This is a western icon in Canyonlands in Utah. I definitely haven't pushed photography forward with my composition here as it is an extremely common shot of this arch, but I was dying to see the underside of the arch light up as the sun came up. I waited until the forecast seemed favorable for a colorful sunrise, and I got my wife and myself up at around 04:30 in order to make it here for sunrise. I know this is a shot that everyone that goes out west has in their portfolio, but it was personally a morning well spent and now I have my shot of Mesa Arch. I blended two shots together using Mark Metternich's process which I have had much more luck with than using luminosity masks. I'm sure that has more to do with my poor post-processing skills than anything else, but I just can't seem to get those luminosity masks to turn out like I want them to. All C&C welcome.
Techs:
D3s
16-35 @ 23mm
ISO 200
f/22







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