Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.
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photo_i
Explorer
Yep, that lottery is designed to manage number of feet that will stomp on fragile sand stones of the Wave - http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/arolrsmain/paria/coyote_buttes.html
photo_i
Explorer
That's right. If you are one of lucky 10 you get in, if not - try again another day.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
We tried for 9 days straight and never won the lottery 
photo_i
Explorer
We tried for 9 days straight and never won the lottery
Sorry to hear that... But it looks like you found cool places to hike nearby.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
I think you could spend a full year in that area of Utah/Arizona alone and not hike all the possible places it offers. It's probably one of my favorite places to visit!
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Some of the best images I have seen of the Wave and Monument valley. Great job on capturing the reflections so well. Sometimes we land at the right place, at the right time. :victory:
pappawheely
Autonomous4X4
X2, Very nice!
graynomad
Photographer, traveller
Like most good photos, a combination of luck, experience and skill is required, it's just the ratios that change. If you have the only photo of a crashing 747 because you were taking an iPhone snap of your wife and the plane crashed in the background you were 100% lucky, if you make a masterpiece of a green pepper in the kitchen you are 100% skilful. Most photos are somewhere in between.
Obviously the luck in this case is quite literal, you have to win a lottery (and after setting a date months in advance it had to rain the day before maybe), but having won how many people on that same day made as good a photo? Of course we'll never know but I suspect "not many" would be the answer. Then it's possible experience came into play, if you'd been there before you may have a good idea as to what it will look like and rush to get the shot before the crowds arrive, or you may know that the sun will cast a crap shadow at around 11AM, or you may know that a pool forms in a particular spot and it's likely to be usable to get a reflection of the monuments.
Finally when luck and/or experience places a scene in front of you skill and an "eye" are required to make the most of it.
So at the risk of this becoming a mutual-admiration society well done Oksana.
Obviously the luck in this case is quite literal, you have to win a lottery (and after setting a date months in advance it had to rain the day before maybe), but having won how many people on that same day made as good a photo? Of course we'll never know but I suspect "not many" would be the answer. Then it's possible experience came into play, if you'd been there before you may have a good idea as to what it will look like and rush to get the shot before the crowds arrive, or you may know that the sun will cast a crap shadow at around 11AM, or you may know that a pool forms in a particular spot and it's likely to be usable to get a reflection of the monuments.
Finally when luck and/or experience places a scene in front of you skill and an "eye" are required to make the most of it.
So at the risk of this becoming a mutual-admiration society well done Oksana.
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Pathfinder
Adventurer
A different view of Monument Valley
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