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04 January 2016 Sam Rua

Portal

Valley of Fire State Park, Clark County, NV view map

*** Best view at original size ***

Having overcast conditions allowed for scenes like this to be captured with relative ease.
This is the view through an opening in a huge slab of sandstone, the interior of which was illuminated from above.
The scale here is a bit deceptive as the opening is less than 2 feet wide. Below, a view of the sandstone slab.
HDR for both images: the top is a merge of three exposures and the bottom is a merge of two exposures.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III ,Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM
1/60s f/8.0 at 11.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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larose forest photos22-Mar-2016 02:43
Two extraordinary images. The top one is especially riveting with the colour and light. WOW! VV
Richard Marcus22-Mar-2016 01:30
Excellent composition, Sam! The soft light and colors are wonderful as is the perspective. V
Martin Lamoon21-Mar-2016 19:55
Superbly captured.
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pkocinski21-Mar-2016 17:19
Awesome - this is so cool!
Barbara Read and Fred Schaad21-Mar-2016 13:51
Excellent point of view! V
Guest 21-Mar-2016 12:38
Spectacular scenes, Sam.
waterfalls man21-Mar-2016 00:01
Beautiful Shot V!!
bill friedlander20-Mar-2016 23:20
Makes a great abstract and the colors are wonderful. V
Photo.Keely20-Mar-2016 22:04
Nice composition! Well done! V.
Walter Otto Koenig20-Mar-2016 20:37
Cool images Sam. You guys lucked out with the overcast conditions.
Jean Chiasson20-Mar-2016 19:34
Spectacular view and beautiful colors Sam BV
globalgadabout20-Mar-2016 18:37
your innate curiosity and impressive skills paid off well here...good you are so often peaking into these little openings to find a bit of magic...V
Helen Betts20-Mar-2016 18:04
What superb framing and beautiful color. V.
peterjay4520-Mar-2016 17:45
Very fine composition, the light is lovely. Great image.
Jim Coffman20-Mar-2016 17:24
Very nice indeed, Sam! I would love to see this place..
danad20-Mar-2016 17:13
A most beautiful composition ! BV.
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