March 15, 2012 Elliptical Rings in Valley Of Fire State Park, Nevada
Elliptical Rings
Valley Of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III, 17 TS, 1/90 & 1/20 sec, f11, ISO 100
Image taken on March 14, 2012.
I returned to the easily-accessible area of Valley Of Fire State Park yesterday afternoon to take advantage of the clouds. I had found this interesting set of maroon elliptical rings in the yellow sandstone on my first exploration of the area, and yesterday the clouds cooperated so I could photograph it. That's an advantage of being familiar with an area — you know where to go to take advantage of the shooting conditions. The foreground was already in the shade because the sun had set behind a ridge, so I made two exposures to balance the brightness between the bright sky and dark land, and then I combined them by hand in Photoshop.
