Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: Candlestick Tower, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Candlestick Tower, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.






"X SHOT" information.
Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ISO - 400
Shutter - 1/30 sec.
F/stop - 5.6
Lens - 70/200 zoom


LOCATION
1. Canyonlands National Park is about a 6 hour drive from Denver.
2. Candlestick Tower's location can be found on the map they give you when entering the park.
3. Moab is a good place to stay nearby.


THE CHALLENGE
Before entering a national park, I check out the postcards to see what's the main attractions and how
they are photographed. Then I try to shoot something different and that was the plain with Candlestick
Tower.


SOLUTION
1. I visited the tower a number of times during the day and pretty much shot the same pictures that where
   on the postcards.
2. Right after the sun set, the canyon and my subject took an erie look, the tower was black but the 
    background took a purple/blue look. 
3. This was the shot I didn't see on postcards, now I had to capture it.
4. My camera, with a 70/200 zoom was put on a tripod and I used a cable release.
5. I took a tight light reading on the background and then used those same readings when I took the shot.



OTHER SHOTS OF CANDLESTICK TOWER














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Ken Papaleo
Colorado Landscape Photographer
303-674-0615


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I worked for the Rocky Mountain News for 28 years, until they went out of business. I now do freelance work, post this weekly blog, ski and play with my four grand children. I still have the love to get out and take photographs, which brings me great peace and comfort.

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