Shelley and I left Walnut Canyon National Monument for the Painted Desert entrance to Petrified Forest National Park. The original plan was to spend most of the afternoon scouting the Park for locations for our next trip to Arizona. This was based on feed and information that we had received friends and family members who have been.
Needless to say, trips do not always go as planned. Shelley and I arrived at the Painted Desert entrance of Petrified Forest National Park with about 30 minutes to explore the Park.
Painted Desert
After entering into the Park, and finding out that we needed to be headed to the nearest gate once 5 pm came about. Shelley and I made our way to the first viewpoint. Once there I wanted to capture the sweeping landscape that was in front of me. I knew that the best to do this would be with a panoramic photograph. So, I mounted my 70 to 300 mm lens on my camera and shot multiple frames in portrait orientation. In fact, it took over 18 individual frames to create my intended image. By doing this I was able to create an ultra-wide photograph.
I made this photograph with my Nikon D600 at ISO 100, 75mm, f/6.3, and at 1/4000 of a second.
Tiponi Point Painted Desert
For my next composition, I chose to shoot an 8 shot pano from the Tiponi Point viewpoint. I made this photograph with my Nikon D600 at ISO 100, 70mm, f/6.3, and at 1/400 of a second.
Tawa Point Painted Desert
Here again, I wanted to show the sweeping landscape of the area. So, I shot 10 frames in the portrait orientation with my lens zoomed to 75mm for each of them. I made this photograph with my Nikon D600 at ISO 100, 75mm, f/6.3, and at 1/1000 of a second.
Route 66 – Petrified Forest National Park
One of the trips that I really want to take in the future is driving route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica. I have driven along a few sections of the old route. But I really want to experience the route from end to end. With this in mind, Shelley and I have made photographic stops along the route. Looking for locations that I would like to revisit.
So for my last composition of the afternoon, I wanted to photograph the 1932 Studebaker that has been positioned along the old roadbed for route 66.
I made this photograph with my Nikon D600 at ISO 100, 14mm, f/11, and at 1/200 of a second.
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