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2010On the Road…Again
Driving through Arizona this last week, I remembered I wanted to get a photo for the “down low” photo challenge. We had an early start to the day driving home, so at this early point in the day there really was almost no traffic coming through on Hwy 89 where we were at for a brief stop.
We had actually stopped because there was a beautiful scenic outlook over an immense, beautiful valley off to the left of this scene. This was one of those moments where I took my photos, was ready to go and then remembered the advice to “turn around” and see what photo I might be missing. I told the kids to not do what Dad was doing and ventured out onto the highway for a unique vantage point.
This area was in shadow so I hadn’t event considered photos in this direction. I took the same photo and adjusted it once for the sky and once for the foreground, then combined them as layers in Photoshop.
For those pixel peepers that may notice the “glow” above the rocks into the sky, that was not a result of processing, rather a combination of my polarizing filter and natural bright light reflecting off the rocks.
Jeremy Nicoll
Do as I say, not as I do… of course when they get older you might want to encourage such behavior.
Scott Smith
Great image, lots of leading lines. I really like the down low angle and the bumps between the yellow lines. We drove to Phoenix last fall and have to say that stretch of road is amazing. We drove it all in one day and wished we had taken a couple of days to enjoy the scenery more.
JeanA
LOL! I have to agree with Jeremy Nicoll.
In all seriousness….need I say more than to say AWESOME!?!!
Suzanne
Is that a cigarette halfway up the bumps? LOVE this picture. Amazing view point.
jeremy
Suzanne – Not a cigarette, that’s a reflector embedded into to the road.
I WISH Utah would do this on their freeways as it is so difficult to see the painted lines as they wear out quickly. I understand they cannot do the reflectors above ground because snow plows would scrape them right off, but these are embedded into a little angled trench for each reflector. Very nice!