Between Page, Arizona and Kanab, Utah, not far from The Wave, there is a stunning area called White Pocket. Navajo sandstone has been twisted and contorted by geologically forces for 70 million years to produce an artistic landscape that rivals the best the American Southwest has to offer. I took this picture with a 24mm focal length, and my settings were 1/5 second, f/22, and 200 ISO. The overcast light brought out the super saturated colors of the rocks. This is contrary to what many people believe, that bright sunlight is needed to make colors pop. Low angled natural light, i.e. sunrise and sunset, is great for drama and visual impact, but for color saturation, I'll take an overcast sky any time. Note the depth of field in this shot. I used my simple, hyperfocal distance focusing formula to determine where I focused. I took the focal length of the lens, 24mm, and divided it by 3 giving me 8mm. Converting that number to feet is where I focused. This gives me the maximum depth of field given: 1) the focal length of the lens, 2) the foreground-to-lens distance, and 3) the lens aperture.
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