The Castle …….. No fighting for tripod space!

CASTLE
For the life of me I can’t see this composition as anything but a castle, or fortress of an empire city! A no brainer for an exposure in mid-afternoon, all that was needed was the right angle to capture the cloud formation above it. The use of a longer lens compacted the foreground and focal point. The lines of foreground erosion were an important aspect. The hard clay like texture turns to mud when wet and traveling in any motorized vehicle becomes impossible. This area is both beautiful and very dangerous. A Warming Polarizer was once again used for the same reason as the prior post and also to cut the glare of the highlighted rock with special attention given not to over polarize the already deep blue of the sky.

Many miles from any paved road bordering both Lake Powell and The Grand Staircase, this vast wilderness is anything but empty. There is no fighting for tripod space out here!