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Jun 28, 2015 17:44:12   #
waykee7 Loc: Cortez, Colorado
 
zuzanne wrote:
Will be there for 2 nights in September. We will be staying in Williams both nights and driving to the Canyon during the day. Will I need a polarizer filter for the canyon? Is there an area in or around Williams that I might get a chance to try night sky shots? I will have my tripod and wireless remote for long exposures.

zuzanne


Zuzanne, certainly others are singing the praises of the north rim, but you should be aware that the logistics of travel there are significantly more complicated than the south rim. It's isolated, and the lodging accommodations are limited, food choices are sparse, and you are a LONG way from a well-stocked grocery store. I prefer the north rim twenty times over the south rim. The views are better. . . you're almost 2,000 feet higher. It's cooler in the summer, and Theodore Roosevelt said the North Kaibab was the most beautiful forest in north America. He can be trusted as an authority on the matter. Unlike most photographers, I almost never use a wide angle on The Canyon, which will also run counter to what everyone else tells you. A good telephoto zoom will allow you to isolate on interesting compositions. I've photographed The Canyon for 40 years, and done dozens and dozen of backpack trips. I've spent about 200 days in the park, and unless you leave Williams at 3am, you are going to miss the interesting light in the morning, and unless you are willing to come back to Williams at 10pm, you will have missed the interesting light in the evening. People ask me a lot about the Canyon and I always tell them, be on the rim at sunrise and sunset with a cushion at either end. . . and be sitting, much preferably away from other people. The Canyon isn't only about photography. . . it is the geological record of a billion years of earth history, the emergence of life on the plant, ancient seas, eroded mountain ranges. The schist in the bottom was created at a depth of 50,0000+ feet. . . and those 50,000 feet of overlying rock had to be eroded. . . and that was before the first sedimentary layers at the bottom of an ocean were laid down, then uplifted, and oh, yeah, the great Uncomformity where 300 million years are missing. Yup. Gone. The immensity and grandeur of The Canyon are only partly visible to a camera. My two cents worth.
Wayne Keene







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Jun 29, 2015 16:54:49   #
zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL
 
Thank you for your response and help. Your photos are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them.

zuzanne

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Jun 29, 2015 17:26:20   #
Photocraig
 
stumbo wrote:
I live two hours from the Grand Canyon and go there often. I've found that the best time to shoot pictures are up to two hours after sunrise and about two hours before sunset. This will give you the best lighting to accent the various buttes in the Canyon. The lighting is too harsh any other time of the day and will give a very flat result. I like HDR photography for the best results as it will capture the highlights and shadows much better. Also, drive from the south rim to desert view and take advantage of the turn offs along the way. Some of my favorites are Grand View Point, Lupin Point, and Desert View itself. Attached are a pictures I took last year. I wish you a good time and hope you get the desired results.
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Nice photos, Stumbo!
To encourage the OP, I'm a total novice on LR and used it to do HDR and also stitched them into a panorama. They looked great and it worked the FIRST time! Nothing screams controlled HDR and panorama more that the great Wesern vistas, especially the Grand Canyon. The harsh mid day light begs you to shoot earlly and late. There is good B&W to be had there, too.

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Jun 30, 2015 10:19:09   #
zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL
 
Thanks PhotoCraig, I need all the encouragement I can get.

zuzanne

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