Park Avenue (Page 2): I'm tempted to give you a long, detailed explanation with regard to light and shadow and when and where it is or where it isn't in relation to higher lands and...

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Sep 13, 2021 23:36:33 #

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

lmTrying wrote:

Been thinking about these two photos for six pages... (show quote)

I'm tempted to give you a long, detailed explanation with regard to light and shadow and when and where it is or where it isn't in relation to higher lands and lower places in this wildly corrugated landscape, but I doubt I could describe it adequately. And I certainly couldn't explain any of those predictable, static variables without likewise describing what happens when and where any of the known, prevalent and sometimes even predictable micro-climates that dominate and affect this land, its light, and ultimately, its colors, in this region. Add in the smoke factor that's come and gone throughout the summer, and whatever explanations I might give would be correct for one day (or hour), but they'd be wrong (or different) the next day (or hour).

Simple 'answer' --and I am actually happy you've asked-- is that yes, the sky in the Park Ave pic is the exact same sky as is shown in my 'Clouds Rolled In' post. The difference being, however, that in Park Ave, the 'view' is to the north while the view in the 'Rolled In' image, taken 30 minutes later, is looking almost directly to the east. Golden hour? Not hardly. Park Ave was shot at 6:15 pm, 'Rolled In' was shot at 6:45 pm, and while that's within the range of the so-called 'golden hour' --sundown occurring about 7:30 pm--, had I waited, or shot either of these more technically during the 'golden hour,' everything but the sky in either of these shots would have been in shade. The highest point in Arches is about 5,800 feet (Elephant Mesa in Arches' Windows Section, seen on the horizon in 'Rolled In'. I immediately to the west, however, the lands (various mesas that include Canyonlands and Dead Horse State Park, etc.) rise over 6,000 feet, and in effect, those higher lands cast a shadow before sundown.

I live here, and over my years of living here and being and working on/in these lands --in this Park--, I've managed to get pretty accustomed to where and when and how a lot of stuff will happen. I can't predict what clouds will do, but I like to think I can get a pretty good idea pretty quickly. If anyone wants to believe anything in either of these images has been 'overcooked,' they're welcome to do so, but they won't have a clue what they're talking about having never been here, or at best, having been here a couple hours under entirely different conditions. I freely admit I've done a fair bit of processing of these raw images, but the fact is, they are really quite factual.

Sep 14, 2021 06:25:15 #