Monument Valley is without doubt one of the most spectacular places I’ve visited in my whole life. It is each breathtaking and overwhelming all of sudden. I don’t assume you possibly can correctly convey the size and fantastic thing about the valley via pictures. You merely should go to it your self.
At the identical time, the go to to Monument Valley in Arizona has its personal challenges. It is situated on the Navajo Indian reservation and, because of this, has tribal restrictions. You can solely drive alongside a 13-mile dust highway loop throughout the day; you aren’t allowed to hike or discover the park by yourself.
This creates some limitations in regard to pictures. For instance, the sundown or dawn pictures is proscribed in the summertime months as a result of the park is just open between 6 a.m. and eight p.m.
I deliberate on taking a paid, guided dawn pictures tour, however I couldn’t make it work with my schedule.
I took the featured picture throughout my drive alongside the 13-mile Scenic Drive loop. I drove slowly and tried to identify any alternatives for an attention-grabbing composition in order that I might cease and take just a few pictures alongside the way in which.
Loc: 36.944012, -110.062333
Shooting
The solely problem was to seek out the proper angle for the shot. I parked the automobile in conjunction with the highway and walked alongside it to seek out the most effective angle.
Camera: Sony a6000
Lens: Sony 16-70mm
Focal Length:28mm(Hyperfocal Distance: 4.9m)
Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority (A)
ISO: 100
Aperture: F8
Shutter Speed: 1/400s
Tripod: handheld
Editing & Processing
It was a single RAW processing workflow.
Lightroom (80%)
I saved the unique facet ratio (3 x 2) however I cropped the picture to enhance the composition (The Crop Overlay Tool).
Next, I used Natural preset from my Landscape Preset Collection as the bottom for Lightroom Rapid Editing. Then I used the TOOLKIT to spice up the Contrast.
The Lightroom Preset Editing Formula: Natural (1, 9, 13, 40)
Photoshop (20%)
In Photoshop, I used the Stamp Tool to cowl the automobiles within the distance. The relaxation was a easy enhance of particulars and noise discount.
Plugins: DeNoise (noise discount), Topaz Detail (native distinction enhance).
Total time: 12min
Before & After Transformation
