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Morning Light at Fairyland Point
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Fairyland Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
We had arrived at Bryce Canyon the previous afternoon. I had gone out that evening and scouted out a couple of locations and discovered Fairyland Point, a location that on our previous visits to Bryce Canyon I had not found. Photo Pills told me that the sun would be coming up almost directly down the valley to the east of the main overlook.
The weather forecast called for overcast skies and possible rain that next morning so I didn’t set an alarm. Luckily, I woke up about 6:30am and got up to check the weather conditions. It was nearly clear skies so I quickly got dressed and headed out to the point. I actually arrived somewhat after sunrise but as I have learned, shooting exactly at sunrise in canyon areas isn't always the best because the deep canyons are too dark. As it turned out, about 30 minutes after sunrise worked very nicely, allowing me to capture the sunlight reflecting off of the canyon walls back onto the shaded sides of the nearby hoodoos resulting in a beautiful glow on the shaded sides. This back lighting of the hoodoos really makes them stand out against the darker evergreen trees further down the canyon.
Fairyland Point is the northernmost viewpoint along the rim of the Paunsagunt Plateau within the park. As you enter the park from the north the turnoff to this point is about 1/2 mile before the park entry gate.
The hoodoos in this area of Bryce Canyon are much younger than the ones further south in the park. This gives them a unique look compared to the older hoodoos to the south. This location is the trail head for the Fairyland Loop, a quiet 8 mile hike that combines hiking along the plateau rim near Boat Mesa with a hike in the canyon with long views of the Bryce Amphitheater surrounded by unique hoodoos. On the far left of the photo you will see a group of hikers surveying the vista just before the trail drops down into the canyon.
In order to achieve the 10.87 gigapixel resolution of this photo, I shot this at a 300mm focal length. The short distances to the nearest objects from the overlook required me to shoot all but the top two rows of the images using focus bracketing There are 6689 individual images, most focus bracketed, yielding 495 focus stacked images, 11 rows x 45 columns, used to create this shot.
| Date & Time | October 15, 2024: 9:07am - 10:08am |
| Location | Fairyland Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah |
| Coordinates | 37.650549, -112.146092 |
| Focal Length | 300mm |
| Aperture | f/11 |
| Shutter | 1/800 sec. |
| ISO | 400 |
| Num of Exposures | 6825 |
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| Width | 166,967 px |
| Height | 65,162 px |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.56 : 1 |
| Date & Time | October 15, 2024: 9:07am - 10:08am |
| Location | Fairyland Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah |
| Coordinates | 37.650549, -112.146092 |
| Focal Length | 300mm |
| Aperture | f/11 |
| Shutter | 1/800 sec. |
| ISO | 400 |
| Num of Exposures | 6825 |
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