S is for Smith

I'm following Marks footsteps and posting a recent shot from Smith Rock. I attempted a sunset and sunrise here but never got the kind of light that Mark did! For the sunrise, the forecast was for mostly clear, so I decided to give this type of vantage point a go. I will admit to being influenced by Floris' shot of this place from above, but he worked a lot harder for his shot, as I think he rock climbed up to his vantage point! I just took the 1 mile trail up to the top of the rocks. Once up there, I went out to the furthest point, and while leaning out as far as a could and stretching my arm out over the edge as far as it would, I would snap, snap, snap... and then review the images to see if I got the comp right, handheld without looking. Also shot these at 14 mm, so there was some massive distortion, which took many many hours to correct in post. It's still a little odd I think, but it works for me. I get the sense of how it felt to be standing up there looking down on this amazing landscape.

Disclosure, I did remove some of the trails that run through this place(there are MANY).

Here is a large version