This is Shiprock in northwestern New Mexico at sunrise. I took the shot from the crest of a volcanic dyke that extends south from the huge monolith. I don't like heights, but, well -- I have to get the picture. I used a 105mm focal length, and my settings were 1/320, f/8, and 2000 ISO. I usually don't like using high ISO settings for landscapes, but I didn't want to drag my tripod up the slippery slope of the dyke. Today, 2000 ISO is like 400 ISO of the past. To maximize depth of field, I focused on the dark rocks in the middle of the frame directly in front of Shiprock. The original sky was very bland, so I used the Sky Replacement feature in Photoshop and placed clouds behind the mountain that suggest the sunlight was illuminating the landscape through a narrow opening in the eastern sky.
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