Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: February 2015

Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 150

Shutter - 1/200 sec.

F/stop - 11

Lens - 16/35 mm zoom

My visit to Arches National Park turned out way better then Canyonlands (last weeks post). The air was clean and I had nice clouds one day and a clear blue sky the next. Like I mentioned, winter is a great time to visit this area. My "X Shot" came just before sunset on the blue bird sky day. The end-of -day shadow was creeping toward the "Balance Rock" area. Instead of going tight, I used a wide angle lens, to get as much of the three color sunset as possible. My light reading was taking from the highlights of the image and then left that way for the shot.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Landscape Photoggrapher

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Vail Pass, Colorado, 2/20/2000 - Flash Back.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS Mark III

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/250 sec.

F/stop - 8

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcluntrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/250 sec.

F/stop - 16

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Went to the Moab area to take images for my photo blog, last week. This is a great time of year to visit, no crowds and real nice prices for lodging. The temps were around 60 degrees eveyday. The first stop was in Canyonlands National Park, around 3 pm. This turned out to be the only decent day of shooting at this park. After this, the haze was so bad, I didn't take another shot at Canonlands. My "X Shot" came when a cloud caused a shadow on some of the peaks in the valley below. Exposing for the high lights and using a large depth-of-field, to get everything in focus, was all it took to get this shot.

More images from Canyonlands.