Category: 20 Mountains
ブライスキャニオン、ユタ州
私は峡谷にハイキングし、氷点下の気温の中で2晩キャンプをして、冬の光の振る舞いを研究しました。雪をかぶった山々とブライスキャニオンの赤い岩肌の景観との信じられないほどのコントラストが、見事なイメージを撮影する機会を与えてくれました。夕日が暖かい夕焼けの光を反射すると、山々に跳ね返る光が燃えるような輝きを生み出し、峡谷を異例の輝きで包み込みました。
The contrast between those fiery red hoodoos and the deep winter snow is absolutely unreal, exactly what I was hoping to capture. Photographed the canyon at dawn when the light hit the snowy caps just right, and the depth in every frame is stunning.
I spent a week studying the snow-dusted hoodoos at sunrise, and the color saturation in the shots I got is unreal—the pink and orange just pop against the white caps. The detail on the rock layers is sharp even in low light, which made the winter conditions worth every numb finger.
The canyon’s winter palette is exactly what I needed to visualize the scene — the snow-capped peaks against the frosty rock layers come through with real depth. I’ve stared at this for a week straight and still notice new shadows every time.
