{"id":7680,"date":"2013-11-15T23:24:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T03:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stayfocusedpress.com\/blog\/?p=7680"},"modified":"2022-08-09T23:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T04:25:45","slug":"about-this-photograph-horseshoe-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/?p=7680","title":{"rendered":"About this Photo – Horseshoe Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rest of The Story<\/h3>\n

This article is the another in a series of articles that I\u2019ve called \u201cAbout this photo\u201d<\/strong> to draw attention to a few of those memorable photos that may be hiding in a shoebox or on your hard drive.<\/p>\n

I’ve been wanting to visit the iconic Horseshoe Bend<\/strong> for many years and I finally had my chance a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

As its name suggests, the Colorado River makes an abrupt 270 turn in the shape of a horseshoe. It’s located downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell near the city of Page, AZ. Drive 5 miles south on US89 from Page and you’ll see a gravel parking lot. From there a half mile hike on a moderately sloped dirt trail brings you to the overlook.<\/p>\n

I arrived late in the day and found quite a few onlookers and photographers awaiting the sunset.<\/p>\n

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The overlook is about 50 yards across and provides a wonderfully wide view of the river – both upstream and downstream. The Colorado sits below the jagged cliffs about 1000 feet down.<\/p>\n

These spectators are standing pretty close to the edge of the cliff. And while I love the scenic surroundings, I am not a big fan of steep cliffs so I made it a point to stay behind<\/u> this couple.<\/td>\n

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There’s plenty of room to accommodate dozens of visitors without feeling crowded.<\/p>\n

As you can see these photographers had lots of space in which to set up their equipment while waiting for the sun to go down.<\/p>\n

From this vantage point, the cliff on which they are standing looks safe…….<\/td>\n

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However, in this next photograph I’ve stepped away from the edge so that you can see the rock platform on which they were positioned.<\/p>\n

These people are a lot more brave than me. I couldn’t bring myself to stand next to them. I wasn’t about to stand just inches from the cliff’s edge that drops down by a thousand feet. No, not this photographer.<\/td>\n

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So how did I get this unobstructed view of Horseshoe Bend?<\/p>\n

As Paul Harvey would say here’s “the Rest of the Story”<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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My shooting position was immediately to the left of the four photographers with tripods. To take this photograph, I laid on my stomach and carefully crawled to the edge of the cliff. My camera was safely hanging from my neck by its strap.<\/p>\n

Since I had a very wide angle lens (15mm), I first took a deep breath to get some courage, leaned over the edge, calmly composed the scene in the viewfinder and finally snapped about three shots.<\/td>\n

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\nSo there you have it. By itself, this Horseshoe Bend photograph certainly doesn’t tell the story behind it. To inject a slight bit of humor here, let me say that I’m not afraid of heights, only of falling from them. I wasn’t going to leave the overlook until I had my shot. A little dirt on my clothes is the price that I had to pay to get it.<\/p>\n

 
\nWritten by: Arnie Lee<\/p>\n

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