The Window with a View Photo

Photographer’s Note

Blue Sky for Barbara, no guarantee though, not responsible for rain when you get there, but your heart is a big open sky.

Red Rock for Fulvio, this much I can guarantee, it will for sure be there.

Monument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona (around 36°59′N, 110°6′W). The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation, and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163. The Navajo name for the valley is Tsé Bii' Ndzisgaii (Valley of the Rocks).

Morning hour are best for photo here, since the air is still clear from the haze and the temperature is still cool. The other best time is just before sunset till dawn.

ISO 100
Polarize filter
tripod
1/125
f/7.1

Everyone seems to make a big deal about their 100 post, which give me a lot of pressure what to do next, since this is my 99th.

phwall, s_lush, gary91, fulvio52, g_panakia, abulafia, Kielia, MarianneS, asajernigan, paololg, avene, gneufeld, angela926, shevchenko, npecanhuk, patdeph, jhm, trekks, Wandering_Dan, mark_mk, alftrek, lrw1966, Sistercosmo, danos, gildasjan, gracious, didemay has marked this note useful

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tomescuc (2837) 2008-11-15 22:27

An extremely known place, of course, but you managed to avoid the cliches. Your vantage point between the buttes looking deep ... excellent DOF and color palette. A postcard, but not trivial at all.
cheers,
Cristian

wolf38 (12734) 2008-11-15 22:48

Hello Way. A photo as from the picture book. The bizarre rock formations are really worth seeing. Very beautifully. Regards, Wolfgang.

phwall (5550) 2008-11-15 22:53

Hello Way,
And what a beautiful view it is from your window. Wonderful sharp, clean clear image, composed perfectly.
For me, this is one of the best captures of Monument Valley I've seen.
Superb image. You'll be sweating on your 100th after this one.
Warm regards
Peter

emka (21291) 2008-11-15 23:03

Hi Way,

Red rocks and blue sky - splendid view of the Monument Valley. Interesting POV of the most photographed places. Good sharpness and colours. I am looking forward to seeing your 100.

Warm regards

Malgorzata

MarcT (21097) 2008-11-15 23:30

Hi Way,
Excellent postcard from that great national park. I have to see it ... At least ones in a lifetime!
Cheers
Marc

gary91 (15321) 2008-11-16 0:01

Hello Way,
Happy to find your nice pictures back :o)
Wonderful quality for this great landscape.
The sharpness of the image is impressive and the morning light enhances well the wonderful colors of the rocks under this deep blue sky.
Great work, you will have to outperform for the 100th... just putting some extra pressure ;-)
Have a great day.
Best regards, Christian

s_lush (2100) 2008-11-16 0:02

A very interesting place. The shot makes me willing to get there. Thanks!

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-11-16 0:14

Yes, buddy. I was standing right here, around mid-morning, last August 17...
Wonderful, Way. Absolutely WONDERFUL! Color, contrast and definition are simply superb, you perfectly captured & perfecly framed features and ESSENCE of this amazing location. And what a great camera the EOS 20D, in YOUR hands, is! Splendid effort, thanks for sharing!
Have a nice sunday, my friend, I'll see ya soon.
Fulvio.

g_panakia (3980) 2008-11-16 0:18

goodmorning way
beautiful landscape
excellent pov and use of light
tfs
georgia

abulafia (4802) 2008-11-16 0:31

Hi Way
Good colors in this one, and a very interesting scenery, specially because I am just preparing pictures from this weekends trip to the northern part of Saudi Arabia, where the sand stone formations, vegetation's and blue skies are very similar to this.
Very good color management here, I am having a little trouble with some of mine, they seem to come out a bit too red, even on the vegetation so I still have some tweaking to do to reach a standard close to yours:)
Harry

jonathan_hart (22576) 2008-11-16 2:08

excellent quality, the perfect resolution, amazing :)
interesting POV with these rocks in perspective, a good depth for the shot
and finally the light and colours, very appealing, all good
regards
jc

Kielia (8401) 2008-11-16 4:19

Hello Way,
nice note accompanying an interesting capture of these fascinating rocks. You are right, the early morning gives excellent conditions but the long black shadows are quite dangerous! The colours are really amazing! TFS and I am looking forward to your 100th post!
Warm regards
Harriet

MarianneS (14264) 2008-11-16 6:08

Hello Way,
You have so many beautiful photos in your gallery! I am sure it will not be difficult for you to find a nice one to celebrate your 100th.
The difficulty will be to find a very special one ... I am looking forward to seeing it (more and more presssure;-)!
In the meantime, this one is beautiful! Colours, light and composition are great.
Cheers,
Marianne

asajernigan (14094) 2008-11-16 6:37

Way,
This is a well composed landscape shot. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and DOF. The low angle lighting provides nice warm colors and great deep shadows here. The deep blue sky provides a nice backdrop for the shot as well as great contrast for the red rock formations.
TFS,
Asa

marietom (31876) 2008-11-16 7:25

hello Way ne,

Magnifique paysage, superbement photographié. La lumière est magnifique, bravo.
Bonne soirée
Marie

dta (5040) 2008-11-16 9:20

Hello Way ,
The landscape is magic , of course . But the great point of this shot is the wonderful game of lights and shades on these wonderful rocks . An excellent POV , too .
Congratulations
Denis

baba_flies (7975) 2008-11-16 9:51

Oh dear, is this my name standing there? I was just writing my famous annual xmas letter last night that I will send out to family and friends some time in December and I wrote that we had rain at Goblin's but that it had a surprising quality that I never expected ... the rest is history and I guess we both laughed about it and now I find another milestone, how nice to think of me!!! Oh yes, the Utah blue in the sky and these wonderful landmarks that keep forever special and fascinating and depending on the weather and time of the day they can change its color a little from pale red to almost burning. Great photo and do not worry too much about no. 100, you know what you can and you have a lot of fans like me and I guess it goes beyond if a picutre is nice but what you write and what you felt. Thanks again + enjoy your Sunday, Barbara.

estan (1279) 2008-11-16 12:13

Hi Way,

What a fabulous picture ! This landcape is amazing. I like light, colours, sharpness...well everything. It's a pleasure to look at !
See you
Pascal

paololg (13673) 2008-11-16 14:44

Ciao Way,
stupendous image, with a light and a definition of the details as it can be seen only in the manuals of photo. You photograph in marvelous way, thank you for sharing with us these beautiful photos.
Ciao, happy week!
Paolo

Didier38 (710) 2008-11-16 16:06

Bonsoir Way,

Bon cadrage et contraste, superbes couleurs.
Bien vu !

Didier

avene (10944) 2008-11-16 16:51

well, if Barbara gets the blue sky and Fulvio gets the red rocks, can I PLEASE have the desert sand? I was just telling Kristaps (who is packing for Guatemala, by the way, lucky him, life is not fair) that I would not mind disappearing in some desert for a week or so. but back to the photo - love it. the play of light and shadows creates a good 3D feeling, and the way the sky pales at the horizon adds a feeling of great distance. excellent work, Way, my compliments.

regards,
Kristine

gneufeld (15169) 2008-11-16 19:27

Hi Way,
A very stunning presentation here with awesome colors and composition. Great job and TFS. Gerald

angela926 (1882) 2008-11-16 19:47

Hello Way,
Great shot, excellent cmposition and pov, suerb
sharpness, depth of field and lovely textures in the
rocks, beautiful vivid colors nd nice contrats against
that spectacular blue sky, lovely light and shadows,
well done.
TFS
Angela

shevchenko (9890) 2008-11-16 20:17

Hello Way,
Good pov to show many canyons standing there, completed to include desert plants at foreground, good intensive of color, well done.
Ally

John_F_Kennedy (31315) 2008-11-17 0:24

Great POV for a breathtaking view! All presented in lovely colours.
Best wishes,
Achim

patdeph (17784) 2008-11-17 3:47

hello Way
as usual you have done a splendid picture of the exceptional landscape!You have found a great POV betwen the 2 rocks,making a nice perspective on the others rocks and the regular space between them!The low horizon is very well placed,and I like how the rocks stand out the blue sky!Don't worry for your 100th,each of your photos are superb!
Best regards
Pascale

jhm (82341) 2008-11-17 4:30

Hello Way,

Our friend Fulvio shall are very proud with this picture to them.
A great palette of blue shades and a peaceful environment
Beautiful light and colours and the atmosphere of a splendid mountain landscape.
Most of all I like the framing of this charming scenery.
Composition and perspective are superb, also for look it.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

bema (8697) 2008-11-17 4:46

Hello Way,

only three words to say:

a perfect capture...

kind regards Bernd

TopGeo (21723) 2008-11-17 5:19

Hello Way! I learned for your gallery from Fulvio Ferraris, I admit that I liked a lot of points! Here I admit that it is great image! Important colours detail and clarity! The frame excellent I praise you!
Georgios

trekks (14266) 2008-11-17 8:53

hello Way

Splendid landscape shot.

Many of us may have a chance to visit a wonderful monument like this, but how many can produce a great POV and reflect the view of the actual scene on a photo?

I think you have done very well for this one. I like how you control the light and the shadow at the right although the shadow is really very difficult to manage here.

tfs, bill

npecanhuk (13753) 2008-11-17 8:56

Hello Way!
This fantastic landscape was, as usual, so well captured by you! I love all the colors and the well controled brightness of this image! The balance of light and shadow is very good and I specially like the right side of it with that darkenned big rock! The photograph really pleases me! TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

Wandering_Dan (3213) 2008-11-17 9:35

Hi, Way -

I saw Fulvio's shot near this scene, and he pointed me here. A great interpretation of an often overdone scene, with great use of the shadows and framing. Gonna be hard to top this for 100, but I'm sure you'll manage! (No pressure, though.)

Regards,
Dan

mark_mk (246) 2008-11-17 10:19

Hi Way,
I love Monument Valley, one of the prettiest places on eart in my opinion.
Wonderful composition, lvoe the play of shadow and light and the colors are outstanding. I will return there for sure, who knows, maybe this time a snow covered Monument Valley? That`s something I really want to do since I`ve been told it sometimes even snows there.

Take care
Mark

alftrek (2791) 2008-11-17 16:43

Hello Way,
The low POV perspective of the series of red rock pillars is superbly captured. They seems here to be lined out just for you, positioned in the FG, middle G and distant BG. Wonder lighting and shadows.

Regards
Alfred

Greg1949 (8507) 2008-11-18 5:10

Way, as you know already this is a great shot and from a personal taste stand point I think maybe the cloudless sky here works better than if you had some clouds. Anyway, superb post.

Greg

lrw1966 (1630) 2008-11-18 10:11

Way Hi:

Splendid landscape of the very well known area. Your composition offers us another PoV with amaizng colors and presentation.

Congratulations, very nice with interesting notes, as well
Larry
USA-tfs

Sistercosmo (2573) 2008-11-18 12:55

Hi Way!
Another beauty from Monument Valley! I like the way you've captured this - with the darkly shadowed monument on the right and the wonderful light that goes all the way to the ones in the b/g. Great shot!
Thanks and take care,
Linda

danos (32302) 2008-11-19 7:23

Hello May,
excellent presentation of this place with a great depth that lead the eye on the far distance.I like the superb saturated colors as the brilliant light that floodlight the whole scene as the sharpness and the clarity of the scene.Waiting for your 100th uploading...

Regards,Danos

mphotographies (1976) 2008-11-20 0:41

Hey Way,

The texture, colour and surroundings of the Monument Valley are very accurate in detail. The stunning cloudless sky that gives both a strong impact which simplifies the already amazing landscape.

Best Regards,

Jom

gildasjan (23702) 2008-11-20 1:50

Bonjour Way
Très bonne pureté des couleurs pour cette superbe image.
Bravo et bonne journée
Amicalement
Gildas

delkoo (34264) 2008-11-20 6:46

hi way,
monument valley is one of the most photogenic places in this part of the world, and your photo is a good way to probe it. Congratulations.

didier

cdmonson (2751) 2008-11-20 10:28

Hi Way:

Excellent light on that beautiful Utah red rock. Very nice. Love those skies as well. I think you gave it just the right amount of polarization--I've had a tendency to fully polarize the image and get that lovely little dark blue triangle in the upper portion of the shot. You don't have that here, but you have deep blue skies, so I say well done.

Clark

ahmetgedikli (21851) 2008-11-20 21:10

Hi Way,
Wonderful scenery! Beautiful composition, light and colors... Well done.
Best regards.
Ahmet

gracious (20017) 2008-11-21 19:03

Hello Waylim,
I do not want to miss this awesome shot apart from our friend fulvio regarding this Monument Valley!
the beauty is true to origin in it's natural surrounding and colour! I especially loved that low pov with depth to justify the height of the red rocks from the ground! also in perfect exposure and focus!
my compliment!
p/s hope to meet you one day in NZ here!
take care and sincere regards
Tony

didemay (2431) 2008-11-24 7:16

Hello Way,
No need to say too much. Bravo for managing the light, the shadow, the foreground, the background and the perspective beautifully.
Best Regards,
D:)

jmdias (19153) 2008-11-26 15:59

way

this light is perfect and the sharpness is amazing. fantastic colors and pov, and framing. I can imagine how amazing is this place. well done

hugs

jorge