SEPTEMBER 2003 – View along the Grand Canyon in Arizona after sunset, seen from the Yavapai viewpoint on the South Rim. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
In 2003, we spent two nights at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The weather had been perfect for the past couple of days, and so we were able to experience a stunning sunset at the Yavapai viewpoint on the South Rim.
Basically, this location offers two key photo opportunities during sunset: One towards East, showing the North Rim in the dark glowing orange colors with some really harsh shadows, and just a very short walk away (right next to the Yavapai Geology Museum) a view towards West – straight into the setting sun. I had to make a decision and opted for the first option to capture the moment of sunset.
A good decision as it turned out. Shooting straight into the setting sun would have been difficult to get right upon the first attempt, and there was a high risk of the bright parts being overexposed and the dark parts being underexposed. You know, these were the days of slide film, and I did not want to spend half a roll of film on different exposure settings to get one decent shot.
After I did my (very nice) shot towards east, we hurried over to the viewpoint towards west. Which is what you see above. I used the 300 mm lens for this (IIRC) to shrink the distance between the different horizontal layers and show the various shades of blue, magenta, and yellow.
Nice.
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The high resolution image
| Capture Date | 12-SEP-2003 |
| Location | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Lens | Canon FD 300mm f/4 |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Size | 6536 x 4252 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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