Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon Vista, Yavapai Observation Point, Grand Canyon NP South Rim.

On Day 2 of my road trip, we reached Grand Canyon NP late in the afternoon. We entered the park through the South Entrance at Tusayan. After stopping for a bite, we decided to first go to some vista points and stay there for sunset before we checked in to our hotel. We stopped at the Mather vista point and then went to the Yavapai observation point to be greeted by an amazing sight… The skies were filled with big black heavy clouds laden with rain and snow. These clouds were moving about, and were casting shadows on some parts of the canyon while others were bathed in sunlight, creating even more texture and character among the canyons and buttes. At the Yavapai point, I captured this spectacle of beauty along with the multitude present there.

We decided to go see the sunset at Hopi point. After about 20 mins of this photo, cloud cover overhead started thickening. And by sunset time, the cloud cover was so thick that the sunset colors at Hopi point were left only in my imagination. We saw light fade to darkness, and we left for our warm hotel room.

Technical Details:

Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/8.0
Focal Length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 4.01 PM
Date: December 9,2007