It’s All About the Light

Well ... maybe not all about the light.

As is to be generally expected, the lighting conditions throughout east Zion are conducive to photography predominantly in the early morning and late afternoon. However, there are some small areas scattered around which remain in the shadows all or most of the day at this time of year. And a few of these small shadowed areas are fortunate for whatever reasons (probably mostly due simply to the lay of the surrounding landscape) to be bathed seemingly from every direction in beautiful reflected light of unusual quality even for Zion and especially for east Zion. This image was captured in one such area up in east Zion, a short distance past the tunnel not too far from the road, on a clear and sunny 1st day of November last year, at 11:50 AM. I was attempting primarily to create an intimate landscape composition that would be considered atypical for east Zion and to effectively portray the quality of the light.

Canon 5DII
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
29mm, f/22, 3.2 seconds, ISO 50