Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Photo Camp, part 7: The Infamous Arch

Well, this is the arch that I keep refering to. As it turns out, we originally started looking in the wrong area. After wandering around and realizing we werent in the right area, we dicided to go back to the car and see if we could find it. We started driving, and just as we were passing the dirt road we were supposed to turn into, I, with my keep eyesight, spotted it. We pulled over, and crossed onto the unmarked trail. The map said walk, looking towards the north, and youll eventually see it. Fucking horrid map. Looked like it was drawn by a 5 year old. Maybe a 4 year old. Ok, it looked like I drew it. That bad. So we I finally spot the arch, and we start making our way towards it, climbing up the side of a small mountain to get to it. We finally reach the top and realize that the whole reason we went there, to get this one shot we had seen in a photo gallery, was impossible to do without rock climbing gear. The arch was about 10 to 13 feet above the ground at the lowest point. It was windy as hell up there, too, so getting the photo I posted here, actually turned out to be very difficult, seeing as how I was on another rock 4" across, while leaning forward to a VERY precarious point. I couldnt even look through the view finder of my camera. I just pointed the camera in the general direction, and snapped off a few. Ill put one those up later. The one you see below was actually taken from a much easier vantage point to the side of the arch, as opposed to directly in front of it.

2 comments:

Jo said...

what filter makes blue more blue? a blue filter? don't you think all the photos would look even more dramatic if the sky was a more vibrate blue? especially in the previous one...

Death said...

Well, there are many filters that could be used to achieve that. One of them is a polarizer. Or, you could expose for the sky different by using an ND (neutral density) filter. There are various other filters that can be used, but the problem with blue filters, is that they affect everything, not just the sky. Thats y I would recommend the polorizer for the easiest way. The ND would be a little harder, depending on the subject.