'Sunrise Over the Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon Utah'

This is what 'hoodoos' -- tall, enduring mineral formations -- look like at

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, on a cold winter's day as the sun is

rising, looking through the transluscent mineral spires of the hoodoos.

The sun must be at a certain angle for the translucency to be apparent,

then it disappears soon as the sun rises a little bit more. Your ratings,

critiques, and comments are invited and most welcome. If you rate

harshly, very critically, or wish to make a remark, please submit a

helpful and constructive comment; please share your photographic

knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

...I rarely comment on landscapes, but this shot is totally stunning: in every respect.  Be proud!  Cheers, Don.

PS Click the image to view large.

I seldom post landscapes.

That doesn't mean I cannot do them.

I do do hoodoos (and other landscape features),  as the above shows.

It's all in the light.  It's just that often for landscape, you must wait or plan ahead a long time for the correct light, and I'm 'impatient'.

john

John (Crosley)

...is everything.  I know that one well: and you hit this one bang on time!  Cheers, Don.

Our posts crossed.

Thanks for high praise.

I took this a while ago, but haven't posted this here; I've  concentrated on 'people photos'.

But I hope I can take a worthwhile landscape photo.

I hope you agree; it seems you do.

john

John (Crosley)

A second time our posts crossed.

I drove all night from Los Angeles, through Las Vegas, then arrived in early morning and before breakfast ended up on the rim at sunrise.

This is the result of standing there in the cold, there on the rim, using a tripod for one of the few times in my life.

Tripods are very handy when it's very cold and the lens is extremely cold where your hand sticks to it if there 's slight moisture.

Thanks again!

john

John (Crosley)

Very very nice!

Thanks so much.

I consider this my second best of all my landscapes.  The best is one of the Oregon Coast in Black and White, showing wisps of moisture floating over mountains from the vast Pacific Ocean to the sky, following the mountain contours -- something nearly invisible to the naked eye and captured only because I 'stopped down' considerably.

Maybe others would consider this my best; who knows?

I don't have many posted, that's for sure.

Thanks again.

john

John (Crosley)

I clicked the image for a larger view and it's more beautiful. The rim lighting of the spires on the upper left is just wonderful. Excellent!

Except for discomfort from severe cold that morning, the view was deilghtful.  It was a challenge to save it for posterity.  I recall underexposing  part of a stop from indicated metering to bring out the saturation.

My best wishes and thanks.

john

John (Crosley)

Lester A. Garcia, my apologies.

The edit feature has been disabled after so many minutes. I wrote the above, walked out of the room, reviewed, saw the erroneous last name and was abhorrent, and understood my error would require this comment to correct it.

My apologies for screwing up your name; I'm smarter than that and usually more observant.

john

John (Crosley)