Shining

"Shining". This is an image taken during sunrise at the Bonneville Salt

Flats. The Bonneville Salt Flats is a large salt pan deposited by an

intermittent playa lake in western Utah and can range in thickness from

an inch near the edges to 5 feet at the center. The salt flats are

comprised of approximately 90% "table salt".

I was trying to make Arches for a sunrise, but a long evening driving got

the best of me. The salt flats seemed like a alternative I should explore.

So, I stopped and napped along the roadway around 0230 hrs until I got

zapped by a flash light from a Utah State Trooper before sunrise...good

thing. He was just checking to make sure I was not an escapee from

local state prison, or something. :-) We chatted about photography and

the salt flats.

This image is comprised of 3 images shot at different focal points at f/16

for optimal sharpness, then aligned & auto blended in CS5 for sharpness

across the board / final image. June 17, 2011.

© Dejan Smaic 2011

Superb image Dejan.  I 'm getting more and more interested in this concept of focus stacking, i need to try this sometime. It really has done a good job here of extending your DOF to the full frame.  Nice colors and light, and nice composition. I like how the lines in the flats meander through the frame leading the eye to the horizon and the silhouetted hills.  Great work - michel

Very nice work. I would never think of focus stacking here, but now I know that it can produce such beautiful pictures.