Dead Horse Point, morning or evening

[stemked]

<p>Just a quick question for those who have been out to the park and photographed there. Is it better to photograph this landscape in the morning or evening? I will set up my travel plans this spring appropiately.</p>

<p>Many thanks.</p>

<p>Doug</p>

[Dieter Schaefer]

<p>Either is fine actually - I have a slight preference for sunrise for shooting towards the Colorado River gooseneck (in the evening, you would be shooting against the sun from the observation point).</p>

[paul_kent2]

<p>This <a href="http://landscapephotographyblogger.com/events-releases/new-release-and-contest-colorado-river-from-dead-horse-point/">Philip Hyde original</a> was shot in the early morning.</p>

 

[peter_e]

<p>I will tell you morning, which should be reason enough for you to shoot in the evening!</p>

[stemked]

<p>If one goes in the morning, how long and how treacherous is the hike in the dark to the point ?(ok, I get the fact that it will be just as long in the dark as the light, but you get my drift) I would likely be bringing a 67 medium format setup along with a 35mm dSLR system so that info is going to be very useful.</p>

<p>Thanks Dieter, Paul, and I don't know how to interpret your answer Peter, but thanks too.</p>

<p>Doug</p>

 

[paul_kent2]

<p>One to five minutes. If you don't walk off the edge, you'll be fine.</p>

[david_henderson]

<p>Its a while since I went there nut as I recall its a created viewpoint down a few steps from a car park. I've always been in the morning and indeed its important to get there good and early because once there's harsh shadows on the scene its gone IMO. I don't think you could photograph the classic view in the afternoon as if i recall correctly (its 10 years ago) there are some salt pans to the left which don't look like they photograph really well. </p>

[stemked]

<p>Sure breaks my myth of making this image (I thought there was a long hike and then something about a chain you have to hold onto to keep from falling off a cliff).<br>

Thanks y'all.</p>

 

[garrett_cotham]

<p>I was there just a month ago. Went in the morning. Light would've been great had it not been overcast, but morning still seemed like the best time. Don't worry about the walk. It's a paved path, not enough to be considered a hike, and there's a wall there to keep you from falling over the edge. </p>

[dstefan]

<p>Definitely morning. As mentioned, there is no "hike". But if coming from a Moab motel be prepared for about a 45 minute drive in the dark. <br />Having said that, I'd love to try it in the evening sweet light sometime. Of the 3 times I've shot it, was just never able to get back for the evening shot -- too much to see there! I can see that evening shots could be interesting too, but if you just have to pick one, it's morning.<br />David in Phoenix</p><div></div>

[kamal_passi]

<p>definatly morning time is best</p>

[kamal_passi]

<p>according to me morning and evening time is best but you can select morning time</p>