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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: sierraman on July 01, 2015, 12:32:04 am

Title: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: sierraman on July 01, 2015, 12:32:04 am
......it's been shot a million times (mostly by me), but it's still a fun place to photograph if you are in Page area.
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 01, 2015, 03:58:28 am
Love the light and colour. I have never been there (probably never will) so I don't know if it is possible to shoot this scene without the rock intrusions in the foreground?
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: francois on July 01, 2015, 04:55:42 am
......it's been shot a million times (mostly by me), but it's still a fun place to photograph if you are in Page area.

I like it, the sky is wonderful. While it's a popular vista, I also went there quite a few times and always enjoy the place.
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: francois on July 01, 2015, 05:05:16 am
Love the light and colour. I have never been there (probably never will) so I don't know if it is possible to shoot this scene without the rock intrusions in the foreground?

It's probably almost impossible as the cliffs are not vertical. Some photographers crawl to the very edge but it's a risky business.  ;)
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: brandtb on July 01, 2015, 09:33:13 am
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Love the light and colour
+1
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 01, 2015, 10:40:22 am
iPhones are really starting to compete with DSLRs. Too bad it still blows highlights too easily ;)
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: spidermike on July 01, 2015, 12:01:50 pm
It's probably almost impossible as the cliffs are not vertical. Some photographers crawl to the very edge but it's a risky business.  ;)

An ideal scenario for a drone...
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: sierraman on July 01, 2015, 12:22:51 pm
Thanks to all for looking. This is as close to the edge as I wanted to get. I need a DSLR "Selfie Stick".  :)
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: francois on July 01, 2015, 01:30:49 pm
An ideal scenario for a drone...

Yes, indeed and without taking any physical risk!
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: gchappel on July 02, 2015, 12:48:35 pm
I would be severely disappointed if I went back to horseshoe bend to see and hear a drone zooming about.
During great light- early and late- the tourist mobs are not there. It is a wonderful serene place, and I for one hope it stays that way.
I was in upper antelope canyon a couple of years ago and some TV Crew had permission to fly a drone in the canyon.  Truly detracted from the experience.
Gary
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 02, 2015, 01:12:50 pm
In not so distant future, the only visitors to such remote places will be... drones. We will be able to fly them from the comfort of our home, even half way across the globe (just like the army does today), watching it on our floor-to-ceiling, paper-thin screens. Ground maintenance robots will be dispatched occasionally to clean after an accidental drone collision.
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 02, 2015, 01:18:33 pm
In not so distant future, the only visitors to such remote places will be... drones. We will be able to fly them from the comfort of our home, even half way across the globe (just like the army does today), watching it on our floor-to-ceiling, paper-thin screens. Ground maintenance robots will be dispatched occasionally to clean after an accidental drone collision.

Good one.

Jim
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Post by: francois on July 02, 2015, 01:56:47 pm
…Ground maintenance robots will be dispatched occasionally to clean after an accidental drone collision.

Yes and also diving robots to get drones out of Grand Prismatic (http://www.yellowstonepark.com/2014/08/drone-crashes-grand-prismatic-pool/)… ;)
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: gdwhalen on July 04, 2015, 06:18:50 pm
I don't like that you cut off the river at the bottom of the image.  Another couple of inches with your camera would have made this work. Everything else is nice though.
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: Some Guy on July 04, 2015, 06:30:04 pm
hmmm...  ???

Water level looks about 10-20 feet lower than normal too.

SG
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: Alan Klein on July 05, 2015, 12:49:17 am
hmmm...  ???

Water level looks about 10-20 feet lower than normal too.

SG

Maybe we can send drones up to check if that's caused by global warming.
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: luxborealis on July 05, 2015, 12:42:46 pm
Great photo - I, for one, don't tire of seeing this view.

I would be severely disappointed if I went back to horseshoe bend to see and hear a drone zooming about.
During great light- early and late- the tourist mobs are not there. It is a wonderful serene place, and I for one hope it stays that way.
I was in upper antelope canyon a couple of years ago and some TV Crew had permission to fly a drone in the canyon.  Truly detracted from the experience.
Gary

Sadly, it's a future that is here now. Hopefully, someone will come up with a personal drone jamming device.
BTW - I just Googled and found this (http://observer.com/2014/09/cyborg-unplug-is-a-personal-jammer-against-drones-glassholes/) and this (http://www.qrz.ru/schemes/contribute/security/jammers/drone-jammer.pdf) (read the disclaimer).
Title: Re: Horseshoe Bend.....I know, I know....
Post by: spidermike on July 05, 2015, 06:30:04 pm
or learn how to use a slingshot!