The “Windows Section” of the park is the most popular area., You will not be alone in this section of the park except perhaps at 3:00 AM and not even then if there are night photographers.
Feature Image Details
This is a panoramic image. I used six different images blended together in Lightroom.
For this set of images I used a Canon 16-35MM F4 L Lens.
Vision and Timing
The hardest part of this image is being where you need to be at the right time.
This is a classic shot, and to pull it off you need to be in the right place.
- Walk through the North Window, resisting the temptation to photograph the sunrise.
- Scramble up the rocks on the other side to frame Turret Arch
- Be there early enough to get a good spot
- Pray for good light and clouds
Points 1-3 are within your control. Point 4 isn’t. I went to this spot on at least 6 times on at least four trips with one success, my last one.
Regarding point 3, I was at the spot I wanted to be at least 40 minutes before sunrise.
I was too late. One person beat me to the spot and it’s the only spot one can take this complete panorama sequence. He was from Germany.
I got the shot by being patient and polite. When the sun lit the arch, a bit after sunrise, I asked my German fellow if he would move his tripod to allow me to complete my pano sequence.
He gave me 30 seconds. The image below is the result. I cropped the result for the lead image.
Full Pano Image
That is one vertical frame in my sequence.
I frequently take vertical images to make what looks like a horizontal image.
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