Techniques, Tips, Trips, and Musings about my Work

Highway 89 heads north from Flagstaff, Arizona up to Page. It is a road I love to drive because the landscape changes so dramatically. North of Cameron, 89 runs through portions of the Navajo Nation. The landscape here is desolate and beautiful. I have always been fascinated with the eroded hills and buttes in this area. I know this particular butte very well having passed it on many trips up to Page. Each time I have passed it in the wrong light. Heading back to Flag late one afternoon I finally arrived with the right light to take a photograph. The butte was beautifully side lit, nice clouds drifted overhead, and the red hills in the distance glowed. This image is the Featured Print this month on my website, http://roberthclarkphotography.com

A badlands butte on Navajo lands stands tall in the late afternoon sun. Sony α900, Zeiss 24-70mm lens at 28mm, f14 at 1/50 sec.