[Leica] Epic Grand Canyon Photo

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

On 5/24/2010 3:05 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> I'd seen the Grand Canyon before, but this time I hiked four miles down 
> into it. Shockingly, four miles gets you NOWHERE. I imagine if you were 
> good you could actually cross the whole thing. I do wonder how long it 
> would take.
>
> You can't see the Colorado river in this shot, but you can see the channel 
> it's running through starting at about 9:00 and running up and to the 
> right. The Colorado Plateau being thrust upwards in the last 600 million 
> years gave the river it's power. The plateau's stopped rising and we've 
> damned the river so the canyon's not going to get much bigger any time 
> soon.
>
> Anyway, here's a photo, it's black and white, so it must be art. I'm quite 
> pleased with it:
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/kyle-cassidy-grand-canyon-1300.jpg
>
> Had a really cool Leica-Run-In at some ruins in the middle of the desert, 
> but I'll leave you wondering until I get my travel diary written up....
>
> kc
>
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I like the high-contrast rendition, not often seen with this subject.  
There sure is a lot of noise of some kind in the sky, though.  "Noise in 
the Sky?"...no wait, "Spirit in the Sky"?