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Photo: Sunset at Monument Valley

<p align="center"><img border="1" alt="Monument Valley Arizona, Sunset" src="http://lorenfrench.com/blogphotos/BLOG_10021.jpg" /></p><form method="post" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="paypal"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" /> <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" /> <table><tbody><tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" />Purchase Print</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0"> <option value="5x7 Print">5x7 Print $15.00</option><option value="8x10 Print">8x10 Print $30.00</option><option value="10x15 Print">10x15 Print $45.00</option><option value="16x20 Print">16x20 Print $60.00</option><option value="20x30 Print">20x30 Print $75.00</option><option value="24x36 Print">24x36 Print $85.00</option></select> </td></tr></tbody></table><input type="hidden" name="currency_code" /> <input border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_SM.gif" type="image" name="submit" /> <img border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /> </form><p align="justify">This was taken inside Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.  A tribal park is sort of like a National Park, except the land belongs to the Navajo Indians, so they manage the park and charge admission.  This park is right on the border between Arizona and Utah, near the four corners area.  Incidently, this is a must see stop on our desert photography workshop.</p><p align="justify">This image was captured several summers ago during a period of time when there was significant forest fire activity in Arizona.  The trip had become sort of a drag because the smoke in the sky was causing a thick haze.  Having made it all the way to Monument Valley I felt I needed to walk away with something good, so I tried shooting the valley as a sillouette.  It worked, I metered on the sky and then reduced the exposure another stop.  The result was this dramatic image.  Shot on a Nikon D100, ISO200, Nikkor 24-120, 1/250th, F/10 at 42MM.</p><p align="justify">As with all images appearing on this site, they are the property of Loren French, and they are protected by copyright.  Any images can be purchased as prints, or right to use can be purchased for any use.</p> 9 application/xml false arizona buttes landscape photography mesas monument valley nature photography sillouttes sunset utah Nikon USA Nikon USA http://www.nikonusa.com Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Zune 3.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 $Admin 173.160.40.189 false true false false true 75211 blog blogsite/LorenFrench/web