Image sharing platforms such as 500px.com or flickr.com offer an almost endless resource to photographs of almost every spot on earth.
Landmarks such as the Monument Valley on the Colorado Plateau located on the state line between Utah and Arizona, USA are amongst the most visited and photographed landscapes.
The spectacular rocks are sandstone formations sculptured by the forces of nature over time.
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Searching for images tagged with "road to monument valley" on 500ps.com yields a long list of images capturing this scenic landscape.
Interesting is the fact that many of these images have been taken from almost exactly the same spot but no two images are the same. The influence of photographer, equipment, and mostly of nature with its unpredictable weather conditions gives rise to interesting variety.
See the series of 500px sample picks below. All of these photographers captured the same three iconic monuments with the dirt road entering the valley in the foreground, some of the textured structures of the desert soil, and some cloudy sky.
But no two images are exactly the same.
While in this series of images the cloudy sky and therefore changes in light conditions make the biggest difference to the individual photographs, the image shown at the bottom of the page involves more artistic photographic techniques such as longtime exposure at night giving raise to these beautiful star trails.
The image involves a bit a lower perspective but has been taken from almost the same spot as the other four. Color of the rock formations is different given the fact that it is a longtime exposure at night.
See the series of 500px sample picks below. All of these photographers captured the same three iconic monuments with the dirt road entering the valley in the foreground, some of the textured structures of the desert soil, and some cloudy sky.
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| Monument Valley by Florian Demmer (500px) |
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| Monument Valley by Maciej Bledowski (500px) |
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| Valley by Roman Prais (500px) |
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| Monument Valley by Dmitry Vinogradov (500px) |
While in this series of images the cloudy sky and therefore changes in light conditions make the biggest difference to the individual photographs, the image shown at the bottom of the page involves more artistic photographic techniques such as longtime exposure at night giving raise to these beautiful star trails.
The image involves a bit a lower perspective but has been taken from almost the same spot as the other four. Color of the rock formations is different given the fact that it is a longtime exposure at night.
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| Monument Valley landscape before sunrise by Katrina Brown (500px) |
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