There's quite a story behind this picture. My family was out from NY for a few weeks and on our way back from the Grand Canyon, we spent a few days in Sedona. On our last day there we decided to take a drive around the Red Rock Loop which provides views of some great rock formations. We had stopped at one scenic overlook and were heading out when our cursed rental car (3rd in a row with serious problems... really long story) died and just wouldn't start. My father and I played around under the hood for a while and got finally got the car to start and so we proceeded around the loop. Coming around a turn, the scene below was presented to us. The sun was setting behind us and lighting up the buttes in front of us just as the moon was rising in front of us. Since all of this, the light and the rising moon, was very short lived in its most pleasing form (the golden hour to the extreme when you consider the moon) we were actually quite lucky that the car broke down when it did. If it hadn't we would have driven right by this since the moon wouldn't have been up, and the setting sun wouldn't have been so dramatic on the rocks. Needless to say, I took quite a lot of photos of the scene. Many color and a series of four IR shots which captured the last few moments of sunlight. This is my favorite of the four IR shots. I'll have to post all four in sequence at some point, but I haven't actually processed all of them. Anyway, here's the shot:
What do you think?
Dave
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What do you think?
Dave
