Just outside of Page, Az is Horseshoe Bend. A natural wonder created by millions of years of erosion. From the plateau you can see the Colorado River 1,000 feet below as it winds its way towards the Grand Canyon. The natural erosion created a horseshoe shape in the river and has been attracting tourists for generations. 10 years ago was our first visit and it seemed it was largely undiscovered by the masses at that point. Just a gravel parking lot off the highway. No entry fee. Just pull in and walk down a trail to the edge of the canyon. Since then a large paved parking lot complete with an admission gate has been built. Cars and tour buses fill the parking lot and one can no longer stand on the edge and be at one with nature. Still a great experience.
After checking into our hotel going out for dinner we checked into the parking lot and headed down with hundreds of others to take in the sunset. I set up my tripod and since I was shooting directly into the sun I set up a 5 shot bracket on the camera and shot away. Unfortunately many of the shots were ruined because of sun spots created by the sun shining directly into the camera plus the cloud of bugs that appeared just before sunset.
Fortunately as the sun got close to the horizon the bugs disappeared and the number of sun spots reduced so I could erase them in post. Back home on the computer I blended the brackets creating 19 HDR shots of which I will share 2.
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Next up the famous slot canyons
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