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Mesa Arch

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Posted by Darren Huski on April 4, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Mesa Arch
A fun fisheye image from Mesa Arch in Canyonlands. No not in the CSNP region, but thought we needed a post.






I posted another image of the arch to go along with a recent blog post.
Posted by John Moore on April 4, 2011 at 9:09 PM
Very nice Darren. Although it looks completely natural, I wonder if you had to do some blending to keep the shadows open.
Posted by Darren Huski on April 4, 2011 at 10:11 PM
No blending. I did bracket several stops just in case, but found one of the exposures worked good as a single. I always prefer it that way to doing HDR if I can get it.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on April 5, 2011 at 7:48 AM
Sweet Darren, I really like the effect of the fisheye here. Nice variation on an oft photographed place. You must have spent hours photoshopping out all the other photogs who would have been in your frame! :wink:
Posted by Tom Kennon on April 5, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Excellent shot, Darren, this is on my list to do soon!
Posted by Ken Bachman on April 5, 2011 at 10:09 PM
I'm with Wayne, I love the extra wide view, but how did you pull that off without 20 other people lined up along the edge? That might be an iconic place but there is a reason for it, definately worth seeing.
Posted by Dottie L Lloyd on April 6, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Beautiful! Makes me want to go back...
Posted by Darren Huski on April 7, 2011 at 8:05 PM
I was lucky on this trip with one of my morning only had three other people there. That made it much funner as a location. I have been there when there were 50 people and that is no fun.

So with just three others we could each take turns up close like that.
Posted by Larry Fischer on April 14, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Ya done good, Darren.
the fisch