By the Dawns Early Light
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
By the Dawns Early Light
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture/digital Painting
Description
The Grand Canyon sneaks up on you. You are driving along and suddenly, there it is right in front of your car. Managed to hit the place for about a day and a half allowing me to shoot at both sunup and sundown at least twice. The polarizing filter on my camera lens brought out colors in the rock that only were suspected before the event. The Colorado River at the bottom and the Arizona winds working together over time have made this area a thing not to be missed.
One may question how these mesas and buttes in the Grand Canyon got their names in the first place? Many of the canyon's landmarks were named by geologist Charles Dutton who published one of the earliest detailed geologic studies of the canyon in 1882. Dutton believed that the canyon was such an important and impressive feature on the planet, the names of its features should reflect all the world's cultures and thus he chose many names from mythologies and legends from around the world. Examples of canyon landmarks named in this way are Wotan's Throne, Cheops Pyramid, Budda Temple, Solomon Temple, Jupiter Temple and Tower of Ra. In the left foreground is a feature called the Battleship.
Some named features visible from my vantage point at the El Tovar Lodge include left to right: the Isis Temple, Kaibab Plateau, Cheops Pyramid, Budda Temple, Bright Angel Canyon, Brahma Temple, Zoroaster Temple.
Image copyright 2014 Jon Burch Photography
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November 15th, 2014
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Comments (20)
Richard Ackerman
Love your sense of timing for light exposure and composition - all come together nicely. Very good record of this particular park view. Also shows your dedication and effort to producing excellent images. Thanks for the contribution.
Thomas Todd
Well done Jon, the clarity and color are just beautiful !!!! Tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tom
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Beverly Stapleton
This beautiful image is being featured on the Homepage of the Landscape Art Group. Thank you for sharing it.
The Forests Edge Photography - Diane Sandoval
Jon, this is incredible! Color and texture is spectacular! Nice work, as usual!
Brenda Donko
Enjoy watching the colors change at sunrise and sunset. Beautiful landscape capture. F/L