This is Monument Valley with a fresh snowfall. I was living in Los Angeles at the time, and I checked the weather every two days hoping to photograph the tribal park in a particular mood that few photographers have been able to do. When I heard a storm was coming, I drove 15 hours overnight and arrived at 6am. I was the only one there -- there weren't any tire tracks up to the visitor center. I knew the pristine look wouldn't last long, so I feverishly looked for as many compositions as possible before the magic was gone. As the air warmed up, patches of snow starting melting. Within a couple of hours the best photography had come and gone. I took this in the middle 90's using a Mamiya 7, a 43mm wide angle lens (equivalent to about a 21mm in the full frame digital format), and Fujichrome Velvia film. The 6x7cm transparency was scanned by an Imacon scanner to digitize the image. My settings weren't recorded, but they were probably 1/4, f/32, and Velvia was 50 ISO.
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Dec 30, 2021, 12:55:09 PM
Rosemary Sheel - I admire your determination! It is a beautiful shot... I have my own version sans snow, of course.