Sedona, AZ Stills

Broken Star Photo · Mar 4, 2020

I have been taking a bunch of shots lately, getting ready for my first serious trip out focusing primarily on taking landscape stills with my M2P. Yesterday I took the short drive Sedona, AZ, knowing it is a target-rich location. The first shot is of the famous Coffee Pot Rock formation. It gets it's name from being shaped like an old fashioned percolating coffee pot with a spout. I had nice morning light and some decent skies to go along with the soft light. The second shot is of Cathedral Rock formation. It is said this is the most-photographed rock formation in the world, but 99.26% of those are taken from ground level. Flying this formation at sunset was my primary reason for coming to Sedona. The late evening light was SO RED! I had to pull down the saturation in Lightroom as without any adjustments it was super-saturated orange. Sadly, the nice skies from earlier in the day faded to boring blue, so there wasn't any nice colors in the sky. I guess that gives me a good reason to go back next time the SkyCandy app predicts a great sunset for that area.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Constructive C&C are always welcomed!

Rockycat · Mar 5, 2020

Nice work!

Dedal · Mar 5, 2020

Gorgeous... But, I think you got your facts wrong. Actually, only 99.25% of those photos are taken from ground level...

Great job taking those pics, I like it very much.

E90RAW · Mar 5, 2020

Broken Star Photo said:
I have been taking a bunch of shots lately, getting ready for my first serious trip out focusing primarily on taking landscape stills with my M2P. Yesterday I took the short drive Sedona, AZ, knowing it is a target-rich location. The first shot is of the famous Coffee Pot Rock formation. It gets it's name from being shaped like an old fashioned percolating coffee pot with a spout. I had nice morning light and some decent skies to go along with the soft light. The second shot is of Cathedral Rock formation. It is said this is the most-photographed rock formation in the world, but 99.26% of those are taken from ground level. Flying this formation at sunset was my primary reason for coming to Sedona. The late evening light was SO RED! I had to pull down the saturation in Lightroom as without any adjustments it was super-saturated orange. Sadly, the nice skies from earlier in the day faded to boring blue, so there wasn't any nice colors in the sky. I guess that gives me a good reason to go back next time the SkyCandy app predicts a great sunset for that area.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Constructive C&C are always welcomed!

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Nice pics. I miss our days in AZ. Sedona; Flag; GC; Mt. Lemmon, Monument Valley(really UT), Bullhead City, 4 corners, painted desert, the crater, petrified forest, The mexican hat (UT but close), the goose neck.(UT but close)et cetera. So many things to photograph. I'm jealous.

Thomas B · Mar 5, 2020

Great pics! Great area! Glad you finally got there!
I prefer vids... but that’s me. Below link to Coffeepot, Cathedral Rock, and Chimney Rock.

Dedal · Mar 5, 2020

Thomas B said:
Great pics! Great area! Glad you finally got there!
I prefer vids... but that’s me. Below link to Coffeepot, Cathedral Rock, and Chimney Rock.

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Great location...