Near The Basin Photo

Photographer’s Note

We visited Kodachrome Basin State Park twice. The day before the sun spent most of the time hiding behind the clouds. This day, as the afternoon was two hot for a long walk in Bryce Canyon, we returned here and was lucky with the light. This view point is near Chimney Rock at the dead-end of a track outside the actual basin but still within the park.

"Geologists believe Kodachrome Basin State Park was once similar to Yellowstone National Park with hot springs and geysers, which eventually filled up with sediment and solidified. Through time, the Entrada sandstone surrounding the solidified geysers eroded, leaving large sand pipes. Sixty-seven sand pipes ranging from two to 52 meters have been identified in the park. Massive sandstone chimneys, change from gray and white to shades of red depending on the day's mood. Numerous rocks and coves offer solitude, quiet and unique desert beauty."

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Nous avons visité ce parc deux fois. La veille, le soleil n'avait pas très envie de sortir derrière les nuages. Ce jour, comme il faisait trop chaud pour une longue balade à l'intérieur du Bryce Canyon, nous sommes revenus ici. Ce point de vue se trouve à l'extérieur du site principale, au bout d'une piste près du Chimney Rock, toujours à l'intérieur du parc.

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carper (65696) 2009-09-12 9:48

fantastic place Nikki,
It must be a pleasure to walk there around with your camera and making shots like this one, well taken shot, good balance fine contrast, very good job, have a nice day.
regard jaap

nazirbadar (219) 2009-09-12 9:58

Hello Nikki ,
Can this place be shifted beside my home.I would be most happy to live beside it and I am not worried about hot climate.
But seriously speaking this is an image with very strong composition.
A very well exposed image.
excellent perspective.
Regards
Nazir

syd1946 (17965) 2009-09-12 10:56

Hello Nikki,
Beautiful landscape composition with very well seen color contrast between earth and deep blue sky.I enjoy it very much!

Regards,
Thomas

xavshot (63133) 2009-09-12 10:58

Bonsoir Nikki
le ciel est vraiment magnifique et donne un joli fond pour faire ressortir les couleurs des rochers. Belle image d'un superbe paysage.
Xavier

hardyuno (2613) 2009-09-13 0:44

Salut Nikki,
this is the wild west pure. Teh colours are fantastic, the light perfect and the POV really great. I like it very much. TFS
Hartmut

delpeoples (6764) 2009-09-13 1:17

Hi Nikki, I always look forward to seeing your desert shots, their depth is awesome and very enviable. The tones and textures you have brought here are just superb. As Jaap says, it must be an amazing feeling to be standing in all that vastness and beauty and to be able to take a part of it away in your camera. Congratulations, it's a beauty, Lisa.

Bartleby (5140) 2009-09-13 3:32

Salut Nikki,
aah superbe ces paysages...j'adore. Les couleurs un peu délavées de la roche en contraste avec le ciel bleu pola....super!

Philippe

baba_flies (8099) 2009-09-13 5:06

Hello Nikki! We spent three nights here (on the campground, also visiting other things in the area of course, like Bryce Canyon) and it belongs to my great experiences what silence "means". There was nothing. Not one single tone, okay some animals maybe but nothing that made a connection to human presence. Very very nice work, Nikki, you really know how to play with this field here. I have nothing that comes close, okay I have some stuff, also here on TE, but somehow this is so much more this place how you present it. When we were there, it was indredibly windy, I guess from the heat, it had dark blue skies ... and sand everywhere so I was hiding my camera a lot. Have a great Sunday, Barbara.

zanzi (4802) 2009-09-13 11:29

Bonsoir Nikki
La falaise est bien sûr magnifique. Mais alors le ciel. Il est grandiose. Tu as bien fait d'attendre une journée de plus.
Bravo
Chris

PixelTerror (86853) 2009-09-13 11:35

salut Nikki
En voyant cette image j'entends jouir ton pola ;-)
Belle image d'un coin tres chouette, et il manque meme pas les petits nuages dans le ciel
Bizzz JY

barrufeto_77 (25935) 2009-09-13 16:00

Hola Nikki.

Los colores son brutales y los contrastes también claro.

Una foto preciosa sin duda...

coco (28130) 2009-09-14 12:14

Hola Nikki.

Qué bonita foto.
Me gusta mucho la luz, la composición, el color y todo.
Lo que menos me gusta... ¿no haberla hecho yo?

Un saludo.

Charo (31811) 2009-09-16 15:46

Hola Nikki,
Preciosa imagen, el cielo parece irreal pero es fantástico y le da un gran contraste a la foto. En un día asi, debió de ser un gran placer fotografiar todo lo que tenías delante.
Un abrazo,
Charo

Waylim (11157) 2009-09-22 11:25

Hi Nikki,
I was just here a last week at the same location in the morning. So I see mostly the silhouette of it. So it is nice to see your in the daylight which show much details and texture of the place. I can see you stand very much near the Chimney Rock. Love the deep saturated blue of the sky and lovely white clouds. My complements
Way

Photo Information

Copyright: Nikki Francis (cherryripe) (19187)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-17
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D90, Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 G ED AF-S VR, Hoya Circular Polarizer 72mm
Exposure: f/11, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: USA 2009
Date Submitted: 2009-09-12 9:33