"Three Gossips and Courthouse Towers, Sunrise" Arches National Park, Utah

"Three Gossips and Courthouse Towers" Arches National Park, Utah by Joel Addams

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH

Ahh.  It’s always good to be back home.  Home is where the deserts meet the mountains in Utah, and a mere four hours by car from Salt Lake City will land you squarely in Moab, Utah.   Only a stone’s throw from this mountain biking mecca are two National Parks, Canyonlands and Arches, both with accessible shooting opportunities.  This shot was from late winter with the receding snow in the park somewhat of an anomaly at times.  I’ve often been frustrated by the haze that settles in over Arches, but this sunrise was pretty reasonable.  A good old Singh-Ray external graduated neutral density filter does the trick of deepening the blue in the sky.  On to spring…

Camera: Canon 5DMarkII,
Lens: 17-40 mm lens at 17 mm
Settings: ISO100, f/13, 1/6 of a second
Filters:  Singh-Ray 2-stop Graduated Neutral Density filter, LB warming polarizer
Other: Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod, Cable Release

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