds and colors are delightful.

Thank you. The 3 stop soft grad was awesome and allowed me to forego any image blending.

 

[Ryan10]

Not only are the images good but your wife suggested you go. How often does that happen?

Including this trip...once.

 

[dan swiger]

Always agree with wife when she suggests a trip with this kind of photo op!!
Great use of the filters too and I thought only film guys like me still used them
The 1st is my fave

 

[Jeffrey]

Good for you Ryan for getting successful photographs there on a short timeline. I like the canyon part of the first one, but I like all of the second one.

 

[Raphael Sombrio]

A fantastic place in a special moment. Beautiful images, amazing colors!

Congrats!

 

[Ryan10]

Always agree with wife when she suggests a trip with this kind of photo op!!
Great use of the filters too and I thought only film guys like me still used them
The 1st is my fave

Thanks. I just started using filters over the last 5ish photo sessions. I'm loving the reduced processing work, but they can slow me down a little if I want to change lenses in the field. Probably the reason I got a 24-70 and sold my 16-35.

Good for you Ryan for getting successful photographs there on a short timeline. I like the canyon part of the first one, but I like all of the second one.

Thank you.

A fantastic place in a special moment. Beautiful images, amazing colors!

Congrats!

Thanks. I was a bit surprised at the scale of the cliff drop offs and how there are people willing to dangle their feet off a 1000 ft cliff to get a shot. I was talking to a Ranger at Yavapai, and a person was doing such a pose on a cliff. The Ranger said, "well, they know what they're getting into and it's just a matter of time before we add another death to the park".

 

[Tom Narwid]

I took the family to the Grand Canyon for our first time this past Thursday and Friday nights. Shooting a sunset at the Grand Canyon during Thanksgiving was a little different, but it was the wife's idea to go out there.

Anyways...I feel I got really, really lucky with the weather and the cloud cover. Both were fantastic! This first image is from Thanksgiving evening at Mather's Point.

Mather Point by Ryan Luna, on Flickr


This second image was Friday evening from Yavapai Point.

Yavapai Point by Ryan Luna, on Flickr


Both images are singles. No bracket blend. I used my Hitech-Format reverse grad on the first image and my Lee 3 stop soft grad on the second image.

Two wonderful images Ryan.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks. I was a bit surprised at the scale of the cliff drop offs and how there are people willing to dangle their feet off a 1000 ft cliff to get a shot. I was talking to a Ranger at Yavapai, and a person was doing such a pose on a cliff. The Ranger said, "well, they know what they're getting into and it's just a matter of time before we add another death to the park".

Many years ago before being politically correct came into our lives (mid 60's) I was at the Grand Canyon on a field trip and one of the rangers giving us a tour at the top of one of the trails mentioned that "if you happen to fall you should try to twist your body around to face the canyon on the way down. That way you can at least enjoy the view before you hit the bottom."