Jehovah's Awful Throne

Hoodoos in the Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico, USA

And for those of you not into the whole brevity thing:

In response to some of the threads I've read in the forums, the last few times I've been out photographing (pitifully few this summer) I've tried to challenge myself to look for photos outside of the golden hours of dawn and sunset. As a general rule I've been less than impressed with the results, with the exception of heavy cloud cover. This is an example, taken about two hours prior to sunset. The dense, yet broken, clouds were causing some unique lighting conditions. The sun shining from behind these hoodoos was striking to my eye, and I've tried to capture the effect.

Although I spent most of my time photographing them, there is a lot more to the Bisti Badlands than the Broken Eggs. I hope to return to explore and photograph some of the other amazing formations and colors.

Nikon D80
Nikon 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 at 12 mm
Hand Blend of 1/60, 1/180, and 1/500 sec at f/16 and ISO 100
(The sun was originally against the right edge, so I took extra shots to the right and warped it slightly left.)