The Family
And here’s “The Team”. Just one family member (and one family feline) missing!
The Colorado River, I decided, was central to the trip. It should also be prominent in the shot, as much as possible. This vantage point, with us huddled on one side of the shot, gives your eye enough time to go look at what’s going on. And there it is, poking its high-contrast head in near center frame.
Of interest might be that I didn’t take this shot. Jake’s holding a wireless remote. I have about a hundred of these. Note to self: put camera on single-shot next time!
While this was shot at 26mm, it’s a crop that’s probably closer to 35mm. Some other tourists wandered into our shoot (off-camera to the left of this frame), and I wasn’t sure I would actually use the entire frame at 26mm anyway.
Apologies to those that saw this in the wrong colorspace; Jake’s coat was completely blown-out red. I’ve worked around the problem for the moment (at the expense of several of the intervening shots of the Grand Canyon).
This is my favorite of the set, thinking of individual images rather than the series. I think what I’ve learned is that I’m much more captivated by people than by landscapes.