South Western USA 2011

Several bracketed shots were merged and it was very challenging to make subtle changes to portray the mood shown here. More recently, it has become apparent using FastRawViewer that the full exposure range was recorded without clipping in just one frame. That is not something you can identify by looking at the embedded JPEG.

See the Photo Technique album for details of this composite of two shots about one half mile apart.

Just as when seen in real life, it looks like human figures have been carved into the rock.