Photography Now & Then #148
This photo was a spur of the moment attempt to use my K-3 II pixel shift resolution feature and small aperture, low shutter speed to blur the fountain. The camera was set on a concrete ledge (no tripod) and had a 2 second time delay set in to limit possible vibration from depressing the shutter release.
Now: Blurred flow from fountain, downtown Sun Prairie Wisconsin, June 1, 2018 (Pentax K-3 II)
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Then: Grand View Point Trail view, Canyondlands National Park, Utah, September 25, 2011 (Composite of 3 Pentax K-r photos using Autostitch)
Grand View Point Trail1
As the name implies, this is a hike with near endless views. Grand View Point is the southern-most spot on Canyonland’s high mesa, the Island in the Sky. Laid out below is a complex network of canyons carved by the converging Colorado and Green Rivers. This 2-mile round trip hike leaves from Grand View Overlook and travels down the mesa’s edge for as far as you can go without running out of real estate.
Panels at Grand View Overlook provide an illustration of the geological layers that make up Canyonlands National Park. The Colorado River is the powerful landscaper, carving a thousand-foot trench into the earth. The next layer is the White Rim. This striking ornamentation runs along the top of the canyons, taking its coloration from salt deposited in the soil. A thousand feet above the rim is the top of the mesa, where you can look out over it all.
Reference:
- hikespeak.com (accessed June 1, 2018)
Photography Now & Then Notes:
Series Photos
- The Now photo is one that is almost always taken the day of the blog post. In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
- The Then photo is usually a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
- Reference links were accessed on the date the blog post was published, unless otherwise stated.
- The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.
